Podcast: Thinking Historically - A Guide For Strategy and Statecraft

There is a renewed interest in exploring how history and historians might contribute to the policymaking process. The core aim of the Grand Strategy Programme is knowledge transfer: to bring more historical and strategic expertise to statecraft, diplomacy and foreign policy. This podcast features an interview with Professor John Bew. He is a Professor in History and Foreign Policy at the War Studies Department at King’s College London and he is leading the Grand Strategy Programme. For more information about Professor John Bew, visit http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/warstudies/people/professors/bew.aspx. UPCOMING EVENTS AT KING'S COLLEGE LONDON: CASUALTY RECORDING POST-CHILCOT 8th December 2016 (17:30-19:00) Weston Room Maughan Library Join the War Crimes Research Group for a panel discussion of the UK launch of the first-ever set of international standards for recording casualties for use in the field and as a resource for conflict analysts (published 23 November 2016). Registration URL http://bit.ly/2fQBLo4 NEW FRONTIERS IN WAR, TECHNOLOGY, ETHICS AND THE LAW 30th November 2016 (10:00-14:00) War Studies Meeting Room (K. 6.07) The aim of this BISA workshop is to provide a forum for discussion and presentation of research on issues related to the application of innovations in science and technology to the conduct of war, and their legal and ethical implications. GENDER & SRI LANKA, 30th November 2016 (12:00-13:00) Pyramid Room ( K4U.04) 4th floor Strand Campus Dr Rebekka Friedman will focus on her research on the reintegration of female combatants in war-affected regions of Northern Sri Lanka. 2017 WAR WITH RUSSIA 30th November 2016 (18:00-19:30) Arthur & Paula Lucas Lecture Theatre (S-2.18) Does NATO's have the knowledge, capability and military hardware necessary to match Russia's ever-improving conventional capability? General Sir Richard Shirreff, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe discusses his explosive new book with Professor David Betz HITLERS SOLDIERS 30th November 2016 (18:00-19:30) War Studies Meeting Room (K. 6.07) Ben H. Shepherd will examine the front-line fighting performance of the German army of the Second World War, during the period in which it won its greatest victories – from the outbreak of war in September 1939 to the Germans' defeat before Moscow in December 1941. For more information about upcoming events, visit http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/warstudies/events/index.aspx.