Defence Studies
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The Defence Studies Department at King's College London. World-leading research on #war & #conflict | Contact: comms-soss@kcl.ac.uk
Website: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dsd
Website: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dsd
📜 2025 Sir Michael Howard Annual Lecture - Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945
📅 03 Dec | 📍Bush House
Dr Halik Kochanski will explain how and why all across Nazi-occupied Europe some people decided to resist the Third Reich.
🎟️ RSVP: ow.ly/Bbne50X5C5l
📅 03 Dec | 📍Bush House
Dr Halik Kochanski will explain how and why all across Nazi-occupied Europe some people decided to resist the Third Reich.
🎟️ RSVP: ow.ly/Bbne50X5C5l
October 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
📜 2025 Sir Michael Howard Annual Lecture - Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945
📅 03 Dec | 📍Bush House
Dr Halik Kochanski will explain how and why all across Nazi-occupied Europe some people decided to resist the Third Reich.
🎟️ RSVP: ow.ly/Bbne50X5C5l
📅 03 Dec | 📍Bush House
Dr Halik Kochanski will explain how and why all across Nazi-occupied Europe some people decided to resist the Third Reich.
🎟️ RSVP: ow.ly/Bbne50X5C5l
📢 Join the public launch of the new CBRN Disinformation Tracker - an interactive resource demonstrating disinformation's impact on WMD disarmament debates
Developed by King's Dr @filippalentzos.bsky.social & Dr Gemma Bowsher
📅 20 Oct 2025
🕒 15.00 GMT | 10.00 EST
🔗 bit.ly/4hrUgM1
Developed by King's Dr @filippalentzos.bsky.social & Dr Gemma Bowsher
📅 20 Oct 2025
🕒 15.00 GMT | 10.00 EST
🔗 bit.ly/4hrUgM1
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📢 Join the public launch of the new CBRN Disinformation Tracker - an interactive resource demonstrating disinformation's impact on WMD disarmament debates
Developed by King's Dr @filippalentzos.bsky.social & Dr Gemma Bowsher
📅 20 Oct 2025
🕒 15.00 GMT | 10.00 EST
🔗 bit.ly/4hrUgM1
Developed by King's Dr @filippalentzos.bsky.social & Dr Gemma Bowsher
📅 20 Oct 2025
🕒 15.00 GMT | 10.00 EST
🔗 bit.ly/4hrUgM1
Dr Rod Thornton and Dr Marina Miron highlight Ukraine’s western #Donetsk “fortress belt” as a crucial defence against Russia.
“If Kyiv does accede, though, then this may amount to #Ukraine accepting its overall defeat. It may, indeed, lose the war.”
➡️Read more: bit.ly/4lSppIU
“If Kyiv does accede, though, then this may amount to #Ukraine accepting its overall defeat. It may, indeed, lose the war.”
➡️Read more: bit.ly/4lSppIU
September 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Dr Rod Thornton and Dr Marina Miron highlight Ukraine’s western #Donetsk “fortress belt” as a crucial defence against Russia.
“If Kyiv does accede, though, then this may amount to #Ukraine accepting its overall defeat. It may, indeed, lose the war.”
➡️Read more: bit.ly/4lSppIU
“If Kyiv does accede, though, then this may amount to #Ukraine accepting its overall defeat. It may, indeed, lose the war.”
➡️Read more: bit.ly/4lSppIU
📄Read the full analysis by Dr Zeno Leoni and Dr Geraint Hughes:
“A ‘Reverse Kissinger’? Why Trump’s Anti-China Rapprochement with Russia Is Likely to Fail”
➡️ bit.ly/4lWoO9d
“A ‘Reverse Kissinger’? Why Trump’s Anti-China Rapprochement with Russia Is Likely to Fail”
➡️ bit.ly/4lWoO9d
September 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
📄Read the full analysis by Dr Zeno Leoni and Dr Geraint Hughes:
“A ‘Reverse Kissinger’? Why Trump’s Anti-China Rapprochement with Russia Is Likely to Fail”
➡️ bit.ly/4lWoO9d
“A ‘Reverse Kissinger’? Why Trump’s Anti-China Rapprochement with Russia Is Likely to Fail”
➡️ bit.ly/4lWoO9d
Dr Zeno Leoni says Trump’s idea to “un-unite” Russia and China misreads today’s geopolitics.
