Gela Merabishvili
@gmerabishv.bsky.social
Political geography postdoc at KU Leuven
Research: borders/territory, security and conflicts
Current project: EU in the Black Sea https://research.kuleuven.be/portal/en/project/3E241158
Research: borders/territory, security and conflicts
Current project: EU in the Black Sea https://research.kuleuven.be/portal/en/project/3E241158
Orban is at it again
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Orban is at it again
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
Mamdani leaving with a couple F-35s
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Mamdani leaving with a couple F-35s
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
New essay, written for the excellent @transitionsec.bsky.social
Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
@campolis.bsky.social
Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
@campolis.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New essay, written for the excellent @transitionsec.bsky.social
Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
@campolis.bsky.social
Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future.
transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...
@campolis.bsky.social
La Géographie ça sert d'abord à faire la guerre
A former Russian military cartographer told Mediazona that Moscow’s battlefield maps are often grossly inaccurate. He also compared the Russian army to the Third Reich, saying many soldiers know the war in Ukraine is “criminal and unwinnable.”
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
‘Total nonsense’: A former Russian military cartographer on how the army cooks its maps to exaggerate gains — Meduza
Battlefield maps are one of Russia’s favorite propaganda tools. While the Russian army has, on average, advanced at a snail’s pace this year, dramatic visuals from its Defense Ministry and pro-war…
meduza.io
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
La Géographie ça sert d'abord à faire la guerre
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
Tom's mistake is that he conflates full blown authoritarianism with fascism. As if fascism only occurs when there has been full consolidation of power.
There are 2 major scholarly definitions of fascism both of which tom is ignorant of:
1) Palingenetic ultranationalism (Roger Griffin) /1
There are 2 major scholarly definitions of fascism both of which tom is ignorant of:
1) Palingenetic ultranationalism (Roger Griffin) /1
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Tom's mistake is that he conflates full blown authoritarianism with fascism. As if fascism only occurs when there has been full consolidation of power.
There are 2 major scholarly definitions of fascism both of which tom is ignorant of:
1) Palingenetic ultranationalism (Roger Griffin) /1
There are 2 major scholarly definitions of fascism both of which tom is ignorant of:
1) Palingenetic ultranationalism (Roger Griffin) /1
Schumann today
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Schumann today
"For the first time in its history the oil industry has an economically superior competitor."
Earlier this week I wrote a couple thousand words about why that may be.
Gluttons For Punishment: Oil Industry Doubles Down Against Reality
The world is facing a multi-year oil glut where the oil producers will be pumping more oil out of the ground than the world is using. This will keep oil prices at low levels – likely well below the le...
powering-the-planet.ghost.io
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"For the first time in its history the oil industry has an economically superior competitor."
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
How the government asks about race and ethnicity reflects shifts in how Americans think about their identity. Here are some changes made by the Census Bureau in measuring race and ethnicity over time 🧵⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
How the government asks about race and ethnicity reflects shifts in how Americans think about their identity. Here are some changes made by the Census Bureau in measuring race and ethnicity over time 🧵⬇️
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
Crafting the Ocean: The Geographies of Environmental World-Making - a new paper by Kim Peters and I in @tibg.bsky.social. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Huge thanks to the team at Transactions for such a constructive process.
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
The paper departs from existing analyses of ‘world making’, bringing cultural and environmental geographies into further conversation through linking theories of crafting and world-making together, t....
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Crafting the Ocean: The Geographies of Environmental World-Making - a new paper by Kim Peters and I in @tibg.bsky.social. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Huge thanks to the team at Transactions for such a constructive process.
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
"what radicalised you?"
Nothing. Wanting equal human rights and dignity for all people, wanting everybody to be able to afford food and healthcare, wanting people to have control over their lives and careers isn't radical.
It's the other side that's radical.
Nothing. Wanting equal human rights and dignity for all people, wanting everybody to be able to afford food and healthcare, wanting people to have control over their lives and careers isn't radical.
It's the other side that's radical.
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"what radicalised you?"
Nothing. Wanting equal human rights and dignity for all people, wanting everybody to be able to afford food and healthcare, wanting people to have control over their lives and careers isn't radical.
It's the other side that's radical.
Nothing. Wanting equal human rights and dignity for all people, wanting everybody to be able to afford food and healthcare, wanting people to have control over their lives and careers isn't radical.
It's the other side that's radical.
A Finnish border town economically affected by the closure of the border with Russia: "Whatever its future, Imatra won’t build itself around Russia again. 'Russian money was easy, but it left us with services oversized for the town. The easy money is gone.'”
archive.vn/T6KHW
archive.vn/T6KHW
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A Finnish border town economically affected by the closure of the border with Russia: "Whatever its future, Imatra won’t build itself around Russia again. 'Russian money was easy, but it left us with services oversized for the town. The easy money is gone.'”
archive.vn/T6KHW
archive.vn/T6KHW
Today at KU Leuven, Karst Berkenbosch @berkenboschk.bsky.social presented his PhD research on everyday geopolitics in the Gulf of Saint Malo. The research explores territorial issues in the local fishing industry after Brexit.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today at KU Leuven, Karst Berkenbosch @berkenboschk.bsky.social presented his PhD research on everyday geopolitics in the Gulf of Saint Malo. The research explores territorial issues in the local fishing industry after Brexit.
