Centre for Statecraft & National Security
@csns-uk.bsky.social
Research centre based within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Formerly International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) & Centre for Grand Strategy (CGS). RTs ≠ endorsements.
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📢 Exciting news! The Centre for Grand Strategy and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation are merging to form a new hub within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social: the Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social
➡️ You can find more information here: csns.uk
➡️ You can find more information here: csns.uk
Why do humans fight, lose, and win wars?
Join us for the launch of Dr Nicholas Wright's new book 'Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain', moderated by Dr Nafees Hamid for XCEPT research
📅 Weds 3rd Dec, 17:00-18:30
📍 Bush House, Strand Campus
🎟️ kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
Join us for the launch of Dr Nicholas Wright's new book 'Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain', moderated by Dr Nafees Hamid for XCEPT research
📅 Weds 3rd Dec, 17:00-18:30
📍 Bush House, Strand Campus
🎟️ kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Why do humans fight, lose, and win wars?
Join us for the launch of Dr Nicholas Wright's new book 'Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain', moderated by Dr Nafees Hamid for XCEPT research
📅 Weds 3rd Dec, 17:00-18:30
📍 Bush House, Strand Campus
🎟️ kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
Join us for the launch of Dr Nicholas Wright's new book 'Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain', moderated by Dr Nafees Hamid for XCEPT research
📅 Weds 3rd Dec, 17:00-18:30
📍 Bush House, Strand Campus
🎟️ kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
📸 Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History. Thank you both for this captivating conversation, which was chaired by our very own Prof John Bew!
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
📸 Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History. Thank you both for this captivating conversation, which was chaired by our very own Prof John Bew!
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In 2014 @csns-uk.bsky.social listed him among top clerics followed by Westerners travelling to Syria.
In 2018 A. Meleagrou-Hitchens examined his trajectory in the US Salafi scene.
Our latest analyzes how his discourse fuels radicalization & legitimizes violence.
extremism.gwu.edu/legitimizing...
In 2018 A. Meleagrou-Hitchens examined his trajectory in the US Salafi scene.
Our latest analyzes how his discourse fuels radicalization & legitimizes violence.
extremism.gwu.edu/legitimizing...
Legitimizing Jihad: Ahmad Musa Jibril at the Boundaries of Law and Radicalism | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University
Authored by Sergio Altuna and David Zimmermann
extremism.gwu.edu
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In 2014 @csns-uk.bsky.social listed him among top clerics followed by Westerners travelling to Syria.
In 2018 A. Meleagrou-Hitchens examined his trajectory in the US Salafi scene.
Our latest analyzes how his discourse fuels radicalization & legitimizes violence.
extremism.gwu.edu/legitimizing...
In 2018 A. Meleagrou-Hitchens examined his trajectory in the US Salafi scene.
Our latest analyzes how his discourse fuels radicalization & legitimizes violence.
extremism.gwu.edu/legitimizing...
📆 Join us for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History, coming up later this month! This year, we are honoured to host speakers @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open
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🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open
lnkd.in/eSzTKEBF
Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History | King's College London
The Centre for Statecraft & National Security will host its Annual Lecture in Applied History. This year, we are honoured to host Dr Kori Schake and Professor Francis Gavin, who will be speaking about...
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📆 Join us for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History, coming up later this month! This year, we are honoured to host speakers @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open
lnkd.in/eSzTKEBF
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open
lnkd.in/eSzTKEBF
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📆 Join us for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History, coming up later this month! This year, we are honoured to host speakers @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History | King's College London
The Centre for Statecraft & National Security will host its Annual Lecture in Applied History. This year, we are honoured to host Dr Kori Schake and Professor Francis Gavin, who will be speaking about...
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📆 Join us for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History, coming up later this month! This year, we are honoured to host speakers @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
📆 Join us for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History, coming up later this month! This year, we are honoured to host speakers @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History | King's College London
The Centre for Statecraft & National Security will host its Annual Lecture in Applied History. This year, we are honoured to host Dr Kori Schake and Professor Francis Gavin, who will be speaking about...
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📆 Join us for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History, coming up later this month! This year, we are honoured to host speakers @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus
👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...
