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Detail from a page of doodles by President Ronald Reagan, kept by Margaret Thatcher

Thatcher papers reveal her ‘grimmest year’

17 Mar 2012

Thousands of papers relating to perhaps the toughest year of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership are to be opened to the public at Cambridge University’s...

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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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Newspapers the day after the coalition.

Politics and the future of the media under the spotlight in policy seminars

27 Oct 2011

British politics, the media, and the deep distrust with which both are being treated following the phone-hacking scandal will form the subject of the...

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The Politics of Speechmaking at the Festival of Ideas

The politics of speechmaking

24 Oct 2011

Modern politicians are too stuck in a 24/7 media bubble to make the kind of grand speeches associated with past leaders, a debate on political...

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Standing ovation

What makes a great political speech?

27 Sep 2011

Cambridge Festival of Ideas debate to examine the changing nature of political speeches.

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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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Leigong's Handbook c. 1590s

Chinese food for thought

31 Mar 2011

Chinese food contains a hidden recipe for living, a new analysis reveals.

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European Parliament Brussels

Fair representation in Europe?

11 Mar 2011

Until now, seats in the European Parliament have been allocated by political bargaining. A fairer way has been devised by an international panel of...

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World Health Assembly - Panel on H1N1

New kids on the block

08 Jul 2010

The negotiating styles of the world’s biggest rising powers – China, India and Brazil – could offer important clues about any future challenge they...

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Chicago Skyline

An American Tale

31 May 2010

David Reynolds' attempt to tell the history of America in 90 episodes in the landmark Radio 4 series, "America, Empire Of Liberty" set Cambridge's...

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Democracy

Power to the people?

26 May 2010

Greece was the birthplace of democracy, but our own political system would be unrecognisable to voters in Ancient Athens. As Classicist Paul...

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