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
Schumann today
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Schumann today
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?
Metaphors we live by
October 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Metaphors we live by
real(estate)politik
October 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
real(estate)politik
This border security initiative stretches along the borders with Russia/Belarus but as far as I understand, Polish 'East Shield' also covers the Ukrainian section of the eastern border. Other EU/NATO members bordering Ukraine (Slovakia, Hungary and Romania) haven't pursued such border measures.
September 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This border security initiative stretches along the borders with Russia/Belarus but as far as I understand, Polish 'East Shield' also covers the Ukrainian section of the eastern border. Other EU/NATO members bordering Ukraine (Slovakia, Hungary and Romania) haven't pursued such border measures.
This is a map of last night's drone incursion into Poland, posted by Mykhailo Podolyak. It's probably not super-accurate, but it shows that at least some of the 19 drones that entered Polish airspace passed through Ukraine, while the rest thru Belarus. This is interesting from a border security pov.
September 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This is a map of last night's drone incursion into Poland, posted by Mykhailo Podolyak. It's probably not super-accurate, but it shows that at least some of the 19 drones that entered Polish airspace passed through Ukraine, while the rest thru Belarus. This is interesting from a border security pov.
2. Half of the population (48%) views the EU in neutral terms and only 43% has a positive image. So, basically, a large chunk of those who say they would vote for EU membership think, 'Yeah, whatever, I guess so.' In other words, EU is a generally good but abstract idea.
September 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
2. Half of the population (48%) views the EU in neutral terms and only 43% has a positive image. So, basically, a large chunk of those who say they would vote for EU membership think, 'Yeah, whatever, I guess so.' In other words, EU is a generally good but abstract idea.
My attempts at mapmaking for an article on the Hungarian-Ukrainian border as part of the longer EU/NATO eastern boundary
August 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
My attempts at mapmaking for an article on the Hungarian-Ukrainian border as part of the longer EU/NATO eastern boundary
A hill and a canal in the middle of Bodrogköz
August 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A hill and a canal in the middle of Bodrogköz
A summer morning in North-Eastern Hungary
July 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A summer morning in North-Eastern Hungary
Peloton > Palestinian nation
This is the fucking world we live in.
This is the fucking world we live in.
July 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Peloton > Palestinian nation
This is the fucking world we live in.
This is the fucking world we live in.
May 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New referendum in Hungary! This time against Ukraine's European integration.
April 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New referendum in Hungary! This time against Ukraine's European integration.
I have uploaded a preprint of my recent paper, "Borderization in Georgia: A mobility perspective", in
@socarxivbot.bsky.social :
osf.io/preprints/so...
It was accepted in Mobilities and will soon be published online in the journal.
@socarxivbot.bsky.social :
osf.io/preprints/so...
It was accepted in Mobilities and will soon be published online in the journal.
April 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I have uploaded a preprint of my recent paper, "Borderization in Georgia: A mobility perspective", in
@socarxivbot.bsky.social :
osf.io/preprints/so...
It was accepted in Mobilities and will soon be published online in the journal.
@socarxivbot.bsky.social :
osf.io/preprints/so...
It was accepted in Mobilities and will soon be published online in the journal.
FW admits that sending U.S. soldiers to UA was the best policy to deter Russian invasion but they didn't. (Afaik, didn't even consider seriously?).
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
March 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
FW admits that sending U.S. soldiers to UA was the best policy to deter Russian invasion but they didn't. (Afaik, didn't even consider seriously?).
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
The Brotherhood of Trump Fanboys
February 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Brotherhood of Trump Fanboys