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Event report: Beyond Coronavirus?

22 July 2020

On Tuesday, the 21 st of July, the Centre for Geopolitics held a joint video-panel with King`s College, Cambridge, and the Centre of Governance and Human Rights, also at the University of Cambridge. The title of this interdisciplinary event was “Beyond Coronavirus?” taking a long-term perspective on the COVID-19 crisis...

Event report: Foreign Intervention in Middle East Geopolitics

17 July 2020

On 2 July 2020, the Centre for Geopolitics convened an online panel discussion on the topic of Foreign Intervention in the Middle East, bringing together four experts in the field: Nikolay Khozanov, an associate researcher at Qatar University and a consulting fellow at Chatham House; Ambassador Hesham Youssef, with a...

New International Advisory Board

6 July 2020

The Centre for Geopolitics is pleased to announce the creation of its International Advisory Board (IAB). Comprised of 20 distinguished scholars and prominent practitioners, the IAB will advise the Centre and champion its work. The IAB will help to further the Centre’s mission to confront the major problems of world order...

Event report: Covid-19 and the Geopolitics of Brexit. A British-German Conversation

3 July 2020

On Thursday 25 June, the Centre for Geopolitics organized a British-German discussion on Brexit in the light of the Covid-19 crisis. Chaired by Bridget Kendall, Master of Peterhouse (Cambridge) and former BBC Diplomatic Correspondent, the event focused on how the conversation about Brexit and the attempts to forge a future...

Policy report published: Faith in Numbers

24 June 2020

The Centre for Geopolitics’ Judd Birdsall has published a new policy report entitled Faith in Numbers: Can We Trust Quantitative Data on Religious Affiliation and Religious Freedom? Co-authored with Prof Lori Beaman of the University of Ottawa, “Faith in Numbers” encourages readers to think more carefully and critically...

Event report: A New Asia? China-Ladakh-India

19 June 2020

On the 18th of June, the Centre of Geopolitics hosted a video-panel on “A New Asia? China-Ladakh-India”. Moderated by Dr. Shruti Kapila , Faculty of History at Cambridge, the event focused on current Sino-Indian relations, which have received a lot of attention recently in view of severe military clashes at the border...

£30,000 grant for Protestant Political Thought project

14 May 2020

The Centre for Geopolitics has received a three-year, £30,000 grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for its project on Protestant Political Thought . Managed by the Centre’s Cambridge Institute on Religion & International Studies ( CIRIS ), the project will strengthen and expand international collaborative research on Protestantism, nationalism, and populism.

Summary: online panel on Coronavirus and Liberty in Illiberal Europe

15 April 2020

The corona crisis has become the dominant feature of our lives. All around the globe life is changing. It is a challenge not only to international health policy, but also to our world economy, international relations and global governance. How can we conceptualize this change and how can we shape it? Discussions on this...

Update from our Directors

6 April 2020

Dear Friends of the Centre for Geopolitics, Two weeks ago we told you that the Centre, which had been compelled by the Coronavirus crisis to cancel all events up until the end of June, would be back with an innovative online offering. That moment is now at hand. We are pleased to announce that our new “conversations”...

Letter from our Directors

23 March 2020

Brendan Simms and KC Lin address how the Centre is working in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Event report: Beyond Coronavirus?

Event report: Foreign Intervention in Middle East Geopolitics

New International Advisory Board

Event report: Covid-19 and the Geopolitics of Brexit. A British-German Conversation

Policy report published: Faith in Numbers

Event report: A New Asia? China-Ladakh-India

£30,000 grant for Protestant Political Thought project

Summary: online panel on Coronavirus and Liberty in Illiberal Europe

Update from our Directors

Letter from our Directors

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