2009
Print versionWar Studies media coverage
A selection of media coverage from the Department of War Studies in 2009.
Twitter hack claimed by Iranian group
Channel 4 News 21 December 2009
Tim Stevens talks about Iran, Twitter, and internet hacktivism.
'Suicidal' for Iran to make just one nuclear weapon
19 December 2009, Radio 4 Today
Professor Wyn Bowen talks on Iranian nuclear programme and the implications for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). (45 minutes in)
Cuts across the MoD
15 December 2009, BBC 5 live Drive
Dr Andrew Dorman, Defence Studies Department, discussed cuts across the MoD announced by Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth.
Don't blame the internet for extremism
Monday 14 December 2009, Guardian Online
Tim Stevens comments.
International Relations discussion
11 December, BBC Radio 4’s Today programme:
Dr Huw Davies, Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, took part in a discussion on the similarities between modern and Victorian international relations in Afghanistan.
Additional uranium enrichment plants
BBC Radio Five 29 November 2009
Professor Wyn Q Bowen discussed Iran's announcement of plans for up to 10 additional uranium enrichment plants.
Iraq inquiry and WMD issue
BBC Radio Wales, 25 November 2009
Professor Wyn Bowen participates (2hrs 48 mins in)
First World War Spooks
BBC History Magazine, (December 2009), pp.39-44.
Article by Dr Mike Goodman.
'What exactly are our aims in Afghanistan?'
Dr John Mackinlay: The Guardian (p13) 17 November 2009
Miliband speech
BBC News 17 November 2009
Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies commented on David Miliband's speech that promised that Afghanistan was not a war without end.
Keeping 'digital 9/11' fears in check
Guardian online Monday 16 November 2009
Tim Stevens comments.
'It's time for tea, not guns - the only reasonable exit is via talks'
The Independent On Sunday 15 November 2009
Professor Anatol Lieven in an article on whether Britain's involvement in Afghanistan is justified.
Upcoming trials of the suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay
LBC radio 13 November 2009
Dr Brooke Rogers
A hope in Helmand: Local governance is re-established, schools rebuilt: Garmsir's success shows the way forward
Guardian online, 8 November 2009
Professor Theo Farrell.
Iran's response to the proposal on shipping nuclear material to Russia
BBC World TV News 29 October 2009
Professor Wyn Bowen.
Fixing Broken Windows”: Security Sector Reform in Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen, Carnegie Paper, No. 17
Professor Yezid Sayigh published a recent paper: “Fixing Broken Windows”: Security Sector Reform in Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen, Carnegie Paper, No. 17, October 2009.
UN Inspection of the Iran enrichment plant
BBC 5 Live & World Service, 25 October 2009
Professor Wyn Bowen
The Somme
Saturday Extra10 October 2009
Dr William Philpott
The Anatomy of Hate
Cinepolitics show , PressTV, 10 October 2009
Dr Brooke Rogers
'The greatest military underdogs'
Radio 4 'Today' programme, 9 October 2009
Discussion with Professor Philip Sabin.
8 October 2009, CNN
Professor Theo Farrell 'UK troops stretched'
Radio: Afghanistan: Is It Mission Impossible?
Radio 4, 6 October 2009
Dr John Mackinlay was a participant in the debate.
How the west can exit the Afghan quagmire
Financial Times, 5 October 2009
Article by Professor Anatol Lieven.
Radio
Radio 4 , 3 October 2009
Professor Wyn Bowen was interviewed on Iran for BBC Radio 4’s Today. Listen. Bowen was also interviewed on Iran's nuclear ambitions for Al Jazeera on-line on the 2 October.
Radio
BBC World Service, 24 September 2009
Professor Wyn Bowen talks about non-proliferation and disarmament. Professor Bowen was also interviewd on Radio Five about Iran's new nuclear facility on 25th September.
Suicide bombing
BBC World Service News 25 September 2009
Dr Peter Neumann,discussed a new development in suicide bombing and on video threat suspect arrested before German vote on Reuters online
MA programme featured
Times Online, 22 September 2009
Dr Brooke Rogers was interviewed by about her Terrorism, Security and Society MA programme.
Taliban Terrorists Let Civilians Foil NATO Bombs for Soldiers
Bloomberg. com, 21 September 2009
Dr David Betz is interviewed.
Pondering the Afghan War in Germany
New York Times, 14 September 2009
Professor Theo Farrell of the department of war studies comments.
