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See below for a summary of the latest media coverage for the Department of War Studies, King's College London with a link to the article where possible. Follow the tabs to the left for media coverage summaries by year. Alternatively, see press cuttings from across the College.2011
The FX competition and the dilemma of Japanese defense policy
Dr Alessio Patalano discusses the Japan F-X Announcement, Asahi Shimbun, 19 December and Defense News
No decision on Afghan troop withdrawal in 2013 The Guardian, 14 December 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven gave expert advice at a special meeting of the National Security Council, which reaffirmed plans for UK combat forces to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
‘Intelligent Pakistani generals recognise India’s strength’ Professor Anatol Lieven comments on the attitude of the Pakistani military towards India. Times of India, 09 December 2011
Chinese navy and President Hu’s latest remarks.
Dr Alessio Patalano comments on Hu Jintao instruction to Chinese navy to prepare for warfare. Monocle 24 - Radio, 7 December 2011
Castlereagh: Enlightenment, war and tyranny by John Bew
Lead review and front page of the new issue of the Times Literary Supplement, 7 December 2011
Greenpeace student at French nuclear plant sparks debate France 24, 06 December 2011
Dr Matthew Moran and Dr Chris Hobbs comment on a debate concerning nuclear power in France following a break in by Greenpeace activists at a nuclear facility.
5 Live Drive, Professor Anatol Lieven, comments the decision by Pakistan to boycott a conference on Afghanistan following an airstrike by NATO (item starts 11:02). BBC Radio 5 Live, 05 December 2011
Morning Reports BBC Radio 5 Live, 27 November 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven commented on the significance of an attack on a Pakistani army post by NATO (item starts at 04:51). Professor Lieven also spoke on Radio 5 Live’s Breakfast.
Telegraph Books of the Year
Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny by John Bew has been chosen as a book of the year on the Christmas Special of BBC Parliament’s ‘Book Talk’ and also made it in the Daily Telegraph’s Books of Year section 21 November 2011, Daily Telegraph. Also covered on BBC Radio Ulster’s ‘The Book Programme’, 20 November 2011. Other recent reviews; Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times, Irish Times, Irish Independent and The Guardian.
Pakistan: a Hard Country by Anataol Lieven was selected by the Daily Telegraph as one of the ' 2011 Books of Year' , 21 November 2011
The Lessons of Fallen Giants
The New York Times, 17 November, 2011
Denis Corby, director of the Caucasus Policy Institute, reflects on what Putin could learn from Shevy.
Care for our veterans
The Guardian, 15 November 2011
Professor Christopher Dandeker, Dr Nicola Fear and Professor Simon Wessely Co-Directors, King’s Centre for Military Health Research
Brunel’s Last Launch
Professor Andrew Lambert , Channel 4, A Time Team Special’ 10 November at 22.00. Watch on 4oD
Cyber security pits West against China, Russia
Deutsche Welle, 08 November 2011
Dr Thomas Rid spoke about cyber security issues on the eve of an international conference on internet policy last week hosted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
BBC News: Iran IAEA nuclear report deepens concerns
Professor Wyn Bowen comments, 8 November. Also reported in the Huffington Post
A conspiracy of optimism New Statesman, 07 November 2011
Professor Theo Farrell, comments that the conflict in Afghanistan has, for the British Army, been a succession of six month campaigns.
With a friend like this
Professor Anatol Lieven, wrote that the US should start treating Pakistan as an enemy, rather than an ally, in the conflict in Afghanistan.International Herald Tribune,02 November 2011
Should the UN sanction against Syria?
Channel 4 News, November 1, 2011
Prof Mats Berdal comments that there is not going to be the sort of intervention there was in Libya.
Killing al-Qaeda’s middle managers may be key to its destruction Bloomberg, 26 October 2011
A report by Professor Peter Neumann, from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR), has recommended the targeting of middle managers in al-Qaeda to undermine the organisation. The report was also covered by The Miami Herald.
Cyber war and the expanding definition of war
Forbes, 26 October 2011
Dr Thomas Rid, from the Department of War Studies, commented that we are unlikely to see a ‘cyber-war’ in the near future, following his recently published study into the subject.
With starring NATO role in Libya, French and British boot Europe’s military image
Associated Press, 21 October 2011
Professor Malcolm Chalmers, from the Department of War Studies, commented that the NATO mission in Libya shows both France and Britain retain significant diplomatic clout. Professor Chalmer's comments to AP were reported by The Washington Post, The New York Times and Houston Chronicle.
Libya War’s end is rare victory for NATO 20 October 2011
Professor Malcolm Chalmers, commented that NATO wanted to avoid sending in ground troops during the Libya campaign, which is why the conflict took longer than expected. His comments were reported by AP, which ran in The New York Times, Economic Times (India) among multiple international outlets.
Cyber war may not take place: UK expert
Asian News International (India), 19 October 2011
Dr Thomas Rid, from the Department of War Studies has published a paper detailing reasons why cyber warfare is unlikely to take place. The story was also reported by Japan Herald, and other Indian and US online news outlets.
Castlereagh: From Englightenment to Tyranny, by Dr John Bew
Today programme, 18 October 2011 (last 5 mins)
It was also reviewed in The Sunday Times, Literary Review and Standpoint and BBC Radio Ulster.
Russia’s Putin seeks to upgrade ties to China 17 October 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven gave an interview to Voice of America (VOA) about the impact of the rise of China on Russia, following a speech by Russian Prime Minister Putin in Beijing. Professor Lieven’s comments were picked up by Xinhua and China Strategy Forum and reported widely in Chinese media this week (links in Chinese).
A U.S.-European strategy with Putin's Russia
By DENIS CORBOY, Visiting Senior Research Fellow , et al
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, 7 October 2011
Fates of Eurozone bailout rests on Slovak politician Richard Sulik
Los Angeles Times, 07 October 2011
Dr Christoph Meyer, Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, commented that the proposed Eurozone bailout is driving nations apart.
Discipline and loyalty drawn from a tough life growing up followed by the world of the KGB
The Times, 01 October 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven wrote a profile of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Martin McGuinness’s decision to run for President of Ireland
Dr John Bew
BBC World Service, September 17, 2011 (30 mins in)
More is less in peace development
Dr Rudra Chaudhuri
Tuesday, September 13, 2011, The News (Pakistan)
Authorities doubt riot will affect Olympics
China Daily, 11 September 2011
Dr John Bew, from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, comments that terrorism is a more likely threat to the Olympics than riots.
Was this really the day that changed the world for ever?
The Guardian, 10 September 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven comments on whether the Bush administration would have tried to invade Iraq even if 9/11 had not taken place. He also commented on the impact of 9/11 on Worldview, WBEZ (USA), 11 September 2011
Analysis: With us or against us? A decade on, Pakistan wavering Reuters, 09 September 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven commented on the feeling in Pakistan that Islam was ‘under attack’ from the USA. Professor Lieven’s comments were reported in The New York Times.
Hilter's Secret Weapon, by Professor Joe Maiolo
BBC Knowledge Magazine, November/December 2011 Issue
Explaining 9/11: a question of scale
Al Jazeera, 3 September 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven, from the Department of War Studies, discusses the global consequences of the 9/11 attacks.
A troubling victory
The Economist, 02 September 2011
Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Vice-Principal (Strategy and Development), said that America should be pleased by the outcome of the NATO campaign in Libya.
China the quiet winner in war on terror
The Australian, 29 August 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven wrote a column on the ascension of China following the war on terror.
NATO says it won’t curtail Libya air campaign as rebels sweep into Tripoli
Bloomberg, 22 August 2011
Professor Mats Berdal,said that NATO would be relieved that the campaign in Libya appears to be ending, as they would not be able to sustain operations.
The great mystery
The National (UAE), 12 August 2011
The writing of Professor Anatol Lieven, from the Department of War Studies, was featured in an article comparing recent books on the political situation in Pakistan.
This was the Navy’s finest hour
The Independent, 19 August 2011
Professor Andrew Lambert, from the Department of War Studies, reviewed a book on the Royal Navy in World War II.
Yugoslavia war court sets wider precedents
Reuters, 01 August 2011
Professor James Gow, from the Department of War Studies, commented on the success of the Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal. *Professor Gow's comments were also featured in The Vancouver Sun.
The Impact of Ramadan
Today BBC Radio 4, 01 August 2011
Dr John Gearson, from the Department of War Studies, talked about the start of Ramadan and the impact it may have on fighting in Afghanistan and Libya (item starts at 01:56:51).
Negotiating with terrorists
The Huffington Post, 27 July 2011
Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), comments on the precedent set by negotiating with terrorists.
Norway attacks, 27 July 2011
A number of War Studies academics commented on last Friday’s bomb attacks and shooting rampage in Norway. Jonathan Paris, from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), gave an early analysis for Reuters on who might have carried out the attacks. His comments were featured in The New York Times. Dr John Gearson, from the Department of War Studies, spoke to BBC Breakfast and Sky News on the possible motives behind the attacks, and the security threat to the UK. His comments on how little criticism there had been of the Norwegian police were also reported in The New York Times. Dr John Bew, Co-Director of the ICSR, spoke to the Guardian about a lack of research on far-right extremism.
Russian Winter and Arab Spring
The New York Times, July 25, 2011
DENIS CORBOY, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, WILLIAM COURTNEY AND KENNETH YALOWITZ comment on the importance of an adequate European response to the Arab Spring
After tour, Reservists' mental health may suffer
Reuters, New York, July 21, 2011
Amy Norton cooments on a recent KCMHR paper Coming Home: Social Functioning and the Mental Health of UK
Reservists on Return From Deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan
Edited by SAMUEL B. HARVEY, MRCPSYCH, STEPHANI L. HATCH, PHD, MARGARET JONES, BA, LISA HULL, MSC, NORMAN JONES, MSC, NEIL GREENBERG, MD,CHRISTOPHER DANDEKER, PHD, NICOLA T. FEAR, DPHIL(OXON), AND SIMON WESSELY, FMEDSCI
The Space Shuttle and HMS Challenger
BBC Radio 4, The Long View, 12 July 2011
Professor Andrew Lambert talks about the end of the Space Shuttle programme, and links to the pioneering oceanographic voyage of HMS Challenger in the 1870s.
Art of nuclear diplomacy Pakistan
Daily Times 01 July 2011
Dr Farah Zahra, Visiting Research Fellow from the Department of War Studies, wrote a column on Mohamed ElBaradei's new book about nuclear proliferation.
AHRC Beyond Text on the BBC World Service's 'ideas'
On 25 June, Professor James Gow presented research from his AHRC Beyond Text funded project on visual material and war crimes on the BBC World Service's flagship 'ideas' programme, The Forum. Presented by writer and comedian David Baddiel, and joined by Dutch Poet Laureate Ramsey Nasr and Harvard Neuroscientist Margaret Livingstone, the broadcast focuses on images. He also leads The Forum's '60 Second Idea to Improve the World' and talks about other research from the £5.5m Beyond Text programme. Listen to the podcast
Afghan mission is far from over
The Evening Standard 24 June 2011
Dr David Ucko, Adjunct Fellow in the Department of War Studies, argued that gradual withdrawal while shifting the burden to Afghanistan security forces is probably the least bad option for NATO.
Withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
BBC One News at One, 24 June 2011
Professor Mervyn Frost, Head of the Department of War Studies commented on the proposed withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.
UK's mission in Libya
£260m Libya war The Daily Mirror, 24 June 2011
Professor Mervyn Frost commented on the cost of the UK's mission in Libya.
Politically the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable
The Telegraph, 23 June 2011
Professor Theo Farrell discusses how this war is being won from a military perspective but that politically, it is unwinnable.
Hitler's Secret Weapon
BBC History, July 2011 edition
Joe Maiolo discusses the impact of Germany's V weapons during the Second World War and relates how Britain managed to mitigate disaster. Listen to the podcast at www.historyextra.com/podcastpage
Leadership of Al-Qaeda
Newsnight BBC Two, 16 June
Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), commented on the new leadership of Al-Qaeda (item starts 05:42).
The Royal Navy is in ‘a very bad way’
Portsmouth News, Tuesday 14 June 2011
Professor Andrew Lambert calls on the government to reopen last year’s Strategic Defence and Security Review. He said ‘We’re getting laughed at by the French for not having a carrier off Libya. It’s hard enough when they beat us at rugby or football but when they beat us at carrier aviation it is unacceptable.’ Read the full article.
Connect Asia ABC Australia, 10 June 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven , was interviewed about Pakistan’s military intelligence community.
Breakfast BBC Radio Wales, 7 June 2011
Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, talked about the new counter-terrorism strategy announced by the Home Secretary.
Most people go armed as Ulster dissident threat grows
The Independent on Sunday, 05 June 2011
Dr John Bew (International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation) commented on the threat posed in Northern Ireland by dissidents.
The Typhoon of Steel
Kathimerini, Greece, 5 June 2011.
Dr Patalano writes about the battle for Okinawa & the contradictions of the Japanese Wartime Strategy.
