• Thomas Fraise and Cameron Hunter at the 2026 BISA Conference in Brighton

    Thomas Fraise and Cameron Hunter recently attended the 2026 annual conference of the British International Studies Association in Brighton. They organized a panel on “The elite politics of deterrence” with Sterre van Buuren (University of Glasgow) and Shivani Singh (O.P. Jindal Global University). At this panel, Cameron Hunter presented his research on US-China interaction ritual…

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  • Cameron Hunter contributes to KCL Peacegaming Workshop

    On 14th May, Cameron Hunter attended a workshop on Peacegaming at King’s College London, as part of KCL’s Wargames Week. The workshop aimed to bring together academics and practitioners to explore the possibilities of peacegaming as an emerging practice. Attendees represented a variety of universities, government departments, armed services and non-governmental organisations. Dr Hunter contributed…

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  • Maria Mälksoo at the Cambridge IR and History Conference, 15 May 2026

    Prof. Maria Mälksoo presented her work on the visions of the Russo-Ukrainian postwar at the Cambridge International Relations and History Conference, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, on 15 May 2026. Organised by the Cambridge IR and History Working Group, the conference brought together scholars of International Relations, International Law and International History. Maria spoke in…

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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