How Safe Is London
LBC Radio, 20.00 Thursday, 10 September 2009
Talk show: ‘How Safe Is London’ with Dr Brooke Rogers, Lecturer in Risk & Terror, Department of War Studies
Die Deutschen müssen mehr Risiko eingehen
Die Welt, 9 Sepetmber 2009
Professor Farrell conveys the British experience in reflecting on the lessons from Kunduz for the German news daily.
Effectiveness of community programmes to counter radicalisation
BBC1 London news, 8 September 2009
Dr Brooke Rogers, Lecturer in Risk and Terror, Department of War Studies, talked about the effectiveness of community programmes to counter radicalisation. She explained that the threat is changing and joined up policing was needed.
MoD blocked warning that Britain faces Afghan defeat
The Sunday Times 6 September 2009
The article includes comment from Dr David Betz, Department of War Studies, who had an article banned from the British Army Review.
Plan to explode bombs on airliners
BBC Wales, Good Evening Wales 8 September 2009
Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, Al Qaeda and the use of aircrafts to attack the West, following the conviction of three British Muslims for planning to explode bombs on airliners.
How serious is the current terrorist threat?
BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme 8 September 2009
Dr John Gearson, Director for the Centre for Defence Studies, discussed whether the prosecution of three airline bomb plotters show that British intelligence efforts are neutralising any danger. * Also on Sky News.
A cool-headed look at 1939
International Herald Tribune (p6) 5 September 2009
Article by Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, about Russian and Polish leaders skewing memories of World War II for political advantage.
Channel 4 News 21 December 2009
Tim Stevens talks about Iran, Twitter, and internet hacktivism.
'Suicidal' for Iran to make just one nuclear weapon
19 December 2009, Radio 4 Today
Professor Wyn Bowen talks on Iranian nuclear programme and the implications for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). (45 minutes in)
Cuts across the MoD
15 December 2009, BBC 5 live Drive
Dr Andrew Dorman, Defence Studies Department, discussed cuts across the MoD announced by Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth.
Don't blame the internet for extremism
Monday 14 December 2009, Guardian Online
Tim Stevens comments.
International Relations discussion
11 December, BBC Radio 4’s Today programme:
Dr Huw Davies, Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, took part in a discussion on the similarities between modern and Victorian international relations in Afghanistan.
Additional uranium enrichment plants
BBC Radio Five 29 November 2009
Professor Wyn Q Bowen discussed Iran's announcement of plans for up to 10 additional uranium enrichment plants.
Iraq inquiry and WMD issue
BBC Radio Wales, 25 November 2009
Professor Wyn Bowen participates (2hrs 48 mins in)
First World War Spooks
BBC History Magazine, (December 2009), pp.39-44.
Article by Dr Mike Goodman.
'What exactly are our aims in Afghanistan?'
Dr John Mackinlay: The Guardian (p13) 17 November 2009
Miliband speech
BBC News 17 November 2009
Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies commented on David Miliband's speech that promised that Afghanistan was not a war without end.
Keeping 'digital 9/11' fears in check
Guardian online Monday 16 November 2009
Tim Stevens comments.
'It's time for tea, not guns - the only reasonable exit is via talks'
The Independent On Sunday 15 November 2009
Professor Anatol Lieven in an article on whether Britain's involvement in Afghanistan is justified.
Upcoming trials of the suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay
LBC radio 13 November 2009
Dr Brooke Rogers
A hope in Helmand: Local governance is re-established, schools rebuilt: Garmsir's success shows the way forward
Guardian online, 8 November 2009
Professor Theo Farrell.
Iran's response to the proposal on shipping nuclear material to Russia
BBC World TV News 29 October 2009
Professor Wyn Bowen.
Fixing Broken Windows”: Security Sector Reform in Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen, Carnegie Paper, No. 17
Professor Yezid Sayigh published a recent paper: “Fixing Broken Windows”: Security Sector Reform in Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen, Carnegie Paper, No. 17, October 2009.
UN Inspection of the Iran enrichment plant
BBC 5 Live & World Service, 25 October 2009
Professor Wyn Bowen
The Somme
Saturday Extra10 October 2009
Dr William Philpott
The Anatomy of Hate
Cinepolitics show , PressTV, 10 October 2009
Dr Brooke Rogers
'The greatest military underdogs'
Radio 4 'Today' programme, 9 October 2009
Discussion with Professor Philip Sabin.
8 October 2009, CNN
Professor Theo Farrell 'UK troops stretched'
Radio: Afghanistan: Is It Mission Impossible?
Radio 4, 6 October 2009
Dr John Mackinlay was a participant in the debate.
How the west can exit the Afghan quagmire
Financial Times, 5 October 2009
Article by Professor Anatol Lieven.