Letters: Just war in theory and practice
The Guardian: Saturday, 28 May, 2011
Dr Sebastian Bieber, Visiting research associate, at The Marjan Centre for the Study of Conflict and Conservation, and trainee Roman Catholic priest discusses Just War theory within the context of Christianity.
Role of China in Afghanistan
International Herald Tribune, 26 May 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven wrote an op-ed for the on the critical role China will play in order to resolve the conflict in Afghanistan, and maintain wider peace and stability in the region. The piece got picked up in Chinese media, reported by both Xinhua and BBC China.
Ratko Mladic
Professor James Gow was prominent in live rolling coverage on Sky News of the breaking news that Serbian war crimes suspect General Ratko Mladic had been arrested. In a half-hour interview, Professor Gow explained that Mladic was the ‘worst of the worst’ as the architect and implementer of genocide in Bosnia and that his arrest would facilitate Serbia’s road to EU membership, as the arrest was the result of four years cooperation between Serbia and UK and US intelligence services. Professor Gow later contributed to BBC World’s live coverage of the arrest
Responsibility to protect: The lessons of Libya
The Economist, May 19th
Professor Mats Berdal comments that the world’s leading powers had good reason to think they were “avoiding a Srebrenica”—the massacre of Bosnians which UN forces failed to avert in July 1995.
Security, State and Kinship in Pakistan
Monday 16 May, 2011 Radio 4, Start the Week
Professor Anatol Lieven discusses how far the Pakistani authorities knew about Bin Laden's presence and also comments on the how the State operates. Panelists include Andrew Marr, Francis Fukuyama, Mohsin Hamid and Tahmima Anam.
Professor Andrew Lambert: The Untold Battle of Trafalgar
Saturday 7 May 2011
First Broadcast: 9PM Monday 28 Jun 2010 Channel 4 Watch on 4oD
Osama Bin Laden's home at Abbottabad
7th May, BBC Radio 4
Dr John Mackinlay appeared on the iPM show discussing Osama Bin Laden's home at Abbottabad, which a century previously was the regimental home of the 6th Gurkhas.
Europe told of potential shale gas bonanza
Article references a new study by EUCERS assessing economic and geopolitical implications of recent estimates. 6 May, 2011, Financial Times Read article.
A Faultering Bargain with Pakistan
Professor Anatol Lieven discusses the question of Islamabad's trustworthiness in the fight against terror takes center stage
6 May 2011, Newsweek
Did Pakistan help the US? Behind the scenes, the truth really matters.
Anatol Lieven discusses the possible stance of the Pakistani government regarding bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad. The Times, 3 May, 2011. Read article
Hard Power
Anatol Lieven discusses why Pakistan is so difficult to work with.
Foreign Policy, 22 April 2011. Read 'Pakistan: A Hard Country' reviews attached below in The FT, The Sunday Times and The Evening Standard.
Sir Walter Raleigh
20 April, BBC’s The One Show:
Professor Andrew Lambert visits the jail where Raleigh wrote 'The History of the World'. He talks about how he built the legend of Walter Raleigh and wrote himself into history.
Security arrangements for the royal wedding
19 April, Sky News: Dr John Gearson, director of the Centre for Defence Studies, talks to Sky News. He highlighted the risk of an attack happening outside of the capital while all security is deployed for the wedding itself, and the renewed threat of Irish breakaway terrorist groups.
Al Qaeda in the USA.
19 April, BBC Radio 4’s Today: Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ISCR)is interviewed about the threat of Al Qaeda in the USA. He comments that, 'Now that al-Qaeda threat has become more homegrown, it raises questions about how to deal with certain communities. Americans are not used to that.' Also reported in American jihad BBC (online)
Current situation in Libya
17 April, BBC News: Dr John Gearson, director of the Centre for Defence Studies, said: 'Politics and the military situation are out of sync at the moment. What would make the difference is the rebels having capacity to have commander control, in other words how they deal with attacks from the Gaddafi forces. The UN resolution talks about no foreign forces of occupation. If President Obama continues to take this deliberate back seat countries like Turkey will feel they can direct this operation.'
Images of War Crimes Workshop, Humanitarian Law Center
Dr. Milena Michalski and Professors James Gow and Zoran Paji conducted a successful research workshop in Belgrade at the Humanitarian Law Centre (15 April 2011). The event was covered in one major daily newspaper (Danas) as well as fuller coverage in other media, including one very full report on e-novine in Serbian.
Japan's Maritime Strategy
Dr Alessio Patalano writes that the Island Nation Model Unfettered access to overseas resources and markets lie at the heart of Japan's new defence policy.
RUSI Issue: Apr 2011, Vol. 156, No. 2
The Mental Health of UK Armed Forces Personnel
Professor Christopher Dandeker et al argue that the Impact of Iraq and Afghanistan Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan has not led to increased mental health problems amongst UK armed forces personnel, but alcohol misuse is an ongoing concern.
RUSI Issue: Apr 2011, Vol. 156, No. 2
Pakistan: a Hard Country by Anatol Lieven: review
The Telegraph, 14 April 2011
Peter Oborne celebrates Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven, a work that dispels the myth of Pakistan as a country on the brink.Also reported by Mehreen Zahra-Malik, April 14‚ 2011‚ issue NEWSWEEK PAKISTAN.
Britain’s Greatest General
8 April, BBC Radio 4’s Today: Dr William Philpott, author and military historian from the Department of War Studies, and Peter Snow, author of To War with Wellington: From the Peninsula to Waterloo, debated who has been Britain’s greatest general.
'Cricket diplomacy' is fine, but India and Pakistan will need more than that
The Guardian, 2 April 2011
A recent War Studies conference, lead by Dr Rudra Chaudhuri is highlighted in an opinion piece about conflict and cricket in India and Pakistan. 'Is water a source of conflict?' was the focus of the event, where academics and journalists gathered together to discuss the issue.
Why it's wrong to give up on them
Daily Telegraph (Review) 2nd April 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven's book, 'Pakistan: a Hard Country' is reviewed by Peter Oborne who says the work dispels the myth of Pakistan as a country on the brink. He highlights that the greatest dangers to stability in the region are climate change and anti-Americanism
MoD payouts show Afghans’ catalogue of suffering
The Guardian, 29 March
Afghan civilians compensated for deaths, injuries and property damage caused by British forces received £1.3million last year from the Ministry of Defence, but this is less than half of what they asked for. Professor Theo Farrell, said the increased bill for compensation could be because more civilians were being killed and more damage caused, but there could also have been a change in British policy to make bigger payments.
Air raids on Libya
21 March, BBC One’s Breakfast: Dr John Gearson. He said, 'What we're seeing is tension and resolution between a logical military approach versus the political imperative to not make it appear this is a Western intervention,' he said. 'Gaddafi's capacity to threaten allied aircraft had to be removed and his ability to communicate with his forces diminished.' *Dr Gearson's comments were also featured on BBC News, BBC Radio Five Live and several local BBC stations.
Where life is cheap and talk is loose
March 17, 2011
Modish jargon or a useful category? The term “failed state” conceals many tangles. Sites 'Ending Wars, Consolidating Peace: Economic Perspectives', edited by Mats Berdal, IISS.
Analysis: Long guerrilla war would follow Gaddafi 'win'
Reuters 11 March 2011
Professor Yezid Sayigh, comments on the ongoing conflict in Libya between Gaddafi's forces and rebel armies. 'If Gaddafi reasserts control it will be in the face of new tribal and regional divisions,' he said. 'Large sections of the population will no longer be willing to provide the intelligence Gaddafi would need to confront an urban insurgency. There may be physical control of key state buildings but that's not like having real security control.' *Also reported in CNBC and The Independent (p24) 12 March
Foreign Secretary William Hague has hit out at Iran
BBC Five Live Breakfast 10th March 2011
British Special Forces seized a shipment of arms intended for the Taliban in Afghanistan. Professor Anatol Lieven, from the Department of War Studies, discusses improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan.
Foreign intervention in Libya
10 March, BBC One’s Breakfast: Dr John Gearson, Director for the Centre for Defence Studies, discussed foreign intervention in Libya. ‘The Russians and Chinese on the UN Security Council are against it,’ he said. ‘They don’t like foreign intervention so the Western powers are waiting for legitimacy.’
How to Intervene
'The Thread’ radio show at Resonance FM 104.2, Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Professor Mike Rainsborough discusses the subject of intervention with academics from the King's Institure of Psychiatry and the Department of Humanities, University of Roehampton.
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The difficulties in setting up a no-fly zone
BBC News 1st March 2011
Professor Mervyn Frost, Head of the War Studies department, talks to BBC News about the problems in establishing a no-fly zone over Libya.
Libya's poison gas unaffected by turmoil, official says
28 February 2011, The Washington Post
Professor Wyn Bowen comments
No secret peace talks in Britain, says ex-Taliban envoy
Rediff News February 17, 2011
Mullah Abdul Salaam Zaeef, a former high-ranking member of the Taliban regime, has refuted reports that he is involved in any sort of negotiations between the Britain and reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar. He attended workshops run by Dr Prof. Anatol Lieven, Dr Rudra Chaudhuri and Sir Hilary Synnott.
Former senior Taliban member visits Britain
15 February, 2011 The Telegraph
The Department of War Studies hosted sessions of dialogue and exploratory discussions between Indian, Pakistani and Afghan parties in the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan under the guidance of Prof. Anatol Lieven, Dr Rudra Chaudhuri and Sir Hilary Synnott
Jordan’s new cabinet sworn in
11 February, 2011, Jordan News/Jornews.com
The Prime Minister, Dr. Marouf Suleiman al-Bakhit, has a PhD in War Studies from King's College London in 1990.
Egypt’s army looks beyond Mubarak Financial Times (p13) 3 February
An article by Professor Yezid Sayigh, Department of War Studies, on the fate of Hosni Mubarak. He writes, his fate was decided on the eve of Tuesday’s mass demonstration said the protest was legitimate and that it would not fire on the people.
25 January, BBC World Service’s World Have Your Say: Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the ICSR, Department of War Studies, talked about the effectiveness of suicide bombings, in light of the bombings in Moscow.
24 January, BBC Radio 4’s PM: Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, commented on the bombing at the Moscow airport. He said that the government will certainly be looking at the Islamist extremist groups which are active in the North Caucuses, Chechens among them.
24 January, NPR’s Morning Edition (USA): Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the ICSR, Department of War Studies, discussed the work of former Rhodes College professor Quintan Wiktorowicz, who is an expert on, among other things, how some people decide to become terrorists.
Castlereagh: Daily Telegraph’s Books of Year and Christmas Special BBC Parliament’s ‘Book Talk’
Dr Alessio Patalano discusses the Japan F-X Announcement, Asahi Shimbun, 19 December and Defense News
No decision on Afghan troop withdrawal in 2013 The Guardian, 14 December 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven gave expert advice at a special meeting of the National Security Council, which reaffirmed plans for UK combat forces to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
‘Intelligent Pakistani generals recognise India’s strength’ Professor Anatol Lieven comments on the attitude of the Pakistani military towards India. Times of India, 09 December 2011
Chinese navy and President Hu’s latest remarks.
Dr Alessio Patalano comments on Hu Jintao instruction to Chinese navy to prepare for warfare. Monocle 24 - Radio, 7 December 2011
Castlereagh: Enlightenment, war and tyranny by John Bew
Lead review and front page of the new issue of the Times Literary Supplement, 7 December 2011
Greenpeace student at French nuclear plant sparks debate France 24, 06 December 2011
Dr Matthew Moran and Dr Chris Hobbs comment on a debate concerning nuclear power in France following a break in by Greenpeace activists at a nuclear facility.
5 Live Drive, Professor Anatol Lieven, comments the decision by Pakistan to boycott a conference on Afghanistan following an airstrike by NATO (item starts 11:02). BBC Radio 5 Live, 05 December 2011
Morning Reports BBC Radio 5 Live, 27 November 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven commented on the significance of an attack on a Pakistani army post by NATO (item starts at 04:51). Professor Lieven also spoke on Radio 5 Live’s Breakfast.
Telegraph Books of the Year
Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny by John Bew has been chosen as a book of the year on the Christmas Special of BBC Parliament’s ‘Book Talk’ and also made it in the Daily Telegraph’s Books of Year section 21 November 2011, Daily Telegraph. Also covered on BBC Radio Ulster’s ‘The Book Programme’, 20 November 2011. Other recent reviews; Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times, Irish Times, Irish Independent and The Guardian.
Pakistan: a Hard Country by Anataol Lieven was selected by the Daily Telegraph as one of the ' 2011 Books of Year' , 21 November 2011
The Lessons of Fallen Giants
The New York Times, 17 November, 2011
Denis Corby, director of the Caucasus Policy Institute, reflects on what Putin could learn from Shevy.
