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 here: bit.ly/4hyzNoW #China #GhostCity #Analysis #Geopolitics
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Don't miss your chance to take part! The Indo-Pacific Roundtable returns to Robinson College, Cambridge, on 6–7 May 2027, covering security, political economy, great power politics and more. Panel proposals and individual applications welcome until 1 Dec 2026. bit.ly/4jmi0UB #CallForParticipation
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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/forms/a-talk...
A Talk by The Foreign Minister of Oman
Monday 26 October 2026 5.30pm, Old Hall, Girton College, University of Cambridge Followed by a drinks reception If you wish to attend this event, please fill out the form below:
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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...
This term's second installment of the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar is a talk by Dr Patrick Lennox, 'On treason'. 🗓️Friday 16 October, 5.30pm BST 💻Online Event Info and reg👇 www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/dr-pa...
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Reserve your seat – The Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC in conversation with the Provost, Dr Gillian Tett – Keynes Lecture Theatre, King's College
The Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC in conversation with the Provost, Dr Gillian Tett – Keynes Lecture Theatre, King's College, Fri 30 Oct 2026 - Please note this event now starts at 16.30. Former Prime Minister...
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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
Join us at the 2027 Indo-Pacific Roundtable!🌏 Europe's largest conference of its kind returns to Robinson College, Cambridge, on 6–7 May 2027, covering security, political economy, great power politics and more. Panel proposals and individual applications welcome until 1 Dec 2026. bit.ly/4jmi0UB
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
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...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ukraine's European Path. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Accession, Reform and the Future of a Europe Moderator Prof. Luca Lionello, Associate Professor of EU Law, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. Speaker - Dr Victoria Vdovychenko, Joint Prog...
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PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION Does Japan have a grand strategy? 🇯🇵 📅 Tue 13 Oct, 5pm, Room 8-9, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue #Japan #GrandStrategy #Geopolitics
The Cambridge Intelligence Seminar returns! 🕵️ 🗓️ Fri, 9 Oct, 17:30 - Prof Christopher Andrew reveals his secret collaboration with Oleg Gordievsky after his escape from Moscow in 1985, with KGB documents and London dead letter boxes you can still visit. 📍 Corpus Christi College & online Details 👇
Prof Christopher Andrew: ‘My secret collaboration with Oleg Gordievsky after his escape from Moscow in 1985’ - Centre for Geopolitics
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This term's second installment of the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar is a talk by Dr Patrick Lennox, 'On treason'. 🗓️Friday 16 October, 5.30pm BST 💻Online Event Info and reg👇 www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/dr-pa...
Dr Patrick Lennox, ‘On treason’ - Centre for Geopolitics
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PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION Does Japan have a grand strategy? 🇯🇵 📅 Tue 13 Oct, 5pm, Room 8-9, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Sidgwick Avenue #Japan #GrandStrategy #Geopolitics
'Four Kinds of Empty: Rethinking China’s Ghost Cities and their Implications' Dive into the latest analysis by Professor William Hurst @wjhurst.bsky.social Read the full article here: bit.ly/4hyzNoW
The Cambridge Intelligence Seminar returns! 🕵️ 🗓️ Fri, 9 Oct, 17:30 - Prof Christopher Andrew reveals his secret collaboration with Oleg Gordievsky after his escape from Moscow in 1985, with KGB documents and London dead letter boxes you can still visit. 📍 Corpus Christi College & online Details 👇
Prof Christopher Andrew: ‘My secret collaboration with Oleg Gordievsky after his escape from Moscow in 1985’ - Centre for Geopolitics
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What are the causes of great-power war? Join us for a talk on the great-power decisions in war with Prof Sebastian Rosato (University of Notre Dame). 📅 Friday 23 October, 5pm 📍Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 👉Details and Registration www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-causes...
The Causes of Great-Power War
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Our 2027 Indo-Pacific Roundtable is open for applications 🌏 Europe's largest conference of its kind returns to Robinson College, Cambridge, on 6–7 May 2027, covering security, political economy, great power politics and more. Individual applications and panel proposals welcome until 1 December.
