Don't miss ‘Why we still need to know about places and cases in the era of big data: The role of (comparative) area studies in the production of usable knowledge’ with guest speaker Dr Rudra Sil and Prof @wjhurst.bsky.social 📅Tomorrow! 16:00-17:30 🗺️FAMES, CB3 9DA 🖋️https://bit.ly/4pQhkqp

New event! In conversation with Prof @merweiss.bsky.social Weiss, @albany.edu & founding director of SUNY Southeast Asia Consortium discusses the state of politics in Malaysia & SE Asia with @wjhurst.bsky.social 🗓️ Next Mon 8 Dec! 16:00-17:30 🗺️ FAMES Building, CB3 9DA ✒️ Reg and info: bit.ly/4pMY11t

CfG is now accepting registrations of interest for the 2026 Baltic Summer School in Gdańsk, Poland. On 6th-11th July, the Summer School will feature lectures, visits, networking and local cuisine, all focusing on the theme of “resilience”. Find out more! bit.ly/3XSkuxY

One week to go until: Historica Dr Alexander Tsikhilov & Nikita Balabanov present exciting developments of historica.org, an AI-based tool to view historical maps and records throughout time. Make sure not to miss it! 🗓️ Tue 2nd Dec 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Ramsden Room, St Cat's ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4hTedLH

Event video now available for: 'Zeitenwende or Continuity? Germany’s Quest for a Grand Strategy' with Prof Marina Henke Watch as Henke asks, “Has Germany finally found a coherent grand strategy, or is strategic confusion still at the core?” youtu.be/KEGsB8DXt7o?...

Episode 5 of Explorations on War is now live! Prof @wjhurst.bsky.social and Dr Victoria Vdovychenko discuss how, amidst Russia’s full-scale invasion, #Ukraine navigates democratic responsiveness to its citizens. Listen now🎧 Apple bit.ly/ExploApple Spotify bit.ly/ExploSpot YouTube bit.ly/Expl5YouT

Last few tickets for tonight: Britain and the Balkans – Diplomacy, documentary, and Dayton Not to be missed! 🗓️ Tonight, 17:00-19:00 🗺️ The Bateman Auditorium, G&C ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ

Last chance for: Britain and the Balkans A showing of ‘UNCONQUERED...’, which tells the story of extraordinary individuals who risk everything to save 1000s of lives in the 1992-1995 Bosnian war 🗓️Tomorrow! 17:00 🗺️ Bateman Auditorium, G&C ✒️ Reg: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ

New event this Friday! The Cambridge day of geopolitics: The state of geopolitics 2025 Join the Centre for a review of global geopolitics from 2025. 🗓️ This Friday! 10:45 - 19:00 🗺️ William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/3X2NVgt

Surrogates of Freedom: Authoritarian Rituals of Power and Citizens’ Notions of Liberty Watch as Ekaterina Schulmann (RANEPA) explores whether the subjects of authoritarian regimes consider themselves unfree, and how they define liberty. youtu.be/shML2hyoOEE?...

Last chance to register! China - a threat to the UK? Why does China cause such anxiety for people in the West? Olivia Cheung, Kerry Brown, Sam Dunning, and William Hurst will discuss. 🗓️ Today! 16:30-18:30 🗺️ The Diamond Room, Selwyn College ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4plvbVL

Tonight's webinar - The geopolitical dimensions of conflict and peace in Sudan and South Sudan An expert panel will discuss the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese government. 🗓️ Today! 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Online ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/47BIprj

One week to go! Britain and the Balkans – Diplomacy, documentary, and Dayton With award-winning journalist & film-maker Fiona Lloyd-Davies and Helen Smith, FCDO, Balkans Department. 🗓️ Thu 20th Nov, 17:00-19:00 🗺️ The Bateman Auditorium, Gonville & Caius ✒️ Registration & info: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ

Less than one week to go! Zeitenwende or continuity? Germany’s quest for a Grand Strategy Prof Marina Henke traces Germany’s evolving stance on security posture. 🗓️ Tue 18th Nov 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Bateman Auditorium, G&C ✒️ Reg & more info: bit.ly/4ol3RH1

New event! The geopolitical dimensions of conflict & peace in #Sudan and South Sudan Following the ceasefire between the Rapid Support Forces & the Sudanese government, our panel will discuss the conflict and peace in these states. 🗓️ Mon 17th Nov, 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Online ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/47BIprj

Only 2 days to go! Austin Carson ‘Seeing like a superpower: Geopolitics and the infrastructure of intelligence’ Carson @carsonaust.bsky.social will discuss #ColdWar US intelligence structures & contemporary changes. 🗓️ This Friday! 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Online ✒️ Registration & info: bit.ly/4nyTv50‪