Euro-patriotism?
November 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Euro-patriotism?
This is a beautiful photo-video essay, heart-wrenching and heart-warming at the same time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch2e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch2e...
Ukraine's frontline photographer: this is not just another assignment | Documentary
YouTube video by The Guardian
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is a beautiful photo-video essay, heart-wrenching and heart-warming at the same time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch2e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch2e...
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
Cosign every bit of this essay from my UCI Philosophy colleague Anastasia Berg on what's lost cognitively -- and democratically -- when AI deprives students of the chance to work through complicated ideas with language.
Opinion | A.I. Threatens Our Ability to Understand the World
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Cosign every bit of this essay from my UCI Philosophy colleague Anastasia Berg on what's lost cognitively -- and democratically -- when AI deprives students of the chance to work through complicated ideas with language.
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
"The way you treat us is the way you’ll be treated. This is for Mzia [Amaglobeli]."
Tamar Lortkipanidze, detained after climbing onto a police car on October 22.
Charged with violence and assault on a police vehicle, causing damage estimated at 3,300 GEL. She faces up to seven years in prison.
Tamar Lortkipanidze, detained after climbing onto a police car on October 22.
Charged with violence and assault on a police vehicle, causing damage estimated at 3,300 GEL. She faces up to seven years in prison.
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"The way you treat us is the way you’ll be treated. This is for Mzia [Amaglobeli]."
Tamar Lortkipanidze, detained after climbing onto a police car on October 22.
Charged with violence and assault on a police vehicle, causing damage estimated at 3,300 GEL. She faces up to seven years in prison.
Tamar Lortkipanidze, detained after climbing onto a police car on October 22.
Charged with violence and assault on a police vehicle, causing damage estimated at 3,300 GEL. She faces up to seven years in prison.
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
Postdoctoral Researcher Performative Politics in Catalonia #ECPRMemberJobs
🎓 PhD in Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations, Geography, Conflict Studies, Development Studies, or similar
🇧🇪 Ghent University
⌛ Friday 31 October
buff.ly/oLuoNST
#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
🎓 PhD in Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations, Geography, Conflict Studies, Development Studies, or similar
🇧🇪 Ghent University
⌛ Friday 31 October
buff.ly/oLuoNST
#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
Postdoctoral Researcher Performative Politics in Catalonia
Postdoctoral Researcher Performative Politics in Catalonia
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Postdoctoral Researcher Performative Politics in Catalonia #ECPRMemberJobs
🎓 PhD in Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations, Geography, Conflict Studies, Development Studies, or similar
🇧🇪 Ghent University
⌛ Friday 31 October
buff.ly/oLuoNST
#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
🎓 PhD in Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations, Geography, Conflict Studies, Development Studies, or similar
🇧🇪 Ghent University
⌛ Friday 31 October
buff.ly/oLuoNST
#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
Metaphors we live by
October 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Metaphors we live by
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
10 days in jail for 22-year-old Tsira — for standing on the road for 25 seconds, just 40 cm off the sidewalk.
A sixth journalist, Tsira Zhvania, working on TV Formula's social media, was just arrested.
October 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
10 days in jail for 22-year-old Tsira — for standing on the road for 25 seconds, just 40 cm off the sidewalk.
real(estate)politik
October 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
real(estate)politik
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
The closer a country lies to Russia, the greater the chance that its people see the Kremlin as a top threat facing Europe — but that doesn't mean the EU is viewed as a savior.
The closer to Russia the greater the fear, opinion poll finds
A YouGov survey finds a rift in how EU nations perceive security and their general reluctance to rearm under Brussels’ supervision.
www.politico.eu
October 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The closer a country lies to Russia, the greater the chance that its people see the Kremlin as a top threat facing Europe — but that doesn't mean the EU is viewed as a savior.
Reposted by Gela Merabishvili
Just submitted my third publication (🤞) on soccer and politics, this one co-authored with my graduate student Nicolas Roulier.
Should be part of a special World Cup forum of the journal Communication and Cultural/Critical Studies.
Should be part of a special World Cup forum of the journal Communication and Cultural/Critical Studies.
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just submitted my third publication (🤞) on soccer and politics, this one co-authored with my graduate student Nicolas Roulier.
Should be part of a special World Cup forum of the journal Communication and Cultural/Critical Studies.
Should be part of a special World Cup forum of the journal Communication and Cultural/Critical Studies.