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Dr Georgina Holmes

@drgholmes.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Studies @OpenUniversity and Lecturer in Politics at Imperial College London; Peacekeeping, military, UN, gender, global governance, SSR, Classical/Spanish guitar player

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thanks to Oleg Sukhov for quoting me, among others, in this @kyivindependent.com article considering the various ways that the US war against Iran and Russia's war in Ukraine are intertwined. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-and-...
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Ukraine and Iran's dangerous new standoff, explained
The escalating tensions between Ukraine and Iran over the past few days have prompted fears of a military conflict between the two countries. Kyiv and Tehran have many reasons to be at odds with each...
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This week, I spent time with the #IrishDefenceForce in Dublin to discuss their human security training and consider how soldiers can be better prepared. Also got a tour of the beautiful McKee Barracks, once home to the cavalry and 900 horses #UN #EU
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Journal of Global Security Studies is at #ISAPretoria2026 Our roundtable discussion is on Wednesday 2:30pm. Come and find us! #ISA @journalofgss.bsky.social Editorial team: Ulrich Petersohn; @jamespattison.bsky.social @birtegippert.bsky.social, Reed Wood; Belgin San-Akca and Dr Georgina Holmes
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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Event link tinyurl.com/39zsat6y Feel free to share with your networks @gunjans.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social @preciouschatd.bsky.social @drdonnasmith.bsky.social @filippoboni.bsky.social @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social @simonusherwood.bsky.social @drgholmes.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social
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Public Opinion & National Security in the UK: A People-Centred Approach
Global Challenges and Social Justice seminar series - Public Opinion & National Security in the UK: A People-Centred Approach
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Just a reminder to uni students that buying model essays is in fact illegal 😱 in the UK, but research shows it also reduces your critical thinking skills... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Essay cheating at universities an 'open secret' despite new law
An essay mill owner says he's made millions, while an ex-lecturer says he quit due to rife cheating.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
80% of Americans say we should prioritize regulating AI, yet Trump could soon enact an executive order blocking all state AI regulations. Why? Look no further than the AI industry's massive lobbying war chest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtkNL4v2ks
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Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’. It’s Russian.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/11/2025
BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow. She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I am most interested in the claim in this letter that Serco are making vast profits and are not providing the asylum seekers the food etc the government has paid for. See also news stories from 2023 www.standard.co.uk/business/ser...
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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oupips.bsky.social @oupips.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Join us on 30th September - 6.30pm - 7.30pm, joined with Matt Staples and Dr. Edward Wastnidge will be sharing how the Open University’s teaching, research, and wider engagement in politics and international relations connect with the aims of our new society Join: www.oustudents.com/ents/event/2...
Promotional poster for the Politics, International Relations and Policy Society at The Open University, advertising a "Welcome Week 2025" event on Tuesday, 30th September 2025. Features headshots of Matt Staples, Head of the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies, and Dr. Edward Wastnidge, Head of Politics and International Studies. The poster invites students to a special session introducing the society and its connection to the university’s teaching and research. Includes the society’s logo and website: www.oupips.org.uk.
Would you like a shorter version for social media or a more formal one for institutional use?
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 20/09/2025
Tradwife culture is not just aiming to restore “traditional” gender roles, according to researchers of extremism. It is also a force in formulating a new model of womanhood: one that incorporates strong religious identity, a specific feminine aesthetic, and far-right ideas.
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Sourdough and submission in the name of God: How tradwife content fuses femininity with anti-feminist ideas
Tradwives influencers’ throw-back aesthetics mask a divisive ideology about women’s roles, two scholars of extremism explain.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
There is a serious failure in UK govt, politics & media to take sufficiently seriously what Musk said & meant with "fight back or die" = Violence (interethnic civil war) is inevitable so pre-emptive violence - vs migrants, minorities & political opponents - is necessary to avoid existential erasure
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Bec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Just did a quick Q&A @justsecurity.org for journalists & others wondering what today's report that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza does (& does not) mean justsecurity.org/120762/coi-genocide-israel-gaza/ Please share with anyone covering the report.
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U.N. Commission Finds That Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza: What Does It Mean?
