Podcast: MA in Arms Control & Security Studies

Professor Wyn Bowen the new head for the school of Security studies at King’s College talks about what the new school is about. Joined by Dr Heather Williams who talks about the new Masters degree in Arms Control, a joint programme between war studies and defence studies and the first MA programme in the new school of Security studies. Events: Where Do Violent Norms Come From? Organisation, Power and Space in Civil War 13th February 2017 (12:30-14:00) War Studies Meeting Room (K. 6.07) Dr Zoe Marks, University of Edinburgh, presents her original fieldwork-based research on violence, armed groups and civil wars. Andrew O'Shaughnessy: The Men Who Lost America 13th February 2017 (18:30-19:30) Great Hall King's Building Strand Campus The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders must have been to blame, but were they? Information Warfare in the 21st Century 14th February 2017 (17:30-20:00) War Studies Meeting Room (K6.07) The topic is a wide one - intended to accommodate various perspectives and case studies about how information is perceived at a time of political hostility between Russia and the West. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session. RCIR Book launch - The International in Security, Security in the International 16th February 2017 (17:00-19:00) Research Centre in International Relations Book Launch 'The International in Security, Security in the International' by Pinar Bilgin. WAR AND JAPAN - A MUSICAL JOURNEY LocationThe College Chapel Strand CampusCategoryCulture, Performance/ConcertWhen04/03/2017 (19:30-21:00) For more information visit: www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/w…sical-journey.aspx