Unlike the Cold War, Russia and China now share a stable partnership. The US should focus on strengthening alliances and managing competition with China.
🔗Read: bit.ly/3HCwaka
Unlike the Cold War, Russia and China now share a stable partnership. The US should focus on strengthening alliances and managing competition with China.
🔗Read: bit.ly/3HCwaka
September 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Dr Zeno Leoni says Trump’s idea to “un-unite” Russia and China misreads today’s geopolitics.
Unlike the Cold War, Russia and China now share a stable partnership. The US should focus on strengthening alliances and managing competition with China.
🔗Read: bit.ly/3HCwaka
Unlike the Cold War, Russia and China now share a stable partnership. The US should focus on strengthening alliances and managing competition with China.
🔗Read: bit.ly/3HCwaka
Dr Ahron Bregman highlights the widening rifts between key social and political groups could escalate dangerously.
“Tensions within Israeli society are so high that the situation could easily deteriorate into an open civil war,” he says.
🔗Read more: bit.ly/4mEwy0I
“Tensions within Israeli society are so high that the situation could easily deteriorate into an open civil war,” he says.
🔗Read more: bit.ly/4mEwy0I
August 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Dr Ahron Bregman highlights the widening rifts between key social and political groups could escalate dangerously.
“Tensions within Israeli society are so high that the situation could easily deteriorate into an open civil war,” he says.
🔗Read more: bit.ly/4mEwy0I
“Tensions within Israeli society are so high that the situation could easily deteriorate into an open civil war,” he says.
🔗Read more: bit.ly/4mEwy0I
Dr Marina Miron highlights the ambiguity of the US position & expresses doubts about direct military involvement by #NATO.
“Ukraine wants a lot, but how much of those #securityguarantees that #Ukraine envisages it will get is another question.”
🔗Read more:
bit.ly/3HnsKlc
#UkraineWar #Zelenskyy
“Ukraine wants a lot, but how much of those #securityguarantees that #Ukraine envisages it will get is another question.”
🔗Read more:
bit.ly/3HnsKlc
#UkraineWar #Zelenskyy
August 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Dr Marina Miron highlights the ambiguity of the US position & expresses doubts about direct military involvement by #NATO.
“Ukraine wants a lot, but how much of those #securityguarantees that #Ukraine envisages it will get is another question.”
🔗Read more:
bit.ly/3HnsKlc
#UkraineWar #Zelenskyy
“Ukraine wants a lot, but how much of those #securityguarantees that #Ukraine envisages it will get is another question.”
🔗Read more:
bit.ly/3HnsKlc
#UkraineWar #Zelenskyy
Can battlefield gains shape peace talks?
Putin heads to #Alaska for a summit with Trump amid Russian advances in eastern Ukraine.
“Putin has much stronger cards to play than his opponents... The Russian army is on the offensive & they are dictating the rules.” - Dr Marina Miron.
🔗 bit.ly/47vfJjY
Putin heads to #Alaska for a summit with Trump amid Russian advances in eastern Ukraine.
“Putin has much stronger cards to play than his opponents... The Russian army is on the offensive & they are dictating the rules.” - Dr Marina Miron.
🔗 bit.ly/47vfJjY
August 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Can battlefield gains shape peace talks?
Putin heads to #Alaska for a summit with Trump amid Russian advances in eastern Ukraine.
“Putin has much stronger cards to play than his opponents... The Russian army is on the offensive & they are dictating the rules.” - Dr Marina Miron.
🔗 bit.ly/47vfJjY
Putin heads to #Alaska for a summit with Trump amid Russian advances in eastern Ukraine.
“Putin has much stronger cards to play than his opponents... The Russian army is on the offensive & they are dictating the rules.” - Dr Marina Miron.
🔗 bit.ly/47vfJjY
Research, educate and partner with the Defence Academy of the UK.
Join us at the forefront of interdisciplinary research and professional military education.
Full-time, indefinite contracts.
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#DefenceJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEdCareers
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#DefenceJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEdCareers
August 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Research, educate and partner with the Defence Academy of the UK.
Join us at the forefront of interdisciplinary research and professional military education.
Full-time, indefinite contracts.