📝 "Despite the widespread revulsion at the attack in Manchester, it was not the first time a British jihadist has targeted a synagogue," says Dr Shiraz Maher in his latest piece for The New Statesman www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
Manchester and the jihadi war against Jews
Jihad al-Shamie emerged from a British subculture contaminated with violence
www.newstatesman.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📝 "Despite the widespread revulsion at the attack in Manchester, it was not the first time a British jihadist has targeted a synagogue," says Dr Shiraz Maher in his latest piece for The New Statesman www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
📚 Free this Thursday night? Join us for a book launch with Dr Grant H. Golub 👇
📆 There's still time to register for our upcoming book talk with Dr Grant H. Golub!
He will be discussing his new book, "Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II"
⬇️ More information here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
He will be discussing his new book, "Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II"
⬇️ More information here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
Book Talk - Warriors in Washington by Dr.Grant Golub | King's College London
How did the US Army emerge as one of the most powerful political organizations in the United States following World War II?
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📚 Free this Thursday night? Join us for a book launch with Dr Grant H. Golub 👇
🧑🎓 Calling all current @warstudieskcl.bsky.social students: please come along for our in-person diplomacy workshop with Prof R. P. Barston!
📆 Wednesday, 15 October
⏰ 1pm-3pm
👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/diplo...
📆 Wednesday, 15 October
⏰ 1pm-3pm
👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/diplo...
Diplomacy Workshop with Prof Ronald Barston | King's College London
Diplomacy Workshop with Prof Ronald Barston
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🧑🎓 Calling all current @warstudieskcl.bsky.social students: please come along for our in-person diplomacy workshop with Prof R. P. Barston!
📆 Wednesday, 15 October
⏰ 1pm-3pm
👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/diplo...
📆 Wednesday, 15 October
⏰ 1pm-3pm
👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/diplo...
📆 There's still time to register for our upcoming book talk with Dr Grant H. Golub!
He will be discussing his new book, "Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II"
⬇️ More information here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
He will be discussing his new book, "Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II"
⬇️ More information here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
Book Talk - Warriors in Washington by Dr.Grant Golub | King's College London
How did the US Army emerge as one of the most powerful political organizations in the United States following World War II?
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📆 There's still time to register for our upcoming book talk with Dr Grant H. Golub!
He will be discussing his new book, "Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II"
⬇️ More information here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
He will be discussing his new book, "Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II"
⬇️ More information here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
🗣️ On International Translation Day 2025, we share this thought-provoking piece by Mohamad El Kari, as he explores the responsibilities and challenges that translators face when working with the stories of people affected by conflict👇
icsr.info/2023/04/06/t...
icsr.info/2023/04/06/t...
Translation in conflict: An instrument of power or a place of neutrality? - ICSR
Mohamad El Kari talks about the challenges of translating the stories of conflict-affected populations in Lebanon and Iraq.
icsr.info
September 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🗣️ On International Translation Day 2025, we share this thought-provoking piece by Mohamad El Kari, as he explores the responsibilities and challenges that translators face when working with the stories of people affected by conflict👇
icsr.info/2023/04/06/t...
icsr.info/2023/04/06/t...
📚 Join us on 9 October for our first event of the term! Dr Grant H. Golub will be discussing his new book, "Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II"
🔗 Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
🔗 Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
Book Talk - Warriors in Washington by Dr.Grant Golub | King's College London
How did the US Army emerge as one of the most powerful political organizations in the United States following World War II?
www.kcl.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📚 Join us on 9 October for our first event of the term! Dr Grant H. Golub will be discussing his new book, "Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II"
🔗 Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
🔗 Register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
Join us on 15 Oct for a Diplomacy Workshop with Prof R.P. Barston at King’s College London. KCL students only!
📍 King’s Building
🕐Wednesday 15 Oct, 1pm -3pm
🔗Event Link: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/diplo...
📍 King’s Building
🕐Wednesday 15 Oct, 1pm -3pm
🔗Event Link: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/diplo...
September 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Join us on 15 Oct for a Diplomacy Workshop with Prof R.P. Barston at King’s College London. KCL students only!
