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Read more at: Call for applications - Baltic Geopolitics Programme Publication Prize
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Call for applications - Baltic Geopolitics Programme Publication Prize

19 December 2022

The Baltic Programme at the Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Baltic Geopolitics Network Publication Prize. The prize of £1000 will be awarded for an outstanding publication – a book or an article in an academic journal – on the subject of the geopolitics...


Read more at: The Centre for Geopolitics Annual Report 2022
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The Centre for Geopolitics Annual Report 2022

19 December 2022

Letter from the Directors In 2022, the Centre for Geopolitics – launched in 2015 – reached the next level in its mission to become a world-leading centre. Pivotal to this success was the support of the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy (AJI), which provided funding for three postdoctoral researchers and...


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Professor Bill Hurst’s tweet on the protests in China goes viral

19 December 2022

By Michelle Houghton , Communications & Events Coordinator In late November, the ‘rare’ public protests against China’s strict zero-covid lockdowns were generating extensive coverage across international news outlets. In response, the Centre’s Professor Bill Hurst, Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development, tweeted: I...


Read more at: The Baltics and Germany: Joint Roundtable with the Körber Stiftung

The Baltics and Germany: Joint Roundtable with the Körber Stiftung

16 December 2022

The Centre for Geopolitics, Baltic programme travelled to Berlin on 14 November for a roundtable jointly organised with the Körber Stiftung History Forum . On the agenda was Germany’s place in the Baltic Sea region following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the announcement by Chancellor Olaf Scholz of a Zeitenwende ...


Read more at: Event review: The future of the Northern Ireland Protocol

Event review: The future of the Northern Ireland Protocol

16 December 2022

On Monday 14 November, the Future of the Island of Ireland series was pleased to hold its first in-person meeting of the year, welcoming Dr Andrew McCormick (former lead official on Brexit for the Northern Ireland Executive), Professor Katy Hayward (Professor of Political Sociology at Queen's University Belfast), and David...


Read more at: Event review: Women, Life, Freedom: A feminist revolution in Iran and beyond?

Event review: Women, Life, Freedom: A feminist revolution in Iran and beyond?

16 December 2022

By Dr Anahita Arian On 8 November, the Centre’s Westphalia Programme held an in-person event to discuss the ongoing protests in Iran, following the arrest and killing of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Jina Amini by the Islamic Republic’s morality police. Over 100 people gathered in King’s College, Cambridge, to hear...


Read more at: Event review - Security balance in the Baltic
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Event review - Security balance in the Baltic

27 October 2022

By Dr Donatas Kupciunas On 11 October, the Baltic programme held an in-person event themed ‘The security balance in the Baltic’. Rt. Hon. Charles Clarke invited Edward Lucas and Sir Stuart Peach to discuss security issues that were highlighted in the report Close to the Wind: Recommendations for Baltic Sea Regional...


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Centre for Geopolitics at the Warsaw Security Forum 4-5 October

25 October 2022

One year on since the Centre for Geopolitics first organised a panel at the Warsaw Security Forum, and the mood Europe has changed dramatically. This conference was all about Ukraine: the conference awarded the Knight of Freedom Award to the people of Ukraine, and it was collected by Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska...


Read more at: Event review – The geopolitics of Kaliningrad

Event review – The geopolitics of Kaliningrad

24 October 2022

By Dr Donatas Kupciunas , On 20 October, Rt. Hon. Charles Clarke was joined by three experts to discuss Kaliningrad – an ‘unsinkable Russian aircraft carrier’ surrounded by NATO territory. Kaarel Piirimäe, Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Tartu, gave a detailed explanation of how German (...


Read more at: Call for papers: Baltic Geopolitics Programme Graduate Seminar, Michaelmas Term
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Call for papers: Baltic Geopolitics Programme Graduate Seminar, Michaelmas Term

14 October 2022

Each term, the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge invites graduate students (Masters and PhD level) to present their research-in-progress in a two-hour online seminar . The seminar offers students the opportunity to engage with the wider Baltic geopolitics studies community and to get constructive...