APPLY NOW 👇
🔗 bit.ly/4fMzndD
#DefenceJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEdCareers
Join us at the forefront of interdisciplinary research and professional military education.
Full-time, indefinite contracts.
APPLY NOW 👇
🔗 bit.ly/4fMzndD
#DefenceJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEdCareers
❓ Could Trump "un-unite" Russia and China?
Dr Geraint Hughes & Dr Zeno Leoni of the Defence Studies Dept compare Kissinger's overtures to China in 1972 with Trump's potential rapprochement with Russia today.
Do conditions compare? 🔗👇
bit.ly/3U7aW0f
#SinoRussia #TrumpDiplomacy #ReverseKissinger
Dr Geraint Hughes & Dr Zeno Leoni of the Defence Studies Dept compare Kissinger's overtures to China in 1972 with Trump's potential rapprochement with Russia today.
Do conditions compare? 🔗👇
bit.ly/3U7aW0f
#SinoRussia #TrumpDiplomacy #ReverseKissinger
July 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
❓ Could Trump "un-unite" Russia and China?
Dr Geraint Hughes & Dr Zeno Leoni of the Defence Studies Dept compare Kissinger's overtures to China in 1972 with Trump's potential rapprochement with Russia today.
Do conditions compare? 🔗👇
bit.ly/3U7aW0f
#SinoRussia #TrumpDiplomacy #ReverseKissinger
Dr Geraint Hughes & Dr Zeno Leoni of the Defence Studies Dept compare Kissinger's overtures to China in 1972 with Trump's potential rapprochement with Russia today.
Do conditions compare? 🔗👇
bit.ly/3U7aW0f
#SinoRussia #TrumpDiplomacy #ReverseKissinger
💭 In this commentary for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Dr Joe Devanny considers how effectively international efforts are improving global cyber diplomacy 👇
🔗 bit.ly/3ISa9xS
#CyberDiplomacy #DigitalDiplomacy
@carnegieendowment.org @joedevanny.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3ISa9xS
#CyberDiplomacy #DigitalDiplomacy
@carnegieendowment.org @joedevanny.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
💭 In this commentary for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Dr Joe Devanny considers how effectively international efforts are improving global cyber diplomacy 👇
🔗 bit.ly/3ISa9xS
#CyberDiplomacy #DigitalDiplomacy
@carnegieendowment.org @joedevanny.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/3ISa9xS
#CyberDiplomacy #DigitalDiplomacy
@carnegieendowment.org @joedevanny.bsky.social
🎙️New Podcast!
@andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan join @drichterova.bsky.social to discuss their book Our Dear Friends in Moscow. They explore how fear, betrayal & moral choices shaped a generation of Russians.
🎧Listen now:
☁️ bit.ly/3GibvBf
🟢 bit.ly/4lNgNnf
🍎 bit.ly/4kt6Av2
@andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan join @drichterova.bsky.social to discuss their book Our Dear Friends in Moscow. They explore how fear, betrayal & moral choices shaped a generation of Russians.
🎧Listen now:
☁️ bit.ly/3GibvBf
🟢 bit.ly/4lNgNnf
🍎 bit.ly/4kt6Av2
July 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🎙️New Podcast!
@andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan join @drichterova.bsky.social to discuss their book Our Dear Friends in Moscow. They explore how fear, betrayal & moral choices shaped a generation of Russians.
🎧Listen now:
☁️ bit.ly/3GibvBf
🟢 bit.ly/4lNgNnf
🍎 bit.ly/4kt6Av2
@andreisoldatov.bsky.social & Irina Borogan join @drichterova.bsky.social to discuss their book Our Dear Friends in Moscow. They explore how fear, betrayal & moral choices shaped a generation of Russians.
🎧Listen now:
☁️ bit.ly/3GibvBf
🟢 bit.ly/4lNgNnf
🍎 bit.ly/4kt6Av2
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Vinicius de Carvalho, Reader in the School of Security Studies, awarded the title Commander of the Order of the Defence in Brazil — recognising exceptional service to Brazil’s national defence.
#SecurityStudies #DefenceHonours #InternationalRecognition
#SecurityStudies #DefenceHonours #InternationalRecognition
July 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Vinicius de Carvalho, Reader in the School of Security Studies, awarded the title Commander of the Order of the Defence in Brazil — recognising exceptional service to Brazil’s national defence.