📍 King’s Building
🕐Wednesday 15 Oct, 1pm -3pm
🔗Event Link: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/diplo...
📍 King’s Building
🕐Wednesday 15 Oct, 1pm -3pm
🔗Event Link: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/diplo...
Don’t miss out! Join CSNS on 9 Oct 2025 for Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II by Dr Grant Golub
📍King’s Building
🕔Thursday 9 Oct, 5pm
⛓️Event link: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
📍King’s Building
🕔Thursday 9 Oct, 5pm
⛓️Event link: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
September 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Don’t miss out! Join CSNS on 9 Oct 2025 for Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II by Dr Grant Golub
📍King’s Building
🕔Thursday 9 Oct, 5pm
⛓️Event link: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
📍King’s Building
🕔Thursday 9 Oct, 5pm
⛓️Event link: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
Remembering Professor Jack Spence.
We pay tribute to his life, work, and lasting impact following his passing this August.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/remembe...
We pay tribute to his life, work, and lasting impact following his passing this August.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/remembe...
Remembering Professor Jack Spence | King's College London
We pay tribute to Professor Jack Spence, who passed away in August this year.
www.kcl.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Remembering Professor Jack Spence.
We pay tribute to his life, work, and lasting impact following his passing this August.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/remembe...
We pay tribute to his life, work, and lasting impact following his passing this August.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/remembe...
📝 Dr Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens recently wrote a report for the Commission for Countering Extremism: 'Uncomfortable Truths – Freedom of Speech is the Key to Countering Extremism'
You can read it here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b43...
You can read it here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b43...
August 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
📝 Dr Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens recently wrote a report for the Commission for Countering Extremism: 'Uncomfortable Truths – Freedom of Speech is the Key to Countering Extremism'
You can read it here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b43...
You can read it here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b43...
Prof John Bew recently reviewed a new book for the Times Literary Supplement. He discusses how, amid debt, manpower shortages, and fears of Soviet domination, Whitehall sought to preserve Britain’s influence in a fragile postwar world.
Link to the article: www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
Link to the article: www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
Pursuing pole position
No sooner had VE Day arrived in May 1945 than work on Operation Unthinkable began. Though the Allies had been triumphant against Hitler and were confident that victory in the Pacific would soon follow...
www.the-tls.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Prof John Bew recently reviewed a new book for the Times Literary Supplement. He discusses how, amid debt, manpower shortages, and fears of Soviet domination, Whitehall sought to preserve Britain’s influence in a fragile postwar world.
Link to the article: www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
Link to the article: www.the-tls.com/history/twen...
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💼 We are hiring! @csns-uk.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social is looking for a Research Operations Manager to oversee our component of the XCEPT research programme. You can apply until Sunday, 17 August
Find more information here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC646/r...
Find more information here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC646/r...
Research Operations Manager at King's College London
Explore professional service vacancies, like the Research Operations Manager role, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and learn more about the position.
www.jobs.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
💼 We are hiring! @csns-uk.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social is looking for a Research Operations Manager to oversee our component of the XCEPT research programme. You can apply until Sunday, 17 August
Find more information here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC646/r...
Find more information here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC646/r...
CSNS had the privilege of hosting Prof. Siddharth Kara for a powerful talk on the human and environmental toll of cobalt mining in the DRC. 'Blood Batteries: The Human Rights and Environmental Impacts of Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo'
www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/bea...
www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/bea...
August 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
CSNS had the privilege of hosting Prof. Siddharth Kara for a powerful talk on the human and environmental toll of cobalt mining in the DRC. 'Blood Batteries: The Human Rights and Environmental Impacts of Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo'
www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/bea...
www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/bea...
AI may be advancing fast — but it's still human impulse, ego, and instinct steering global power.
From Trump’s foreign policy to Putin’s war aims, John Bew explores how personality eclipses strategy in today’s politics.
Read in
@thetimes: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
From Trump’s foreign policy to Putin’s war aims, John Bew explores how personality eclipses strategy in today’s politics.
Read in
@thetimes: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
For Trump et al, the personal is always political
In an era of rapid technological advancement, it’s disconcerting that gut instinct and snap judgments by many leaders shape our world
www.thetimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
AI may be advancing fast — but it's still human impulse, ego, and instinct steering global power.
