War Stories, Episode 6: A British Infantry Commander in Urban Combat, Iraq, 2007
In the sixth edition of the King’s College London War Studies War Stories podcast miniseries, hosted by King’s alumni Rupert Lane and Nick D...
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The Divided Brain with Dr Iain McGilchrist
In this episode of the Breaking Cycles of Conflict mini-series, XCEPT's Dr Nafees Hamid talks to Dr Iain McGilchrist – psychiatrist, philoso...
War Stories, Episode 5: An Indian Army officer in counter-insurgency operations, Assam, 2010-2012
In the fifth edition of the King's College London War Studies War Stories podcast miniseries, hosted by King's alumni Rupert Lane and Nick D...
A Journalist on the frontline of the 'War on Terror', Iraq and Afghanistan, 2001-2010
In the fourth edition of the King’s College London War Studies War Stories podcast miniseries, hosted by King’s alumni Rupert Lane and Nick...
War Stories, Episode 3: A Humanitarian in a conflict zone, Afghanistan and Ukraine, 2009-2021
In the third edition of the King’s College London War Studies War Stories podcast miniseries, hosted by King’s alumni Rupert Lane and Nick D...
The Helsinki Brief, Episode 3: Finland's Comprehensive Security Model
In this third episode of The Helsinki Brief: Inside Finnish Intelligence and Security, Dr Paul McGarr (King’s College London) is joined agai...
Afghanistan: 25 Years After 9/11. On the Brink of Another Crisis?
In this episode, Colin Smith, co-ordinator of the UN Security Council’s 1267/1988 Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, joins Ti...
Nostalgia - Shared Histories, Divided Futures
In this episode, Dr Nafees Hamid speaks with Dr Craig Larkin (Research Lead on Memory and Conflict for the XCEPT research programme), Dr Cla...
War Stories, Episode 2: A British Armoured Commander in Afghanistan, 2011
In the second edition of the King’s College London War Studies War Stories podcast miniseries, hosted by King’s alumni Rupert Lane and Nick...
Drawing Ukraine: A discussion with Ella Baron
In May 2025 Ella Baron, a political cartoonist at The Guardian, travelled to Ukraine to record and reflect on the human impact of war. In co...
War Stories, Episode 1: A British Infantry Officer in Afghanistan, 2007
In the inaugural edition of the War Studies War Stories podcast series, hosted by King’s alumni Rupert Lane and Nick Denning (War Studies, 2...
The Helsinki Brief, Episode 2: Intelligence Culture in Finland
In the second episode of The Helsinki Brief: Inside Finnish Intelligence and Security, the focus is on intelligence culture in Finland, expl...
Leadership in a divided world
In this episode, Dr Nafees Hamid speaks with Michael Shipler, King’s College London War Studies alumnus and Vice President of Leadership Dev...
Does the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank pose a threat to long-term peace for Palestine and Israel?
Dr Nils Mallock joins Dr Rajan Basra to discuss his research on the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and the effec...
24 Hours at the Capitol: Nora Neus on January 6, the Far Right and American Nationalism
In this episode, Dr Pablo de Orellana, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, is joined by journalist and Emmy-nominated producer Nora...
The Helsinki Brief: Inside Finnish Intelligence and Security
This episode introduces The Helsinki Brief, a podcast mini-series on Finnish intelligence and security. Hosted by Dr Paul McGarr of King’s C...
Victim-centred peacemaking: How victim inclusion shaped Colombia’s Santos-FARC peace process
In this episode, Professor Roddy Brett, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the Global Insecurities Centre at the Univer...
A Risk Too Far: The Psychology Behind Operation Market Garden
In this episode, Dr Gary Buck, author of A Risk Too Far: A Psychological Autopsy of the Planning for Arnhem, joins Dr Huw Dylan to explore t...
Inside cyberwarfare: Navigating the digital battlefield
In this episode, Dr Tim Stevens, co-editor of the Research Handbook on Cyberwarfare, explores the evolving realities of cyber warfare and it...
The untold story of Chinese naval officers in D-Day
In this episode, Professor Andrew Lambert FKC, Laughton Professor of Naval History, Geoff Browell, Head of Heritage Collections, and Angus H...