Care for our veterans
The Guardian, 15 November 2011
Professor Christopher Dandeker, Dr Nicola Fear and Professor Simon Wessely Co-Directors, King’s Centre for Military Health Research
Brunel’s Last Launch
Professor Andrew Lambert , Channel 4, A Time Team Special’ 10 November at 22.00. Watch on 4oD
Cyber security pits West against China, Russia
Deutsche Welle, 08 November 2011
Dr Thomas Rid spoke about cyber security issues on the eve of an international conference on internet policy last week hosted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
BBC News: Iran IAEA nuclear report deepens concerns
Professor Wyn Bowen comments, 8 November. Also reported in the Huffington Post
A conspiracy of optimism New Statesman, 07 November 2011
Professor Theo Farrell, comments that the conflict in Afghanistan has, for the British Army, been a succession of six month campaigns.
With a friend like this
Professor Anatol Lieven, wrote that the US should start treating Pakistan as an enemy, rather than an ally, in the conflict in Afghanistan.International Herald Tribune,02 November 2011
Should the UN sanction against Syria?
Channel 4 News, November 1, 2011
Prof Mats Berdal comments that there is not going to be the sort of intervention there was in Libya.
Killing al-Qaeda’s middle managers may be key to its destruction Bloomberg, 26 October 2011
A report by Professor Peter Neumann, from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR), has recommended the targeting of middle managers in al-Qaeda to undermine the organisation. The report was also covered by The Miami Herald.
Cyber war and the expanding definition of war
Forbes, 26 October 2011
Dr Thomas Rid, from the Department of War Studies, commented that we are unlikely to see a ‘cyber-war’ in the near future, following his recently published study into the subject.
With starring NATO role in Libya, French and British boot Europe’s military image
Associated Press, 21 October 2011
Professor Malcolm Chalmers, from the Department of War Studies, commented that the NATO mission in Libya shows both France and Britain retain significant diplomatic clout. Professor Chalmer's comments to AP were reported by The Washington Post, The New York Times and Houston Chronicle.
Libya War’s end is rare victory for NATO 20 October 2011
Professor Malcolm Chalmers, commented that NATO wanted to avoid sending in ground troops during the Libya campaign, which is why the conflict took longer than expected. His comments were reported by AP, which ran in The New York Times, Economic Times (India) among multiple international outlets.
Cyber war may not take place: UK expert
Asian News International (India), 19 October 2011
Dr Thomas Rid, from the Department of War Studies has published a paper detailing reasons why cyber warfare is unlikely to take place. The story was also reported by Japan Herald, and other Indian and US online news outlets.
Castlereagh: From Englightenment to Tyranny, by Dr John Bew
Today programme, 18 October 2011 (last 5 mins)
It was also reviewed in The Sunday Times, Literary Review and Standpoint and BBC Radio Ulster.
Russia’s Putin seeks to upgrade ties to China 17 October 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven gave an interview to Voice of America (VOA) about the impact of the rise of China on Russia, following a speech by Russian Prime Minister Putin in Beijing. Professor Lieven’s comments were picked up by Xinhua and China Strategy Forum and reported widely in Chinese media this week (links in Chinese).
A U.S.-European strategy with Putin's Russia
By DENIS CORBOY, Visiting Senior Research Fellow , et al
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, 7 October 2011
Fates of Eurozone bailout rests on Slovak politician Richard Sulik
Los Angeles Times, 07 October 2011
Dr Christoph Meyer, Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, commented that the proposed Eurozone bailout is driving nations apart.
Discipline and loyalty drawn from a tough life growing up followed by the world of the KGB
The Times, 01 October 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven wrote a profile of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Martin McGuinness’s decision to run for President of Ireland
Dr John Bew
BBC World Service, September 17, 2011 (30 mins in)
More is less in peace development
Dr Rudra Chaudhuri
Tuesday, September 13, 2011, The News (Pakistan)
Authorities doubt riot will affect Olympics
China Daily, 11 September 2011
Dr John Bew, from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, comments that terrorism is a more likely threat to the Olympics than riots.
Was this really the day that changed the world for ever?
The Guardian, 10 September 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven comments on whether the Bush administration would have tried to invade Iraq even if 9/11 had not taken place. He also commented on the impact of 9/11 on Worldview, WBEZ (USA), 11 September 2011
Analysis: With us or against us? A decade on, Pakistan wavering Reuters, 09 September 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven commented on the feeling in Pakistan that Islam was ‘under attack’ from the USA. Professor Lieven’s comments were reported in The New York Times.
Hilter's Secret Weapon, by Professor Joe Maiolo
BBC Knowledge Magazine, November/December 2011 Issue
Explaining 9/11: a question of scale
Al Jazeera, 3 September 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven, from the Department of War Studies, discusses the global consequences of the 9/11 attacks.
A troubling victory
The Economist, 02 September 2011
Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Vice-Principal (Strategy and Development), said that America should be pleased by the outcome of the NATO campaign in Libya.
China the quiet winner in war on terror
The Australian, 29 August 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven wrote a column on the ascension of China following the war on terror.
NATO says it won’t curtail Libya air campaign as rebels sweep into Tripoli
Bloomberg, 22 August 2011
Professor Mats Berdal,said that NATO would be relieved that the campaign in Libya appears to be ending, as they would not be able to sustain operations.
The great mystery
The National (UAE), 12 August 2011
The writing of Professor Anatol Lieven, from the Department of War Studies, was featured in an article comparing recent books on the political situation in Pakistan.
This was the Navy’s finest hour
The Independent, 19 August 2011
Professor Andrew Lambert, from the Department of War Studies, reviewed a book on the Royal Navy in World War II.
Yugoslavia war court sets wider precedents
Reuters, 01 August 2011
Professor James Gow, from the Department of War Studies, commented on the success of the Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal. *Professor Gow's comments were also featured in The Vancouver Sun.
The Impact of Ramadan
Today BBC Radio 4, 01 August 2011
Dr John Gearson, from the Department of War Studies, talked about the start of Ramadan and the impact it may have on fighting in Afghanistan and Libya (item starts at 01:56:51).
Negotiating with terrorists
The Huffington Post, 27 July 2011
Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), comments on the precedent set by negotiating with terrorists.
Norway attacks, 27 July 2011
A number of War Studies academics commented on last Friday’s bomb attacks and shooting rampage in Norway. Jonathan Paris, from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), gave an early analysis for Reuters on who might have carried out the attacks. His comments were featured in The New York Times. Dr John Gearson, from the Department of War Studies, spoke to BBC Breakfast and Sky News on the possible motives behind the attacks, and the security threat to the UK. His comments on how little criticism there had been of the Norwegian police were also reported in The New York Times. Dr John Bew, Co-Director of the ICSR, spoke to the Guardian about a lack of research on far-right extremism.
Russian Winter and Arab Spring
The New York Times, July 25, 2011
DENIS CORBOY, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, WILLIAM COURTNEY AND KENNETH YALOWITZ comment on the importance of an adequate European response to the Arab Spring
After tour, Reservists' mental health may suffer
Reuters, New York, July 21, 2011
Amy Norton cooments on a recent KCMHR paper Coming Home: Social Functioning and the Mental Health of UK
Reservists on Return From Deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan
Edited by SAMUEL B. HARVEY, MRCPSYCH, STEPHANI L. HATCH, PHD, MARGARET JONES, BA, LISA HULL, MSC, NORMAN JONES, MSC, NEIL GREENBERG, MD,CHRISTOPHER DANDEKER, PHD, NICOLA T. FEAR, DPHIL(OXON), AND SIMON WESSELY, FMEDSCI
The Space Shuttle and HMS Challenger
BBC Radio 4, The Long View, 12 July 2011
Professor Andrew Lambert talks about the end of the Space Shuttle programme, and links to the pioneering oceanographic voyage of HMS Challenger in the 1870s.
Art of nuclear diplomacy Pakistan
Daily Times 01 July 2011
Dr Farah Zahra, Visiting Research Fellow from the Department of War Studies, wrote a column on Mohamed ElBaradei's new book about nuclear proliferation.
AHRC Beyond Text on the BBC World Service's 'ideas'
On 25 June, Professor James Gow presented research from his AHRC Beyond Text funded project on visual material and war crimes on the BBC World Service's flagship 'ideas' programme, The Forum. Presented by writer and comedian David Baddiel, and joined by Dutch Poet Laureate Ramsey Nasr and Harvard Neuroscientist Margaret Livingstone, the broadcast focuses on images. He also leads The Forum's '60 Second Idea to Improve the World' and talks about other research from the £5.5m Beyond Text programme. Listen to the podcast
Afghan mission is far from over
The Evening Standard 24 June 2011
Dr David Ucko, Adjunct Fellow in the Department of War Studies, argued that gradual withdrawal while shifting the burden to Afghanistan security forces is probably the least bad option for NATO.
Withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
BBC One News at One, 24 June 2011
Professor Mervyn Frost, Head of the Department of War Studies commented on the proposed withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.
UK's mission in Libya
£260m Libya war The Daily Mirror, 24 June 2011
Professor Mervyn Frost commented on the cost of the UK's mission in Libya.
Politically the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable
The Telegraph, 23 June 2011
Professor Theo Farrell discusses how this war is being won from a military perspective but that politically, it is unwinnable.
Hitler's Secret Weapon
BBC History, July 2011 edition
Joe Maiolo discusses the impact of Germany's V weapons during the Second World War and relates how Britain managed to mitigate disaster. Listen to the podcast at www.historyextra.com/podcastpage
Leadership of Al-Qaeda
Newsnight BBC Two, 16 June
Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), commented on the new leadership of Al-Qaeda (item starts 05:42).
The Royal Navy is in ‘a very bad way’
Portsmouth News, Tuesday 14 June 2011
Professor Andrew Lambert calls on the government to reopen last year’s Strategic Defence and Security Review. He said ‘We’re getting laughed at by the French for not having a carrier off Libya. It’s hard enough when they beat us at rugby or football but when they beat us at carrier aviation it is unacceptable.’ Read the full article.
Connect Asia ABC Australia, 10 June 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven , was interviewed about Pakistan’s military intelligence community.
Breakfast BBC Radio Wales, 7 June 2011
Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, talked about the new counter-terrorism strategy announced by the Home Secretary.
Most people go armed as Ulster dissident threat grows
The Independent on Sunday, 05 June 2011
Dr John Bew (International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation) commented on the threat posed in Northern Ireland by dissidents.
The Typhoon of Steel
Kathimerini, Greece, 5 June 2011.
Dr Patalano writes about the battle for Okinawa & the contradictions of the Japanese Wartime Strategy.
Letters: Just war in theory and practice
The Guardian: Saturday, 28 May, 2011
Dr Sebastian Bieber, Visiting research associate, at The Marjan Centre for the Study of Conflict and Conservation, and trainee Roman Catholic priest discusses Just War theory within the context of Christianity.
Role of China in Afghanistan
International Herald Tribune, 26 May 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven wrote an op-ed for the on the critical role China will play in order to resolve the conflict in Afghanistan, and maintain wider peace and stability in the region. The piece got picked up in Chinese media, reported by both Xinhua and BBC China.
Ratko Mladic
Professor James Gow was prominent in live rolling coverage on Sky News of the breaking news that Serbian war crimes suspect General Ratko Mladic had been arrested. In a half-hour interview, Professor Gow explained that Mladic was the ‘worst of the worst’ as the architect and implementer of genocide in Bosnia and that his arrest would facilitate Serbia’s road to EU membership, as the arrest was the result of four years cooperation between Serbia and UK and US intelligence services. Professor Gow later contributed to BBC World’s live coverage of the arrest
Responsibility to protect: The lessons of Libya
The Economist, May 19th
Professor Mats Berdal comments that the world’s leading powers had good reason to think they were “avoiding a Srebrenica”—the massacre of Bosnians which UN forces failed to avert in July 1995.
Security, State and Kinship in Pakistan
Monday 16 May, 2011 Radio 4, Start the Week
Professor Anatol Lieven discusses how far the Pakistani authorities knew about Bin Laden's presence and also comments on the how the State operates. Panelists include Andrew Marr, Francis Fukuyama, Mohsin Hamid and Tahmima Anam.
Professor Andrew Lambert: The Untold Battle of Trafalgar
Saturday 7 May 2011
First Broadcast: 9PM Monday 28 Jun 2010 Channel 4 Watch on 4oD
Osama Bin Laden's home at Abbottabad
7th May, BBC Radio 4
Dr John Mackinlay appeared on the iPM show discussing Osama Bin Laden's home at Abbottabad, which a century previously was the regimental home of the 6th Gurkhas.
Europe told of potential shale gas bonanza
Article references a new study by EUCERS assessing economic and geopolitical implications of recent estimates. 6 May, 2011, Financial Times Read article.
A Faultering Bargain with Pakistan
Professor Anatol Lieven discusses the question of Islamabad's trustworthiness in the fight against terror takes center stage
6 May 2011, Newsweek
Did Pakistan help the US? Behind the scenes, the truth really matters.
