NEW EVENT Milei’s economics: Signpost or warning for Latin America and beyond? Dr Irene Mia explores Javier Milei's dramatic economic experiment and its wider implications for Argentina, Latin America and beyond 🗓️ 4 Mar, 5.30-7.00 PM 🗺️ Trinity Hall ✒️ Registration & info: bit.ly/4kKQyPd

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today is the 3rd & final of David’s conversations with S. M. Amadae about nuclear weapons and nuclear war, this time looking to the future. What are the prospects for nuclear disarmament in the 21st century? Might we still get out of this alive? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! In this PPF+ bonus episode to accompany our series about nuclear war and nuclear weapons, David explores the definitive piece of reportage on the experiences of the people of Hiroshima on 6th August 1945 and afterwards. Join PPF+ now: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

New piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, written with @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @tomchodor.bsky.social! It's an attempt at grasping the dismantling of multilateral global governance, in light of intensifying geopolitical rivalries, resurgent state capitalism, and hegemonic crisis. Link below:

My thoughts on South Africa’s recent presidential State of the Nation Speech for @sabcnews.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=GA5A...

'Why and How Do Autocrats Attack Academic Freedom' with Professor Jan-Werner Müller (Princeton) 📅19 February 2026 🕔5.00—6.30pm (GMT) Join us for an event organised in collaboration with the Cambridge Centre for Public Law. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jan-werner...

New article by Giovanni Mantilla @giofabman.bsky.social titled "Stealth Change: How the United States and the United Kingdom Embraced International Humanitarian Limits on Nuclear Use" analysing the shift of UK and US nuclear policy. You can read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Super excited to host @karsohini.bsky.social this Thursday as part of the Centre of Development Studies Seminar Series @campolis.bsky.social. All welcome!

🎧Listen to Jostein Hauge @haugejostein.bsky.social discuss the aftermath of the World Economic Forum in Davos particularly as it pertains to China on the The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder. @majorityreport.bsky.social youtu.be/ailbh3i9WzE?...

📘🎉Congratulations to the authors shortlisted for the 2026 BASAS Book Prize, including our own Farhana Afrin Rahman nominated for her highly acclaimed book, 'After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh’s Rohingya Refugee Camps'. @cambridgegender.bsky.social www.basas.org.uk/news-events/...

Fascinating paper by PhD student in Gender Studies Bingchang Sun published in Made in China Journal titled 'When Heteropatriarchy Turns You On: Masculinity, Masochism, and the Erotics of Normativity' madeinchinajournal.com/2026/01/22/w...

Looking forward to presenting on the continuing utility of intersectionality for @cambridgegender.bsky.social in March, please do come along - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whence-and... (my face will be a regular size and not alarmingly large on the day)

Did Congress forget the Fed controls inflation, or was forgetting the point? My paper in New Political Economy shows Congress engaged in strategic repoliticisation, where political conflict serves electoral interests and preserves the Fed's technocratic autonomy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New paper on "Representative Democracy Against Oligarchy" in New Political Science by @lawrencehamilton.bsky.social Read it here: read.dukeupress.edu/nps/article/...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! The first of a two-part conversation in which David talks to Helen Thompson about how to understand the extraordinary and unlikely power of the United States, from its origins to its current incarnation. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Today on #BBCWorldService Dr Evaleila Pesaran (POLIS) explains the history of change in #Iran and how #DonaldTrump fits in to the current situation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y79N...

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s bonus episode is part 2 of David’s conversation with Glen Rangwala about the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein. What has been the long-term impact of the Iraq War and its failures on contemporary global politics? Join PPF+ now: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

What might be at stake when it comes to #AI? In a new video, an interdisciplinary group of scholars come together to understand the impact of AI tools on societal transformation and the resistance to this new technology. Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFAu...

Professor Marc Weller is quoted in @washingtonpost.com story about US President Donald Trump’s latest outburst. Trump says U.K. ‘stupidity’ on Chagos Islands justifies Greenland demands. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

The script of that Carney speech is going to end up on a lot of IR readings lists...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! For the final episode in this series David talks to historian & political scientist Glen Rangwala about the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein in 2006. What plans did the Americans have for Saddam before the Iraq war began? Was justice served? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Extending the vote to children | Guest talk from David Runciman Thursday 29 January, 6pm Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall David Runciman returns to Cambridge to discuss his research on giving children the vote. Free and open to all. No registration required. Refreshments served before the talk.