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Does Japan have a grand strategy? 🇯🇵 Prof Saori Katada @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social on Japan as a "liminal power," from Meiji to the Free and Open Indo-Pacific. With Prof John Nilsson-Wright & Dr Giulia Garbagni. 📅 Tue 13 Oct, 5pm, Darwin College #Japan #GrandStrategy #Geopolitics Info and reg 👇
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🎥 New video: The Baltic States in the new age of great power politics From the Russo-Ukrainian war to the US pivot to Asia, what role can Latvia and the Baltic play in the emerging (dis)order? A panel of Latvian IR experts, moderated by our Baltic Fellow Dr Donatas Kupčiūnas. #Geopolitics #Latvia
The Baltic States in the New Age of Great Power Politics
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Are we ready for an unpredictable future? 🌍 Join us for the launch of our new Government and Geopolitics Programme! 🎙️ Prof. Jacek Siewiera (fmr. National Security Adviser, Poland) 🎙️ Deborah Haynes (Sky News) 📅 Tue 20 Oct, 5–6:30pm 📍 Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge ⬇️ Register via link below
Are we ready? Preparedness and resilience for an unpredictable future - Centre for Geopolitics
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🚨 TODAY 🚨 We are introducing our new #Mediterranean Programme at the University of Cambridge Alumni Festival ⚓️ See you at 17:00 on the Sidgwick Site! 🌊 ⬇️ Details and registration
🌊 Excited to launch our #Mediterranean Programme! -- to be introduced by Brendan Simms & Nicholas Hopton at the Cambridge Alumni Festival, Fri 18 Sept, 17:00–18:00. Britain's Mediterranean ties run deep – and they matter more than ever. 🇬🇧🌍 Details: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/europ...
🇬🇧 What is at stake for #Britain in the Mediterranean region? ⚓️ Join us to find out at the Cambridge Alumni Festival next week, where the Centre for Geopolitics is launching its new #Mediterranean Programme! Fri 18 Sept, 17:00 Details and registration ⬇️
🌊 Excited to launch our #Mediterranean Programme! -- to be introduced by Brendan Simms & Nicholas Hopton at the Cambridge Alumni Festival, Fri 18 Sept, 17:00–18:00. Britain's Mediterranean ties run deep – and they matter more than ever. 🇬🇧🌍 Details: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/europ...
BOOK LAUNCH! 📚 @csns-uk.bsky.social will host Prof Brendan Simms and Dr Hugo Bromley for the launch of their new book: British Statecraft and the Baltic Sea Region: A Documentary History 📅 Thu, 17 September, 17:00-18:15 📍 King's College London ⬇️ Details and registration
Join us for the launch of Dr Hugo Bromley and Prof Brendan Simms's new book: British Statecraft and the Baltic Sea Region: A Documentary History 📅 Thu, 17 Sep, 17:00-18:15 📍 King's College London csns.uk/event/britis...
🌊 Excited to launch our #Mediterranean Programme! -- to be introduced by Brendan Simms & Nicholas Hopton at the Cambridge Alumni Festival, Fri 18 Sept, 17:00–18:00. Britain's Mediterranean ties run deep – and they matter more than ever. 🇬🇧🌍 Details: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/europ...
Europe’s southern front - Centre for Geopolitics
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The Centre for Geopolitics is proud to be part of the 43rd Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, 23–30 August at Jesus College Cambridge. In focus: Asset Recovery and the Rule of Law. 600+ experts, keynotes, workshops, and networking. #EconomicCrime #AssetRecovery #RuleOfLaw
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Recently, our staff member Dr Lisa Vickers participated in the Manfred Wörner Seminar with the German Bundeswehr. In her cohort was a Petrean who remembered his time at the college fondly, 1/4
Event video now live! 'European Approaches to De-Risking: National Security, Strategic Coordination, and Indo-Pacific Partnerships' This panel featured in last week's 'Between De-Risking and Interdependence: Rethinking Europe-China Relations' conference. bit.ly/3SGMDsE
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Between De-Risking and Interdependence: Rethinking Europe-China Relations Between De-Risking and Interdependence: Rethinking Europe-China Relations is a two-day conference that brings together leading scholars, as well as policymakers and think tank representatives, with a focus on the development of Europe-China relations during the leadership of Xi Jinping. Since Xi Jinping’s ascent to power in China, relations between China and Europe have become increasingly securitised and tense. In 2019, the EU labelled China a ‘systemic rival’, and both the EU’s and the UK’s strategies began emphasising security concerns. The UK’s Integrated Review Refresh describes China as an ‘epoch-defining challenge’, also reflecting a shift toward a securitised, ‘de-risking’ approach. However, full de-risking from China is unrealistic due to economic interdependence and the need for cooperation on global issues like climate change and arms control. Balancing this approach requires clearly identifying the challenges posed by China’s geopolitical behaviour, and particularly by the issues of strategic and economic competition this poses to Europe. This collaborative project between the Centre for Geopolitics at Cambridge and CERI at Sciences Po explores this issue in a range of distinct, yet closely interrelated, strategic sectors crucial to contemporary relations between Europe and China and, more widely, geopolitics in the 21st Century. This conference is supported by the CamPo programme, fostering collaboration between the University of Cambridge and Sciences Po. Panel 4. European Approaches to De-Risking: National Security, Strategic Coordination, and Indo-Pacific Partnerships Speakers: Suzanne Raine, Master of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge; former Civil Servant, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Professor John Nilsson-Wright, Professor of Japanese Politics and International Relations of East Asia at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (FAMES), Fellow at Darwin College, University of Cambridge Dr Giulia Garbagni, Early Career Research Fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Research Affiliate, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge Moderator: Dr Alice Politi, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge
