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Chris Agius

@chrisagius13.bsky.social
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I research security, war preparedness, and other things related to violence. Swedish Defence University. Publications here: scholar.google.com.au/citations?use…

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Snap! This just arrived in the post for me to read!
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Ontological security will be much easier to explain in the classroom now (Yes you should freak out. this is not a meme)
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I broke my little toe because my cat was honking like a seal. It’s never been the same since.
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 18/07/2025
Last week, someone asked me whether Trump and Russia pursue similar goals in Europe. This strategy paper provides a partial answer 👇
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Trump is working on regime change in Europe — fact, not conspiracy theory
On 27 May, an official document, The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe, calling for regime change in European countries was published, written by a senior adviser for the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the US State Department, writes Caroline de Gruyter.
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Umut Ozguc @umutozguc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
As Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social, we are pleased to have Henk van Houtum present his new book Free the Map. Join us on the 16th of April. @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/free-the-map...
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Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration
Get tickets on Humanitix - Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration . Online. Wednesday 16th April 2025. Find event information.
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Ari Jerrems @arijerrems.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I've neglected this for a while but have made a couple of new additions to the Critical Border Studies starter pack go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN Shout out to our friends @polgeographygroup.bsky.social who are now on Bluesky
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Thanks @hmberents.bsky.social ! I’ve been thinking a lot about this article since the election…
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
In February I commence a new position in thr Dept of Political Science at Swedish Defence University @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social Super excited to be in Stockholm and working with so many great colleagues here and across Sweden!
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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
I totally fail to see a downside of OpenAI going bust and out of "business". Next.
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Umut Ozguc @umutozguc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Our special Issue on #borders #criticalborderstudies with @chrisagius13.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social and Samid Suliman.
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The world-making power of borders: Asia-Pacific perspectives
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Which looks highly dubious after yours @nikiemarston.bsky.social
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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a close up of a man 's face with the name chris below it
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the name chris below it
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Ha!
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Is there a starter pack for all things security studies? Critical security studies?
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a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a hospital room .
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a hospital room .
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Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Ha! Highly suspect
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 21/05/2024
Kudos to Milly the Wondercat, who solved today’s very difficult wordle that had her human stumped for nearly an hour. As you can see here, she clearly thinks I’m a less superior life form
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 18/05/2024
Congrats!
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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · 17/05/2024
In her new EJIR article, Joanna Tidy examines the military violence of land use and infrastructure. Read the full article here: t1p.de/lla4t
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 17/05/2024
I know, right? How can they not see that their dashboards are DARK and they are IN THE DARK?
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 16/05/2024
Article Brent Steele and I wrote on icons in international relations now has a volume, issue and page numbers! It also has Mohammed Ali, flight attendants falling from the sky and other stories for your enjoyment! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Icons and ontological (in)security | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
Icons and ontological (in)security - Volume 9 Issue 2
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 17/05/2024
I saw at least three cars with NO lights on at all at night yesterday 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
Crazypants is a word I am now adopting, thank you for your service 👖
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Karl Gustafsson @profgustafsson.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
Beyond excited to see my co-authored, with the one and only Maria Mälksoo, article ‘Memory Political Deterrence: Shielding Collective Memory and Ontological Security through Dissuasion’ finally published in International Studies Quarterly academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
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Memory-Political Deterrence: Shielding Collective Memory and Ontological Security through Dissuasion
Abstract. Traditionally used within the context of hard military power in interstate relations, the concept of deterrence has been progressively extended to non
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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
I *beg* reviewers not to recommend revise&resubmit, promise to review the revision, and then when that revision is in, decline to review it. This is grossly unfair to the author who tailored revisions to the existing reviews and exponentially increases delays while editors scramble to find new eyes.
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Tiina Hyyppä @hyyppati.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
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Tiina Hyyppä @hyyppati.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
Number of officials in #Nato and #EU countries warn of possible genocide and call for halting unconditional support for #Israel. When was the last time policy makers received so many letters from officials and academics and did nothing? #Cease_fire_In_Gaza_Now #StopGazaGenocide
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
How are you even functioning right now?!?
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
That face. Monkey clearly understands (but is still happy to sit this one out!)
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
New article out with the wonderful brain of @flusterbird.bsky.social with International Political Sociology on #covid #bordering and #more-than-human #worldmaking - open access: academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
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Carla Winston @carlawinston.bsky.social · 01/01/2024
Doing this in 2024 to track workload, thank you new EBA rules on evidence-based policy (if we vote yes). Save a copy and modify to your needs; for example, PhD and Thesis supervision count as teaching here, not research. Also added a service category for "reading Uni strategy documents."
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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 17/12/2023
Me: please get me books for Christmas My unread books from Christmas 2022:
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Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
von der Leyen celebrates launch of BioNTech Africa in Rwanda 🟥 Reminder EU blocked TRIPS waiver during COVID-19. Now interested in African vaccines as... a) want to boost health equity (unlikely) b) want to minimise risk to own pharma market (more likely) b) want a slice of the market (defo likely)
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
Nice spoon.
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
That good, eh?!
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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
In case you’re wondering how it’s all going 🤬
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Unbelievable. Or rather, think how grim it gets, then double it
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Helen Berents @hmberents.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
I've paid attn to politics of children's suffering in crises for over a decade & never have I seen such widespread imagery of violence. Yet the children of Gaza-4000+ dead, 100,000s suffering-seem not to be deemed human-enough for politicians to unequivocally condemn the violence
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Helen Berents @hmberents.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
The only appropriate reaction to the horror in Gaza is to loudly, insistently demand nothing short of an end to Israel's indiscriminate bombing, to their strategy of starvation & dehydration, to their attacks on hospitals & camps, to their forced displacement of populations, their genocidal strategy
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Here they are dragging it away:
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Fuck the Netherlands. Fuck the UK.
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
No comment…
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
Wow you survived the zombies!
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
All ears
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
Don’t worry, it’ll be doneded soon
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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
Ooof!
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
“Since 2014, ACU’s biggest growing expense has been consulting. The university now spends roughly $10 million a year on external consultants. jacobin.com/2023/10/aust...
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In Australian Universities, There Is No Such Thing as a Secure Job
Citing budget deficits, Australian Catholic University has announced plans to shut down the Dianoia Institute of Philosophy. But the shortfall isn’t the result of research expenses — it’s the pr...
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