Anatol Lieven discusses the possible stance of the Pakistani government regarding bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad. The Times, 3 May, 2011. Read article
Hard Power
Anatol Lieven discusses why Pakistan is so difficult to work with.
Foreign Policy, 22 April 2011. Read 'Pakistan: A Hard Country' reviews attached below in The FT, The Sunday Times and The Evening Standard.
Sir Walter Raleigh
20 April, BBC’s The One Show:
Professor Andrew Lambert visits the jail where Raleigh wrote 'The History of the World'. He talks about how he built the legend of Walter Raleigh and wrote himself into history.
Security arrangements for the royal wedding
19 April, Sky News: Dr John Gearson, director of the Centre for Defence Studies, talks to Sky News. He highlighted the risk of an attack happening outside of the capital while all security is deployed for the wedding itself, and the renewed threat of Irish breakaway terrorist groups.
Al Qaeda in the USA.
19 April, BBC Radio 4’s Today: Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ISCR)is interviewed about the threat of Al Qaeda in the USA. He comments that, 'Now that al-Qaeda threat has become more homegrown, it raises questions about how to deal with certain communities. Americans are not used to that.' Also reported in American jihad BBC (online)
Current situation in Libya
17 April, BBC News: Dr John Gearson, director of the Centre for Defence Studies, said: 'Politics and the military situation are out of sync at the moment. What would make the difference is the rebels having capacity to have commander control, in other words how they deal with attacks from the Gaddafi forces. The UN resolution talks about no foreign forces of occupation. If President Obama continues to take this deliberate back seat countries like Turkey will feel they can direct this operation.'
Images of War Crimes Workshop, Humanitarian Law Center
Dr. Milena Michalski and Professors James Gow and Zoran Paji conducted a successful research workshop in Belgrade at the Humanitarian Law Centre (15 April 2011). The event was covered in one major daily newspaper (Danas) as well as fuller coverage in other media, including one very full report on e-novine in Serbian.
Japan's Maritime Strategy
Dr Alessio Patalano writes that the Island Nation Model Unfettered access to overseas resources and markets lie at the heart of Japan's new defence policy.
RUSI Issue: Apr 2011, Vol. 156, No. 2
The Mental Health of UK Armed Forces Personnel
Professor Christopher Dandeker et al argue that the Impact of Iraq and Afghanistan Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan has not led to increased mental health problems amongst UK armed forces personnel, but alcohol misuse is an ongoing concern.
RUSI Issue: Apr 2011, Vol. 156, No. 2
Pakistan: a Hard Country by Anatol Lieven: review
The Telegraph, 14 April 2011
Peter Oborne celebrates Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven, a work that dispels the myth of Pakistan as a country on the brink.Also reported by Mehreen Zahra-Malik, April 14‚ 2011‚ issue NEWSWEEK PAKISTAN.
Britain’s Greatest General
8 April, BBC Radio 4’s Today: Dr William Philpott, author and military historian from the Department of War Studies, and Peter Snow, author of To War with Wellington: From the Peninsula to Waterloo, debated who has been Britain’s greatest general.
'Cricket diplomacy' is fine, but India and Pakistan will need more than that
The Guardian, 2 April 2011
A recent War Studies conference, lead by Dr Rudra Chaudhuri is highlighted in an opinion piece about conflict and cricket in India and Pakistan. 'Is water a source of conflict?' was the focus of the event, where academics and journalists gathered together to discuss the issue.
Why it's wrong to give up on them
Daily Telegraph (Review) 2nd April 2011
Professor Anatol Lieven's book, 'Pakistan: a Hard Country' is reviewed by Peter Oborne who says the work dispels the myth of Pakistan as a country on the brink. He highlights that the greatest dangers to stability in the region are climate change and anti-Americanism
MoD payouts show Afghans’ catalogue of suffering
The Guardian, 29 March
Afghan civilians compensated for deaths, injuries and property damage caused by British forces received £1.3million last year from the Ministry of Defence, but this is less than half of what they asked for. Professor Theo Farrell, said the increased bill for compensation could be because more civilians were being killed and more damage caused, but there could also have been a change in British policy to make bigger payments.
Air raids on Libya
21 March, BBC One’s Breakfast: Dr John Gearson. He said, 'What we're seeing is tension and resolution between a logical military approach versus the political imperative to not make it appear this is a Western intervention,' he said. 'Gaddafi's capacity to threaten allied aircraft had to be removed and his ability to communicate with his forces diminished.' *Dr Gearson's comments were also featured on BBC News, BBC Radio Five Live and several local BBC stations.
Where life is cheap and talk is loose
March 17, 2011
Modish jargon or a useful category? The term “failed state” conceals many tangles. Sites 'Ending Wars, Consolidating Peace: Economic Perspectives', edited by Mats Berdal, IISS.
Analysis: Long guerrilla war would follow Gaddafi 'win'
Reuters 11 March 2011
Professor Yezid Sayigh, comments on the ongoing conflict in Libya between Gaddafi's forces and rebel armies. 'If Gaddafi reasserts control it will be in the face of new tribal and regional divisions,' he said. 'Large sections of the population will no longer be willing to provide the intelligence Gaddafi would need to confront an urban insurgency. There may be physical control of key state buildings but that's not like having real security control.' *Also reported in CNBC and The Independent (p24) 12 March
Foreign Secretary William Hague has hit out at Iran
BBC Five Live Breakfast 10th March 2011
British Special Forces seized a shipment of arms intended for the Taliban in Afghanistan. Professor Anatol Lieven, from the Department of War Studies, discusses improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan.
Foreign intervention in Libya
10 March, BBC One’s Breakfast: Dr John Gearson, Director for the Centre for Defence Studies, discussed foreign intervention in Libya. ‘The Russians and Chinese on the UN Security Council are against it,’ he said. ‘They don’t like foreign intervention so the Western powers are waiting for legitimacy.’
How to Intervene
'The Thread’ radio show at Resonance FM 104.2, Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Professor Mike Rainsborough discusses the subject of intervention with academics from the King's Institure of Psychiatry and the Department of Humanities, University of Roehampton.
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The difficulties in setting up a no-fly zone
BBC News 1st March 2011
Professor Mervyn Frost, Head of the War Studies department, talks to BBC News about the problems in establishing a no-fly zone over Libya.
Libya's poison gas unaffected by turmoil, official says
28 February 2011, The Washington Post
Professor Wyn Bowen comments
No secret peace talks in Britain, says ex-Taliban envoy
Rediff News February 17, 2011
Mullah Abdul Salaam Zaeef, a former high-ranking member of the Taliban regime, has refuted reports that he is involved in any sort of negotiations between the Britain and reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar. He attended workshops run by Dr Prof. Anatol Lieven, Dr Rudra Chaudhuri and Sir Hilary Synnott.
Former senior Taliban member visits Britain
15 February, 2011 The Telegraph
The Department of War Studies hosted sessions of dialogue and exploratory discussions between Indian, Pakistani and Afghan parties in the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan under the guidance of Prof. Anatol Lieven, Dr Rudra Chaudhuri and Sir Hilary Synnott
Jordan’s new cabinet sworn in
11 February, 2011, Jordan News/Jornews.com
The Prime Minister, Dr. Marouf Suleiman al-Bakhit, has a PhD in War Studies from King's College London in 1990.
Egypt’s army looks beyond Mubarak Financial Times (p13) 3 February
An article by Professor Yezid Sayigh, Department of War Studies, on the fate of Hosni Mubarak. He writes, his fate was decided on the eve of Tuesday’s mass demonstration said the protest was legitimate and that it would not fire on the people.
25 January, BBC World Service’s World Have Your Say: Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the ICSR, Department of War Studies, talked about the effectiveness of suicide bombings, in light of the bombings in Moscow.
24 January, BBC Radio 4’s PM: Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, commented on the bombing at the Moscow airport. He said that the government will certainly be looking at the Islamist extremist groups which are active in the North Caucuses, Chechens among them.
24 January, NPR’s Morning Edition (USA): Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the ICSR, Department of War Studies, discussed the work of former Rhodes College professor Quintan Wiktorowicz, who is an expert on, among other things, how some people decide to become terrorists.
Castlereagh: Daily Telegraph’s Books of Year and Christmas Special BBC Parliament’s ‘Book Talk’
2010
Japan: Britain of the Far East?
18 January 2011, The Diplomat
Dr Alessio Patalano argues that Japan has had no choice but to develop a powerful navy
IRA Hunger Strikers
30 Decemeber 2010, The Irish Times
Dr John Bew, Deputy Director ICSR discusses the Pope's plea to bishops to seek end to hunger strike. Read further articles:
Haughey backed British stance on hunger strikers, Thatcher claimed
Thatcher urged to adopt softly-softly approach with Haughey
How the Afghan Counterinsurgency Threatens Pakistan
16 December 2010, The Nation
Professor Anatol Lieven discusses the outcomes of US strategy in Afghanistan.
Wikileaks
6 December, 2010 LBC 97.3’s James O’Brien Show: Dr John Gearson, Centre for Defence Studies, said that the Wikileak list of key US facilities would be a worry for the US authorities. *Also on Sky News.
Iranian nuclear talks in Geneva
6 December, 2010 BBC Arabic TV: Professor Wyn Bowen, Director of the Centre for Science and Security Studies
Analysis: the Wikileaks cables
4 December, 2010 BBC News
Professor Anatol Lieven looks at the impact of the publication of secret US cables by the Wikileaks website.
Radicalisation
30 November, ZDF’s Frontal21, Germany
Dr Peter Neumann, ICSR and Department of War Studies, was interviewed about radicalisation.
Leaking of US cables
29 November, BBC 2’s GMT with George Alagiah
Professor Wyn Bowen was interviewed on the leaking of US cables detailing Arab calls for Washington to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. He said that there was a significant amount of pressure from the Gulf States towards Washington on Iran's nuclear weapons. *Also on BBC News Channel.
Do Arms Races Cause Wars?
History News Network, 29 November 2010
Dr Joe Maiolo writes on the question of whether military rivalry causes war. See Dr Maiolo's recent review for 'Cry Havoc' in Macleans Magazine, 2 December 2010.
Healing the Mental Scars of Combat
The Lancet, Volume 376, 20 November 2010
King's Centre for Military Health Research report of the health of the armed forces. See attached document:
The Lancet
L’eau douce, source de conflit au Moyen-Orient
METRO WORLD NEWS 25th November 2010
Dr Ahron Bregman was interviewed on conflict and water in the Middle East.
NATO summit: Afghanistan mission to end in 2014
The Global Post, 20 November 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven comments on the purposes of the NATO summit.
Western intelligence agencies may keep eye on new power
The China Post 18 November
Signs of expanded state-on-state spying by rising powers like China and India may prompt a more vigorous response from the West, provided its espionage agencies can juggle resources already strained by counter-terrorism work. The article includes a quote from Professor Sir David Omand, Department of War Studies and former UK intelligence coordinator.
Remember the living
Spectator, 13 November 2010
A study by the Centre for Military Health at King’s College London revealed last year that 4.8 per cent of British ex-servicemen are suffering from post-traumatic stress, suggesting a caseload running into the thousands.
Discussions with Historians about their Work
12 November, New Books in History by Marshall Poe
In Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931–1941, Dr Joe Maiolo proposes two remarkably insightful theses.
Militant Irish republicans in Northern Ireland
11 November, BBC 2’s Newsnight
Militant Irish republicans in Northern Ireland are growing in number and will not be negotiated with, according to a new study seen exclusively by Newsnight. The report for the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) published on 12 November 2010 argues that security forces have been caught off guard by the recent surge in paramilitary activity.
American Double Standard at the Root of Nuclear Challenges
People's Daily, China, 10 November 2011
Professor Wyn Bowen comments on the first session of Sino-UK think tanks forum on security strategy held in Beijing.
Bush defends his controversial White House policies
BBC News Channel 9th November 2010
Former US President George W Bush has defended some of his most controversial decisions including the interrogation technique waterboarding - simulated drowning. He said it had prevented terrorist attacks and saved lives. Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, was interviewed on the subject. *Also on BBC Radio 5 Live 'Drivetime'.
President Obama’s visit to India
8 November, BBC World Service Newshour
Dr Rudra Chaudhuri comments on Obama's visit to India earlier this week. Dr Chaudhuri also appeared on Listen for World, Have Your Say on the topic 'What's the future of US India relations? And does Pakistan get in the way?'
UK is muddling through defence review
Business Day, South Africa, 4 November 2010
Professor Jack Spence comments on the publication of the UK government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review
My brother and the deadly lure of al-Shabab jihad
BBC News Online 2nd November 2010
Among Britain's Somali community there are alarming rumours about the number of young men heading to Somalia to fight with the Islamist militia al-Shabab. Dr Peter Neumann, describes al-Shabab as one of the top three al-Qaeda affiliate organisations, and currently the only one that is gaining territory.
Terrorist recruitment to al-Shabab.