Professor Rebecca Hamilton explains what it does (and does not) mean for the UN Commission to make a genocide determination in Gaza.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I am concerned about silence of gvt ministers & others to defend basic anti-racism norms in last 6 weeks. They seem muted by their anxious inability to separate legitimate politics from prejudice & hate. Anti-violence norms - civil war is inevitable, so support violence - really should be simpler.
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I don’t think people in the UK realise the extent to which US elite are trying to make the UK shift to far right, mobilising white men
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Laura J. Shepherd @drljshepherd.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Incredibly impressed by Kate Scott and Lindsay Day, two brilliant PhD students at USYD who have published this excellent paper on TikTok tradwives and online anti-feminist movements www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Such a pleasure to work with and learn from such smart humans!
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TikTok tradwives: femininity, reproduction, and social media
In recent years, social media platforms have seen a growing promotion of the Tradwife’s lifestyle, where cis women embrace patriarchal gender norms and identities such as the stay-at-home mother an...
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
The United Nations General Assembly will no longer take place in New York. Meetings will be held in Geneva instead, as Trump refuses to admit the Palestinian delegation to enter the US
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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🎙️This morning I spoke to Emma Nelson on Monocle Radio's The Globalist about the passing of another Trump deadline for Putin and what might come next in #Russia's war against #Ukraine. The interview starts at 3:30 in the recording monocle.com/player/?uuid...
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Monocle radio - listen now
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Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Our colleagues Al Jazeera reporters Anas al-Sharif & Mohammed Qraiqeh, & cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal & Moamen Aliwa have been killed in a strike on a tent for journalists near Al Shifa hospital. They worked relentlessly through bombing & hunger to document this war. Please remember them
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Apply for the MA International Relations at the OU! Deadline 14th August. Created by experts in International Relations, defence and security policy and practice AND distance learning and tailored to facilitate career development. What more could anyone ask for in an MA? www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate
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Postgraduate Courses | Online and Distance Learning | The Open University
Explore 180+ flexible postgraduate courses from the UK's largest university. Study online with expert support. Choose from masters degrees, diplomas and certificates.
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
It's not too late to apply for the MA International Relations at the OU! Deadline is 14th August. This course is special. 5 stars, says I! www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Really pleased my article on the election process of the UN Secretary General is now available in the Open University's Resources for Schools, created for secondary school age students across the UK. #UNSG #unitednations tinyurl.com/2jut9xne @oupolitics.bsky.social
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Resources for schools
Keep on top of your learning with these free resources from The Open University, created for secondary school age students across the UK.
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Genocide, not a genocidal act.
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Do consider registering for our MA in International Relations. It’s new and brilliant, tailored to support students who want to study part time, often while working, or who have a lot to juggle. See below 👇
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POLIS @oupolitics.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
On Tuesday 1 July, Dr Georgina Holmes and NGO Security Women ran an internal workshop for the UK @defencehq.bsky.social on the recruitment of women into the British Armed Forces, ahead of the new tri-service recruitment programme 2027. Read here! fass.open.ac.uk/news/improvi...
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Workshop held on improving the recruitment of women into the British Armed Forces
On Tuesday 1 July, Dr Georgina Holmes and NGO SecurityWomen ran an internal workshop for the UK Ministry of Defence on the recruitment of women into the British Armed Forces, ahead of the new tri-serv...
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Big tech promotes the story that since ChatGPT burst onto the scene, AI has been so popular it's rushed to meet the demand. The reality is different. A study by design scholars shows tech co's have had to push AI on its users with a variety of intrusive tactics. How big tech is force-feeding us AI:
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How big tech is force-feeding us AI
Plus, OpenAI's absurd listening tour, top AI scientists say AI is evolving beyond our control, Facebook is putting data centers in tents, and the AI bubble question — answered?
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13/07/2025
i think the big middle event between george floyd protests and covid that accelerated this hard right turn in elite circles was tech employees using slack to stage walk-outs and force concessions from management. tech bosses got a first whiff of organized labor's power and started reading mein kampf
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I asked Chatgpt a question. Do you think billionaires should redistribute their wealth?
