Professor Government and International Affairs
Virginia Tech, VTRC Office 6-020,900 North Glebe Road,Arlington, VA 22203, USAPopular Categories
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- Duck of Minerva US IR scholars on contemporary international affairs
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- Geographical Imaginations Derek Gregory on war, space and security
- Geopolitics & Security @ Royal Holloway
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- Pop Theory
- Progressive Geographies Thinking about place and power
- Rosa Brooks By Other Means
- Stephen Walt
- War, Law, Space
Professional Affiliation
- Government and International Affairs The Government and International Affairs program at Virginia Tech
- The School of Public and International Affairs School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech
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- The De Facto States Project The De Facto States Project
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Category Archives: Beslan
The Saddest Place: Beslan Plus 9
Nine years ago the siege of School Number 1 in Beslan, North Ossetia ended in disastrous circumstances with 336 people killed, almost two hundred of them children. The mundane ramshackle ruins of the gutted school buildings are deeply affecting reminders … Continue reading
Posted in Beslan, chemical weapons, Obama, Putin, Syria
Tagged anniversary, Beslan, chemical weapons, G-20 summit, Putin, Syria
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Chemical Warfare and Place: Lessons from Halabja
As the United States and France consider military strikes in retaliation against the Assad regime it is worth recalling the use of chemical weapons by Saddam Hussein’s regime in Halabja, north east Iraqi Kurdistan on 16 March 1988. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Beslan, Critical Geopolitics, Current affairs, genocide, Halabja, Iraq, Kurdistan, Political Geography, Syria, war crimes, World political map
Tagged chemical weapons, Halabja, place
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