BBC Radio 4's 'File on Four' 2nd November 2010
Dr Peter Neumann was interviewed about terrorist recruitment to al-Shabab. *Also on BBC Radio Wales 'Breakfast', BBC Radio West Midlands 'Breakfast' and BBC Radio Scotland's 'Good morning Scotland'.
Government's plans for terror alerts
BBC Radio 4's 'PM' 1st November 2010
Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, was interviewed on the programme. He said this was a challenge to the aviation industry.
MI6 Head in Public Defence of Secret Inteiigence Service
28 October 2010, Sky News
Dr John Gearson commented that it is unprecedented that a serving head of SIS makes a public speech, although it's part of a coordinated step by the intelligence agency.
Why have WikiLeaks' Iraq war logs failed to cause a stir?
France 24, October 26 2010
Dr. David Betz discusses why internal chaos at Wikileaks itself, and a possibly partisan agenda from Julian Assange means that the organisation and its revelations no longer retain an untarnished glow.
Army Funding
20 October, BBC Radio Gloucester’s News
Professor Wyn Bowen said that funding cuts to the Army will have an impact in Afghanistan
Defence Review
18 October, BBC 2’s Newsnight
Dr John Bew took part in a discussion about the defence review, as national security risks were made public.
Defence and Security Strategy
18 October 2010, Sky News
Dr John Gearson was interviewed at length on Sky News about the new Defence and Security strategy. *Also on BBC News Channel.
How War Came: The Immediate Origins of WWII
THE, 14 October 2010
Dr Joe Maiolo comments on 'How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War, 1938-1939' by Donald Cameron Watt.
Threat to UK cyber security
13 October, BBC Radio Five Live, 5 Live Drive:
Dr David Betz, cyber specialist said there is a real and credible threat to UK cyber security, having moved so much of our economy and social life onto the web.
British Government Wants to Change International Legal Procedures
Voice of America, 8 October 2010
Professor James Gow comments on the British government plans to introduce legislation to change the process for getting an arrest warrant for suspected war criminals.
Upgrade of travel advice warnings
4 October, Sky News
Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, discussed the upgrade of travel advice warnings. He said the picture was a little unclear and said it was unusual that they've given such a broad warning. Dr Gearson said that there was an interrupted plan to attack mainland Europe and also threats to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. *Also on 2 October, BBC 5 Live's Stephen Nolan programme.
High threat of attack in France and in Germany
4 October, BBC Radio 4's PM
The Foreign Office in London says there was a high threat of attack in France and in Germany and the Government said the threat level in the UK remained severe. Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre of Defence Studies, was interviewed.
The perils of believing there will always be peace in our time
The Sunday Express (p10) 3 October 2010
The article on the defence cuts risk includes comment from Professor Phillip Sabin, Department of War Studies.
Polish workers are drafted in to build Navy's new carriers
Daily Mail (p21) 2 October 2010
Polish workers have been drafted in to help build Britain’s two new multi-billion-pound aircraft carriers, it emerged last night.Naval historian Professor Andrew Lambert, Department of War Studies, said it was the first time since the 14th century that mass migrants had come to the UK to help build ships.
Surgeons logs
BBC Radio Wales, Breakfast, 30 September, 2010
Professor Andrew Lambert discussed the recently released 19th Century surgeons logs from Naval ships.
Government's Strategic Defence and Security Review
BBC Radio 4's 'The World Tonight' 29 September 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, discussed the review. He said that Britain can't prepare for all eventualities of war or afford to.
The Way We Live (and Die) Now: Change in International Relations 1945-2010
FOCUS: The Journal of the Helen Suzman Foundation, September 2010
Professor Jack Spence OBE
Government's Strategic Defence and Security Review
BBC Radio Scotland's 'Newsdrive' 28th September 2010
Dr John Gearson, Department of War Studies, said some projects will be difficult to scrap. He also said there may be some tough decisions about parts of the RAF and the Navy over the next few years, but that they might be promised future equipment programmes.
Indian involvement in Afghanistan
'India on Sunday', the London print of the Indian weekly 'Sunday Guardian', 12 September 2010
Dr. Rudra Chaudhuri
Great Lives: Golda Meir
7 September 2010, BBC Radio 4 programme
Dr Ahron Bregman appeared alongside Edwina Currie to discuss the life of former prime minister of Israel Golda Meir.
ETA ceasefire
5 September, BBC News Channel (TV): Dr John Bew, Co-Director ICSR, was interviewed on the ETA ceasefire. He also appeared on BBC World News (TV) and BBC World Service (radio).
Crossroads Asia
2 September 2010, Voice of America
Professor Anatol Lieven commented on President Obama’s speech marking the end of combat in Iraq, and the expansion of military effort in Afghanistan.
Britain and France to share aircraft carriers
LBC 97.3 'Breakfast' 31st August 2010
Professor Andrew Lambert, discussed news that Britain and France are preparing to reveal plans to share the use of aircraft carriers. He explained that it takes about ten years to build an aircraft carrier.
Where conflict meets conservation
Nature (online) 27th August 2010
Animals as hidden victims of war are the focus of a groundbreaking initiative by academics from the Department of War Studies who have established the Marjan Centre for the Study of Conflict & Conservation.
UN has to be 'more strategic'
BBC Radio 4 'Today' 19th August 2010
Dr Randolph Kent, Director of the Humanitarian Futures Programme, analysed the effectiveness of the UN. The United Nations has declared today World Humanitarian Day.
Helping Pakistan
The Times (p17) 11th August 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven writes that helping Pakistan will also help the UK in the fight against terrorism.
See attached document.
Naomi bringt es an den Tag
Die Welt 11th August 2010
Friedbert Pflueger, Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies, argues that the Taylor trial has rightly brought international attention on the question of blood resources.
Trident row
BBC2 'Newsnight' 30th July 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, discusssed other options to Trident including air launch missiles.
Can Cameron be sensitive over Kashmir?
guardian.co.uk, 28 July 2010
Dr Rudra Chaudhuri comments on Cameron's ability to discuss India-Pakistan relations intelligently being crucial to an 'enhanced partnership' with India
The effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
21 July, Deutschlandfunk’s Hintergrund (Germany):
Friedbert Pflüger, Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies, commented on the loss of the European strategic interests in BP if the company was to be bought out by foreign investors.
Afghanistan conference
BBC 1 - Breakfast 20 July 2010
Dr John Gearson of the Department of War Studies was interviewed on the Afghanistan conference in Kabul and future strategy for Afghanistan. He also appeared on Sky News, BBC News Channel and BFBS.
Lt Gen Lillywhite praises King's Centre Military Health Research
20 July 2010 Iraq Inquiry
Lt Gen Lillywhite praises KCMHR for its contribution to the global knowledge on mental health in servicemen and the intellectual rigour it brings to test where appropriate whether or not an intervention works or does not work.
Rogue Afghan soldier killed three British soldiers
13 July, BBC News Channel
Dr John Gearson commented that Britain cannot change its tactics and that working alongside the Afghan national army and police was crucial. Dr Gearson was also interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live’s 5 Live Drive and LBC 1152’s News.
Spy Swap Mystery - Cyprus Bail Jumper Who Vanished
The New York Times, 10 Jul 2010
Huw Dylan comments. Also covered in San Francisco Chronicle, Kuwait Times, Yahoo! News (Mexico, Spain, USA)
Pakistan courts China’s investment in energy sector
RTTV - Russia Today TV, 7 July 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven comments on China’s decision to invest in Pakistan’s energy sector.
Spies aside, Moscow has come in from the cold
Financial Times (p11) 1 July 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, writes that this week’s spy scandal will open up a temporary rift across the Atlantic. But it is unlikely to undermine one of the most important trends in contemporary international relations: the combination of the west scaling back its ambitions in the former Soviet Union with Russia’s growing realisation that it needs a new partnership with its former US and European rivals.
Who'd have thought Russia had the money?
The Times (p20) 30 June
Sir David Omand, visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies, writes about the discovery of a Russian spy ring in the US.
The Untold Battle of Trafalgar
28 June, Channel 4
The film paid tribute to the diverse nationalities that sailed on 21 October 1805, united not by patriotism, but by a unique opportunity for performance-related pay. The programme includes contributions from Dr Martin Robson and Professor Andrew Lambert.
Prisons and Terrorism Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries
ICSR policy report, 28 June 2010
The first comprehensive analysis of the role prisons can play in radicalizing people and in reforming them.
The covenant we must protect from the lawyers
Parliamentary Brief, 24 June 2010
Sarah Ingham, PhD candidate, War Studies, and Professor Christopher Dandeker
Major McChrystal and President Obama meeting
24 June 2010 Voice of America
Professor Anatol Lieven comments on the meeting between Major McChrystal and President Obama, and the potential implications for the US operation in Afghanistan.
US allies hope for continuity after McChrystal
Taiwan News 24 June 2010
America's allies in the fight to stabilize Afghanistan are hoping that the departure of Stanley McChrystal as commander of international forces will leave the general's strategy intact. Professor Theo Farrell comments
Appraising Moshtarak, the Campaign in Nad-e-Ali District, Helmand
RUSI Briefing Note, 23 June 2010
Professor Theo Farrell argues that British operations in Helmand Province are showing signs of significant progress. Read full report
Securing the State by Sir David Omand
Guardian online , 19 June 2010
Richard Norton-Taylor comments on Sir David's forthcoming book 'Securing the State'
UK attitude to Afghan war hardens as toll hits
300 Reuters 21 June 2010
The death toll for British troops in the country hit 300 on Monday, providing further ammunition for critics of the war who question how the government can justify the cost of the war. Professor Anatol Lieven comments.
Bloody Sunday
BBC London, 15 June 2010
Dr John Bew, Deputy Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) comments on the Bloody Sunday killings.
Britian's role in defence spending
14 June, BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight:
Professor Anatol Lieven, was interviewed on the programme following Dr Liam Fox’s defence spending review. He said that Britain’s global role was limited, and that its most important role was on the continent of Europe as it had one of the only two armies that could fight.
Can the teaching of history make us more British?
BBC Radio 4, Analysis,13 June 2010
Dr John Bew, Deputy Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
8 June, BBC Radio 4’s PM
Sir David Omand, Visiting Professor in the Department was interviewed about his new book 'Securing the State'
Russia and Afghanistan
Russian Analytical Digest, 8 June 2010
Dr Natasha Kuhrt writes on 'Afghanistan's Significance for Russia: Regional or Global Strategy?
Aid convoy attack has weakened Israel
The Herald, June 7 2010
Dr Ahron Bregman commented that Israel's actions constituted a “huge victory” for Hamas but he stressed that the latest assault could bring about positive change.
Foreign policy posers for UK coalition
BusinessDay, 26 May 2010
Professor Jack Spence comments that foreign policy and defence did not figure significantly in the recent UK election.
Victim of the 'espionage game'
Haaretz.com, 28 May
Dr Ahron Bregman was interviewed for the Haaretz newspaper about the Marwan Affair, the Egyptian spy who worked for Mossad and was found dead in London
BBC Radio 4’s World Tonight Special Debate, 19 May
Brian Babcock-Lumish, PhD Student in the Department of War Studies, asked the panel a question about whether the new coalition government could articulate why fighting alongside the Americans in Iraq or Afghanistan was in the British strategic interest.
US army airbases in Okinawa
Press TV, 11 May 2010
Paul Schulte, Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of War Studies comments on the current political situation of the Japanese government surrounding the US base row.
Mental health of UK military personnel
New York Times, 16 May 2010, The Times Online, 14 May 2010, NHS Choices, BBC, The Independent and The Guardian, 13 May 2010. Watch Telegraph video.
The King's Centre for Military Health Research published a new paper in The Lancet discussing the mental health of UK military personnel deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the full article in The Lancet
Extremism in Britain
BBC Radio Five Live, 9 May 2010.
Dr John Bew (ICSR) comments on the conviction of the Blackburn Resistance members and the role of the police towards extremism in Britain.
Fighting over Moscow's embrace
International Herald Tribune (p6) 30 April 2010
An article by Friedbert Pflüger, Professor of international relations, Department of War Studies, on the riots in the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament.
Four Lions
BBC2's 'The Review Show' 30 April 2010
Dr John Bew discussed Chris Morris's 'Four Lions' based on a group of Islamist terrorists in the North of England.
Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering
Five Books 26 April 2010
Dr Michael Goodman reviews 5 books on intelligence
Can we keep tabs on stockpiles of nuclear fuel?
New Scientist (p9) 24 April 2010
The article includes comment from Professor Wyn Bowen, director of the Centre for Science and Security Studies, Department of War Studies.
Qaeda gets mileage from Mideast tension
Reuters 23 April 2010
Progress in Middle East peace efforts could hurt al Qaeda by toppling a treasured pillar of its propaganda, although its adaptable militants would try to repair the damage by exploiting other anti-Western grievances. Dr Peter Neumann, director of the Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King's comments.
The dangers of excessive air safety
FT - Comment (online) 20th April 2010
Dr Christoph Meyer writes that ban on air travel in response to the ash cloud over Europe illustrates the pitfalls of preventive action.