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Last week @securitywomen.bsky.social and me ran a workshop for UK Ministry of Defence on the recruitment of women into British Armed Forces ahead of the tri-service programme 2027. Maj Marcelle Grace presented her research & UK Fire & Rescue Service shared good practice. Briefing note to follow #WPS
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
about 70% of the world eats like this. This tweet is the most racist thing I've seen in years
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
As the lead up to the appointment of the next #UN #SecretaryGeneral picks up pace, here's my explainer article on the selection process & why there's momentum to appoint a woman, despite backlash/backsliding on gender #equality among some member states @oupolitics.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5n6w7ftp
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Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
As the lead up to the appointment of the next UN Secretary-General picks up pace, Dr Georgina Holmes explains the selection process and reflects on why there is growing momentum to appoint a woman....
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
All of the times Netanyahu said Iran is getting nukes Going back to 1995 The absolute failure of media outlets who continue to take Israel’s claims at face value is astonishing
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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
«Rather than the dream of machine intelligence, we are witnessing the disastrous political consequences of a different dream, one of a total bureaucracy that operates in the all-but-invisible interstices of the software we have come to rely on.» @leifw.bsky.social
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Our Spreadsheet Overlords - The Ideas Letter
Weatherby argues that the current discourse around AI, especially the buzz around “artificial general intelligence,” is a distraction from its actual impact: the expansion of bureaucracy through massi...
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samuel @quilombo.eurosky.social · 30/05/2025
Tonight.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
“Brooke Nichols has launched an online tracking tool assessing the consequences of the USAID cuts. She estimated that 103 people were dying every hour as a result. Former USAID chief Andrew Natsios estimates that two million will have died by the end of the year.”
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Andy Hom @therealisthom.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Are you short of a listen or interested in the links b/t IR theory & political ideology? @risjnl.bsky.social has just the thing for you - a new pod on our recent editor's selection, featuring our @sebkaempf.bsky.social interviewing (also our) Ben Martill: www.buzzsprout.com/2395572/epis...
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Editor's Selection: Theory/Ideology with Benjamin Martill - Review of International Studies – The podcast
Creating conversations across articles, identifying linkages, bringing together articles that speak to similar topics is the purpose of our editor's selections. In this episode, Dr Benjamin Martill, o...
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Today was International Day of UN peacekeepers, honouring peacekeepers who have lost their lives. I was invited to discuss UN reform and implementing Women, Peace and Security at a high profile roundtable event organised by @rusi.bsky.social and #UNA-UK #WPS
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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This is a free online event you can register for via: tinyurl.com/2kt4j5yu @filippoboni.bsky.social @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @preciouschatd.bsky.social ‪@emmalclarence.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social @drgholmes.bsky.social ‪‪‪@ckweatherill.bsky.social‬
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Keynote Speech - Palestine and the Battle of Ideas in the 21st century
3rd Annual GCSJ Research Festival Challenging Power: Keynote Speech
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Amid changes at the UN to ensure its survival: Here's our article examining how UN staff adopt neoliberal practices to enable business continuity during crises, and how new care ethics emerge, as staff build their own communities of care to support one other #UN #resilience tinyurl.com/mryf2s5e
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Business continuity, bureaucratic resilience and the limitations of neoliberal survival logics in international organisations | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Business continuity, bureaucratic resilience and the limitations of neoliberal survival logics in international organisations
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VERY POINTED TALK @verypointed.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
TAX THE RICH. In a world where oligarchs use our tax dollars to have PISSING contests sending rockets into space & children STARVE on our streets, BILLIONAIRES 👏 SHOULD 👏 NOT 👏 EXIST 👏 but they want to privatize social security and hand our investments over to Wall Street FRAUDSTERS. #bluecrew #fbr
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Holy shiitake! Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, the Director of the US Copyrights Office apparently because she refused to let Elon Musk raid the place to steal author’s intellectual property rights democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-...
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Fascinating research here linking visible decline in high streets (as measured by vacant shops) to rise in UKIP support
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I don't think they realise that the Women Peace and Security agenda is based on a UN Security Council resolution written by UN member states 25 years ago. It is not a 'Biden initiative'. Everyone's objective should be peace, not war #UNSCR1325 #USdefence #womenpeaceandsecurity #WPS
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Enjoying the beautiful weather on our 2-day research impact/writing retreat @oupolitics.bsky.social
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