@nickmegoran.bsky.social
@reecejones.bsky.social - thanks for this important intervention.
Superb post from an expert voice on the US border patrol.
I wrote about the long history of Border Patrol racism and violence for the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
January 30, 2026 at 10:51 AM
@reecejones.bsky.social - thanks for this important intervention.
In 1997 Zbigniew Brzezinski infamously described the Ferghana Valley as a weak point in the unstable and fractured ‘Eurasian Balkans’ of Central Asia, itself at the heart of “the global zone of percolating violence.” Central Asian states have proved him wrong: uza.uz/en/posts/fer...
Fergana Valley has the potential to become a model of cross-border cooperation, peaceful resolution of complex issues, and sustainable development
This assessment was shared by Murad Uzakov, Head of the Center for Regional Studies at the Institute for Strategic and R
uza.uz
January 30, 2026 at 9:46 AM
In 1997 Zbigniew Brzezinski infamously described the Ferghana Valley as a weak point in the unstable and fractured ‘Eurasian Balkans’ of Central Asia, itself at the heart of “the global zone of percolating violence.” Central Asian states have proved him wrong: uza.uz/en/posts/fer...
Superb post from an expert voice on the US border patrol.
I wrote about the long history of Border Patrol racism and violence for the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | The Border Patrol Was Always Out of Control
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Superb post from an expert voice on the US border patrol.
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-... - great piece on the rise and fall of an academic field
The Demise of Conflict Studies - Dissent Magazine
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
dissentmagazine.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:51 PM
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-... - great piece on the rise and fall of an academic field
Some embarrassment for West Yorkshire's mayor yesterday when she relied on AI for an unusual map of the 'northern powerhouse' railway system... www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
'Warrington via Manchester Airpont please': Inaccurate railway map deleted
"Good to see Manchester Piccadilly back west of the Pennines again"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Some embarrassment for West Yorkshire's mayor yesterday when she relied on AI for an unusual map of the 'northern powerhouse' railway system... www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Great News! UEF is one of the great centres of border studies, and Alex is one of the field's great scholars - a match made in heaven! www.uef.fi/en/article/p...
Professor Alexander Diener from the US to strengthen the University of Eastern Finland’s expertise in border studies
The Research Council of Finland has awarded 2.5 million euros in funding for Alexander Diener’s professorship and the establishment of a new research group.
www.uef.fi
January 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Great News! UEF is one of the great centres of border studies, and Alex is one of the field's great scholars - a match made in heaven! www.uef.fi/en/article/p...
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Attending the 2026 RGS-IBG Annual Conference? 🤔
Don't miss our call for Session Sponsorship!
We welcome paper sessions & panels, but also practitioner forums, discussions, workshops, and other innovative formats.
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Don't miss our call for Session Sponsorship!
We welcome paper sessions & panels, but also practitioner forums, discussions, workshops, and other innovative formats.
More info 👇
Call for Session Sponsorship (RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2026)
The Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) of the RGS-IBG is pleased to extend an invitation to sponsor sessions at the next RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. The de…
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January 14, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Attending the 2026 RGS-IBG Annual Conference? 🤔
Don't miss our call for Session Sponsorship!
We welcome paper sessions & panels, but also practitioner forums, discussions, workshops, and other innovative formats.
More info 👇
Don't miss our call for Session Sponsorship!
We welcome paper sessions & panels, but also practitioner forums, discussions, workshops, and other innovative formats.
More info 👇
"What Happened When My Yale Students Gave Up Their Phones for Four Weeks?" Thoughtful article for all educators. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
"What Happened When My Yale Students Gave Up Their Phones for Four Weeks?" Thoughtful article for all educators. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
If the UK government keeps making it harder and more expensive for overseas students to study here, they will go elsewhere: Uzbekistan in many ways is a more attractive option for Indian students than the UK kun.uz/en/97387923
Uzbekistan sees 51% rise in international students in 2025
Uzbekistan saw a significant rise in the number of international students in the first ten months of 2025, according to data from the National Statistics Committee.
kun.uz
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If the UK government keeps making it harder and more expensive for overseas students to study here, they will go elsewhere: Uzbekistan in many ways is a more attractive option for Indian students than the UK kun.uz/en/97387923
Nice new piece on 'Radio geopolitics' by my colleague Alison Williams. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Good Contact in Spite of Static’: Advocating a Radio Geopolitics Assemblage Approach Through Analysing the Lindberghs’ 1931 North Pacific Flight
In the summer of 1931 famed US aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, flew their Sirius aircraft from Washington DC, westward across northern Canada, Alaska and the Bering Strait to Japan an...
www.tandfonline.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Nice new piece on 'Radio geopolitics' by my colleague Alison Williams. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It’s my 20th (Newcastle University) birthday!
On December 1st, 2005, I began work here as a political geography lecturer.
On December 1st, 2005, I began work here as a political geography lecturer.
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It’s my 20th (Newcastle University) birthday!
On December 1st, 2005, I began work here as a political geography lecturer.
On December 1st, 2005, I began work here as a political geography lecturer.
My thoughts on the politics of Remembrance in the UK, written for John Heathershaw's excellent Substack blog 'Security After Christendom.'
johnheathershaw.substack.com/p/the-two-wo...
johnheathershaw.substack.com/p/the-two-wo...