Only 2 days to go! Austin Carson ‘Seeing like a superpower: Geopolitics and the infrastructure of intelligence’ Carson will discuss #ColdWar US intelligence structures & contemporary changes. 🗓️ This Friday! 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Online ✒️ Registration & info: bit.ly/4nyTv50

'China Now: The 4th plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and beyond' with Prof @wjhurst.bsky.social and Dr Alice Politi is now available on our YouTube channel @CentreforGeopolitics Watch now:

See you at 17:30 today for 'The geopolitics of the Panama Canal' with Ambassador Guido J. Martinelli III and Dr Carsten-Andreas Schulz. 📅Today! 17:30-19:00 🗺️Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College 🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/3JlxJnq

New event! Historica.org Dr Alexander Tsikhilov and AI developer Nikita Balabanov will present exciting new web features of this research and education tool, Historica.org 🗓️ Tue 2nd Dec, 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Ramsden Room, St Catherine's College ✒️ Reg & info : bit.ly/4hTedLH

Last chance to register! The geopolitics of the Panama Canal Ambassador Guido Martinelli will discuss the Canal’s vital importance to Panama and the wider world with Dr Carsten Schulz and Dr John Freeman. 📅Tomorrow! 17:30-19:00 🗺️Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College 🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/3JlxJnq

The next episode of 'On Geopolitics, Explorations - War' is out now! In episode 4, Lt Gen Doug Chalmers speaks with @wjhurst.bsky.social about political understanding during war. 🎧 Listen now: Apple bit.ly/ExploApple Spotify bit.ly/ExploSpot YouTube bit.ly/Explo4YouT

Last chance to register for today's lunchtime event! The four talent giants: National strategies for human resource development across Japan, Australia, China, and India, with Prof Gi-Wook Shin 📆Today! 11:00-12:30 🗺️Bradfield Room, Darwin 🖋️More info: bit.ly/4ntLG0k

Last chance to register for - ‘The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who exposed the CIA and saved MI5’ With BAFTA-winning and twice Emmy-nominated producer Richard Kerbaj 📅 Tomorrow! 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Online ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/3WgXgko

New event! Zeitenwende or continuity? Germany’s quest for a Grand Strategy Prof M Henke asks: has Germany found a coherent grand strategy, or is strategic confusion still at the core? 🗓️ Tue 18th Nov, 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Bateman Auditorium, G&C ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4ol3RH1

New event! Britain and the Balkans – 30 years after the Dayton Agreement Award-winning filmmaker Fiona Lloyd-Davies’, and head of the FCDO Western Balkans Department Helen Smith, will discuss Britain’s presence in the Balkans. 🗓️20th Nov, 17:00 🗺️Bateman Auditorium, G&C ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ

New event! Austin Carson, ‘Seeing like a superpower: Geopolitics & the infrastructure of intelligence’ Carson will discuss #ColdWar American intelligence structures & more contemporary changes 🗓️ Fri 14th Nov, 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Online ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4nyTv50

New event! The four talent giants: National strategies for human resource development across Japan, Australia, China, and India, with Gi-Wook Shin & @jnilssonwright.bsky.social 🗓️Mon 10th Nov, 11:00-12:30 🗺️Bradfield Room, Darwin 🖋️https://bit.ly/4ntLG0k

🚨📷Please note, tomorrow's event is now ONLINE only: Gordon Corera, ‘The spy in the archive – the story of Vasili Motrokhin’ There's still time to register via the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar mailing list. 📆Tomorrow! 17:30-19:00 🗺️Online 🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/4hDSnMl

Episodes 1-3 of 'On Geopolitics, Explorations - War' are available on: Website bit.ly/ExpWebPod Apple bit.ly/ExploApple Spotify bit.ly/ExploSpot YouTube bit.ly/ExploYouT Listen to this series as it progresses, with new releases every other Monday!

New event! The geopolitics of the Panama Canal Join Amb G Martinelli as he reflects on the Canal’s importance to Panama and the wider world. 🗓️ Wed 12th Nov, 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College ✒️ More info & registration: bit.ly/3JlxJnq

Don't miss! Controlled Freedom: The Allied Forces in Vienna from 1945 Prof Oliver Rathkolb joins CfG & the Modern European History Seminar to discuss Vienna post-1945. 🗓️Next Wed 5th Nov, 17:30-19:00 🗺️Bateman Auditorium, G&C 🖋️More info: bit.ly/471fjkT

Episode 3 of 'On Geopolitics, Explorations - War' is out now! Professor @wjhurst.bsky.social and Lt. Gen. Doug Chalmers CB, DSO, OBE explore how different types of actors initiate and prosecute conflict. 🎧Listen now on: Apple bit.ly/ExploApple Spotify bit.ly/ExploSpot YouTube bit.ly/ExploYouT

