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Could you #shelterinplace in only 3.5m2?

26 May 2020 Starting the conversation… Jennifer Ward George, Design Fellow for the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and University of Cambridge Records show that the number of people globally displaced currently sits at around 1 in every 110 persons worldwide. As Covid-19 continues to spread around the world...

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Coronavirus end EU enlargement?

Does the coronavirus mark the end of EU enlargement?

20 May 2020 Starting the conversation… Tim Less , Centre for Geopolitics, Cambridge University Against the backdrop of the coronavirus crisis, the EU has agreed to open negotiations on membership for Albania and North Macedonia. This follows a decision by Paris to lift its veto on the EU’s expansion into the Balkans in...

Read more at: Will COVID-19 spread religious nationalism?
Covid 19 & Religious Nationalism

Will COVID-19 spread religious nationalism?

16 May 2020 Starting the conversation… Tobias Cremer, Graduate Research Associate, Cambridge Initiative on Religion & International Studies, Centre for Geopolitics In recent years news headlines have been dominated by the rise of national populists who often use of religious language and symbols as part of their appeal...

Read more at: Beyond the wet markets - can the Chinese Party-State contain biosecurity risks in the country's food supply?
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Beyond the wet markets - can the Chinese Party-State contain biosecurity risks in the country's food supply?

15 May 2020 Starting the conversation… John Yasuda, Assistant Professor of Chinese Politics, Indiana University If, indeed, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic can be traced to the animal-to-human transmission of a pathogen at a seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, questions will inevitably turn to the overall biosecurity...

Read more at: COVID-19 in Northeast Asia: setting the stage for regional cooperation?
Covid Northeast Asia Cooperation

COVID-19 in Northeast Asia: setting the stage for regional cooperation?

11 May 2020 Starting the conversation… John Nilsson-Wright, Senior Lecturer in Japanese Politics and International Relations, University of Cambridge, and Korea Foundation Fellow and Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia at Chatham House With South Korea bracing for the second wave of COVID-19 infection and Japan’s Abe...

Read more at: Cancelling VE Day: what are the potential obstacles and opportunities for states using historical memory as soft power in the COVID-19 era?
Cancelling VE Day? Covid-19 soft power

Cancelling VE Day: what are the potential obstacles and opportunities for states using historical memory as soft power in the COVID-19 era?

8 May 2020 Starting the conversation… Jade McGlynn, Stipendiary Lecturer in Russian at University College, Oxford With public gatherings cancelled, the Covid-19 pandemic has overturned most countries’ plans to mark the 75th anniversary of VE day. This disruption is perhaps most keenly felt in Russia, where Victory Day is...

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