Historically grounded approaches to enduring geopolitical problems
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Events taking place this week!
Book presentation, Brussels: cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/book-pr…
Maritime workshop – ‘Navigating the Strategic Trilemma’: cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/navigat…
German colonialism in Africa and its legacies: cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/german-…
CIS: cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/lord-pe…
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1 month left!
Call for Participation - Indo-Pacific Roundtable 2027🌏
📍Robinson College, Cambridge
🗓️6-7 May 2027
⏳Deadline: Tue 1 Dec 2026
Panel proposals and individual applications welcome. Limited travel support available. Apply here: bit.ly/4jmi0UB
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In 2 weeks!
Book presentation, ‘Frontlines of Transformation: Ukraine and the European Security’, Bucharest
🗓 18 November 2026
📍Romanian Military Thinking Conference, Bucharest
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"Great Britain could still be a great power"
New article by Professor Brendan Simms and Dr Hugo Bromley
iai.tv/articles/great-britai…
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Join Alex de Waal and Willow Berridge for a discussion of their book "The Sudans".
Wednesday, 04th November
5:00 - 6:30 PM
SG2, Alison Richard Building
To sign up, and to find out more about events at CGHR this term, please visit here (eventbrite.co.uk/o/centre-of…)
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Assessing geopolitical risk: Past, present, and future.
A talk with Michael Reynolds, Kruthika Bala and Guy Spindler.
📅 16 November 2026
📍 The Pitt Building, Trumpington St CB2 1RP
👉 Registration and further details: cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/assessi…
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National cultural autonomy revisited: Why Baltic minority politics matters
📅 23 November 2026
📍 The Gatsby Room, Wolfson College, Barton Road, CB3 9BB Cambridge
👉 Further information and Registration: cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/nationa…
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Reminder! This event is taking place today!
Autonomy under pressure: Great power rivalry in Latin America
Our programme’s overarching theme for 2026/27 is “The Competition for Latin America”.
📅 Friday 30th October 2026
📍 Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College
👉 Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/autonomy-…
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The final CIS installment this term: at talk by Prof Richard Noakes on ‘A secret radar war? Psychic powers, technoscience and the military in Britain, 1930–1970’
📅 27 November 2026
📍 McCrum Lecture Theatre, Corpus Christi College
👉 cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/prof-ri…
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Frontlines of Transformation: Ukraine and European Security by Dr Victoria Vdovychenko, hosted at Europe House.
📅 26 November 2026
📍 Europe House, Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU
👉 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Autonomy under pressure: Great power rivalry in Latin America
Our programme’s overarching theme for 2026/27 is “The Competition for Latin America”.
📅 Friday 30th October 2026
📍 Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College
👉 Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/autonomy-…
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Empty boulevards, apartment towers and shopping malls.
A decade on, Professor William Hurst is analysing the phenomenon of the 'Chinese ghost city' and the movement of power and capital in China's urban space.
Read the full article: bit.ly/4hyzNoW
#China #GhostCity
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Indo-Pacific Roundtable 2027🌏Don't miss your chance to take part!
📍Robinson College, Cambridge
🗓️6-7 May 2027
⏳Deadline: Tue 1 Dec 2026
Panel proposals and individual applications welcome. Limited travel support available.
cfg.cam.ac.uk/news/2027-indo…
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Girton College is hosting a special talk provided by Oman's Foreign Minister on the 26th of October at 5.30pm.
A drinks reception will follow.
📅 Monday 26 October 2026
📍 Old Hall, Girton College, University of Cambridge
👉 Registration: girtoncollege.wufoo.com/form…
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Maritime Workshop – “Navigating the Strategic Trilemma”
📅 2-3 November 2026
📍 Hybrid Event - Wilfried Martens HQ, Rue du commerce 20, 1000, Brussels
👉 Registration - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Centre for Geopolitics retweeted
This term's second installment of the @CamIntelligence
is a talk by Dr Patrick Lennox, 'On treason'.
🗓️Friday 16 October, 5.30pm BST
💻Online Event
Info and reg👇
cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/dr-patr…
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👉Register: tickettailor.com/events/king…
Join Dr Gillian Tett as she talks to the former Prime Minister of Australia and President of the Asia Society, the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC.
📅 Friday 30th October 2026, 16:30-17:45
📍 Keynes Hall, King's College, Cambridge
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📢 Call for Participation – 2027 Indo-Pacific Roundtable
📍Robinson College, Cambridge
🗓️6-7 May 2027
⌛️Deadline: 1 Dec 2026
Panel proposals and individual participation welcome. Limited travel support available.
cfg.cam.ac.uk/news/2027-indo…
#IndoPacific #Geopolitics #CallForPapers
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Join Dr Gillian Tett as she talks to the former Prime Minister of Australia and President of the Asia Society, the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC.
📅 Friday 30th October 2026, 16:30-17:45
📍 Keynes Hall, King's College, Cambridge
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Ukraine's European Path
Accession, Reform and the Future of a Federal Union — a UEF webinar
A talk by Dr Victoria Vdovychenko and Viktoriia Melnyk.
🗓️ Wednesday 14 October, 17:30
📍Online
👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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