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'Political Geography in Practice' is an innovative textbook on the theories, approaches and methodologies that inform political geography is brought together by past and present editors of the journal of the same name. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3VuXRit. Filippo Menga Caroline Nagel

In our latest blog, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and Deputy Head of Division, Rebecca Collins, talks about her journey to becoming a geographer. Rebecca discusses how you can develop your interest in the world, even without a geography background. Read here https://bit.ly/4cfmq9n

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Middle powers come of age by leveraging their geography to their advantage. Here is Professor Adeel Malik describing this, from recent evidence. You can watch the full panel discussion he joined to talk about middle powers in 2025 here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d2T8d9qY

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Our latest article was just published in the journal of historical geography: “Urbanization, proto-industrialization, and virtual water in the medieval Middle East” https://lnkd.in/gFGhbtMz

Why is geography revolutionary? Read my Interpreting Our World geography book to find out why and for some fruitful discussions in regional, physical, cultural, or technology geography courses : https://lnkd.in/g7KGFuq

In geography, the study of place is at the heart of everything we do.   This blog looks at the importance of place in the primary geography curriculum, and how learning about places allows children to understand the interconnected nature of geography, forge informed ideas about different places and develop a general curiosity about what makes each place unique. https://lnkd.in/eQYpaEyW

A great read but a glossed over mechanism in geopolitical risk studies is the ripple effect. ———————————— TLDR: BRI’s flagship failure due to Pakistan’s governance instability = Intensification of US-China conflict over Taiwan ———————————— In some ways, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was a way for China to circumvent the two island chains that geographically and economically (and many argue militarily) contain it. Most of China’s manufactured exports and oil-imports are sensitive to blockades in the two island chains. It is a security issue for Beijing. BRI’s flagship failure in the form of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the lack of alternative routes through the Central Asian Stans on its western border, means Beijing might refocus on weakening the American-allied island chains on its eastern coast. If the US is still following a Cold-War era domino theory, it might see Taiwan as the first domino that might take the two-island chains down with it- hence worth defending at immense cost, just like Vietnam and South Korea. Over here we see a ripple effect, Pakistan’s domestic governance instability, and the ensuing failure of CPEC, leads to a lack of alternatives for breaking out for China, and an accelerated re-focus on the two island chains- arguably one that might have happened perhaps a decade late were China successful in Pakistan and less irritated by its eastern containment.