Department of War Studies' Podcast

Dr Thomas Rid, Reader in the Department, and BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera discuss Dr Rid's new book Cyber War Will Not Take Place.

More about Dr Rid here.

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.

Journalists Robert Densmore and David Benyon talk about their careers. Andrew MacDonald and David Hiley give advice on careers in the defence and security analysis sector. Careers adviser Gemma Ludgate talks about an upcoming careers event for PhD students.

Robert Densmore's blog Defence Report.

David Benyon (his talk begins 23 min into the podcast) works with the magazine 'Reactions'.

David Hiley's talk begins at 42'27". His employer is Renaissance Strategic Advisers. 

Andrew MacDonald (from 59'15") is employed by visiongain.

Gemma Ludgate's blog Peace, Politics and Policy.

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.

With elections in Pakistan around the corner, the department invited Dr Maliha Lodhi to talk about Pakistan before the election. Dr Lodhi was Pakistan's amabassador to the United States from 1994 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2002. Between 2003 and 2008 she was Pakistan's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. After her presentation here at King's, MA student Tom Meade talked to her about her take on the political situation in Pakistan.

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.

Economic, political and security challenges in Central Asia were the topics of a recent event organised by the department's Russian and Eurasian Security Research group. After the event, Dr David Lewis, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, talked to MA student Tom Meade.

More on Dr David Lewis on the web here.

More on the Russian and Eurasian Security Research group here.

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.

Women in War and International Politics is a recently established group in King's School of Social Science and Public Policy. In this podcast we hear from PhD students Elaine Korzak and Isabelle Anstey, Dr Ami Abou-Bakr (Lecturer in the Department of International Politics) and BA students Marta Music and Ingvild Hokstad. They talked about the group's agenda with MA students Tom Meade and John Pryor.

For more information on the Women in War and International Politics group click here. 

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.

Dr Michael Amoah and Dr Georgina Holmes of the department's Africa Research Group talk about the conflict in Mali.

More by Dr Amoah on the conflict (Al Jazeera interview) here.

More about Dr Holmes's new book Women and War in Rwanda: Gender, media and the representation of genocide (I.B. Tauris) here.

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.

In this podcast MA students Tom Meade and John Pryor interview Sean O'Callaghan just before an event organised by the department's International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation. Mr O'Callaghan was one of the most important informers inside the IRA for the Garda Siochana and then the Royal Ulster Constabulary and he spoke about his experiences inside the IRA and also shared his assessment of the current situation.

The Independent covered the event. To read the article click here.

More about the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation here. 

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.

In the second part of the interview with Richard Ned Lebow, Professor of International Political Theory in the Department, we focuse on his more recent work, particularly his A Cultural Theory of International of International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

More on Professor Lebow on the web.

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.

Richard Ned Lebow, Professor of International Political Theory in the Department, is one of the most influential scholars in the field of international relations. In the first part of a conversation about his intellectual journey, Professor Lebow talks about his work during the Cold War.

More on Professor Lebow on the web.

Dr Gonzalo Pozo-Martin is Lecturer in the Department of European and International Studies at King's. John Pryor, MA student in the department and one of our students on the podcast team, interviewed him after he gave a talk on Russia and the Arctic in the department.

More on Dr Pozo-Martin on the web.

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.

Professor Theo Farrell on a speech given by US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at King's College on 18 January 2013.

The Department of Defense's transcript of the speech is available here.

Professor Farrell on the web.

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.

Careers adviser Gemma Ludgate brings together analysts from AKE and G4S to speak about careers in risk.

More information about the department's upcoming events here.

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.

  

There are two interviews in this week's podcast:

The first interview is with Professor Vivienne Jabri. She talks about her most recent book 'The Postcolonial Subject: Claiming Politics/Governing Others in Late Modernity (Routledge 2012).

More on Professor Jabri on the web and More about the book.

In the second interview John Pryor asks PhD candidate Raphael Marcus about his doctoral project entitled: ‘Learning Under Fire: Military Innovation and Insurgency Adaptation in the Israel-Hezbollah Conflict’.

More on Raphael Marcus on the web.

Jayne Peake provides details of events in the next term.

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.

Emile Simpson talks about his book 'War from the Ground Up: 21st Century Combat as Politics (Hurst 2012) to John Pryor, MA student in the department.

Jayne Peake provides details of upcoming 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.

  

Dr Chiara de Franco, Research Fellow in the department, talks about her new book 'Media Power and the Transformation of War'.

More about Dr de Franco on the web and here's a link to the book.

Dr Thomas Rid, Reader in the department, talks to Nick Adams about the Israeli experience of deterrence.

Dr Rid on the web and a link to his article 'Deterrence Beyond the State: The Israeli Experience'.

Jayne Peake provides details of upcoming 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.

In light of the recent bloodshed in Gaza and Israel, Nina Musgrave talks about her doctoral research on the politics, tactics and strategy of Hamas.

Nina Musgrave on the web. 

Jayne Peake provides details of upcoming 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.

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