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Panel 3 of 'Between De-Risking and Interdependence: Rethinking Europe-China Relations' is now available on our YouTube channel. Watch this panel 'Green Interdependence or Strategic Vulnerability? Climate Cooperation in an Era of De-Risking' here: bit.ly/4wlPaqu
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Between De-Risking and Interdependence: Rethinking Europe-China Relations Between De-Risking and Interdependence: Rethinking Europe-China Relations is a two-day conference that brings together leading scholars, as well as policymakers and think tank representatives, with a focus on the development of Europe-China relations during the leadership of Xi Jinping. Since Xi Jinping’s ascent to power in China, relations between China and Europe have become increasingly securitised and tense. In 2019, the EU labelled China a ‘systemic rival’, and both the EU’s and the UK’s strategies began emphasising security concerns. The UK’s Integrated Review Refresh describes China as an ‘epoch-defining challenge’, also reflecting a shift toward a securitised, ‘de-risking’ approach. However, full de-risking from China is unrealistic due to economic interdependence and the need for cooperation on global issues like climate change and arms control. Balancing this approach requires clearly identifying the challenges posed by China’s geopolitical behaviour, and particularly by the issues of strategic and economic competition this poses to Europe. This collaborative project between the Centre for Geopolitics at Cambridge and CERI at Sciences Po explores this issue in a range of distinct, yet closely interrelated, strategic sectors crucial to contemporary relations between Europe and China and, more widely, geopolitics in the 21st Century. This conference is supported by the CamPo programme, fostering collaboration between the University of Cambridge and Sciences Po. Panel 3 - Green Interdependence or Strategic Vulnerability? Climate Cooperation in an Era of De-Risking Speakers: Isabel Hilton OBE, Visiting Professor, Lau China Institute, King’s College London; Chair, Great Britain China Centre; Founder, China Dialogue Dr Bruno Binetti, Senior Policy Advisor, E3G; Associate Fellow, Chatham House Marcus Gustafsson, Policy Officer, Secretariat-General, European Commission Moderator: Dr Sinan Chu, CERI, Sciences Po
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Videos are now available from 'Between De-Risking and Interdependence: Rethinking Europe-China Relations'. Watch Panel 1 'Rewiring Globalisation: Supply Chains, Industrial Policy, and Economic Security' here: bit.ly/3SLo5i8
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Between De-Risking and Interdependence: Rethinking Europe-China Relations Between De-Risking and Interdependence: Rethinking Europe-China Relations is a two-day conference that brings together leading scholars, as well as policymakers and think tank representatives, with a focus on the development of Europe-China relations during the leadership of Xi Jinping. Since Xi Jinping’s ascent to power in China, relations between China and Europe have become increasingly securitised and tense. In 2019, the EU labelled China a ‘systemic rival’, and both the EU’s and the UK’s strategies began emphasising security concerns. The UK’s Integrated Review Refresh describes China as an ‘epoch-defining challenge’, also reflecting a shift toward a securitised, ‘de-risking’ approach. However, full de-risking from China is unrealistic due to economic interdependence and the need for cooperation on global issues like climate change and arms control. Balancing this approach requires clearly identifying the challenges posed by China’s geopolitical behaviour, and particularly by the issues of strategic and economic competition this poses to Europe. This collaborative project between the Centre for Geopolitics at Cambridge and CERI at Sciences Po explores this issue in a range of distinct, yet closely interrelated, strategic sectors crucial to contemporary relations between Europe and China and, more widely, geopolitics in the 21st Century. This conference is supported by the CamPo programme, fostering collaboration between the University of Cambridge and Sciences Po. Panel 1 - Rewiring Globalisation: Supply Chains, Industrial Policy, and Economic Security Speakers: Peter Handley, Senior Associate, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Former Head of Unit and Deputy Director in DG GROW, responsible for critical raw materials (CRMs) and energy-intensive industries. Dr Francesca Ghiretti, Director Economic Security and Resilience Initiative, RAND Europe Professor Paul Irwin Crookes, Associate Professor in Contemporary China Studies, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford Bruno Houtzager, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge; Geopolitical Analyst, ASML Moderator: Alessandro Maffei, CERI, Sciences Po
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Former UK Home Secretary and founder of CfG's Baltic Geopolitics Programme, Rt Hon Charles Clarke spoke to The Baltic Times about the Programme's work, regional security, and UK–Baltic cooperation. Read the full article here: bit.ly/44aHGe7
Cambridge's Baltic Geopolitics Programme: strengthening understanding in a changing Europe
The University of Cambridge's Centre for Geopolitics is a leading research institution focused on international security and strategic affai...
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