Department of War Studies' Podcast

A conversation on the fast-changing nature of insurgency and political violence with three of King's most creative and accomplished authors on this subject, Drs David Betz, John Mackinlay, and Thomas Rid, Department of War 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. The opening jingle is an adaptation from a Notwist album (Neon Golden, 2002, courtesy of City Slang.)

A conversation on the rise and fall of counterinsurgency, with Lt-Gen Jonathon Riley and Professor Theo Farrell, moderated by Dr Thomas Rid || 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 opening jingle is an adaptation from a Notwist album (Neon Golden, 2002, courtesy of City Slang.)

Dr Matthew Preston, Head of the Multilateral Research Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Professor Mats Berdal, Department of War Studies, discuss UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding interventions, the rise of "humanitarianism" culminating in the idea of a "responsibility to protect" (R2P), divergencies of view on the (R2P) and where the doctrine stands after Libya and Syria. || DISCLAIMER: Dr Matthew Preston is not to be attributed to by name. Should you wish to attribute anything said by Dr Preston, he should be referred to as ‘a government official’. Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or those of the Department of War Studies or King's College London. The opening jingle is an adaptation from a Notwist album (Neon Golden, 2002, courtesy of City Slang.)

The Navy and War Studies, with Professor Andrew Lambert and Professor Eric Grove, Salford University. Professor Andrew Lambert will be discussing the role of the Department in the evolution of naval history and seapower studies with Professor Eric Grove from Salford University, one of our alumni from the 1970s, who has had a long and distinguished career in defence education, strategic policy-making and universities. Presented by Dr Thomas Rid. This is Part 1 of the War Studies Anniversary Seminar Series. 

|| The opening jingle is an adaptation from a Notwist album (Neon Golden, 2002, courtesy of City Slang.) 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

Engin Isin, Professor of Citizenship at the Open University, has published widely on the politics of citizenship. In this podcast he talks about his new book Citizens without Frontiers (Continuum, forthcoming September 20120.

Prof Isin on the web.

We also have a chat about blogs, twitter and academia with Dr Thomas Rid, Reader in the department, and PhD student Jack MacDonald who both contribute to the Kings of War blog. 

Dr Rid on the web.

Jack McDonald's website. And on twitter: #jackmcd83

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 Thomas Rid, Reader in the department, talks about his forthcoming article on Israeli concepts of deterring political violence.

Dr Rid 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

Joseph Kony is on the most-wanted list of the International Criminal Court for abducting children in Uganda, turning them into child soldiers of his so-called Lord's resistance army. A video by the activism organisation Invisible Children calling for the capture of Kony has gone viral. The Kings of War blog was hit by the ripple effects of this. The blog post on the video written by Jack McDonald, one of our PhD students, got 20 thousand clicks in two days. In this podcast Jack McDonald discusses the KONY2012 video and what the activists seemed to have forgotten to take into account.

Jack McDonald's website. And on twitter: #jackmcd83

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 Funmi Olonisakin, Director of the African Leadership Centre at King's, discusses the challenges of reporting conflicts in Africa with MA students Oluwatoyin Ajao and Otso Iho.

Dr Olonisakin on the web. For more information on the African Leadership Centre 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 Alessio Patalano, Lecturer in the department, sheds light on a naval incident that happened off the Indian coast a week ago involving an Italian tanker and the killing of two Indian fishermen. The incident raises number of important security questions about the fight against piracy, marines on privately owned ships and relations between Italy and India in general. 

Dr Patalano 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

Suicide - as political protest or as a form of political violence - is a particularly disturbing and puzzling aspect of conflicts. In this podcast Dr Nicholas Michelsen, Teaching Fellow in the department, talks about his research on politics and suicide.

Jayne Peake and Dr Thomas Rid provide details of upcoming events, including a series of War Studies at 50 anniversary talks.

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

Chris Woods, MA student in the department, talks about his work with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism on US drone attacks in Pakistan and the Bureau's new report that claims rescuers and funerals were targeted. The report was also discussed in many newspapers, among them the New York Times and the LA Times.

Royal Marine Lieutenant Colonel Justin Holt talks to MA students Sarah Cragg and Natalie Chambers about his experience with embedded reporters in Iraq.

Jayne Peake provides information about future 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 Sir Michael Howard talks about the founding of the Department of War Studies 50 years ago.

Jayne Peake provides information about 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

The Department's European Centre for Energy and Resource Security organised a meeting on EU Energy Policy. Two of the participants, Professor Iulian Chifu (Presidential Counselor, Department of Strategic Affairs, Security and Foreign Policy, Romania) and Dr Louis Skyner (Commercial Manager, Statoil), talked to Dr Daniel Bennett.

EUCERS website

Jayne Peake is back to talk about 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 Rudra Chaudhuri talks about the department's new MA South Asia and Global Security.

You can find out more about all of the department's MA programmes here, and here is also a link to Dr Chaudhuri's web site.

For more about King's India Institute click 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

Dr John Bew, Lecturer in War Studies, discusses his new biography of Lord Castlereagh, the British statesman who oversaw the victory over Napoleon.

For more information about 'Castlereagh: Englightenment, War and Tyranny', click here.

For the Times Literary Supplement review of  click here.

Dr Bew on the web.

Jayne Peake gives a preview of next year'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

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