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War Studies episodes

February 23, 2015 War & Peace in the Central African Republic - Sarah Covington & Albert Carames
Sarah Covington is the lead analyst on the Central African Republic for the Country Risk Team at IHS Country Risk, a specialist intelligence unit that forecasts political and violent risks worldwide.
Albert Caramés is an associate researcher at the Groupe de Rechercheet Information pour la Paix (GRIP). He has worked for for the United Nations and for Médecins Sans Frontières in their head offices as well as on location in Côte d’Ivoire, Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic.
On 18 February Sarah and Albert came to the Department of War Studies to give a talk about ‘War & Peace in the Central African Republic'. The event was hosted by the Africa Research Group.
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.
28 min
February 20, 2015 Ukraine crisis / Responsibility to Protect
Dr Natasha Kuhrt, Lecturer in the department, gives an assessment of the Ukraine ceasefire deal. Professor Richard Caplan (University of Oxford) talks to MA student Charlie de Rivaz about the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).
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.
17 min
November 07, 2014 Marjan Centre / Hong Kong War Crimes Trials
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.
24 min
October 31, 2014 Ebola Crisis
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.
14 min
October 24, 2014 Phil Clark on Transitional Justice / Pinar Bilgin on Security in the International
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.
21 min
October 02, 2014 Attrition: Philpott on the First World War
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.
13 min
March 14, 2014 2013/14 podcasts Anatol Lieven on crisis in Ukraine
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.
14 min
February 28, 2014 2013/14 podcasts: King's of War Relaunched
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.
19 min
February 07, 2014 2013/14 podcasts: Refugees in Eastern Sudan / India's nuclear policy
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.
28 min
January 31, 2014 2013/14 podcasts: Hobbs on Nuclear security education / Urban on UK & media
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.
20 min

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Welcome to the War Studies podcast. We bring you world-leading research from the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, the largest community of scholars in the world dedicated to the study of all aspects of security, defence and international relations. We aim to explore the complex realm of conflict and uncover the challenges at the heart of navigating world affairs and diplomatic relations, because we believe the study of war is fundamental to understanding the world we live in and the world we want to live in.