A surge of tough Afghan choices for UK
BusinessDay, 8 April 2010
Professor Jack Spence comments on Operation Mostarak
Terrorists and nuclear bombs
BBC2 Newsnight 13 April 2010
Professor Wyn Bowen discusses enhancing the nuclear security culture within the nuclear power centres across the world.
Freed Radicals
13 April, BBC Radio 4
Dr Peter Neumann, Director of ICSR said a much larger prison imam service is a step in the right direction, but added that ex-inmates needed more support outside prison.
How India and the UK can cooperate on nuclear and radiological security
Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) 13 April 2010
Professor Wyn Q Bowen et al discuss the threat of nuclear terrorism and the need for a global nuclear security regime in a policy brief related to the Nuclear Security Summit in DC.
Standing up to nuclear terrorists
http://www.todayonline.com (Singapore) 12th April 2010
An article by Professor Wyn Q Bowen, Department of War Studies. He writes that Obama's security summit should seek to build consensus and improve security culture.
New US Nuclear Posture Review
BBC World Service 6 April 2010
Interview with Professor Wyn Bowen
Realities of university and reading for a degree
The Times (p21) 6 April 2010
Dr Nick Lloyd, Lecturer in Defence Studies, writes that an arts and humanities degree course requires no lab work, only the time to read and reflect. A lack of contact hours, therefore, does not imply a “risible” course.
Somali militants 'recruit Britons'
BBC Radio 4's Today 5 April 2010
Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the ICSR, Department of War Studies, was interviewed for the feature. He said that sources have told him that "several dozen" British Somali men have travelled to the country.
Terrorism in Russia
BBC Radio 4 'The World Tonight' 1April 2010
Dr Domitilla Sagramoso, Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, was interviewed following the terrorist attacks in Moscow. She discussed the progression of the violence and the people undertaking it. *She was also interviewed on BBC World Service Radio's 'Europe Today.'
The Kremlin's post-Chechnya challenge
BBC News Online 1 April 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, is quoted in the article. He points out that other Chechen rebel leaders have operated from outside the former Soviet Union.
Hamas Rule in Gaza: Three Years On
Middle East Brief March 2010
Professor Yezid Sayigh argues that Hamas has demonstrated its ability to innovate and survive.
Progression of violence in Moscow
31 March, BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight': Dr Domitilla Sagramoso, Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, was interviewed following the terrorist attacks in Moscow. She was also interviewed on BBC World Service Radio's 'Europe Today.'
For Rwandans, the pope's apology must be unbearable
The Guardian (p28) 29 March 2010
If sexual abuse in Ireland warrants his contrition, what contempt is shown by the Vatican's silence over its role in genocide writes Martin Kimani, an associate fellow at the Conflict, Security and Development Group.
'Chimerica' hits the skids
The Japan Times 29 March 2010
The idea of "Chimerica" was always too good to be true, but the rapidity with which Sino-U.S. ties have unraveled over the past few months has even surprised those who were cynical about Barack Obama's overtures to China to begin with writes Dr Harsh Pant, Department of Defence Studies.
Web of intelligence gets more complex
The Guardian - Comment is Free 27 March 2010
Keeping online jihadists where you can see them is one thing – but the ethics of creating honeypot sites are far more debatable writes Tim Stevens, associate member of the Centre for Science & Security Studies, Department of War Studies
Taliban use of the internet
British Forces Radio 'Sitrep programme' 25 March 2010
Tim Stevens, Department of War Studies, discussed the Taliban's use the internet and the use of press releases and statements sent via email.
Can India and Pakistan find friendship?
The Guardian - Comment is Free 25 March 2010
With the Indian and Pakistani governments at loggerheads, informal relationships may be the subcontinent's key to peace. The article includes comment from Dr Harsh Pant, Department of Defence Studies.
Resource wealth need no longer be a curse
Financial Times (p35) 25 March 2010
An article about the growing desire of post-conflict governments to complement aid with trade and the increasing availability of long-term investment by Mats Berdal, Professor of security and development, Department of War Studies.
Piracy in Indonesia
BBC Three Counties Radio 24th March 2010
Catherine Zara Raymond, Associate at the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies and a PhD Student at King's, discussed piracy in Indonesia.
Randomised trials present problems
Financial Times (p10) 22 March 2010
Professor Robert Picciotto, Department of War Studies, writes that when applied to social programmes, randomised control trials raise a host of substantive ethical and technical issues.
The History of the defence review in British defence policy
International Affairs 11 March 2010
Articles by Dr Andrew Dorman, Dr Patrick Porter and Dr Helen McCartney, all at DSD
China slows its defence spending, on paper
Rediff.com (India) 11 March 2010
India would be well advised to take this decrease in Chinese defence spending with a pinch of salt, writes Dr Harsh V Pant from the Department of Defence Studies in this article analysing the situation.
'LeT was emboldened by the success of Mumbai attacks'
Rediff.com (India) 11 March 2010
Interview with Stephen Tankel from the Department of War Studies about his new book, 'Lashkar-e-Taiba, From 9/11 to Mumbai'.
Cyberwar
British Forces Radio's Sitrep programme 11March 2010
Discussion with comments from Tim Stevens, Centre for Science & Security Studies.
The US is not at cyberwar
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 9 March 2010
Comments by the new US cyber tsar Howard Schmidt are a welcome antidote to hysterical claims about online attacks writes Tim Stevens, Centre for Science & Security Studies.
Arms for Yemen
BBC Radio 4 - Document 8 March 2010
Discussion around a National Archives document that looks at British plans to supply arms in 1964. Dr Sue Onslow from the Department of War Studies comments.
Isolated India is bad news
The Japan Times 1 March 2010
It would be an understatement to suggest that Indian diplomacy faced a major setback at the Afghanistan Conference in London. India was humiliated and its concerns were summarily ignored, writes Dr Harsh V Pant from the Department of Defence Studies.
India, Pakistan vow to 'stay in touch' in first formal talks since Mumbai siege
Washington Post 26 February 2010
India and Pakistan met Thursday for their first formal talks since the deadly siege of Mumbai in 2008. Dr Harsh V Pant from the Department of Defence Studies comments.
Operation Moshtarak: Which way the war in Afghanistan?
Ethiopian Review 19 February 2010
Analysis of the military operations in Afghanistan. Andrew Dorman from the Department of Defence Studies comments on the Taleban and security in Helmand.
The next generation Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier
International Relations & Security Network 19 February 2010
Professor Andrew Lambert comments.
Analysis: Strong, well-equipped navy is the best way to protect British assets
The Scotsman 18 February 2010
Andrew Lambert ,Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies, writes about the latest diplomatic stand-off over Argentine words and actions in support of the country's long-running claim to the Falkland Islands
Iran Nuclear test
BBC Radio Five Live '5 Live Drive' 18 February 2010
Professor Wyn Bowen, Director of the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS), Department of War Studies, said we have to take Iran very seriously and there have been concerns about work on a payload for a missile for some time. There is a debate going on within the regime over how fast to progress with the nuclear programme.
Chances of killers being caught are 'zero to nil'
The National (UAE, p5) 17 February 2010
Dr Ahron Bregman from the Department of War Studies comments on the use of false identities by the suspected murderers of Palestinian militant Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai.
The US-Iran confrontation continues anew
Rediff.com (India) 17 February 2010
It is imperative that India starts re-assessing its options and think clearly as to what it can do to preserve the balance of power in the Gulf region, writes Dr Harsh V Pant from the Department of Defence Studies.
Humanitarian community
BBC World TV 17 February 2010
Dr Randolph Kent, Director of the Humanitarian Futures Programme, Department of War Studies, explained that the humanitarian community must reinvent itself if hundreds of thousands of lives are to be saved in more complex and diverse disasters threatening man in the near future.
The HMS Colossus figurehead
BBC Radio Wales Good Morning Wales 11 February 2010
Professor Andrew Lambert
Israel's Wars: A History Since 1947
Book review in the The Jewish Chronicle 4 February 2010
Dr Ahron Bregman
Ancient warships
BBC 1 'Inside Out' 8 February 2010
Professor Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies, discussed HMS Duke of Wellington, one of Britain's greatest warships.
Iran's uranium plans
BBC Radio Five Live 'The Weekend News' 7 February
Professor Wyn Q Bowen, Director, Centre for Science and Security Studies, Department of War Studies, was interviewed about Iran's announcement that it will begin domestically enriching uranium to 20%.
Defence issues
BBC Radio Scotland 'Radio Scotland News ' 6 February
Dr Andrew Dorman, Senior Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, was interviewed about defence issues.
Is Israel's military all it is claimed to be?
Jewish Chronicle (p38) 5 February 2010
A review of 'Israel's Wars: A History Since 1947' by Dr Ahron Bregman, Department of War Studies.
Discussion of the Green Paper on defence
'The World Tonight' BBC Radio 4 3 February
Dr Andrew Dorman, Defence Studies Department, was interviewed about the Green Paper and the approach that it sets out.
Green paper
BBC Radio Newcastle 'Drivetime' 3 February
Dr John Gearson, Reader, Department of War Studies, was interviewed on the Green Paper. He said that we're only just managing to sustain military operations in Afghanistan.
Budget cuts 'will leave Britain reliant on war allies', MoD green paper says
Telegraph 2 Feburary
Dr David Betz comments.
Uganda: Will 2011 Elections End in Rebellion?
allAfrica.com 20 January
The article refers to a study by Dylan Hendrickson, Senior research fellow, Conflict, Security and Development Group.
China's cyberwar goes beyond Google
Guardian online, 13 January 2010
Tim Stevens comments. Also reported in Index on Censorship, 14 January 2010
'U.S. Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda: Signaling and the Terrorist World-View'
The New Yorker January 4 2010,
Review of U.S. Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda: Signaling and the Terrorist World-View by Joshua Alexander Geltzer, graduate of War Studies.
18 January 2011, The Diplomat
Dr Alessio Patalano argues that Japan has had no choice but to develop a powerful navy
IRA Hunger Strikers
30 Decemeber 2010, The Irish Times
Dr John Bew, Deputy Director ICSR discusses the Pope's plea to bishops to seek end to hunger strike. Read further articles:
Haughey backed British stance on hunger strikers, Thatcher claimed
Thatcher urged to adopt softly-softly approach with Haughey
How the Afghan Counterinsurgency Threatens Pakistan
16 December 2010, The Nation
Professor Anatol Lieven discusses the outcomes of US strategy in Afghanistan.
Wikileaks
6 December, 2010 LBC 97.3’s James O’Brien Show: Dr John Gearson, Centre for Defence Studies, said that the Wikileak list of key US facilities would be a worry for the US authorities. *Also on Sky News.
Iranian nuclear talks in Geneva
6 December, 2010 BBC Arabic TV: Professor Wyn Bowen, Director of the Centre for Science and Security Studies
Analysis: the Wikileaks cables
4 December, 2010 BBC News
Professor Anatol Lieven looks at the impact of the publication of secret US cables by the Wikileaks website.
Radicalisation
30 November, ZDF’s Frontal21, Germany
Dr Peter Neumann, ICSR and Department of War Studies, was interviewed about radicalisation.
Leaking of US cables
29 November, BBC 2’s GMT with George Alagiah
Professor Wyn Bowen was interviewed on the leaking of US cables detailing Arab calls for Washington to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. He said that there was a significant amount of pressure from the Gulf States towards Washington on Iran's nuclear weapons. *Also on BBC News Channel.
Do Arms Races Cause Wars?
History News Network, 29 November 2010
Dr Joe Maiolo writes on the question of whether military rivalry causes war. See Dr Maiolo's recent review for 'Cry Havoc' in Macleans Magazine, 2 December 2010.
Healing the Mental Scars of Combat
The Lancet, Volume 376, 20 November 2010
King's Centre for Military Health Research report of the health of the armed forces. See attached document:
The Lancet
L’eau douce, source de conflit au Moyen-Orient
METRO WORLD NEWS 25th November 2010
Dr Ahron Bregman was interviewed on conflict and water in the Middle East.
NATO summit: Afghanistan mission to end in 2014
The Global Post, 20 November 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven comments on the purposes of the NATO summit.
Western intelligence agencies may keep eye on new power
The China Post 18 November
Signs of expanded state-on-state spying by rising powers like China and India may prompt a more vigorous response from the West, provided its espionage agencies can juggle resources already strained by counter-terrorism work. The article includes a quote from Professor Sir David Omand, Department of War Studies and former UK intelligence coordinator.
Remember the living
Spectator, 13 November 2010
A study by the Centre for Military Health at King’s College London revealed last year that 4.8 per cent of British ex-servicemen are suffering from post-traumatic stress, suggesting a caseload running into the thousands.
Discussions with Historians about their Work
12 November, New Books in History by Marshall Poe
In Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931–1941, Dr Joe Maiolo proposes two remarkably insightful theses.
