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Centre for Geopolitics

Providing historically grounded approaches to enduring geopolitical problems
 

We focus on understanding questions of state and institutional formation, disintegration, interaction, and competition, globally and across key regions of the world.  We approach these questions from perspectives deeply grounded in history and place-specific expertise across four main types of ‘orders’.   

  • Middle Eastern and Eurasian Research Strand - Analysis of issues and questions rooted in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, or the former USSR 
  • European Research Strand - Analysis of issues and questions rooted in Europe
  • Indo-Pacific Research Strand - Analysis of issues and questions rooted in South, Southeast, or East Asia, as well as Oceania
  • Global Research strand - Analysis of issues and questions of truly universal scale and scope

 

Read more at: European Strand
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European Strand

Europe, Winston Churchill said shortly before the First World War, ‘is where the weather comes from’. Even if that is not quite so true today, the ‘old continent’ still has the capacity to surprise and shock us, most recently with Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Moreover...


Read more at: Indo-Pacific Strand
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Indo-Pacific Strand

People The Indo-Pacific Research Strand is led by Professor William Hurst, Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development within the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Cambridge. He has been joined this academic year by Postdoctoral Research Associate William...


Read more at: Middle Eastern and Eurasian Strand

Middle Eastern and Eurasian Strand

The Middle Eastern and Eurasian Research Strand focuses on the analysis of issues and questions rooted in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, or the former USSR.


Read more at: Global Strand

Global Strand

The Global Strand allows us to explore themes which impact how states relate to each other, recognising that multilateral organisations, transnational movements, finance, climate, health, trade, technology, resources, development, crime, and terrorism cut across state boundaries and geographical...