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William Hurst
@wjhurst.bsky.social

Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development

University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

Co-Director, Centre for Geopolitics

Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

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Political science 64%
Sociology 18%

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The next episode of 'On Geopolitics, Explorations - War' is out now!

In episode 4, Lt Gen Doug Chalmers speaks with @wjhurst.bsky.social about political understanding during war.

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Episode 4 is coming out in less than 24 hours!

Please listen to Episode 3 first:

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On Geopolitics, Explorations - War, Episode 3, with Lt Gen Doug Chalmers
YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics
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Please listen to Episode 3 before Episode 4 comes out next week!
Episode 3 of 'On Geopolitics, Explorations - War' is out now!

Professor @wjhurst.bsky.social and Lt. Gen. Doug Chalmers CB, DSO, OBE explore how different types of actors initiate and prosecute conflict.

🎧Listen now on:
Apple bit.ly/ExploApple
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Episode 3 is out now!

youtu.be/HjxLokCo0w8?...
On Geopolitics, Explorations - War, Episode 3
YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics
youtu.be

Episode 3 available now!

youtu.be/HjxLokCo0w8?...
On Geopolitics, Explorations - War, Episode 3
YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics
youtu.be

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Episodes 1-3 of 'On Geopolitics, Explorations - War' are available on:

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Listen to this series as it progresses, with new releases every other Monday!

Ever since Zhu Xi has it been thus...

Episode 3!
Episode 3 of 'On Geopolitics, Explorations - War' is out now!

Professor @wjhurst.bsky.social and Lt. Gen. Doug Chalmers CB, DSO, OBE explore how different types of actors initiate and prosecute conflict.

🎧Listen now on:
Apple bit.ly/ExploApple
Spotify bit.ly/ExploSpot
YouTube bit.ly/ExploYouT

Reposted by William Hurst

Episode 3 of 'On Geopolitics, Explorations - War' is out now!

Professor @wjhurst.bsky.social and Lt. Gen. Doug Chalmers CB, DSO, OBE explore how different types of actors initiate and prosecute conflict.

🎧Listen now on:
Apple bit.ly/ExploApple
Spotify bit.ly/ExploSpot
YouTube bit.ly/ExploYouT

I may be foolish, but an easy way to reduce UK net migration sharply would be to require that anyone entering on a student visa must:

1) complete their course;

AND

2) then go onto the "graduate visa" for at least 6 months;

Before only then switching to a different visa

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200 years ago today, October 26, 1825:

The Erie Canal was ceremonially opened in Buffalo, New York. The 363-mile-long artificial waterway stretched from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo on Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It transformed Buffalo into a major hub.