Militant Irish republicans in Northern Ireland
11 November, BBC 2’s Newsnight
Militant Irish republicans in Northern Ireland are growing in number and will not be negotiated with, according to a new study seen exclusively by Newsnight. The report for the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) published on 12 November 2010 argues that security forces have been caught off guard by the recent surge in paramilitary activity.
American Double Standard at the Root of Nuclear Challenges
People's Daily, China, 10 November 2011
Professor Wyn Bowen comments on the first session of Sino-UK think tanks forum on security strategy held in Beijing.
Bush defends his controversial White House policies
BBC News Channel 9th November 2010
Former US President George W Bush has defended some of his most controversial decisions including the interrogation technique waterboarding - simulated drowning. He said it had prevented terrorist attacks and saved lives. Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, was interviewed on the subject. *Also on BBC Radio 5 Live 'Drivetime'.
President Obama’s visit to India
8 November, BBC World Service Newshour
Dr Rudra Chaudhuri comments on Obama's visit to India earlier this week. Dr Chaudhuri also appeared on Listen for World, Have Your Say on the topic 'What's the future of US India relations? And does Pakistan get in the way?'
UK is muddling through defence review
Business Day, South Africa, 4 November 2010
Professor Jack Spence comments on the publication of the UK government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review
My brother and the deadly lure of al-Shabab jihad
BBC News Online 2nd November 2010
Among Britain's Somali community there are alarming rumours about the number of young men heading to Somalia to fight with the Islamist militia al-Shabab. Dr Peter Neumann, describes al-Shabab as one of the top three al-Qaeda affiliate organisations, and currently the only one that is gaining territory.
Terrorist recruitment to al-Shabab.
BBC Radio 4's 'File on Four' 2nd November 2010
Dr Peter Neumann was interviewed about terrorist recruitment to al-Shabab. *Also on BBC Radio Wales 'Breakfast', BBC Radio West Midlands 'Breakfast' and BBC Radio Scotland's 'Good morning Scotland'.
Government's plans for terror alerts
BBC Radio 4's 'PM' 1st November 2010
Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, was interviewed on the programme. He said this was a challenge to the aviation industry.
MI6 Head in Public Defence of Secret Inteiigence Service
28 October 2010, Sky News
Dr John Gearson commented that it is unprecedented that a serving head of SIS makes a public speech, although it's part of a coordinated step by the intelligence agency.
Why have WikiLeaks' Iraq war logs failed to cause a stir?
France 24, October 26 2010
Dr. David Betz discusses why internal chaos at Wikileaks itself, and a possibly partisan agenda from Julian Assange means that the organisation and its revelations no longer retain an untarnished glow.
Army Funding
20 October, BBC Radio Gloucester’s News
Professor Wyn Bowen said that funding cuts to the Army will have an impact in Afghanistan
Defence Review
18 October, BBC 2’s Newsnight
Dr John Bew took part in a discussion about the defence review, as national security risks were made public.
Defence and Security Strategy
18 October 2010, Sky News
Dr John Gearson was interviewed at length on Sky News about the new Defence and Security strategy. *Also on BBC News Channel.
How War Came: The Immediate Origins of WWII
THE, 14 October 2010
Dr Joe Maiolo comments on 'How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War, 1938-1939' by Donald Cameron Watt.
Threat to UK cyber security
13 October, BBC Radio Five Live, 5 Live Drive:
Dr David Betz, cyber specialist said there is a real and credible threat to UK cyber security, having moved so much of our economy and social life onto the web.
British Government Wants to Change International Legal Procedures
Voice of America, 8 October 2010
Professor James Gow comments on the British government plans to introduce legislation to change the process for getting an arrest warrant for suspected war criminals.
Upgrade of travel advice warnings
4 October, Sky News
Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, discussed the upgrade of travel advice warnings. He said the picture was a little unclear and said it was unusual that they've given such a broad warning. Dr Gearson said that there was an interrupted plan to attack mainland Europe and also threats to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. *Also on 2 October, BBC 5 Live's Stephen Nolan programme.
High threat of attack in France and in Germany
4 October, BBC Radio 4's PM
The Foreign Office in London says there was a high threat of attack in France and in Germany and the Government said the threat level in the UK remained severe. Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre of Defence Studies, was interviewed.
The perils of believing there will always be peace in our time
The Sunday Express (p10) 3 October 2010
The article on the defence cuts risk includes comment from Professor Phillip Sabin, Department of War Studies.
Polish workers are drafted in to build Navy's new carriers
Daily Mail (p21) 2 October 2010
Polish workers have been drafted in to help build Britain’s two new multi-billion-pound aircraft carriers, it emerged last night.Naval historian Professor Andrew Lambert, Department of War Studies, said it was the first time since the 14th century that mass migrants had come to the UK to help build ships.
Surgeons logs
BBC Radio Wales, Breakfast, 30 September, 2010
Professor Andrew Lambert discussed the recently released 19th Century surgeons logs from Naval ships.
Government's Strategic Defence and Security Review
BBC Radio 4's 'The World Tonight' 29 September 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, discussed the review. He said that Britain can't prepare for all eventualities of war or afford to.
The Way We Live (and Die) Now: Change in International Relations 1945-2010
FOCUS: The Journal of the Helen Suzman Foundation, September 2010
Professor Jack Spence OBE
Government's Strategic Defence and Security Review
BBC Radio Scotland's 'Newsdrive' 28th September 2010
Dr John Gearson, Department of War Studies, said some projects will be difficult to scrap. He also said there may be some tough decisions about parts of the RAF and the Navy over the next few years, but that they might be promised future equipment programmes.
Indian involvement in Afghanistan
'India on Sunday', the London print of the Indian weekly 'Sunday Guardian', 12 September 2010
Dr. Rudra Chaudhuri
Great Lives: Golda Meir
7 September 2010, BBC Radio 4 programme
Dr Ahron Bregman appeared alongside Edwina Currie to discuss the life of former prime minister of Israel Golda Meir.
ETA ceasefire
5 September, BBC News Channel (TV): Dr John Bew, Co-Director ICSR, was interviewed on the ETA ceasefire. He also appeared on BBC World News (TV) and BBC World Service (radio).
Crossroads Asia
2 September 2010, Voice of America
Professor Anatol Lieven commented on President Obama’s speech marking the end of combat in Iraq, and the expansion of military effort in Afghanistan.
Britain and France to share aircraft carriers
LBC 97.3 'Breakfast' 31st August 2010
Professor Andrew Lambert, discussed news that Britain and France are preparing to reveal plans to share the use of aircraft carriers. He explained that it takes about ten years to build an aircraft carrier.
Where conflict meets conservation
Nature (online) 27th August 2010
Animals as hidden victims of war are the focus of a groundbreaking initiative by academics from the Department of War Studies who have established the Marjan Centre for the Study of Conflict & Conservation.
UN has to be 'more strategic'
BBC Radio 4 'Today' 19th August 2010
Dr Randolph Kent, Director of the Humanitarian Futures Programme, analysed the effectiveness of the UN. The United Nations has declared today World Humanitarian Day.
Helping Pakistan
The Times (p17) 11th August 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven writes that helping Pakistan will also help the UK in the fight against terrorism.
See attached document.
Naomi bringt es an den Tag
Die Welt 11th August 2010
Friedbert Pflueger, Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies, argues that the Taylor trial has rightly brought international attention on the question of blood resources.
Trident row
BBC2 'Newsnight' 30th July 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, discusssed other options to Trident including air launch missiles.
Can Cameron be sensitive over Kashmir?
guardian.co.uk, 28 July 2010
Dr Rudra Chaudhuri comments on Cameron's ability to discuss India-Pakistan relations intelligently being crucial to an 'enhanced partnership' with India
The effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
21 July, Deutschlandfunk’s Hintergrund (Germany):
Friedbert Pflüger, Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies, commented on the loss of the European strategic interests in BP if the company was to be bought out by foreign investors.
Afghanistan conference
BBC 1 - Breakfast 20 July 2010
Dr John Gearson of the Department of War Studies was interviewed on the Afghanistan conference in Kabul and future strategy for Afghanistan. He also appeared on Sky News, BBC News Channel and BFBS.
Lt Gen Lillywhite praises King's Centre Military Health Research
20 July 2010 Iraq Inquiry
Lt Gen Lillywhite praises KCMHR for its contribution to the global knowledge on mental health in servicemen and the intellectual rigour it brings to test where appropriate whether or not an intervention works or does not work.
Rogue Afghan soldier killed three British soldiers
13 July, BBC News Channel
Dr John Gearson commented that Britain cannot change its tactics and that working alongside the Afghan national army and police was crucial. Dr Gearson was also interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live’s 5 Live Drive and LBC 1152’s News.
Spy Swap Mystery - Cyprus Bail Jumper Who Vanished
The New York Times, 10 Jul 2010
Huw Dylan comments. Also covered in San Francisco Chronicle, Kuwait Times, Yahoo! News (Mexico, Spain, USA)
Pakistan courts China’s investment in energy sector
RTTV - Russia Today TV, 7 July 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven comments on China’s decision to invest in Pakistan’s energy sector.
Spies aside, Moscow has come in from the cold
Financial Times (p11) 1 July 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, writes that this week’s spy scandal will open up a temporary rift across the Atlantic. But it is unlikely to undermine one of the most important trends in contemporary international relations: the combination of the west scaling back its ambitions in the former Soviet Union with Russia’s growing realisation that it needs a new partnership with its former US and European rivals.
Who'd have thought Russia had the money?
The Times (p20) 30 June
Sir David Omand, visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies, writes about the discovery of a Russian spy ring in the US.
The Untold Battle of Trafalgar
28 June, Channel 4
The film paid tribute to the diverse nationalities that sailed on 21 October 1805, united not by patriotism, but by a unique opportunity for performance-related pay. The programme includes contributions from Dr Martin Robson and Professor Andrew Lambert.
Prisons and Terrorism Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries
ICSR policy report, 28 June 2010
The first comprehensive analysis of the role prisons can play in radicalizing people and in reforming them.
The covenant we must protect from the lawyers
Parliamentary Brief, 24 June 2010
Sarah Ingham, PhD candidate, War Studies, and Professor Christopher Dandeker
Major McChrystal and President Obama meeting
24 June 2010 Voice of America
Professor Anatol Lieven comments on the meeting between Major McChrystal and President Obama, and the potential implications for the US operation in Afghanistan.
US allies hope for continuity after McChrystal
Taiwan News 24 June 2010
America's allies in the fight to stabilize Afghanistan are hoping that the departure of Stanley McChrystal as commander of international forces will leave the general's strategy intact. Professor Theo Farrell comments
Appraising Moshtarak, the Campaign in Nad-e-Ali District, Helmand
RUSI Briefing Note, 23 June 2010
Professor Theo Farrell argues that British operations in Helmand Province are showing signs of significant progress. Read full report
Securing the State by Sir David Omand
Guardian online , 19 June 2010
Richard Norton-Taylor comments on Sir David's forthcoming book 'Securing the State'
UK attitude to Afghan war hardens as toll hits
300 Reuters 21 June 2010
The death toll for British troops in the country hit 300 on Monday, providing further ammunition for critics of the war who question how the government can justify the cost of the war. Professor Anatol Lieven comments.
Bloody Sunday
BBC London, 15 June 2010
Dr John Bew, Deputy Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) comments on the Bloody Sunday killings.
Britian's role in defence spending
14 June, BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight:
Professor Anatol Lieven, was interviewed on the programme following Dr Liam Fox’s defence spending review. He said that Britain’s global role was limited, and that its most important role was on the continent of Europe as it had one of the only two armies that could fight.
Can the teaching of history make us more British?
BBC Radio 4, Analysis,13 June 2010
Dr John Bew, Deputy Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR)
8 June, BBC Radio 4’s PM
Sir David Omand, Visiting Professor in the Department was interviewed about his new book 'Securing the State'
Russia and Afghanistan
Russian Analytical Digest, 8 June 2010
Dr Natasha Kuhrt writes on 'Afghanistan's Significance for Russia: Regional or Global Strategy?
Aid convoy attack has weakened Israel
The Herald, June 7 2010
Dr Ahron Bregman commented that Israel's actions constituted a “huge victory” for Hamas but he stressed that the latest assault could bring about positive change.
Foreign policy posers for UK coalition
BusinessDay, 26 May 2010
Professor Jack Spence comments that foreign policy and defence did not figure significantly in the recent UK election.
Victim of the 'espionage game'
Haaretz.com, 28 May
Dr Ahron Bregman was interviewed for the Haaretz newspaper about the Marwan Affair, the Egyptian spy who worked for Mossad and was found dead in London
BBC Radio 4’s World Tonight Special Debate, 19 May
Brian Babcock-Lumish, PhD Student in the Department of War Studies, asked the panel a question about whether the new coalition government could articulate why fighting alongside the Americans in Iraq or Afghanistan was in the British strategic interest.
US army airbases in Okinawa
Press TV, 11 May 2010
Paul Schulte, Senior Visiting Fellow in the Department of War Studies comments on the current political situation of the Japanese government surrounding the US base row.
