Past Events

From chaos to the New World Order: The Baltic in the aftermath of the First World War, 1918-1922

Part of the Cambridge Future of the Island of Ireland series

The Cambridge Future of the Island of Ireland series hosts Ola Majekodunmi (broadcaster, writer, and Gaeilgeoir), who will discuss 'Language, identity, and diversity in Ireland' with Professor Iarfhlaith Watson (Professor of Sociology, Univer

Even as it struts and frets its superpower hours upon the global stage, the behaviour of the United States can seem impenetrable, and none are more perplexed than Americans themselves.  Some lament the follies of imprudent idealism.  Others tell a tale of unceasing oppression.

What has been the role of women from around the globe in peace processes, diplomacy, and human rights in international politics in the twentieth and twenty-first century?

On 8 March in Riga, Latvia, the Baltic Geopolitics Programme, of the Centre for Geopolitics, in cooperation with the University of Latvia and the British Embassy in Riga, will hold an international Symposium ‘Ukraine and the Baltic: the past, the present, and the future’.

The Mediterranean Basin has been described by some as the “cradle of world civilisation” – a phrase that underlines its strategic importance and its historic role in determining the history of western civilisation.

The Military History Working Group, established last term by the Centre for Geopolitics, will continue meeting in Lent Term in the Engelsberg Room in Fitzwilliam House (Mondays at 4pm). The group brings together Cambridge-based scholars working on the history of war and the military to discuss each other’s work and approaches.

How can politicised militaries, known to fare poorly in terms of battle efficiency, survive conventional battles? What practical combination of political loyalty and military competence do they achieve under the pressure of military encounter? And what does it mean for their future in regular and irregular warfare?

To what extent does the context of an alliance change the process of alliance management? The existing literature considers this question in relation to both the structures of the international environment and narratives of the alliance.