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Centre for Geopolitics
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Historically grounded approaches to enduring geopolitical problems
Don't miss ‘Why we still need to know about places and cases in the era of big data: The role of (comparative) area studies in the production of usable knowledge’ with guest speaker Dr Rudra Sil and Prof @wjhurst.bsky.social

📅Tomorrow! 16:00-17:30
🗺️FAMES, CB3 9DA
🖋️https://bit.ly/4pQhkqp
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New event! In conversation with Prof @merweiss.bsky.social

Weiss, @albany.edu & founding director of SUNY Southeast Asia Consortium discusses the state of politics in Malaysia & SE Asia with @wjhurst.bsky.social

🗓️ Next Mon 8 Dec! 16:00-17:30
🗺️ FAMES Building, CB3 9DA
✒️ Reg and info: bit.ly/4pMY11t
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
CfG is now accepting registrations of interest for the 2026 Baltic Summer School in Gdańsk, Poland.

On 6th-11th July, the Summer School will feature lectures, visits, networking and local cuisine, all focusing on the theme of “resilience”.

Find out more! bit.ly/3XSkuxY
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
One week to go until: Historica

Dr Alexander Tsikhilov & Nikita Balabanov present exciting developments of historica.org, an AI-based tool to view historical maps and records throughout time.

Make sure not to miss it!

🗓️ Tue 2nd Dec 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Ramsden Room, St Cat's
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4hTedLH
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Event video now available for: 'Zeitenwende or Continuity? Germany’s Quest for a Grand Strategy' with Prof Marina Henke

Watch as Henke asks, “Has Germany finally found a coherent grand strategy, or is strategic confusion still at the core?” youtu.be/KEGsB8DXt7o?...
'Zeitenwende or Continuity? Germany’s Quest for a Grand Strategy' with Professor Marina Henke
YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Episode 5 of Explorations on War is now live!

Prof @wjhurst.bsky.social and Dr Victoria Vdovychenko discuss how, amidst Russia’s full-scale invasion, #Ukraine navigates democratic responsiveness to its citizens.

Listen now🎧
Apple bit.ly/ExploApple
Spotify bit.ly/ExploSpot
YouTube bit.ly/Expl5YouT
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Last few tickets for tonight: Britain and the Balkans – Diplomacy, documentary, and Dayton

Not to be missed!

🗓️ Tonight, 17:00-19:00
🗺️ The Bateman Auditorium, G&C
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Last chance for: Britain and the Balkans

A showing of ‘UNCONQUERED...’, which tells the story of extraordinary individuals who risk everything to save 1000s of lives in the 1992-1995 Bosnian war

🗓️Tomorrow! 17:00
🗺️ Bateman Auditorium, G&C
✒️ Reg: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New event this Friday! The Cambridge day of geopolitics: The state of geopolitics 2025

Join the Centre for a review of global geopolitics from 2025.

🗓️ This Friday! 10:45 - 19:00
🗺️ William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/3X2NVgt
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Surrogates of Freedom: Authoritarian Rituals of Power and Citizens’ Notions of Liberty

Watch as Ekaterina Schulmann (RANEPA) explores whether the subjects of authoritarian regimes consider themselves unfree, and how they define liberty.

youtu.be/shML2hyoOEE?...
Surrogates of Freedom: Authoritarian Rituals of Power and Citizens’ Notions of Liberty
YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Last chance to register! China - a threat to the UK?

Why does China cause such anxiety for people in the West? Olivia Cheung, Kerry Brown, Sam Dunning, and William Hurst will discuss.

🗓️ Today! 16:30-18:30
🗺️ The Diamond Room, Selwyn College
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4plvbVL
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Tonight's webinar - The geopolitical dimensions of conflict and peace in Sudan and South Sudan

An expert panel will discuss the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese government.

🗓️ Today! 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Online
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/47BIprj
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
One week to go!

Britain and the Balkans – Diplomacy, documentary, and Dayton

With award-winning journalist & film-maker Fiona Lloyd-Davies and Helen Smith, FCDO, Balkans Department.

🗓️ Thu 20th Nov, 17:00-19:00
🗺️ The Bateman Auditorium, Gonville & Caius
✒️ Registration & info: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Less than one week to go!

Zeitenwende or continuity? Germany’s quest for a Grand Strategy

Prof Marina Henke traces Germany’s evolving stance on security posture.

🗓️ Tue 18th Nov 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Bateman Auditorium, G&C
✒️ Reg & more info: bit.ly/4ol3RH1
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New event! The geopolitical dimensions of conflict & peace in #Sudan and South Sudan

Following the ceasefire between the Rapid Support Forces & the Sudanese government, our panel will discuss the conflict and peace in these states.

🗓️ Mon 17th Nov, 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Online
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/47BIprj
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Only 2 days to go!

Austin Carson ‘Seeing like a superpower: Geopolitics and the infrastructure of intelligence’

Carson @carsonaust.bsky.social will discuss #ColdWar US intelligence structures & contemporary changes.

🗓️ This Friday! 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Online
✒️ Registration & info: bit.ly/4nyTv50‪
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Only 2 days to go!

Austin Carson ‘Seeing like a superpower: Geopolitics and the infrastructure of intelligence’

Carson will discuss #ColdWar US intelligence structures & contemporary changes.

🗓️ This Friday! 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Online
✒️ Registration & info: bit.ly/4nyTv50
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
'China Now: The 4th plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and beyond' with Prof @wjhurst.bsky.social and Dr Alice Politi is now available on our YouTube channel @CentreforGeopolitics

Watch now:
China Now: The 4th plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and beyond
YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
See you at 17:30 today for 'The geopolitics of the Panama Canal' with Ambassador Guido J. Martinelli III and Dr Carsten-Andreas Schulz.

📅Today! 17:30-19:00
🗺️Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College
🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/3JlxJnq
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
New event! Historica.org

Dr Alexander Tsikhilov and AI developer Nikita Balabanov will present exciting new web features of this research and education tool, Historica.org

🗓️ Tue 2nd Dec, 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Ramsden Room, St Catherine's College
✒️ Reg & info : bit.ly/4hTedLH
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Last chance to register!

The geopolitics of the Panama Canal

Ambassador Guido Martinelli will discuss the Canal’s vital importance to Panama and the wider world with Dr Carsten Schulz and Dr John Freeman.

📅Tomorrow! 17:30-19:00
🗺️Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College
🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/3JlxJnq
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The next episode of 'On Geopolitics, Explorations - War' is out now!

In episode 4, Lt Gen Doug Chalmers speaks with @wjhurst.bsky.social about political understanding during war.

🎧 Listen now:
Apple bit.ly/ExploApple
Spotify bit.ly/ExploSpot
YouTube bit.ly/Explo4YouT
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Last chance to register for today's lunchtime event!

The four talent giants: National strategies for human resource development across Japan, Australia, China, and India, with Prof Gi-Wook Shin

📆Today! 11:00-12:30
🗺️Bradfield Room, Darwin
🖋️More info: bit.ly/4ntLG0k
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Last chance to register for - ‘The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who exposed the CIA and saved MI5’

With BAFTA-winning and twice Emmy-nominated producer
Richard Kerbaj

📅 Tomorrow! 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Online
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/3WgXgko
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New event! Zeitenwende or continuity? Germany’s quest for a Grand Strategy

Prof M Henke asks: has Germany found a coherent grand strategy, or is strategic confusion still at the core?

🗓️ Tue 18th Nov, 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Bateman Auditorium, G&C
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4ol3RH1
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM