Do new military concepts promise too much? Are military thinkers being held to account for these new ideas?

Check out my new article in War on the Rocks with Tim Sweijs and read about these questions and more!
War Studies HCSS - The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

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'From Sniper to Smartphone: Hybrid Warfare and the New Face of Conflict' symposium begins with Gordon Corera @markgaleotti @clibiseller Dr Matthew Ford #HybridWarfareLive Imperial War Museums

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Wie ist die aktuelle Lage in der #Ukraine ? Militärexperte Franz-Stefan Gady (Franz-Stefan Gady) hat im Gespräch mit Veronika Fillitz seine Eindrücke geschildert. Er war im Süden und Osten der Ukraine unterwegs.

Hier geht’s zum ganzen Interview: bit.ly/3QJu6Y9

Extra tickets have been released for From Sniper to Smartphone: Hybrid Warfare and the New Face of Conflict on 18 November.

Join an acclaimed line-up of speakers as they unpack this new concept in our understanding of war and conflict: bit.ly/3Qln6Sj

#HybridWarfareLive

I’m a bit chuffed. I’m on a panel with Mark Galeotti & Chiara Libiseller for a conference on future warfare.

Join us at the Imperial War Museums for the afternoon in London on 18 November.

Loads of great speakers including Elke Schwarz Dr Samir Puri & Gordon Corera

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Acts of 'hybrid war' have been waged from Mosul to Mariupol, and from the South China Sea to Salisbury.

Join an acclaimed line-up of speakers at IWM London as they unpack this new concept in our understanding of war and conflict.

Saturday 18 November: bit.ly/3Qln6Sj

This time next week I’ll have the honour to give a talk on fashions and fallacies in Western strategic thought to the Oxford CCW programme. I'm looking forward to an insightful discussion that will feed into my book manuscript on the same topic ccw.ox.ac.uk/events/2023/li…

Dear Twitter friends, I could use your help again: does anyone know of any publications that deal specifically with states'/political leaders' beliefs about the utility of military force? E.g. when and for what purposes do states/elites believe the use of force to be useful?

It has been a pleasure to participate in this insightful symposium! More to come over the coming years.

The Imperial War Museums is organising an event on #hybridwar on Nov 18 with an excellent line-up of speakers. I'm very honoured to be able to share my research there as well.

After last year's focus on UK-US relations, I'll be running a new seminar series for Oxford CCW this term on illusionary trends & false dawns in strategic studies - from overpredictions about the latest military tech to fashionable concepts like hybrid war. All welcome. Details:

📢 Oxford CCW is doing a seminar series on Illusionary Trends in Strategic Studies to which I'll be contributing a lecture on Fashions and Fallacies in Contemporary Strategic Thought

Last Friday a 🧵was posted with a long list of Twitter accounts to follow for insights into #Russia 's war in #Ukraine , but hardly any of them were women. This inspired me to start a series of Friday 🧵s identfying women with valuable expertise in this area. 1/14

Hi folks, does anyone have any suggestions of how to teach social constructivism or IR constructivism in a 'fun' way, e.g. games or exercises that help students grasp abstract ideas? #teachingIR

Hi folks, does anyone have any suggestions of how to teach social constructivism or IR constructivism in a 'fun' way, e.g. games or exercises that help students grasp abstract ideas? #teachingIR

📝🗣️ RUSI has launched its annual competition for original writing on national and international defence and security.

If you're a student or an individual in the first 15 years of your military career, don't miss the chance to apply!
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The August issue of Security Dialogue, now out, features two new articles on Whiteness, race and racism and no less than three articles on migration and border security in the EU. Go explore: journals.sagepub.com/toc/SDI/current

Looking for some summer reading?

Well Defence Studies, Volume 23, Issue 3, September 2023 is now available online here
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