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Opinion: The AI Summit was a promising start – but momentum must be maintained

08 Nov 2023

Given the frenetic pace of AI development, the international consensus demonstrated at the AI Summit is much-needed progress, says AI expert Dr Seán...

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The Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler II

Opinion: Britain and Europe: a long history of conflict and cooperation

21 Jun 2016

Brendan Simms (Department of Politics and International Studies) discusses Britain's relationship with Europe, from the Vikings to the Referendum.

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North Korea – Pyongyang

North Korea unveils its nuclear ‘treasured swords’ to the world again

21 Sep 2015

Robert Winstanley-Chesters, Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Beyond the Korean War Project, discusses the motivations behind North Korea's relaunch of it...

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House of Parliament

Can democracy meet our 21st century challenges?

28 Jun 2012

Complacency among democratic countries who think they can just “muddle through” could make them unable to tackle long-term problems like climate...

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Moscow skyline

Building the future with BRICs

17 Feb 2012

A major conference examining how the emergence of Brazil, Russia, India and China as leading world powers should be accommodated by the international...

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Rio Anarkia

International Relations student awarded MBE

09 Jan 2012

A student on the Master of Studies in International Relations course, Damian Platt, has been awarded the MBE for his work in the favelas, or...

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Celebrating in Tahrir Square

The myth of the Arab Spring

18 Oct 2011

New research shows true picture of what and who is behind the political uprisings.

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Flag of the United Nations.

Global politics on the agenda at Hay

22 May 2011

Ahead of her talk at the Hay Festival, Dr Amrita Narlikar, Director of the University of Cambridge's new Centre for Rising Powers, discusses how...

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United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Power in the balance

11 May 2011

A new research hub dedicated to the study of emerging powers and how different nations evolve to become leading political forces on the world stage...

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