Professor of Human Geography @ Durham Uni, researching the geopolitics-development nexus, China-Africa relations, energy, resource & infrastructural geographies

Durham, England
Joined February 2014
Good to be engaged in a thoughtful and enriching discussion with @MarcusJPower, Professor of Human Geography at @durham_uni, UK. Our conversation focused on the intricate nexus of geopolitics and development, delving into wider global and regional dynamics.
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1/ How does Chinese development finance affect policy space across Sub-Saharan Africa? In our new article in the Journal of International Development, Han Cheng, @MarcusJPower and I explore this through Grabel’s concept of productive incoherence. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/jid.3996
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Good time to recall the debate over status of Nepal's independence during the British Raj, particularly b/n late 19th cent and 1923, when the treaty confirming Nepal's independence was signed by the British. Short 🧵:
Replying to @amish973
They were all legally a part of the Indian Empire following the Interpretation Act of 1889. Here you can see the standard Raj list of Indian princely states, opening alphabetically with Abu Dhabi and including places like Bahrain and Bhutan...
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Mai and I are looking for people who work on archives/archiving + the idea of Tricontinental solidarity (or Third Worldism) - academics, artists, film-makers - anyone. Please share if you/anyone you know of works on this. Thank you! 💙 ⁦@mtaha1871⁩
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I've now read this, & it is straight 🔥. A rare ecological approach to Marxism that does not move to revise/reject the bulk of Marx & Engels's thought or find 'ecology' buried deep in notebooks/Vol 3. Some favorite passages below (besides the ones I already noted below the QT).
This looks fantastic! Engels FTW...
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Isaiah and Christ teaming up with Elijah, Jacob, Moses and the Baptiste. Who next for the biblical Hatters?
It's time for Isaiah ✨
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A.i couldn't do this, there's wounds and a lived, weathered life behind the completely unqualified person who was tasked with creating this image. Also, Ireland is driving away from England and taking the six counties with it. This is radical decolonial art
god i love the ireland school of motoring logo that's just our beautiful island as a guy left foot braking with his peanits out
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Great news, hoping we stop leaking silly goals every week now. Looks a good young prospect #COYH 🧡
Christ Makosso is a Hatter! 🇨🇬
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Mozambique now exports energy to seven countries #Mozambique #Moçambique #Economy #MozambiqueNews clubofmozambique.com/news/mo…
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Mary and Joseph would never make it
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints in France and Belgium saying that Apple's supply chain is contaminated with "blood minerals". Their lawyers argue Apple is complicit in crimes committed by armed groups that control mines. bbc.in/4gBVaUo
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Job Alert - @GeogDurham is seeking applications for two permanent Human Geography Assistant Professorships - durham.taleo.net/careersecti… closing date 11:59pm on 12th January 2025
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All the BBC media action films from our Sajag-Nepal project are available to watch now on our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@sajag-nepal?si=…
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Join us on November 21st as we discuss the politics underlying the popular uprising in Mozambique with António Bai, Anne Pitcher, and José Jaime Macuane. youtube.com/watch?v=LlSjZsSs…
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Enterprise at its best. Mustang locals have set up tents at Korala to cash in on the tourist boom and sell them Chinese goods from across. 🇳🇵State might be slow to develop border infra, but 🇳🇵people are quicker. Border tourism as another form of sovereignty assertion?
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On generative AI, photojournalism and visual politics. Watch our recent and fascinating @VisualPolUQ conversation between David Campbell (VII Foundation) and @Cenevox (@RMIT), moderated by @brontebratton and myself. rolandbleiker.com/past-event…
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Our story on China's is push against and sometimes even push into countries on its borders makes NYT 1st page: 🇺🇸A 'New Great Wall Of China' 📷Nepalis have complained that China’s breaches of the border threaten their land and their way of life nytimes.com/interactive/2024…
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NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!! 🌏📖 Of Infrastructure Diplomacy and Development:How Nepal Manages Infrastructure Aid from India, China, and Japan. Full report on our website: pei.center/publication/infra…
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🌍 22 years, 1,243 loans, 49 African governments, 39 Chinese lenders + over $170 billion. Explore the projects and data in the Chinese Loans to Africa Database: gdpcenter.org/4dbInXk
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