Introducing Charalampos Efstathopoulos Charalampos Efstathopoulos is a Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Charalampos’ research interests focus on the diplomacy of Southern powers in global governance. He specialises in the foreign policy of India
Pádraig Carmody: A Spectre is Haunting Europe – Ghost Geopolitics in Russia and Ukraine
Introducing Pádraig Carmody Pádraig Carmody lectures in Development Geography at TCD, from which he holds both a B.A. in Geography and History and M.Sc in Geography. He completed his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Minnesota in 1998, where
Sören Scholvin: The Geopolitics of Regional Power – Geography, Economics and Politics in Southern Africa
Introducing Sören Scholvin Sören Scholvin is a research fellow at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at the University of Hanover, Germany. Dr Scholvin is also an associated researcher at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies. His
Joseph Cerami: International Security, Strategic Studies, Military Education, US Army
Interview with Joseph Cerami as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (International Security, Strategic Studies, Military Education, US Army)
Jakub Grygiel: Great Powers, Geopolitical Change, Historical Context, Technology
Interview with Jakub Grygiel as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Great Powers, Geopolitical Change, Historical Context, Technology, Geography)
Iver Neumann: Diplomatic Sites – A Critical Enquiry
Introducing Iver Neumann Iver B. Neumann is Montague Burton Professor at London School of Economics and also does research at NUPI. He is also adjunct professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and a visiting professor at Belgrade University.
Jonathan Schlefer: The Assumptions Economists Make
Introducing Jonathan Schlefer As editor-in-chief of MIT’s Technology Review, Jonathan Schlefer came to feel that when journalists write about political economy, they do a half-blind job of it. They do not see the intellectual terrain. Dr Schlefer got a PhD
Steven Sloman: Causal Models: How People Think about the World and Its Alternatives
Introducing Steven Sloman Steven A. Sloman is Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences at Brown University. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in cognitive psychology and did his postdoctoral work at the University of Michigan. He is a
Arne Westad: Restless Empire – China and the World since 1750
Interview with Arne Westad about his book Restless Empire – China and the World since 1750
Dale Walton: American Role in the World, Geostrategic Behavior, Defense Studies
Interview with Dale Walton about American Role in the World, Geostrategic Behavior and Defense Studies
Matthew Sparke: Globalization discourse, geoeconomic myths, neoliberalization
Interview with Matthew Sparke as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Globalization discourse, geoeconomic myths, neoliberalization, Washington Consensus, Global Health, Education, Philanthrocapitalism)
Simon Reid-Henry: Global Science, Development Ethics, Humanitarianism, Guantanamo
Interview with Simon Reid-Henry as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Global Science, Development Ethics, Humanitarianism, Guantanamo (Public Memory, Cuba, National Security Archive)
Daniel Lambach: Failed States – Institutionalization, Democratisation, Intervention
Interview with Daniel Lambach about Failed States – Institutionalization, Liberalization, Intervention (Academic Research Agenda, Policy Advice, Political Debate, Democratisation, Neighbouring Countries)
Daniel Lambach: Failed States – Definitions, Causes, Concepts, Local Governance
Interview with Daniel Lambach about Failed States – Definitions, Causes, Concepts, Local Governance (Authority, Chaos, Anarchy, Features, Scales)
Jean-Marc Huissoud: Geopolitical Festival, Middle East, world governance, ‘reality’
Interview with Jean-Marc Huissoud as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Geopolitical Festival, Middle East, world governance, reality, Muslims, balance of power,technological change)
Stuart Elden: Political Geography, International Relations theory, UN Charter
Interview with Stuart Elden as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Political Geography, International Relations theory, UN Charter (United Nations, Law, Territoriality, Land, Terrain, Space)
Alistair Fraser: Land reform, South Africa, urban slums, industrial farmers
Interview with Alistair Fraser as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (land reform, South Africa, urban slums, industrial farmers, peasants, class power, peace, justice, equality, socio-spatial processes, development)
Andrea Teti: Geopolitical Review 2011 – Egyptian Uprising, Regime Change, Muslim Brotherhood
Another part of the Geopolitical Review of 2011, written by Andrea Teti, about Egyptian Uprising, Regime Change, Muslim Brotherhood (Reform, Democracy, Islamists, Salafi Parties, Human Rights, Hosni, Mubarak, NDP, NGOs, Crackdown)
Leonhardt van Efferink: Nation, nationalism and state – Modernism, Ethno-Symbolism, Primordialism
Article by Leonhardt van Efferink: Nation, nationalism and state 2 – Modernism, Ethno-Symbolism, Primordialism (Perennialism, Identity, Ethnies, Vernacular Languages, Industrialisation)
Leonhardt van Efferink: Lebanon’s sovereignty – The military, social and political rise of Hezbollah
Article by Leonhardt van Efferink about Lebanon’s sovereignty. Part 2 is about the military, social and political rise of Hezbollah (roles, Shias, Islamic Rule, Iranian Revolution, Syrian influence, Israel, AMAL, Musa al Sadr)
Leonhardt van Efferink: Arctic Geopolitics – Russia’s territorial claims, UNCLOS, the Lomonosov Ridge
Publication by Leonhardt van Efferink: Arctic Geopolitics 2 – Russia’s territorial claims, UNCLOS, the Lomonosov Ridge (Exclusive Economic Zones, Baselines, Flag Planting, North Pole, Navy)
Dale Walton: US-China relationship, Great Powers, non-state actors, 21st century
Interview with Dale Walton about US-China relationship, Great Powers, non-state actors, 21st century (Sino-Russian alliance, Third World War, prediction, United Nations Security Council)
David Storey: Territories, landscapes, spaces, places, states, borderless world
Interview with David Storey about Territories, landscapes, spaces, places, states, borderless world (Territorialisation, territoriality, claims, independence, legitimate government, Transnistria, Libya, Kosovo)
Michael Skey: Nation, media representations, audiences, models, studies, influence
Interview with Michael Skey about nationhood, media representations, audiences, models, theory, influence (cultures, practices, theory, ethnography, global networks)
Michael Skey: National identity, multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, globalisation
Interview with Michael Skey about National identity, multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, globalisation (selfhood, otherness, belonging)