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🚨Last chance to attend 🚨
Join us tomorrow for a discussion with Prof. Alexander B. Bick on his new book, Minutes of Empire: Dutch West India Company Politics, 1618–1648.
📅When: Tue, 27th Oct, 17:00 – 18:15
📍Where: King's College London
🔗Registration: csns.uk/event/minutes-of-emp…
📝 NEW | The price of deterring Russia is accepting a share of the risk.
Read Dr Jade McGlynn's new piece for @ForeignPolicy below 👇
foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/16…
Centre for Statecraft & National Security retweeted
NEW PUBLICATION: we interviewed 30 families whose loved ones were kidnapped by jihadists in Lebanon
They shared how the hostage crisis affected their lives, their feelings of betrayal (by the State), and desire for justice and revenge
Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
How is Ukraine transforming defence procurement?
Join CSNS and the Sahaidachnyi Security Centre for the launch of Lessons from Ukraine, featuring Dr Elena Davlikanova and Chris Pool.
📅 22 October | 15:00–16:15
📍 King’s College London
Register: csns.uk/event/move-fast-and-…
How can groups live side by side after conflict? Andrés Casas and @BoazHameiri explored what works when it comes to psychological intergroup interventions in fragile and conflict-affected states for @XCEPT_Research.
Learn what they found 👇
csns.uk/2026/03/20/psycholog…
🎞️ Russia may be trying to shift perception of the strike from "established war crime to disputed incident", Dr Jade McGlynn told @nytimes.
nytimes.com/2026/10/12/world…
🎧 NEW | Last week, Prof John Bew joined @RUSI_org's 'Talking Strategy' podcast to trace the idea of Realpolitik back to its origins.
Give it a listen below 👇
rusi.org/podcasts/talking-st…
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📢 We are delighted to announce an international conference, marking the end of the @XCEPT_Research programme. You can find the provisional programme for 'Breaking Cycles of Conflict' and more below!
📅 16-17 November 2026
📍 King's College London
csns.uk/event/breaking-cycle…
Centre for Statecraft & National Security retweeted
A few places remain for the XCEPT Conference 2026 in London on 21–22 October. Interested in joining researchers, policymakers and practitioners working on cross-border conflict?
Register your interest: shorturl.at/BHIVT
📢 We are delighted to announce an international conference, marking the end of the @XCEPT_Research programme. You can find the provisional programme for 'Breaking Cycles of Conflict' and more below!
📅 16-17 November 2026
📍 King's College London
csns.uk/event/breaking-cycle…
What happens to families after a hostage crisis ends?New @XCEPT_Research on the 500-day Arsal kidnappings by IS and al-Nusra in Lebanon finds lasting moral injury among victims' families.
csns.uk/2026/10/06/lebanese-…
What happens when you ask people about their traumatic experiences?
Anna Adiyo Sebit interviewed 134 people in 7 villages in South Sudan. She describes how she managed the blurred lines between research, people’s daily lives, and her own mental health 👉 bit.ly/4ylpcoB
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"The US pullout removes a key lever for Baghdad and forces tougher bargaining at home," said @XCEPT_Research @inna_veleva. "Coalition forces had been both an excuse some factions used for pursuing autonomy and a tool for Washington to push for change."
newarab.com/analysis/can-bag…
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🗓️ Join GNET at our upcoming webinar: ‘At the Nexus of Crime and Terror: Exploring Emerging Challenges for Tech Platforms in Latin America’ on Wednesday, 30 Sept at 16:00 BST/11:00 EDT.
For more details and to register, please follow the link below ⤵️
gnet-research.org/event/gnet…
🌐 Prof John Bew, a foreign policy adviser to four former British prime ministers, describes the process as the creation of "a sub-threshold international order".
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
What happens to Asia’s economic and political order as geopolitical tensions intensify?
Join Professor @NickBisley for a discussion of his new book, Asian Crucible.
1 October | 18:00 BST | King’s Building, Strand Campus
Register: csns.uk/event/asian-crucible…
ICYMI: Last week’s @XCEPT_Research webinar with Dr Fiona McEwen and Dr Craig Larkin, discussing how moral injury in civilians slows the peace process after conflict.
csns.uk/2026/09/17/tangle-of…
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🗣️ Last week, Dr Jade McGlynn discussed developments in the war, Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians, and Europe’s enduring lack of readiness with @UKRINFORM.
Read the full conversation below 👇
ukrinform.net/rubric-polytic…
How is China using unmanned systems and unconventional actors across the First Island Chain?
Join Dr Benjamin Blandin @MareNos42313152 for a CSNS briefing on maritime strategy and regional security.
28 September, 17:00 BST
King’s Building, Strand Campus
csns.uk/event/unmanned-and-u…
