Past Events

Prior to the current pandemic, the impact of the Spanish Flu pandemic 1918-20 was largely neglected in studies of 20th century geopolitics. As the Liberal International Order, whose foundations were laid by statesmen during the height of Spanish Flu, stands at a crossroads, we ask how the confluence of a global pandemic and ‘order making’ […]

Part of the Institute for Historical Research Partnership Seminar Series ‘Applied History and Contemporary Geopolitics.’ The five-part series is convened by the Engelsberg Applied History Programme; the Centre for Grand Strategy at King’s College London; the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge; and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historians. This online seminar […]

This event is co-hosted by the Centre for Grand Strategy and the Lau China Institute, King’s College London. Speaker: Andrea Ghiselli, Assistant Professor, School of International Relations and Public Affairs (SIRPA), Fudan University Chair: Dr Nicola Leveringhaus, Centre for Grand Strategy, King’s College London Discussant: Marc Marmino, PhD Candidate, Lau China Institute, King’s College London Protecting China’s Interests […]

The trauma of the Second World War in the Baltic was followed by the upheaval of its aftermath. Millions of Germans were expelled from lands annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union. In the Baltic states nationalist partisans fought on for several years against the return of Soviet rule. Finland and Sweden armed themselves to […]

Joint event with the Centre for Geopolitics and the Cambridge Union H.R McMaster is a retired Lieutenant General in the United States Army and was the 26th National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018. He resigned in 2018 due to disagreements with the Trump administration over key strategic and foreign policy issues. In September 2020, […]