Radio
Radio 4 , 3 October 2009
Professor Wyn Bowen was interviewed on Iran for BBC Radio 4’s Today. Listen. Bowen was also interviewed on Iran's nuclear ambitions for Al Jazeera on-line on the 2 October.
Radio
BBC World Service, 24 September 2009
Professor Wyn Bowen talks about non-proliferation and disarmament. Professor Bowen was also interviewd on Radio Five about Iran's new nuclear facility on 25th September.
Suicide bombing
BBC World Service News 25 September 2009
Dr Peter Neumann,discussed a new development in suicide bombing and on video threat suspect arrested before German vote on Reuters online
MA programme featured
Times Online, 22 September 2009
Dr Brooke Rogers was interviewed by about her Terrorism, Security and Society MA programme.
Taliban Terrorists Let Civilians Foil NATO Bombs for Soldiers
Bloomberg. com, 21 September 2009
Dr David Betz is interviewed.
Pondering the Afghan War in Germany
New York Times, 14 September 2009
Professor Theo Farrell of the department of war studies comments.
How Safe Is London
LBC Radio, 20.00 Thursday, 10 September 2009
Talk show: ‘How Safe Is London’ with Dr Brooke Rogers, Lecturer in Risk & Terror, Department of War Studies
Die Deutschen müssen mehr Risiko eingehen
Die Welt, 9 Sepetmber 2009
Professor Farrell conveys the British experience in reflecting on the lessons from Kunduz for the German news daily.
Effectiveness of community programmes to counter radicalisation
BBC1 London news, 8 September 2009
Dr Brooke Rogers, Lecturer in Risk and Terror, Department of War Studies, talked about the effectiveness of community programmes to counter radicalisation. She explained that the threat is changing and joined up policing was needed.
MoD blocked warning that Britain faces Afghan defeat
The Sunday Times 6 September 2009
The article includes comment from Dr David Betz, Department of War Studies, who had an article banned from the British Army Review.
Plan to explode bombs on airliners
BBC Wales, Good Evening Wales 8 September 2009
Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, Al Qaeda and the use of aircrafts to attack the West, following the conviction of three British Muslims for planning to explode bombs on airliners.
How serious is the current terrorist threat?
BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme 8 September 2009
Dr John Gearson, Director for the Centre for Defence Studies, discussed whether the prosecution of three airline bomb plotters show that British intelligence efforts are neutralising any danger. * Also on Sky News.
A cool-headed look at 1939
International Herald Tribune (p6) 5 September 2009
Article by Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War Studies, about Russian and Polish leaders skewing memories of World War II for political advantage.
Teilzeit-Jobber bei Roland Berger. Gastprofessor in London, Neue Presse (Germany) 28 August
Friedbert Pflueger, distinguished German politician, becomes Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies. *Also in Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung.
Challenge for UK army. The Wall Street Journal Europe 28 August
Professor Theo Farrell, Department of War Studies, comment on the challenges the new head of the British army is facing.
Doubts raised about the Afghan presidential election. BBC1 '10 o'clock news' 27 August
Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War studies, commented on the Afghan election.
A defence review has to conquer political infighting. Financial Times 21 August
Steve Chinsall, Visiting Professor in War Studies, writes an article regarding the decision to have a strateig defence review for the armed services and Ministry of Defence.
Is Somalia the new Afghanistan?The Sunday Times 9 August
The wartorn nation is acting as a dangerous new magnet for terror, the article includescomment from Dr Peter Neumann, director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence and lecturer in the Department of War Studies.
You can’t win just by killing Taleban leaders. The Times 8 August
Anatol Lieven, Professor of war studies, writes from the Swat Valley about the Pakistan Army.
Friedbert Pflueger, distinguished German politician, becomes Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies. *Also in Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung.
Challenge for UK army. The Wall Street Journal Europe 28 August
Professor Theo Farrell, Department of War Studies, comment on the challenges the new head of the British army is facing.
Doubts raised about the Afghan presidential election. BBC1 '10 o'clock news' 27 August
Professor Anatol Lieven, Department of War studies, commented on the Afghan election.
A defence review has to conquer political infighting. Financial Times 21 August
Steve Chinsall, Visiting Professor in War Studies, writes an article regarding the decision to have a strateig defence review for the armed services and Ministry of Defence.
Is Somalia the new Afghanistan?The Sunday Times 9 August
The wartorn nation is acting as a dangerous new magnet for terror, the article includescomment from Dr Peter Neumann, director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence and lecturer in the Department of War Studies.
You can’t win just by killing Taleban leaders. The Times 8 August
Anatol Lieven, Professor of war studies, writes from the Swat Valley about the Pakistan Army.
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