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Urban gangs have something in common with the Taliban.

CLIP: The business model is the same.  It's the same business model, and I know counterinsurgency can work if properly applied.

Counterinsurgency has had mixed results in Afghanistan.

But it's winning back a neighborhood in Massachusetts.

A military strategy defeats street violence, next time on The World.

PREVIEW: Military Strategy to Defeat Urban Gangs

The business model of insurgents in Afghanistan and the business model of gangs in the inner city in the united states is the same. It’s the same business model and I know counter insurgency can work if properly applied.

Military's Counter Insurgency Strategy - C3 Policing - a Success in Massachusett

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

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.

Attrition: Philpott on the First World War

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

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.

2013/14 podcasts Anatol Lieven on crisis in Ukraine

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.

2013/14 podcasts: India and the US

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.

2013/14 podcasts: Hobbs on Nuclear security education / Urban on UK & media

Dr Reinoud Leenders, Reader in International Politics and Middle East Studies in the department, discusses the prospects of the negotiations on Syria that started in Switzerland this week. 
Sir David Omand, visiting professor in the department, talks about electronic surveillance. Sir David took part in a panel discussion on the topic organised by the RCIR, which should be available on our YouTube channel soon. The other panelist were Professor Didier Bigo, Ben Emmerson QC and it was chaired by Professor Vivienne Jabri. 
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: Leenders on Syria Talks / Omand on electronic surveillance

Mustafa Qadri, Head of Research for Pakistan at Amnesty International, discusses Amnesty's new report on US drone strikes. Mr Qadri was invited to King's by the Afghanistan Studies Research Group. You can find the report ' "Will I be next?" US Drone Strikes in Pakistan' here. 
In our series 'Where are they now?' former MA student Barney Henderson, now with the Daily Telegraph, talks about his experience at King's. 
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: US drone strikes in pakistan

On November 18, 2014, COL Larry M. Wortzel, PhD (USA, Ret.) gave a lecture on Contemporary Chinese Military Strategy in IWP's military strategy class.  

Dr. Wortzel is one of the foremost U.S. experts on China and serves on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.  During a 32-year military career, Dr. Wortzel spent 12 years in the Asia-Pacific region, including two tours of duty as a military attaché at in China. Following his retirement from the Army as a colonel in 1999, he was an executive with The Heritage Foundation. At Heritage he was Asian Studies Center Director and Vice President for foreign policy and defense studies. Dr. Wortzel has written or edited numerous books and articles on China.

Contemporary Chinese Military Strategy

Professor Beatrice Heuser holds the Chair in International Relations at the University of Reading.  A graduate of the University of London (Bedford College and LSE) and the University of Oxford (DPhil), she holds a Higher Doctorate (Habilitation) from the Philipps-University of Marburg. From 1991-2003 she taught at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, where she last held a Chair in International and Strategic Studies. She has also taught at four French universities/higher education institutions, and at two German universities.  In 1997/8 she spent a sabbatical at NATO headquarters as a consultant/intern. From 2003-2007 she was Director of Research at the Military History Research Office of the Bundeswehr. Her publications include The Evolution of Strategy: Thinking War from Antiquity to the Present (2010);Reading Clausewitz (2002); a recent book on insurgencies and counterinsurgency in theory and practice (in German), and several other works on strategy (especially nuclear), NATO, and on Cold War international relations.
Hosted by the Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War

The 16th Century Origins of Naval Strategy, or How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves

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

James Gray MP and Mark Lomas QC discuss questions about the constitutional basis for ‘who decides’ when Britain goes to war. They published a new book on this issue: Who Takes Britain To War? (The History Press, 2014) 
Jayne Peake and Dr Peter Busch speak next week's events.
Presented by Charlie de Rivaz
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.

Who takes Britain to war?

Dr Christine Cheng, Lecturer in International Relations, co-convenes the War Studies Research seminars. She talks about the idea behind it. Professor Mervyn Frost discusses his current book project (with Dr Sylvia Lechner) on mistakes and misunderstanding in International Relations.
Jayne Peake speaks 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.​

War Studies Research Seminar: Mistakes and Misunderstandings in IR

The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Performed by Aidan Gillen on Audible:
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Summary:

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

Aidan Gillen - who has learned a thing or two about strategy through his roles as skilled manipulator Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish (Game of Thrones) and ambitious politician Tommy Carcetti (The Wire) - brilliantly performs this ancient classic. His experience in portraying insightful and, at times, cunning characters makes him a natural fit for this ancient collection of battlefield epigrams whose influence has grown tremendously in the modern world.

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The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Performed by Aidan Gillen

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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