‘Harris claims she was bubbling with ideas to improve the lives of ordinary Americans. Yet most of the specific proposals she mentions relate to government positions and the people who might occupy them.’ David Runciman reads Kamala Harris’s campaign memoir. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Listen to Dr Evaleila Pesaran (POLIS) on this episode of Louise Hulland on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire discussing developments in #Iran. Listen to Dr Pesaran at 3:09:12: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @bbcnews.bsky.social @meccambridge.bsky.social

Professor Brendan Simms writes an op-ed for the Daily Telegraph on the current threats of US military action in Greenland, suggesting the UK should lead a new military effort to protect the North Atlantic as NATO can no longer guarantee its security. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...,

University of Cambridge - Centre of Latin American Studies Book Launch 'Mexico: A History' Paul Gillingham (Northwestern University) Chair: Benjamin Smith (University of Warwick) 📆 Wednesday 21 January 🕓 5:00pm 📍 Room S2, Second Floor, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

Read this new essay from Christian Sorace in The Ideas Letter: "On the Perils of Comparing Trump to Mao". www.theideasletter.org/essay/when-a...

Why do #Venezuela and #Greenland matter to U.S. power? Professor Helen Thompson shares her analysis. Helen Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at @campolis.bsky.social and a Fellow at Clare College.

Is the U.S. action in Venezuela lawful, unlawful or legally grey? Professor Marc Weller shares his analysis. Watch the full interview on YouTube 👉 https://bit.ly/4szTRMA Marc Weller is Professor of International Law @campolis.bsky.social

Reporting on Chile’s recent election of far-right President, José Antonio Kast, The Guardian interviewed Dr Katia Chornik (CLAS). Her book, 'Music and Political Imprisonment in Pinochet’s Chile', exposes the realities of political imprisonment under Pinochet. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/musi...

Professor Helen Thompson (POLIS) talks to BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme about the situation in Venezuela, arguing that it is becoming clear that the western hemisphere is now central to resource conflict in the world (starts 50:02). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today is the 1st in our series of live eps recorded at the Regent St Cinema in London: David talks to crime writers Nicci Gerrard & Sean French (aka @niccifrench.bsky.social) about Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope (1948), based on Patrick Hamilton’s play. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire," History of Political Thought (2024) go.shr.lc/4mTZyBp

America’s innovation ecosystem will survive Trump’s cuts to R&D writes @thinkwoodist.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk c.uk blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

My book on American innovation policy is out! 'States of Innovation' shows how state and federal governments are active catalysts driving innovation-led growth, challenging the idea that US capitalism is uniquely market-driven. www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

Industrial policy returns as a weapon of national security by @haugejostein.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/haugejos...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s episode explores the trials of Nelson Mandela, variously charged by South Africa’s apartheid state with treason, incitement, illegal foreign travel, sabotage and conspiracy across a decade. How did Mandela defend himself? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

🚀 Launching the Local Government AI Accelerator 🚀 We're offering grants of up to £25,000 for proof-of-concept #AI projects developed in partnership with local authorities. Application deadline: 13 Feb 2026 www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/local-...

We're looking for a Professor of Public Policy to join our senior leadership team. They'll play a leading role in teaching on the School's postgraduate courses, & make a significant contribution to its research & research leadership. Apply by 9 February 2026: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! In this PPF+ bonus to accompany our episode on the Lady Chatterley’s Lover trial, David explores the book at the heart of the case. Does the focus on sex miss the central themes of the book? And what is it with the red trousers? Join PPF+ now: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

If you have a Cambridge interview coming up, our students have some tips for you. See this Instagram video by @cambridgeuniversity www.instagram.com/reel/DRxOhvg...

Join us for this important conversation, where we will be thinking across academic freedoms in Turkey, Gaza, the US, the UK and beyond.

Last chance to register for 'Academic freedom, context and positionality' 📅3 December 2025 ⏲️5pm - 6.30pm 📍SG2 Alison Richard Building We'll bring global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue. Register: luma.com/2tpatkwf @cghrcambridge.bsky.social @crasshlive.bsky.social

A pleasure to be on @amprestigepod.bsky.social! @campolis.bsky.social

How could political theory become more accessible to fellow citizens? @campolis.bsky.social 'The Attitude and Audience of the Public Political Theorist: Thinking Critically and Politically with Fellow Citizens' | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Film screening of ‘Indexed Beings’ and Q&A with Helen Knowles 🗓️Monday 01 December 🕒3:00 pm to 5:00 pm 📍SG1, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DT Registration required: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/49009/ The event is free and open to all! @crasshlive.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s ep in our occasional series about momentous political anniversaries with historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social looks at the life & legacy of Margaret Thatcher 100 years on from her birth. What made Thatcher such a distinctive politician? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Rebuilding Ukraine: A Conversation with Deputy Minister of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine Alyona Shkrum 📅Wednesday, 26 November 🕧6pm 📍Church Hall, Downing Place United Reformed Church, 4 Downing Pl, CB2 3EL Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rebuilding...

New essay, written for the excellent @transitionsec.bsky.social Propelled by the climatic and hegemonic transitions, military-imperial forms of state capitalism are confiscating our collective right to a safe, green, tech-powered future. transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta... @campolis.bsky.social