Podcast: Using Wargaming to Avoid Real-World Conflict

What is a wargame? Who should be playing wargames and why? How can simulating real-world events help to avoid real-world conflicts? In this podcast, we are bringing you five exclusive interviews with organisers and participants of this year's Connections UK conference. The interviewees are Major Tom Mouat, Professor Philip Sabin, Patrick Kwasi Brobbey, Dr Anja van der Hulst, and Commander Matt Payne. The Connections UK is a conference dedicated to wargaming. This conference was hosted by the School of Security Studies and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. For more information about the conference, visit http://www.professionalwargaming.co.uk/ or read this BBC article https://goo.gl/iUYhyA. UPCOMING EVENTS AT KING'S COLLEGE LONDON: THE FUTURE OF WAR - BOOK LAUNCH 4th October 2017 (18:30-21:00) 30 Aldwych, 8th Floor North Side Bush House, London, WC2B 4BG RSVP: http://bit.ly/2wj9wWX Professor Lawrence Freedman's account is a challenge to hawks and doves alike, that puts current strategic thinking into a stimulating historical perspective. A NEW EURASIAN GEOPOLITICS? VIEWS FROM JAPAN 9th October 2017 (17:15-19:15) War Studies Meeting Room (K6.07) RSVP: http://bit.ly/2sU6jsq What is Japan's policy towards Russia? Professor Masuo from Kyushu Univeristy and Professor Iwashita from Hokkaido University will be sharing their insights on this issue. INFLUENCING THE WORLD, LISTENING TO THE WORLD: THE EMERGENCE OF THE PUBLIC VOICE 10th October 2017 (18:00-19:00) 30 Aldwych, Bush House Arcade (Strand Campus) RSVP: https://emergenceofthepublicvoice.eventbrite.co.uk How wars and major international issues are presented and discussed - What information can be trusted? Which news counts? Which voices do we listen to? This podcast was produced by Ivan Seifert.