Only two weeks to go! Richard Kerbaj ‘The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who exposed the CIA and saved MI5’ Kerbaj tells the account of KGB saboteur Oleg Lyalin, who caused one of the most dramatic and pivotal moments in the Cold War. 📆7th Nov 17:30-19:00 🗺️Online 🖋️Reg: bit.ly/3WgXgko

Only one week to go! Surrogates of freedom: Authoritarian rituals of power and citizens’ notions of liberty, with Ekaterina Schulmann 📅 Thu 30th Oct, 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex ✒️ Register your place: bit.ly/3WH5hPF

Event video now available! China Now: Recent Events in China’s Domestic Policy and Global Strategy, with Prof @wjhurst.bsky.social and Dr Alice Politi Watch now via YouTube: youtu.be/IniMYOeDIAI?...

New event! Richard Kerbaj ‘The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who exposed the CIA and saved MI5’ Kerbaj tells the account of KGB saboteur Oleg Lyalin. 📅Fri 7th Nov, 17:30-19:00 🗺️Online 🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/3WgXgko

Join us for the inaugural POLIS Lecture. Our speaker, Desmond King, Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government at @ox.ac.uk, will discuss political violence and the American nation. 🕓Thurs, Nov 6, 4 - 6pm 📍Alison Richard Building Register now: polislecture.eventbrite.co.uk

Join us on to discuss the strategic partnership between Spain and the UK in a challenging global landscape with the Ambassador of Spain to the UK and N Ireland, José Pascual Marco Martínez. 🗓️Mon, 27 Oct 2025 🕑14:00 - 15:00 📍SG1/2 ARB Register now: spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk

New event! Controlled Freedom: The Allied Forces in Vienna from 1945 Hosted by CfG & the Modern European History Seminar, Prof Oliver Rathkolb will discuss his newly released book. 🗓️Wed 5th Nov, 17:30-19:00 🗺️Bateman Auditorium, G&C 🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/471fjkT

New event! @gordoncorera.bsky.social ‘The spy in the archive – the story of Vasili Motrokhin’ Corera tells the remarkable story of how Vasili Mitrokhin – an introverted archivist – ended up changing the world. 📅 Fri 31st Oct, 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Online ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4hDSnMl

Don't miss this online event! Semi-Colonialism: Foreign Powers in Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century China (virtual panel discussion hosted by the @Cambridge University China Forum) 📅 Tue 21st Oct, 15:00 ✒️ Reg: fixr.co/event/semi-c...

New event! The Freedom Speaker Series presents ‘Surrogates of freedom: Authoritarian rituals of power and citizens’ notions of liberty’ with Ekaterina Schulmann. 🗓️Thu 30th Oct, 17:30-19:00 🗺️Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex 🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/3WH5hPF

Event video now available! Rebooting a nation. The incredible rise of Estonia, e-government, and the startup revolution Watch now via our YouTube channel @CentreforGeopolitics : youtu.be/FazgKZOQ1Pc?...

Last chance to register for today's discussion! China now: Recent events in China’s domestic policy and global strategy, with Prof @wjhurst.bsky.social & Dr Alice Politi 🗓️Today! 16:30-17:15 🗺️Zoom 🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/46QqLQ7

Only 2 days to go until Dr Oleh Stupak, ‘Managing cybersecurity: Data access & protection’! 🗓 Fri 17th Oct, 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Online ✒️ Registration & information: bit.ly/3KKHUlP

Check out tomorrow's event! China now: Recent events in China’s domestic policy and global strategy Prof @wjhurst.bsky.social & Dr Alice Politi will discuss recent developments in China’s domestic and foreign affairs. 📅 Tomorrow! 16:30-17:15 🗺️ Zoom ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/46QqLQ7

New event! China now: Recent events in China’s domestic policy and global strategy Prof @wjhurst.bsky.social and Dr Alice Politi will discuss recent developments in China’s domestic and foreign affairs. 📅 Thu 16th Oct, 16:30-17:15 🗺️ Online via Zoom ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/46QqLQ7

New event this Friday! Dr Oleh Stupak, ‘Managing cybersecurity: Data access & protection’ 📅 Fri 17th Oct, 17:30-19:00 🗺️ Online ✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/3KKHUlP

Last chance to register for today's online event! 'Rebooting a nation: The incredible rise of Estonia' Join as Joel Burke and Dr Donatas Kupčiūnas explore the book that unpacks this remarkable story. 🗓️Today! 17:30-19:00 🗺️Online via Zoom 🖋️Reg & info: bit.ly/3KAHyhf