📝 NEW | How Has the War Reshaped Russian Views? We are delighted to launch a new @csns-uk.bsky.social Report on how Russians’ relationship to the conflict has changed over the past years. Written by Dr Jade McGlynn, Kimberly Metcalf & Dr Alexander Shulga. Read more below 👇 csns.uk/2026/08/03/h...

📝 NEW | Building Syria’s New Ministry of Interior We are delighted to launch a new @csns-uk.bsky.social Report, examining how the Syrian MoI has evolved since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Written by Gregory Waters. Read more below 👇 csns.uk/2026/06/11/b...

📜 We are proud to share that the National Maritime Foundation and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social have agreed to establish a Regional Maritime Security Centre of Excellence within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social. The MOU signing ceremony was attended by Dr S. Jaishankar and @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social.

📸 Last year, Dr Shiraz Maher conducted field research in Syria. We're pleased to share that 'Layers of Resistance: The Hidden Geographies of War', an image taken on his trip, was recently shortlisted and exhibited in a @kingssocialscience.bsky.social competition! 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sspp-ph...

📚 How do armed forces actually transform, and why do some succeed while others fail? Join us next Tuesday for a book talk with @olivierschmitt.bsky.social. 📅 Tue 28 Apr, 17:00-18:15 📍 King's College London 🎟️ csns.uk/event/prepar...

📝 NEW | We're delighted to publish a new report edited by Prof Alessio Patalano and Dr Oliver Yule-Smith. Featuring, among others, contributions from @jamescrabtree.bsky.social @mtdtl.bsky.social @ktristantang.bsky.social @joristeer.bsky.social & @shinji0818.bsky.social. csns.uk/2026/04/21/s...

📝 NEW POLICY BRIEF | Why do some individuals turn to violent protest while others remain peaceful? Read Nils Mallock's new piece for the XCEPT research programme. 🔗 bit.ly/4sGBMvW

📝 NEW POLICY BRIEF | A Farewell to Arms? Challenges and Preconditions for Hezbollah’s Demilitarisation Read Inna Rudolf's brief on why sustainable demilitarisation must be a social contract rather than a technical fix. 🔗 bit.ly/4bCI9dH Produced as part of the XCEPT research programme.

🚨 NEW PUBLICATIONS ALERT | We're delighted to share two new reports from our XCEPT research programme. In a Review of Evidence and accompanying Policy Brief, the authors examine extremism and the willingness to forgive and reconcile in intergroup conflict. 1/3

🚨 Our READ programme has a brand-new platform! Register now at registration.read.expert 🖥️ Supported by Public Safety Canada & @gifct.bsky.social, the new site features: 📈 over 2,300 items 🔍 an OCR-enabled search to look for keywords or specific phrases 🔀 25 subject category tags

🚨 LAST CHANCE 🚨 Join us today as Dr Sandra Ricker returns to the First World War and its aftermath to examine internationalism and realpolitik from a historical perspective. 📅Tue 3 Mar, 18:30-19:45 GMT ➡️ csns.uk/event/intern...

Is the rules-based international order coming to an end? Join us for a fireside chat as Lord John Alderdice and Dr Nafees Hamid explore what went wrong with the rules-based order, and what might come next. 📅 Wed 11 Mar, 17:00–18:30 GMT 📍 King's College London 🎟️ csns.uk/event/beyond...

🎙️ NEW | Dr Nils Mallock joins Dr Rajan Basra on the @warstudieskcl.bsky.social podcast to discuss his research on the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. This episode was produced as part of the XCEPT research programme. ☁️ bit.ly/4a8Wr3B 🟢 bit.ly/4c815S3 🍎 bit.ly/4qkFucB

Professor Alessio Patalano was featured on BBC News, breaking down Japan-China relations and what it really means for international relations (and Panda Diplomacy!)

🚢 We are delighted to announce that we will be co-hosting a seminar with the Research Institute for Peace and Security. Join to hear our speakers, including @sakakialexandra.bsky.social, discuss current maritime security challenges in East Asia! 📍 King's College London ➡️ csns.uk/event/intern...

