Podcast: Women in War

The theme of this year's International Women’s Day is 'Strength of a Woman: Press for Progress'. Across the world, women are making positive and empowered progress every day. All progress, however small or ordinary it may seem, is one more positive step towards reaching gender equality. In this podcast, we will be exploring the advent of female engagement teams in military situations with Major Nicki Bass, women as perpetrators of terrorist activities and the work of women in counterterrorism since 9/11 with Dr Joana Cook, and the growing importance of the study of gender relations in the military with Dr Andrea Ellner. Major Nicki Bass Nicki Bass served for 17 years in the British Army with the Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational and Training Services), retiring in September 2017 at the rank of Major. During her career, she undertook a variety of roles including managing the Army’s operational language capability and responsibility for all military education provision in the northeast of England. She also deployed on several operational tours including Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr Joana Cook Joana Cook recently received her PhD in the Department of War Studies and is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR). She is also a junior researcher with the Canadian Network for the Study of Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS), and a former a Research Affiliate with Public Safety Canada's Kanishka program. Her work focuses on women in security practices, extremism, terrorism and counter-terrorism in Yemen, Canada, the US and UK. She has presented her research to senior security audiences from a number of countries. Dr Andrea Ellner Dr Ellner joined the Department as a Lecturer in Defence Studies in September 2007. Prior to this she lectured for nearly ten years on International Security Studies and related subjects at the University of Reading, where she also led the Graduate Institute of Political and International Studies for three years. In 2006/7 she served on the Committee of the University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES). This podcast was produced by Bisi Olulode and edited by Ivan Seifert. UPCOMING EVENTS AT KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BLASTS FROM THE PAST: ANACHRONISMS IN SECURITY STUDIES How can we conceptualise and approach anachronistic thinking in International Relations and Security Studies? What are the consequences of using present concepts to review the past and past theories to understand the present? 14th March 2018 (17:00-19:00) | Bush House NE, Room 1.03 |Strand Campus 👉RSVP: http://bit.ly/2oWzk5E IS IT GAME OVER IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA? Massive new artificial islands, a huge leap in naval and paramilitary capabilities and relentless pressure on neighbouring states - is China swallowing the South China Sea? Meanwhile, the US Navy suffers mishaps and scandal and promised increases in capabilities are years or decades away. Is this the moment at which the United States cedes a portion of the globe to a rising power? Or are we about to enter a period of dangerous instability as existing powers try to defend the international order? 15th March 2018 (17:00-19:00)|S0.12 Strand Campus 👉RSVP: http://bit.ly/2oWzk5E THE BLACK SEA WAR OF 1914-17 THROUGH BRITISH EYES The Black Sea War focussing on the modernisation of the Ottoman navy by 1914 up to the Russian amphibious landings on the North Anatolian coast in 1916 presented by Dr Toby Ewin. 15th March 2018 (17:15-19:00) | War Studies meeting room (K6.07) 👉RSVP: http://bit.ly/2tjprok THE DOUBLE GAME: THE DEMISE OF AMERICA'S FIRST MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM AND THE RISE OF STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION The Centre for Grand Strategy will host James Cameron of the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo, Brazil 15th March 2018 (18:00-19:30)|Pyramid Room ( K4U.04) 4th floor Strand Campus 👉RSVP: http://bit.ly/2Fo9T4a