From Trump’s foreign policy to Putin’s war aims, John Bew explores how personality eclipses strategy in today’s politics.
Read in
@thetimes: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
From Trump’s foreign policy to Putin’s war aims, John Bew explores how personality eclipses strategy in today’s politics.
Read in
@thetimes: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
💼 We are hiring! @csns-uk.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social is looking for a Research Operations Manager to oversee our component of the XCEPT research programme. You can apply until Sunday, 17 August
Find more information here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC646/r...
Find more information here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC646/r...
Research Operations Manager at King's College London
Explore professional service vacancies, like the Research Operations Manager role, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and learn more about the position.
www.jobs.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
💼 We are hiring! @csns-uk.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social is looking for a Research Operations Manager to oversee our component of the XCEPT research programme. You can apply until Sunday, 17 August
Find more information here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC646/r...
Find more information here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC646/r...
💣 At 3am, the nukes were coming... Or so Zbigniew Brzezinski was told.
Edward Luce revisits one of the Cold War’s most surreal nights — and the legacy of Carter’s underrated strategist.
Read in the @ObserverUK: Meet the President’s Main Man by John Bew observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Edward Luce revisits one of the Cold War’s most surreal nights — and the legacy of Carter’s underrated strategist.
Read in the @ObserverUK: Meet the President’s Main Man by John Bew observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Meet the President’s main man | The Observer
An elegant portrait of Jimmy Carter’s hawkish security adviser reveals him to be a pivotal figure in cold war policy
observer.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
💣 At 3am, the nukes were coming... Or so Zbigniew Brzezinski was told.
Edward Luce revisits one of the Cold War’s most surreal nights — and the legacy of Carter’s underrated strategist.
Read in the @ObserverUK: Meet the President’s Main Man by John Bew observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Edward Luce revisits one of the Cold War’s most surreal nights — and the legacy of Carter’s underrated strategist.
Read in the @ObserverUK: Meet the President’s Main Man by John Bew observer.co.uk/culture/book...
🚨 Call for chapters! Philippe Lagassé and co are looking for contributions to a forthcoming volume on supreme military command authority and/or Commanders-in-Chief from a historical/comparative perspective
📝 Abstracts are due by 1 October 2025, with a contributors workshop taking place in June 2026
📝 Abstracts are due by 1 October 2025, with a contributors workshop taking place in June 2026
July 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🚨 Call for chapters! Philippe Lagassé and co are looking for contributions to a forthcoming volume on supreme military command authority and/or Commanders-in-Chief from a historical/comparative perspective
📝 Abstracts are due by 1 October 2025, with a contributors workshop taking place in June 2026
📝 Abstracts are due by 1 October 2025, with a contributors workshop taking place in June 2026
"This is an important test bed for how Japan transfers capability to a regional partner," Prof Alessio Patalano told SCMP 👇
Old but still gold? What Philippines can gain from Japan’s used warships
Factors such as maintenance costs and system upgrades will determine the true value of the Abukuma-class vessels’ transfer, analysts say.
www.scmp.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"This is an important test bed for how Japan transfers capability to a regional partner," Prof Alessio Patalano told SCMP 👇
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Last month we launched a new paper with @csns-uk.bsky.social exploring the future of UK national security & foreign policy amid rising authoritarianism & systemic competition.
It argues we must rethink how the UK integrates human rights into its strategic outlook.
Read more 👇
It argues we must rethink how the UK integrates human rights into its strategic outlook.
Read more 👇
PA publishes policy paper on national security and rights
There are varied competing demands that feed into any state’s foreign policy and national security strategy. This policy paper addresses the relationship between rights and grand strategy at a time of...
protectionapproaches.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Last month we launched a new paper with @csns-uk.bsky.social exploring the future of UK national security & foreign policy amid rising authoritarianism & systemic competition.
It argues we must rethink how the UK integrates human rights into its strategic outlook.
Read more 👇
It argues we must rethink how the UK integrates human rights into its strategic outlook.
Read more 👇