War Studies

The department’s Dr Michael Goodman, Reader in Intelligence and International Affairs and Dr Huw Dylan, Lecturer in Intelligence Studies and International Security talk about their new books: H Dylan, Defence Intelligence and the Cold War: Britain’s Joint Intelligence Bureau, 1945-64. Oxford University Press 2014. M Goodman: The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee. Volume I: From Approach of the Second World War to the Suez Crisis. Routledge 2014. Jayne Peake provides information about next week’s events here in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Professor Michael Rainsborough talks about the Marjan Centre for the Study of Conflict and Conservation and the Marsh-Marjan award. Dr Suzannah Linton, Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public and International in Heidelberg, shares her research on the Hong Kong War crimes trials with us. Jayne Peake has more on next week's events. DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Dr Kieran Mitton is Lecturer in International Relations in the Department. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Sierra Leone for a study of reintegration in the past. Kieran is especially interested in violence characterised as ‘irrational’ and the role played by the emotions of disgust and shame. He has many contacts in West Africa and he is of course following the ebola crisis closely. He talks about the reasons for the current crisis, the most important problems and also the long-term repercussions. Jayne Peake talks to MA student Charlie de Rivaz about next week's events. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Dr Phil Clark, Reader in International and Comparative Politics at SOAS, University of London, talks about his latest project community-based approaches to transitional justice & peace-building in Africa's Great Lakes. Dr Pinar Bilgin, Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University, Ankara, shares her views on 'The International in Security, Security in the International', which is the title of her new book that will come out next year. Jayne Peake provides details of next week's events. Events website. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Eliot Higgins, known by his online pseudonym Brown Moses, talks to MA graduate Gus Constantinou about his open source intelligence methods that he used in analysing recent events like the 2013 attacks in Syria. We also have a conversation between our Head of Department Professor Theo Farrell and Dr C Christine Fair of Georgetown University about her new book 'Fighting to Win: the Pakistani Army's Way of War' (Oxford University Press 2014). Jayne Peake and our new media intern and MA student Charlie de Rivaz talk about next week's events. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in these podcasts are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Dr Lola Frost is the Department's first artist in residence. She talks about her exhibition 'Taking Risks', which opened this week and can be visited until 25 October (Somerset House, East Wing, level -2). Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in these podcasts are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

In the first of the 2014/15 series of podcasts, William Philpott, Professor of the History of Warfare in the department, talks about his new book: War of Attrition: Fighting the First World War (Overlook 2014) Jayne Peake tells us more about next week's events. More on our events web page. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in these podcasts are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in the department, gives his perspective of the Crimean crisis. Dr Alan James and current student Rachel Blackman talk about the department's MA History of Warfare. Jayne Peake provides details of next week's events. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Anatol Lieven, Professor of International Relations in the department, gives his views on the crisis in Ukraine and its international implications. Jayne Peake provides details of next week's events. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Recorded 7 March 2014: Against the background of the crisis in the Ukraine, Oscar Jonsson, doctoral student in the department, discusses Russia's way of warfare. In our series 'Where are they now?' we hear from our alumnus Adrian Johnson who is now the Director of Publications and Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Jayne Peake provides details of next week's events. You can also watch (or listen to) some of our previous events on our YouTube channel. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Dr Thomas Rid, Reader in the Department, talks about the relaunch of the King's of War blog. Our MA student Sudhir Selvaraj talks to Professor Hilton Root, currently vising professor in the Department of Political Economy, about his new book 'Dynamic About Nations'. Jayne Peake provides details of next week's events. You can also watch (or listen to) some of our previous events on our YouTube channel. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

The Department of War Studies held its annual postgraduate research student conference at Cumberland Lodge this week. We talked to three of our students after they presented her early findings and ideas. Laurie Benson: Creative expression, conflict and identity between post-colonial France and Algeria Stefan Schilling: Beyond the Trauma Count(s) - A Comparative Analysis of Post Traumatic Stress in Soldiers from Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom Alison Brettle: Social Networks, Informal Mechanisms and the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants. Jayne Peake provides details of next week's events. You can also watch (or listen to) some of our previous events on our YouTube channel. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Why will the US and India never form an alliance? Dr Rudra Chaudhuri, Lecturer in South East Asian Security and Strategic Affairs in the department, explains when he talks about his new book 'Forged in Crisis: India and the United States since 1947'. Jayne Peake provides details of next week's events. You can also watch (or listen to) some of our previous events on our YouTube channel. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Dr Helen Thiollet, Sciences Po Paris, talks about Eritrean refugee camps in Eastern Sudan. Her research challenges the view that refugees in camps are just victims who are trapped in their situation and have not agency. Dr Gaurav Kampani, researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, investigates the question if India’s nuclear posture and use philosophy is undergoing radical transformation. Jayne Peake provides details of next week's events. You can also watch (or listen to) some of our previous event on our YouTube channel. Presented by Dr Peter Busch DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.

Dr Christopher Hobbs, Deputy Director for Knowledge Transfer at the department's Centre for Science and Security Studies talks about his work on nuclear security education. BBC Newsnight's diplomatic and defence editor Mark Urban gave this year's War Studies lecture. We have a clip here in which he discusses his experience of covering the Iraq war. His lecture on War and the British media is available in full on our YouTube Channel. MA students Luciana Tellez and Hillary Briffa talk about the 2014 Conflict, Security and Development Conference on 'Organised Crime in Conflict Zones'. We also have details of next week's events. Presented by Jayne Peake DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.