Events

Lectures

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.

2013/14 podcasts: Russia & Crimea: past & present

C. Christine Fair discusses her new book with Theo Farrell, 'Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War'

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Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War

The work of master economist John Maynard Keynes has been key in the resolution of successive crises from the Great Depression to the recent global financial crisis. An IMF economist gives an overview of the man, his ideas and their impact on economic policy.

The Long Life of Keynesian Economics

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.

Brown Moses on Open Source Intelligence / Dr Christine Fair on Pakistan's army

Despite his reputation as the father of greedy capitalism, Adam Smith did a great deal of thinking about the human condition and how to be a better, more generous person. One economist believes that Smith could change your life.

Listen to Russ Roberts on economics as entertainment: 


The World According to Adam Smith

On 29 August 2013, the House of Commons voted against the prospect of UK military action against the Assad regime in Syria. The decision helped shape the Western approach to the Syrian crisis and marked a significant moment in British politics; raising important new questions about the constitutional basis for ‘who decides’ when Britain goes to war. On 20 January 2015 Professor John Gearson chaired a public talk by James Gray MP and Mark Lomas QC on these and other issues raised in their major new book: 'Who Takes Britain To War?' (The History Press, 2014). 

James Gray has been MP for North Wiltshire since 1997. A former Shadow Defence Minister (who resigned over Iraq), he is a member of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee, Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces and the Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust. 

Mark Lomas was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1997 and took silk in 2003. He practiced for thirty-two years at the Common Law and Commercial Bar, specialising in professional negligence and insurance matters.  

The event was hosted by the Centre for Defence Studies. 

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. 

James Gray MP & Mark Lomas QC: Who takes Britain to war?

Throughout history, conflict and war have created conditions in which enslavement thrives. In turn, slavery has featured centrally in many conflicts as both a strategic goal and a means of waging war.

Professor Kevin Bales will present the findings to date of a major research project at the Rights Lab (University of Nottingham) exploring the links between slavery and war. This project seeks to map the connections between slavery and conflict, determining how incidences and patterns of enslavement vary depending on the forms of conflict, levels of intensity and duration, and the nature of the combatants and their objectives.

This event was hosted by the Centre for Strand Strategy https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/kcl-centre-for-grand-strategy

Event: Strategic and Tactical Slavery in War

King's College London event recording from 22 January 2020 entitled: 'Applying Insights from the UK-Ireland split in 1921 to Post-Brexit UK-EU Relations.' Panellists included Dr. Bill Kissane (LSE), Prof. Mary Daly (Univ. College Dublin) and Brendan Simms (Univ. of Cambridge).

Event: Applying Insights from the UK-Ireland Split in 1921 to Post - Brexit UK-EU Relations

What should be done after the end of a repressive regime or a civil war? How can bitter divisions be resolved in a way that combines reconciliation with accountability? These are typical questions within the field of transitional justice, but each of them is complex and contested and discussed in a wide range of disciplines.  Michael Newman draws on his new book, Transitional Justice: Contending with the Past, to explore some of the major debates and themes.

Michael Newman is Emeritus Professor at London Metropolitan University, He has been teaching ‘War, Peace and World Order’, at NYU London since 2011. This talk is part of the War Crimes Spring Term Seminar Series at King's College London.

Event: Michael Newman - Transitional Justice: Contending with the Past

In this latest event recording, Professor Brendan Simms of the University of Cambridge discusses his new biography of Adolf Hitler,  entitled Hitler: A Global Biography. He argues that contrary to past accounts, Hitler was driven by a desire to confront the United States and capitalism more broadly.

Event: Brendan Simms - Hitler: A  Global Biography

William Fenrick, former military lawyer and legal adviser for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) reflects on his experience at varying stages of his career within the field of international criminal justice. 

This event took place at the Department of War Studies, King's College London and was entitled: 'Putting Law into War: Reflections on the Birth of International Criminal Justice at the ICTY.

Event: Reflections on the Birth of International Criminal Justice at the ICTY

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