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Opinion: Russian gas will fund Putin’s war

08 Mar 2022

Would Europe cutting off Russian oil and gas imports be enough to convince Putin to stop the war on Ukraine? According to Dr Chi Kong Chyong from the...

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One Hundred Days of Trump

28 Apr 2017

Professor Andrew Preston examines the origins of the first hundred days as a measure of presidential success in American politics.

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Pope Visits Philadelphia

Opinion: What will happen when the Pope meets the Patriarch?

09 Feb 2016

John Pollard (Trinity Hall) discusses the relationship between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches, and what the meeting between their...

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Lebanese Town Opens its Doors to Newly Arrived Syrian Refugees

Syrian aid: lack of evidence for ‘interventions that work’, say researchers

04 Feb 2016

̽»¨Ö±²¥lack of an evidence base in the donor-funded response to Syrian migrant crisis means funds may be allocated to ineffective interventions, say...

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Mitrokhin's handwritten copy of the KGB First Chief Directorate Lexicon

Mitrokhin’s KGB archive opens to public

07 Jul 2014

KGB files from the famous Mitrokhin Archive – described by the FBI as ‘the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source’ –...

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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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥ 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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