’The two worst days of the year to go to church’
In a guest post, Nick Megoran, Professor of Geography at Newcastle Universty, contrasts the way churches sacralise the nation on Remembrance Sunday with the biblical call to be a 'holy nation'.
johnheathershaw.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
My thoughts on the politics of Remembrance in the UK, written for John Heathershaw's excellent Substack blog 'Security After Christendom.'
johnheathershaw.substack.com/p/the-two-wo...
johnheathershaw.substack.com/p/the-two-wo...
Concerning new article showing how European university researchers are involved in research that helps the EU strengthen Frontex's border regime. 'Impact?' - yes. 'Securing grant funding?' - yes. 'Ethical?' - dubious.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Frontex and the University: Positivist Dissonance and the Institutionalisation of Border Violence through Research
The paper examines the existing relationships between universities and Frontex, investigating and problematising the intersection between the higher education sector and the violence of the European ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Concerning new article showing how European university researchers are involved in research that helps the EU strengthen Frontex's border regime. 'Impact?' - yes. 'Securing grant funding?' - yes. 'Ethical?' - dubious.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Why has the Christian church so often supported war and what might a pacific rereading of that history and the scriptures look like? My book on this topic is currently on half price sale with the code CONFSHIP at checkout.
wipfandstock.com/978149821959...
wipfandstock.com/978149821959...
Warlike Christians in an Age of Violence- Wipf and Stock Publishers
How should Christians respond to war? This age-old question has become more pressing given Western governments' recent overseas military interventions and th...
wipfandstock.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Why has the Christian church so often supported war and what might a pacific rereading of that history and the scriptures look like? My book on this topic is currently on half price sale with the code CONFSHIP at checkout.
wipfandstock.com/978149821959...
wipfandstock.com/978149821959...
'MPs are broadening the scope of their investigation into the China audit, an internal government review of UK-China relations that concluded in June, to look into Chinese state influence at British universities.'
MPs preparing to examine Chinese state influence at British universities
Committee’s inquiry into review of UK-China relations to be broadened after Sheffield Hallam University disclosures
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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a university without its staff is nothing! On strike again fighting against the cruelty and economic shortsightedness of course closures and compulsory redundancies at the University of Nottingham
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a university without its staff is nothing! On strike again fighting against the cruelty and economic shortsightedness of course closures and compulsory redundancies at the University of Nottingham
On Remembrance Sunday. I was delighted to retell this amazing story of a little-known WW2 truce. Sometimes it takes courage not to fight. @ncl-geography.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Newcastle professor recalls US-Japan picnic truce
Prof Nick Megoran says the picnic on Aka island is as remarkable as the 1914 Christmas Day truce.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
On Remembrance Sunday. I was delighted to retell this amazing story of a little-known WW2 truce. Sometimes it takes courage not to fight. @ncl-geography.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What does the election in north Cyprus signify? Great blog by Rebecca Bryant
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Turkish Cypriots vote for hope, but can they be heard? - EUROPP
Will Tufan Erhürman's victory lead to a federal Cyprus? Whatever happens, the international community must help Turkish Cypriots realise their political will.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
What does the election in north Cyprus signify? Great blog by Rebecca Bryant
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
What happens when borders reopen? My new article for Geopolitics journal, co-written with the economist Zalina Enikeeva. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What Happens When Borders Reopen? Dematerialising the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Boundary
Border studies have recently been focussed on what happens when borders close, leaving the question of border reopenings both largely unexplored and unconceptualized. We argue here for a new focus ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
What happens when borders reopen? My new article for Geopolitics journal, co-written with the economist Zalina Enikeeva. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Is peace possible?" I was part of a BBC Radio Wales discussion on this for UN International Day of Peace this week.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
All Things Considered - Is Peace Possible? - BBC Sounds
Delyth Liddell and guests discuss how to act now for a peaceful world.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"Is peace possible?" I was part of a BBC Radio Wales discussion on this for UN International Day of Peace this week.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Great book title: explains its thesis.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/474267...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/474267...
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
AI is the greatest threat to our existence that we have ever faced.
The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction – but it’s not too late to change course. Two pioneering ...
www.penguin.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Great book title: explains its thesis.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/474267...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/474267...
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US universities face growing threats to academic freedom – both at home and abroad. Here’s how leaders and academics can guard against #authoritarianism: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-p... #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #HigherEd @jhu.edu @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social
How to protect your university against authoritarianism
US institutions are facing threats to academic freedom from the Trump administration, yet they must also stay vigilant to authoritarianism from abroad. Here is what university leaders and academics ca...
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
US universities face growing threats to academic freedom – both at home and abroad. Here’s how leaders and academics can guard against #authoritarianism: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-p... #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #HigherEd @jhu.edu @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social
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Apparently Trump wants to try and earn his way up to heaven by brokering peace in Ukraine. But here's a radical thought...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
‘I Want to Try and Get to Heaven’: Trump Gets Reflective on ‘Fox & Friends’
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Apparently Trump wants to try and earn his way up to heaven by brokering peace in Ukraine. But here's a radical thought...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