🧑‍🎓 Calling all current @warstudieskcl.bsky.social students! Our next diplomacy workshop with Prof Ronald Barston is taking place next week. More info and registration on link below 👇 📅 Wed 21 Jan, 13:00-15:00 GMT 📍 King's College London www.kcl.ac.uk/events/docum...

Join us in two weeks for the launch of Dr Oliver Yule-Smith's new book, 'The Problem of China in the British Foreign Office Mind: Understanding a Rising Superpower, 1922-1985' 📅 Tue 20 Jan, 17:00-18:15 GMT 📍 King's College London ➡️ csns.uk/event/the-pr...

⏰ Last chance to register ⏰ Join us on Wednesday for the launch of @proflind.bsky.social's new book - ‘Autocracy 2.0: How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny’ 📅 Wed 10 Dec, 17:30-18:45 GMT 📍 King's College London 🎟️ csns.uk/event/autocr...

Escalation Dynamics in Maritime East Asia Join experts on sea power, East Asian security & geostrategy and their relevance for Europe with Prof Alessio Patalano @sophgaston.bsky.social @ianbowers.bsky.social & Prof Øystein Tunsjø 📅 Thu 11 Dec,17:00–18:30 📍Melbourne House 🎟️ csns.uk/event/escala...

🎙️ NEW | Roddy Brett joins Nafees Hamid to discuss how victim inclusion shaped the dynamics of the FARC-Santos peace process, in this @warstudieskcl.bsky.social podcast episode for the XCEPT research programme ☁️ bit.ly/3Kt7POY 🟢 bit.ly/3Mbtpbc 🍎 bit.ly/43XWDQZ

Join us next week for the 2025 Indo-Pacific Conference! Seema Malhotra's keynote will start the day, followed by a panel with Alessio Patalano, @ldfreedman.bsky.social, Lavina Lee, Ashok Malik & @dannyquah.bsky.social 📅 Mon 1 Dec, 09:00-12:00 GMT 📍 King's College London 🎟️ csns.uk/event/indo-p...

“Why Populist Leaders Love Dead Soldiers and Hate Live Officers” Join Ronald Krebs for a discussion on why right-wing populist leaders often seem to love (especially fallen) soldiers and the trappings of military life. Tuesday 25 November King's Building, KCL Register: csns.uk/event/why-po...

Why do humans fight, lose, and win wars? Join us for the launch of Dr Nicholas Wright's new book 'Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain', moderated by Dr Nafees Hamid for XCEPT research 📅 Weds 3rd Dec, 17:00-18:30 📍 Bush House, Strand Campus 🎟️ kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

📸 Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History. Thank you both for this captivating conversation, which was chaired by our very own Prof John Bew!

Join us on 15 Oct for a Diplomacy Workshop with Prof R.P. Barston at King’s College London. KCL students only! 📍 King’s Building 🕐Wednesday 15 Oct, 1pm -3pm 🔗Event Link: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/diplo...

Don’t miss out! Join CSNS on 9 Oct 2025 for Warriors in Washington: Henry Stimson, the US Army, and the Politics of American Power in World War II by Dr Grant Golub 📍King’s Building 🕔Thursday 9 Oct, 5pm ⛓️Event link: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

📝 Dr Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens recently wrote a report for the Commission for Countering Extremism: 'Uncomfortable Truths – Freedom of Speech is the Key to Countering Extremism' You can read it here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/689b43...

CSNS had the privilege of hosting Prof. Siddharth Kara for a powerful talk on the human and environmental toll of cobalt mining in the DRC. 'Blood Batteries: The Human Rights and Environmental Impacts of Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo' www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/bea...

🚨 Call for chapters! Philippe Lagassé and co are looking for contributions to a forthcoming volume on supreme military command authority and/or Commanders-in-Chief from a historical/comparative perspective 📝 Abstracts are due by 1 October 2025, with a contributors workshop taking place in June 2026

📸 Earlier this week, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr Kate Ferguson @ibvprev.bsky.social and @sophgaston.bsky.social‬ for our very first CSNS event, chaired by Prof John Bew