Events

Challenges in International Security Speaker Series

The Challenges in International Security Speaker Series invites senior scholars, decision-makers, and policy experts to discuss key challenges and their potential solutions in global affairs and international security. Our Centre aims to offer a forum to discuss the most pressing security issues facing the world today, such as migration, radicalisation, armed conflict, authoritarianism, cybersecurity, and climate change. 

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Challenges in International Security: Ukraine War and Nuclear Weapons

Thursday, 16.02.2023 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm (CET)

Dr. Graham Allison, Professor of Government and Founding Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, will present on the role of nuclear weapons in the Russian war on Ukraine. This event is part of our speaker series Challenges in International Security, hosted by the Centre for International Security. 

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Challenges in International Security: Cold Peace - Avoiding the New Cold War

Friday, 18.11.2022 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (CET)

A presentation by Michael W. Doyle, University Professor at Columbia University, on navigating the tectonic shifts threatening the global order. This event is part of our speaker series Challenges in International Security hosted by the Centre for International Security. 

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Challenges in International Security: Stuxnet revisited: The limits of our understanding of cyber warfare

Tuesday, 26.10.2021 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (CEST)

A presentation by Jon Lindsay, Associate Professor at the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, on the limited understanding of cyber warfare. This event is part of the speaker's series Challenges in International Security hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Challenges in International Security: An introduction to the art and science of deterrence

Monday, 04.10.2021 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm (CEST)

This year's iteration of our speaker series Challenges in International Security examines the concept of deterrence. To kick us off, Professor Marina Henke and Professor Julian Wucherpfennig will provide an overview of the theoretical dimensions of deterrence. This event is part of the speaker series Challenges in International Security hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Challenges in International Security: U.S.-China competition, military coercion, and instability in the Indo-Pacific

Thursday, 29.04.2021 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

A presentation by Fiona Cunningham, Assistant Professor at the George Washington University, on her recent research on U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific. This event is part of the speaker series Challenges in International Security hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Challenges in International Security: Far-right extremism in the world today

Monday, 15.03.2021 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

A presentation by Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Professor at the American University in Washington, DC, on her recent research on far-right extremism, radicalization, and violent movements. This event is part of the speaker series Challenges in International Security hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Challenges in International Security: Why Biden can’t restore US global hegemony

Thursday, 03.12.2020 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

A presentation by Daniel Nexon and Alexander Cooley based on their recent book Exit from Hegemony: The Unravelling of American Global Order. This event is part of the Challenges in International Security Speaker Series hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Challenges in International Security: Introduction to grand strategy

Thursday, 19.11.2020 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for a presentation by Hal Brands, Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), on his recent research on grand strategy. This event is part of the speaker series "Challenges in International Security" hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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Challenges in International Security: The strategic legacy of German unification for NATO expansion

Thursday, 01.10.2020 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us for a presentation by Mary Sarotte, the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professorship of Historical Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). This event is part of the speaker series "Challenges in International Security" hosted by the Centre for International Security.

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