War Studies

The Department of War Studies at King's College London.

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Join us for a seminar on Austrian naval power in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, looking at the ambitions, institutions and maritime networks that shaped the Habsburg Navy.

📅 05 November | 🕔 17:00 | 📍 Strand Campus

🔗: https://t.co/FCzwRP2wkx

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The report reveals what is known about #AI in the #UK #immigration system, based on freedom of information disclosures and expert interviews, while noting what the Home Office keeps secret for national security.
🗓️28 October|🕠 17:30-19:30 |📍Strand Campus
https://t.co/EbiBh8Slj9

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In this episode Dr Maísa Edwards talks to Bethlehem Attfield about conducting joint research with King’s College London and University of São Paulo, the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic energy security and climate change.

🔗: https://t.co/OWWvTBJKrb

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How does biology become part of war?

@drjuliapearce is joined by @FilippaLentzos and Dr Gemma Bowsher to discuss CBRN disinformation, Russia’s bio narratives around Ukraine, AI and the future of biosecurity governance.

🎧: https://t.co/qyCGM106Na
👓: https://t.co/UsYBl6PnRF

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The Anglo-Brazilian Society and King’s College London welcome Brazilian historian Marcos Juliano Ofenbock for the launch of his new book, From Eton to Brazil: The Hidden Life of a Nineteenth-Century Pirate.

🗓️ 15 Oct | 🕕 18:00 | 📍Strand Campus

🔗: https://t.co/AleY4Qxhon

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Book launch of Escaping the Conflict Trap? by Alan Doss and David Harris, exploring Liberia and Sierra Leone’s experiences since their civil wars and the factors behind their relative stability.

📅 09 November | 🕑 14:00 | 📍 Strand Campus

🔗: https://t.co/FMyxb4E0zu

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Join Dr Sasikumar Sundaram for a discussion on how rising states shape international order through rhetoric.

🗓️ 21 October | 🕕 16:00 | 📍Strand Campus

🔗: https://t.co/YBcb5ulJLP

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🎓 Join King’s College London & PwC for a 2.5-day Executive Education Programme in Crisis Leadership, 18-20 Nov 2026.

Build board-level resilience, decision-making & crisis readiness through expert insight, case studies and wargaming.🧠 🎯

🔗 Apply now: https://t.co/XCduQFWNYk

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Join Dr Elena Davlikanova and Julian Gonzales-Poirier for a discussion on Russia’s hybrid warfare against the West, looking at how Moscow’s tactics are evolving across Europe.

🗓️ 19 October | 🕠 17:30 | 📍Strand Campus

🔗: https://t.co/BmbavkBhpE

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What happens to families after a hostage crisis ends?New @XCEPT_Research on the 500-day Arsal kidnappings by IS and al-Nusra in Lebanon finds lasting moral injury among victims' families.
https://t.co/EdG765rW38

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Join Grahame Aldous KC for a look at how the capture of ships and cargo evolved from an “ancient custom” into an important part of Nelson’s navy and the wider war effort.

📅 08 October | 🕔 17:00 | 📍 Strand Campus and Online

🔗 Register here: https://t.co/FNunEGkEW9

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In his new article, Dr Tássio Franchi looks at the growing use of drones by criminal groups in Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, and the possibility that skills and knowledge from the war in Ukraine are spreading beyond the battlefield.

🔗: https://t.co/UZO1uy8Uhb

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⏰ TOMORROW 📕 Book Launch!
The boundaries between peace and war are increasingly blurred. Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood examines how conflict has moved beyond battlefields, and outlines a roadmap to step back from the brink.
🗓️7 Oct | 18:00-19:30 |📍Strand Campus
https://t.co/N71K5Dk0kc

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📢Call for Submissions
Presentations welcome on defence innovation, emerging technologies, military operations, doctrine, procurement, training, and more.

📌Submission deadline: 12 Oct 2026
Registration deadline: 23 Oct 2026
Conference: 26 Nov 2026

🔗https://t.co/bzlLqRh10n

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Join us for a discussion on the naval war in the Baltic, 1914–1915, and the lessons it offers for understanding naval warfare today.

🗓️ 22 October | 🕔 17:00–20:00 | 📍Strand Campus & Online

🔗 Register here: https://t.co/WzYyICy6GG

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Is #Russia now fighting the war with "no rules”?
Dr @Marina_Miron views strikes on Kyiv as operational adaptation to paralyse #Ukraine's military-industrial system. The claim is an informational strategy to secure urgent Western air defence aid.
🔗https://t.co/FWkiBfwMLp

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In-person SOLD OUT! 💻Online tickets AVAILABLE!
This workshop brings together academia, government and industry to explore these challenges and discuss opportunities for collaboration, with a particular focus on the AUKUS partnership.
🗓️15 Oct| 🕙10:00
🔗https://t.co/tmP5r6vA1Z

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Why is Russia increasingly targeting the UK in its rhetoric?

Professor David Gioe and Ilya Timtchenko look at Russia’s growing focus on Britain and its role in supporting Ukraine.

🔗: https://t.co/8mZjqrxGAi

[War Studies @warstudies]

Join us for a seminar on Austrian naval power in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, looking at the ambitions, institutions and maritime networks that shaped the Habsburg Navy.

📅 05 November | 🕔 17:00 | 📍 Strand Campus

🔗: https://t.co/FCzwRP2wkx

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Discover more about the Summer/Winter School programme in Rio de Janeiro and Manaus, and the experiences of students in #Brazil.
🔗 https://t.co/6SmQNW2qc5
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