#SecurityStudies #DefenceHonours #InternationalRecognition
#SecurityStudies #DefenceHonours #InternationalRecognition
How does AUKUS impact world order?
Dr Sarah Tzinieris & Zeno Leoni analyse "order-engineering," exploring AUKUS's role in shaping deterrence, military projection & strategic cooperation, while also noting its role in setting long-term security trajectories in the Indo-Pacific.
Read:
bit.ly/4dYioUr
Dr Sarah Tzinieris & Zeno Leoni analyse "order-engineering," exploring AUKUS's role in shaping deterrence, military projection & strategic cooperation, while also noting its role in setting long-term security trajectories in the Indo-Pacific.
Read:
bit.ly/4dYioUr
June 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
How does AUKUS impact world order?
Dr Sarah Tzinieris & Zeno Leoni analyse "order-engineering," exploring AUKUS's role in shaping deterrence, military projection & strategic cooperation, while also noting its role in setting long-term security trajectories in the Indo-Pacific.
Read:
bit.ly/4dYioUr
Dr Sarah Tzinieris & Zeno Leoni analyse "order-engineering," exploring AUKUS's role in shaping deterrence, military projection & strategic cooperation, while also noting its role in setting long-term security trajectories in the Indo-Pacific.
Read:
bit.ly/4dYioUr
Big night at King’s on 26 June: Sir Philip Bobbitt joins us for this year’s Dockrill Lecture – The Bow of Odysseus
He’ll be talking global security, defence, and the US role in sustaining a liberal world order in the era of the market state—drawing from his upcoming book
🎟️Register: bit.ly/4jycTNt
He’ll be talking global security, defence, and the US role in sustaining a liberal world order in the era of the market state—drawing from his upcoming book
🎟️Register: bit.ly/4jycTNt
June 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Big night at King’s on 26 June: Sir Philip Bobbitt joins us for this year’s Dockrill Lecture – The Bow of Odysseus
He’ll be talking global security, defence, and the US role in sustaining a liberal world order in the era of the market state—drawing from his upcoming book
🎟️Register: bit.ly/4jycTNt
He’ll be talking global security, defence, and the US role in sustaining a liberal world order in the era of the market state—drawing from his upcoming book
🎟️Register: bit.ly/4jycTNt
How can Europe balance urgent defence needs with complex cooperation?
@bencenemeth.bsky.social argues that time, not funding, is the key constraint, suggesting frontline states to boost national capabilities first and then integrate them into NATO and the EU.
Explore his insights:
bit.ly/45CM47t
@bencenemeth.bsky.social argues that time, not funding, is the key constraint, suggesting frontline states to boost national capabilities first and then integrate them into NATO and the EU.
Explore his insights:
bit.ly/45CM47t
June 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
How can Europe balance urgent defence needs with complex cooperation?
@bencenemeth.bsky.social argues that time, not funding, is the key constraint, suggesting frontline states to boost national capabilities first and then integrate them into NATO and the EU.
Explore his insights:
bit.ly/45CM47t
@bencenemeth.bsky.social argues that time, not funding, is the key constraint, suggesting frontline states to boost national capabilities first and then integrate them into NATO and the EU.
Explore his insights:
bit.ly/45CM47t
Could Spain’s blackout really have been caused by a cyberattack?
Senior Research Fellow Dr Lukasz Olejnik discusses the vulnerabilities of power systems and why large and synchronised attacks would be extremely difficult.
Read the article: bit.ly/42QIRON
Senior Research Fellow Dr Lukasz Olejnik discusses the vulnerabilities of power systems and why large and synchronised attacks would be extremely difficult.
Read the article: bit.ly/42QIRON
April 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Could Spain’s blackout really have been caused by a cyberattack?
Senior Research Fellow Dr Lukasz Olejnik discusses the vulnerabilities of power systems and why large and synchronised attacks would be extremely difficult.
Read the article: bit.ly/42QIRON
Senior Research Fellow Dr Lukasz Olejnik discusses the vulnerabilities of power systems and why large and synchronised attacks would be extremely difficult.
Read the article: bit.ly/42QIRON
🌍🚢New paper explores the South Atlantic's strategic value, its geopolitical significance & the risks of isolating regions in security policies. It challenges the Western focus on the Indo-Pacific & highlighting global security interconnections.
