Category Archives: Territory

Colin Flint, Introduction to Geopolitics

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Another textbook just received, also in its new second edition, is Colin Flint, Introduction to Geopolitics. Looks good, and also useful for teaching. Chapter Five is on ‘Territorial Geopolitics’. I do admire people who can write textbooks – not something … Continue reading →

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David Storey, Territories

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

David Storey’s Territory: The Claiming of Space has now been published in a second edition, retitled Territories: The Claiming of Space. It’s a really helpful overview of events and debates and a great textbook which I use in my teaching. … Continue reading →

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The Territorial Trap of the Territorial Trap

Posted on January 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Nisha Shah‘s important paper “The Territorial Trap of the Territorial Trap: Global Transformation and the Problem of the State’s Two Territories” has recently been published in International Political Sociology (requires subscription). Here’s the abstract: This paper argues that attempts by theories … Continue reading →

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‘Teritorij bez granica’ – ‘Territory without Borders’ in Croatian

Posted on December 22, 2011 by stuartelden

One of the speaking invitations I unfortunately had to turn down this year was to speak in Zagreb at the Human Rights film festival.  (You know you are busy when you have to turn down expenses-paid trips to interesting places you’ve … Continue reading →

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US bases and Iran

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

From From Democratic Underground (via Juan Cole): “Each star is a US base. But just to be clear, Iran is the one that is threatening us; we’re not threatening them.”

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טריטוריה

Posted on November 16, 2011 by stuartelden

The Hebrew translation of my ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ piece is now available in html or pdf. (You can read some earlier thoughts on the politics of translation concerning this process in an earlier post here.)

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Dialogues in Human Geography new issue

Posted on November 13, 2011 by stuartelden

The latest issue of Dialogues in Human Geography is now online (requires subscription). It includes a piece from John Allen entitled ‘Topological twists: Power’s shifting geographies’ with responses from Anssi Paasi, me, Mat Coleman and Alan Latham. There is also a … Continue reading →

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Elden, Gregory, Sevilla-Buitrago in ACME

Posted on November 12, 2011 by stuartelden

ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, Vol 10 No 2 is now available. It includes the English version of a discussion between me, Derek Gregory and Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago that was originally published earlier this year in a Spanish translation: … Continue reading →

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End of October

Posted on October 28, 2011 by stuartelden

October has been a slog. I’ve now done half of my teaching for this academic year. In one month. Okay, this means that the rest of the year is going to be relatively easy on that front, but naturally there … Continue reading →

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‘In praise of borders’

Posted on October 28, 2011 by stuartelden

First of a series in the New York Times. Engaging in its sense of fascination; naïve in its politics. The author’s Strange Maps blog is also worth a look.

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