• RITUAL DETERRENCE team at BISA 2025 Belfast

    Half of the RITUAL DETERRENCE team presented research at the 50th anniversary conference of the British International Studies Association (BISA) in Belfast, UK. The conference took place on 18-20 June 2025. Prof. Maria Mälksoo presented a paper ‘Envisioning Future Deterrence: Peace, Accountability and the End Times after the Russo-Ukrainian War’ in the panel investigating temporal…

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  • Cameron Hunter at KCL Wargames Week

    Dr Cameron Hunter attended the long-running Wargames Week conference at King’s College London. He was invited to discuss how to model nuclear weapons and emerging technologies in professional wargaming. While attending the event, Cameron also had the chance to participate in a Taiwan contingency crisis game run by Evan D’Alessandro.

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  • Cameron Hunter explains the Golden Dome on Times Radio

    Cameron Hunter appeared as an expert on Times Radio’s current affairs programme, “The Times at One with Tom Whipple”, to discuss the Trump administration’s Golden Dome initiative. Dr Hunter provided historical context and strategic analysis, including potential Chinese and Russian perspectives. The appearance is available to watch on YouTube by clicking this link.

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RITUAL DETERRENCE is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (ERC-2021-COG) awarded to Dr Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen, under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (project no 101043468) for 2022-2027.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

RITUAL DETERRENCE is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (ERC-2021-COG) awarded to Dr Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen, under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (project no 101043468) for 2022-2027.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Contact Information
info@ritualdeterrence.eu

Principal Investigator
Prof. Maria Mälksoo

Project Officer
Lise Sonnichsen

Postal Address
University of Copenhagen
Department of Political Science
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 København K
Denmark

Contact Information
info@ritualdeterrence.eu

Principal Investigator
Prof. Maria Mälksoo

Project Officer
Lise Sonnichsen

Postal Address
University of Copenhagen
Department of Political Science
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 København K
Denmark