Mental health of UK military personnel
New York Times, 16 May 2010, The Times Online, 14 May 2010, NHS Choices, BBC, The Independent and The Guardian, 13 May 2010. Watch Telegraph video.
The King's Centre for Military Health Research published a new paper in The Lancet discussing the mental health of UK military personnel deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the full article in The Lancet
Extremism in Britain
BBC Radio Five Live, 9 May 2010.
Dr John Bew (ICSR) comments on the conviction of the Blackburn Resistance members and the role of the police towards extremism in Britain.
Fighting over Moscow's embrace
International Herald Tribune (p6) 30 April 2010
An article by Friedbert Pflüger, Professor of international relations, Department of War Studies, on the riots in the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament.
Four Lions
BBC2's 'The Review Show' 30 April 2010
Dr John Bew discussed Chris Morris's 'Four Lions' based on a group of Islamist terrorists in the North of England.
Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering
Five Books 26 April 2010
Dr Michael Goodman reviews 5 books on intelligence
Can we keep tabs on stockpiles of nuclear fuel?
New Scientist (p9) 24 April 2010
The article includes comment from Professor Wyn Bowen, director of the Centre for Science and Security Studies, Department of War Studies.
Qaeda gets mileage from Mideast tension
Reuters 23 April 2010
Progress in Middle East peace efforts could hurt al Qaeda by toppling a treasured pillar of its propaganda, although its adaptable militants would try to repair the damage by exploiting other anti-Western grievances. Dr Peter Neumann, director of the Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King's comments.
The dangers of excessive air safety
FT - Comment (online) 20th April 2010
Dr Christoph Meyer writes that ban on air travel in response to the ash cloud over Europe illustrates the pitfalls of preventive action.
A surge of tough Afghan choices for UK
BusinessDay, 8 April 2010
Professor Jack Spence comments on Operation Mostarak
Terrorists and nuclear bombs
BBC2 Newsnight 13 April 2010
Professor Wyn Bowen discusses enhancing the nuclear security culture within the nuclear power centres across the world.
Freed Radicals
13 April, BBC Radio 4
Dr Peter Neumann, Director of ICSR said a much larger prison imam service is a step in the right direction, but added that ex-inmates needed more support outside prison.
How India and the UK can cooperate on nuclear and radiological security
Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA) 13 April 2010
Professor Wyn Q Bowen et al discuss the threat of nuclear terrorism and the need for a global nuclear security regime in a policy brief related to the Nuclear Security Summit in DC.
Standing up to nuclear terrorists
http://www.todayonline.com (Singapore) 12th April 2010
An article by Professor Wyn Q Bowen, Department of War Studies. He writes that Obama's security summit should seek to build consensus and improve security culture.
New US Nuclear Posture Review
BBC World Service 6 April 2010
Interview with Professor Wyn Bowen
Realities of university and reading for a degree
The Times (p21) 6 April 2010
Dr Nick Lloyd, Lecturer in Defence Studies, writes that an arts and humanities degree course requires no lab work, only the time to read and reflect. A lack of contact hours, therefore, does not imply a “risible” course.
Somali militants 'recruit Britons'
BBC Radio 4's Today 5 April 2010
Dr Peter Neumann, Director of the ICSR, Department of War Studies, was interviewed for the feature. He said that sources have told him that "several dozen" British Somali men have travelled to the country.
Terrorism in Russia
BBC Radio 4 'The World Tonight' 1April 2010
Dr Domitilla Sagramoso, Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, was interviewed following the terrorist attacks in Moscow. She discussed the progression of the violence and the people undertaking it. *She was also interviewed on BBC World Service Radio's 'Europe Today.'
The Kremlin's post-Chechnya challenge
BBC News Online 1 April 2010
Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, is quoted in the article. He points out that other Chechen rebel leaders have operated from outside the former Soviet Union.
Hamas Rule in Gaza: Three Years On
Middle East Brief March 2010
Professor Yezid Sayigh argues that Hamas has demonstrated its ability to innovate and survive.
Progression of violence in Moscow
31 March, BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight': Dr Domitilla Sagramoso, Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, was interviewed following the terrorist attacks in Moscow. She was also interviewed on BBC World Service Radio's 'Europe Today.'
For Rwandans, the pope's apology must be unbearable
The Guardian (p28) 29 March 2010
If sexual abuse in Ireland warrants his contrition, what contempt is shown by the Vatican's silence over its role in genocide writes Martin Kimani, an associate fellow at the Conflict, Security and Development Group.
'Chimerica' hits the skids
The Japan Times 29 March 2010
The idea of "Chimerica" was always too good to be true, but the rapidity with which Sino-U.S. ties have unraveled over the past few months has even surprised those who were cynical about Barack Obama's overtures to China to begin with writes Dr Harsh Pant, Department of Defence Studies.
Web of intelligence gets more complex
The Guardian - Comment is Free 27 March 2010
Keeping online jihadists where you can see them is one thing – but the ethics of creating honeypot sites are far more debatable writes Tim Stevens, associate member of the Centre for Science & Security Studies, Department of War Studies
Taliban use of the internet
British Forces Radio 'Sitrep programme' 25 March 2010
Tim Stevens, Department of War Studies, discussed the Taliban's use the internet and the use of press releases and statements sent via email.
Can India and Pakistan find friendship?
The Guardian - Comment is Free 25 March 2010
With the Indian and Pakistani governments at loggerheads, informal relationships may be the subcontinent's key to peace. The article includes comment from Dr Harsh Pant, Department of Defence Studies.
Resource wealth need no longer be a curse
Financial Times (p35) 25 March 2010
An article about the growing desire of post-conflict governments to complement aid with trade and the increasing availability of long-term investment by Mats Berdal, Professor of security and development, Department of War Studies.
Piracy in Indonesia
BBC Three Counties Radio 24th March 2010
Catherine Zara Raymond, Associate at the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies and a PhD Student at King's, discussed piracy in Indonesia.
Randomised trials present problems
Financial Times (p10) 22 March 2010
Professor Robert Picciotto, Department of War Studies, writes that when applied to social programmes, randomised control trials raise a host of substantive ethical and technical issues.
The History of the defence review in British defence policy
International Affairs 11 March 2010
Articles by Dr Andrew Dorman, Dr Patrick Porter and Dr Helen McCartney, all at DSD
China slows its defence spending, on paper
Rediff.com (India) 11 March 2010
India would be well advised to take this decrease in Chinese defence spending with a pinch of salt, writes Dr Harsh V Pant from the Department of Defence Studies in this article analysing the situation.
'LeT was emboldened by the success of Mumbai attacks'
Rediff.com (India) 11 March 2010
Interview with Stephen Tankel from the Department of War Studies about his new book, 'Lashkar-e-Taiba, From 9/11 to Mumbai'.
Cyberwar
British Forces Radio's Sitrep programme 11March 2010
Discussion with comments from Tim Stevens, Centre for Science & Security Studies.
The US is not at cyberwar
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 9 March 2010
Comments by the new US cyber tsar Howard Schmidt are a welcome antidote to hysterical claims about online attacks writes Tim Stevens, Centre for Science & Security Studies.
Arms for Yemen
BBC Radio 4 - Document 8 March 2010
Discussion around a National Archives document that looks at British plans to supply arms in 1964. Dr Sue Onslow from the Department of War Studies comments.
Isolated India is bad news
The Japan Times 1 March 2010
It would be an understatement to suggest that Indian diplomacy faced a major setback at the Afghanistan Conference in London. India was humiliated and its concerns were summarily ignored, writes Dr Harsh V Pant from the Department of Defence Studies.
India, Pakistan vow to 'stay in touch' in first formal talks since Mumbai siege
Washington Post 26 February 2010
India and Pakistan met Thursday for their first formal talks since the deadly siege of Mumbai in 2008. Dr Harsh V Pant from the Department of Defence Studies comments.
Operation Moshtarak: Which way the war in Afghanistan?
Ethiopian Review 19 February 2010
Analysis of the military operations in Afghanistan. Andrew Dorman from the Department of Defence Studies comments on the Taleban and security in Helmand.
The next generation Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier
International Relations & Security Network 19 February 2010
Professor Andrew Lambert comments.
Analysis: Strong, well-equipped navy is the best way to protect British assets
The Scotsman 18 February 2010
Andrew Lambert ,Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies, writes about the latest diplomatic stand-off over Argentine words and actions in support of the country's long-running claim to the Falkland Islands
Iran Nuclear test
BBC Radio Five Live '5 Live Drive' 18 February 2010
Professor Wyn Bowen, Director of the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS), Department of War Studies, said we have to take Iran very seriously and there have been concerns about work on a payload for a missile for some time. There is a debate going on within the regime over how fast to progress with the nuclear programme.
Chances of killers being caught are 'zero to nil'
The National (UAE, p5) 17 February 2010
Dr Ahron Bregman from the Department of War Studies comments on the use of false identities by the suspected murderers of Palestinian militant Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai.
The US-Iran confrontation continues anew
Rediff.com (India) 17 February 2010
It is imperative that India starts re-assessing its options and think clearly as to what it can do to preserve the balance of power in the Gulf region, writes Dr Harsh V Pant from the Department of Defence Studies.
Humanitarian community
BBC World TV 17 February 2010
Dr Randolph Kent, Director of the Humanitarian Futures Programme, Department of War Studies, explained that the humanitarian community must reinvent itself if hundreds of thousands of lives are to be saved in more complex and diverse disasters threatening man in the near future.
The HMS Colossus figurehead
BBC Radio Wales Good Morning Wales 11 February 2010
Professor Andrew Lambert
Israel's Wars: A History Since 1947
Book review in the The Jewish Chronicle 4 February 2010
Dr Ahron Bregman
Ancient warships
BBC 1 'Inside Out' 8 February 2010
Professor Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies, discussed HMS Duke of Wellington, one of Britain's greatest warships.
Iran's uranium plans
BBC Radio Five Live 'The Weekend News' 7 February
Professor Wyn Q Bowen, Director, Centre for Science and Security Studies, Department of War Studies, was interviewed about Iran's announcement that it will begin domestically enriching uranium to 20%.
Defence issues
BBC Radio Scotland 'Radio Scotland News ' 6 February
Dr Andrew Dorman, Senior Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, was interviewed about defence issues.
Is Israel's military all it is claimed to be?
Jewish Chronicle (p38) 5 February 2010
A review of 'Israel's Wars: A History Since 1947' by Dr Ahron Bregman, Department of War Studies.
Discussion of the Green Paper on defence
'The World Tonight' BBC Radio 4 3 February
Dr Andrew Dorman, Defence Studies Department, was interviewed about the Green Paper and the approach that it sets out.
Green paper
BBC Radio Newcastle 'Drivetime' 3 February
Dr John Gearson, Reader, Department of War Studies, was interviewed on the Green Paper. He said that we're only just managing to sustain military operations in Afghanistan.
Budget cuts 'will leave Britain reliant on war allies', MoD green paper says
Telegraph 2 Feburary
Dr David Betz comments.
Uganda: Will 2011 Elections End in Rebellion?
allAfrica.com 20 January
The article refers to a study by Dylan Hendrickson, Senior research fellow, Conflict, Security and Development Group.
China's cyberwar goes beyond Google
Guardian online, 13 January 2010
Tim Stevens comments. Also reported in Index on Censorship, 14 January 2010
'U.S. Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda: Signaling and the Terrorist World-View'
The New Yorker January 4 2010,
Review of U.S. Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda: Signaling and the Terrorist World-View by Joshua Alexander Geltzer, graduate of War Studies.
Attached files
›
Hilter's Secret Weapon
(pdf,
1,232 KB)
› Shale Gas FT article (pdf, 126 KB)
› 6 May 2011, Newsweek: Pakistan (pdf, 650 KB)
› Anatol_Lieven_Times03May (pdf, 91 KB)
› Pakistan, Lieven FT (pdf, 840 KB)
› Pakistan, Sunday Times 24.4.11 (pdf, 849 KB)
› Pakistan, Lieven Standard (pdf, 601 KB)
› The Lancet (pdf, 148 KB)
› Afghanistan. India on Sunday.Rudra Chaudhuri, 12 Sept 10 (pdf, 131 KB)
› Lieven Aid to Pakistan, Times 11 August 2010 (doc, 32 KB)
› Shale Gas FT article (pdf, 126 KB)
› 6 May 2011, Newsweek: Pakistan (pdf, 650 KB)
› Anatol_Lieven_Times03May (pdf, 91 KB)
› Pakistan, Lieven FT (pdf, 840 KB)
› Pakistan, Sunday Times 24.4.11 (pdf, 849 KB)
› Pakistan, Lieven Standard (pdf, 601 KB)
› The Lancet (pdf, 148 KB)
› Afghanistan. India on Sunday.Rudra Chaudhuri, 12 Sept 10 (pdf, 131 KB)
› Lieven Aid to Pakistan, Times 11 August 2010 (doc, 32 KB)
