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John Nagle @johnnagle1.bsky.social · 1d

"It's not a bubble; it's just frothy" (every finance bro, 2025)

John Nagle @johnnagle1.bsky.social · 16d

Good news that this edited volume has hit the shelves. Self-promotion klaxon: lovely to see the review quotes describe our chapter as "worth the price of the whole book": brill.com/display/book...

brill.com

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John Nagle @johnnagle1.bsky.social · Sep 4

Fantastic to see this highly important book on civic parties and divided societies by a really excellent scholar and author: www.mqup.ca/civic-partie...

Civic Parties in Divided Societies | McGill-Queen’s University Press

McGill-Queen’s University Press

www.mqup.ca

Nations and Nationalism @nationsnationalism.bsky.social · Jul 26

John Nagle looks at ideational frames justifying irredentist claims in our next #earlyview article, "Framing Irredentism: Ancient Statehood, Sacred Lands & Causes & the National Family" (and neatly sums up the 3 frames in the title!). It's #openaccess at onlinelibrary.wiley....

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John Nagle @johnnagle1.bsky.social · Jun 18

Financial Times article on upcoming Kneecap trial: www.ft.com/content/8346...

Belfast rap group Kneecap defiant ahead of UK terrorism hearing

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, aka Mo Chara, due in Westminster Magistrates’ Court over alleged Hizbollah flag incident

www.ft.com

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John Nagle @johnnagle1.bsky.social · Jun 13

Al Jazeera article on Ballymena riots: www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

Why have anti-immigration riots broken out in Northern Ireland?

Anti-immigrant riots began in Ballymena, but economic grievances may not be enough to explain the phenomenon.

www.aljazeera.com

John Nagle @johnnagle1.bsky.social · Jun 9

My new open access article on power-sharing: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The end of consociational power-sharing? Its causes and what can Be done

Consociational power-sharing has been described as ‘hegemonic’ as the international community’s preferred institutional framework for ending intrastate conflicts. Consociationalism’s dominance is i...

www.tandfonline.com

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John Nagle @johnnagle1.bsky.social · May 22

Enjoyed reading this wonderfully rich account of street art in postwar Beirut: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A war of colors: Graffiti and street art in postwar Beirut

Published in Politics, Religion & Ideology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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John Nagle @johnnagle1.bsky.social · May 22

All thanks and credit to @profmabon.bsky.social for this excellent article on how Bahrain's regime seeks to to use space to try&manage and crush dissent

The International Spectator @intlspectator.bsky.social · May 22

⚠️New #openaccessarticle online!

🛡️Space, #Security and #SovereignPower: The Case of #Bahrain

🔍 How does Bahrain’s regime use —physical and social— space in the securitisation process? Find out more here: shorturl.at/YH62c

✒️ @profmabon.bsky.social & @johnnagle1.bsky.social

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The International Spectator @intlspectator.bsky.social · May 22

⚠️New #openaccessarticle online!

🛡️Space, #Security and #SovereignPower: The Case of #Bahrain

🔍 How does Bahrain’s regime use —physical and social— space in the securitisation process? Find out more here: shorturl.at/YH62c

✒️ @profmabon.bsky.social & @johnnagle1.bsky.social

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Claire Pierson @clairepierson.bsky.social · May 1

She lives! My book published by @manchesterup.bsky.social ‘Women’s Troubles: Gender and Feminist Politics in Northern Ireland.’ Cover image kindly provided by @frecklescorp.bsky.social of her work ‘The Slapper’ www.emmacampbell.co.uk/emma-campbell @livunipol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social

Book cover with sculpture made out of yellow lego

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John Nagle @johnnagle1.bsky.social · Feb 25

My new article in Nations&Nationalism identifies the ideational content of irredentist frames in a range of cased, including Russia/Ukraine, Croatia/Herceg-Bosna, Armenia.Nagorno-Karabakh: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Framing Irredentism: Ancient Statehood, Sacred Lands and Causes and the National Family

Although irredentism—the attempt by states to retrieve ‘lost’ lands and peoples—rarely occurs, it has highly destabilizing effects on international security and is difficult to resolve given the numb...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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