Read:
👉https://bit.ly/42ocXsG
Read:
👉https://bit.ly/42ocXsG
April 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🌍🚢New paper explores the South Atlantic's strategic value, its geopolitical significance & the risks of isolating regions in security policies. It challenges the Western focus on the Indo-Pacific & highlighting global security interconnections.
Read:
👉https://bit.ly/42ocXsG
Read:
👉https://bit.ly/42ocXsG
Is Israel’s new Gaza strategy creating more risks than results?
“The large occupying force needed to combat an insurgency would be expensive, further damage Israel’s international reputation and create lots of new targets for Hamas.”
— Dr Ofer Fridman
Read the article: bit.ly/4kOWo1z
“The large occupying force needed to combat an insurgency would be expensive, further damage Israel’s international reputation and create lots of new targets for Hamas.”
— Dr Ofer Fridman
Read the article: bit.ly/4kOWo1z
March 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Is Israel’s new Gaza strategy creating more risks than results?
“The large occupying force needed to combat an insurgency would be expensive, further damage Israel’s international reputation and create lots of new targets for Hamas.”
— Dr Ofer Fridman
Read the article: bit.ly/4kOWo1z
“The large occupying force needed to combat an insurgency would be expensive, further damage Israel’s international reputation and create lots of new targets for Hamas.”
— Dr Ofer Fridman
Read the article: bit.ly/4kOWo1z
TODAY! Join us for the Hacking Defence Problems (H4MOD) Final Presentations!
Watch student teams tackle real-world MOD security challenges using Lean Start-up methods.
📅 19 March | 18:30 GMT | 📍 Bush House & Online
🎟️ Spaces limited—Register now!: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
Watch student teams tackle real-world MOD security challenges using Lean Start-up methods.
📅 19 March | 18:30 GMT | 📍 Bush House & Online
🎟️ Spaces limited—Register now!: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
March 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
TODAY! Join us for the Hacking Defence Problems (H4MOD) Final Presentations!
Watch student teams tackle real-world MOD security challenges using Lean Start-up methods.
📅 19 March | 18:30 GMT | 📍 Bush House & Online
🎟️ Spaces limited—Register now!: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
Watch student teams tackle real-world MOD security challenges using Lean Start-up methods.
📅 19 March | 18:30 GMT | 📍 Bush House & Online
🎟️ Spaces limited—Register now!: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
Join us for a talk by Dr Richard Milburn MBE on strategies to end the $20 billion illegal wildlife trade and make conservation pay.
📅 12 Mar | 🕠 13:00
📍Defence Academy, Shrivenham & 💻 Online
🎟️Get your tickets now:
bit.ly/4i24qSG
📅 12 Mar | 🕠 13:00
📍Defence Academy, Shrivenham & 💻 Online
🎟️Get your tickets now:
bit.ly/4i24qSG
March 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Join us for a talk by Dr Richard Milburn MBE on strategies to end the $20 billion illegal wildlife trade and make conservation pay.
📅 12 Mar | 🕠 13:00
📍Defence Academy, Shrivenham & 💻 Online
🎟️Get your tickets now:
bit.ly/4i24qSG
📅 12 Mar | 🕠 13:00
📍Defence Academy, Shrivenham & 💻 Online
🎟️Get your tickets now:
bit.ly/4i24qSG
What are the ethical implications of sending weapons to #Ukraine under "jus ad vim"?
Dr @christianbraun612.bsky.social's new article explores the moral challenges of providing lethal aid, focusing on the German debate & principles like the "probability of escalation."
Read:
👉 bit.ly/3CafSvT
Dr @christianbraun612.bsky.social's new article explores the moral challenges of providing lethal aid, focusing on the German debate & principles like the "probability of escalation."
Read:
👉 bit.ly/3CafSvT
January 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What are the ethical implications of sending weapons to #Ukraine under "jus ad vim"?
Dr @christianbraun612.bsky.social's new article explores the moral challenges of providing lethal aid, focusing on the German debate & principles like the "probability of escalation."
Read:
👉 bit.ly/3CafSvT
Dr @christianbraun612.bsky.social's new article explores the moral challenges of providing lethal aid, focusing on the German debate & principles like the "probability of escalation."
Read:
👉 bit.ly/3CafSvT