Biography
Dr Ksenia Kirkham is a Lecturer in the Department of War Studies.
Her current research interests are:
- the political economy of sanctions
- economic warfare and economic sustainability
- energy security and welfare states
Previously Ksenia contributed to teaching various postgraduate and undergraduate modules at King’s, including National Security Studies, Introduction to International Economics, Energy Security, and Integration of the European Union.
Ksenia received her PhD from the Department of European and International Studies (EIS) at King’s College London. Ksenia also holds an MBA (British AMBA), and her work experience includes eight years in the oil and gas sector and in petroleum transportation, with a dynamic career, from junior economist to a senior managerial position.
Teaching 2023/24
Undergraduate module:
- 5SSW2066 Sanctions and Economic Warfare
Postgraduate modules:
- 7SSWN117 Contemporary Conflicts
- 7SSWN087 Strategic Communications
- 7SSWN095 National Security Studies
Latest publications
Books/Book Chapters
- The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Sanctions, Editor and author, 2023.
- The Political Economy of Sanctions: Resilience and Transformation in Russia and Iran. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
- EU 'Sovereignty’ in Global Governance: The Case of Sanctions. In: Grigoryev L., Pabst A. (eds) Global Governance in Transformation. Springer, Cham., 2019
Articles
- The Paradox of the New Great Game: Do Europe and China Need More Pipelines from Eurasia?, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 24:1, 1-23, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2021.1992192
- Sanctions—Strategic Miscommunications? The Case of Iran, in NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, 2020
- Theoretical and Philosophical Positions in International Political Economy and the Ground for Theoretical Merger.” Concept: Philosophy, Religion, Culture 3(7):58–69. 2018
- An overview: From contradictions of capital to the history of contradictions of the welfare state, The Journal of Social Policy Studies 15(2):309, 2017
- The formation of the Eurasian Economic Union: How successful is the Russian regional hegemony? 22 April, 2016
Research
King's Centre for Strategic Communication
KCSC aims to be the leading global centre of expertise on strategic communications.
Economic Conflict & Competition Research Group
The ECCRG aims to be an academic centre of excellence for developing sustained, inter-disciplinary research on the study of Economic Warfare.
Events
"How Do Sanctions (not) Work?" Book Launch: The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Sanctions
In this book launch, panellists will discuss the core issues and debates surrounding this controversial topic of sanctions.
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
King's Centre for Strategic Communication
KCSC aims to be the leading global centre of expertise on strategic communications.
Economic Conflict & Competition Research Group
The ECCRG aims to be an academic centre of excellence for developing sustained, inter-disciplinary research on the study of Economic Warfare.
Events
"How Do Sanctions (not) Work?" Book Launch: The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Sanctions
In this book launch, panellists will discuss the core issues and debates surrounding this controversial topic of sanctions.
Please note: this event has passed.