An insightful and moving thread from Rich Preston on his experience as a police officer responding to incidents like yesterday's, worth a read to the end!

Effortlessly edgy Estonia calling: who wants to pursue a fully funded PhD in critical peace and security studies at the newly established CEE Security Hub Tallinn University? Check this out: tlu.ee/yti/call-docto…

Come join us!

Come be me!
I will be leaving the Council in a few months to move back to Australia.
It's been rewarding, intellectually stimulating and outright fun. Encourage any and all to apply for this great opportunity. And you might even get to hang out with me for a week 🤠

'Academia has pretended it has no role to play in our national security' - ludicrous tweet! Gov foreign policy advisor & author of integrated review + SONAC headed by academics, KCL hosts London Defence Conference, MA National Security Studies at KCL trains gov practitioners etc.

Reminder that I'm hosting a King's book launch for book 'Good Governance in Nigeria' this coming Tuesday - details below --->

🇲🇹 As of Oct2024 the UM | Islands & Small States at University of Malta is offering blended Master by research in #Islands and #SmallStates studies (full-time or part-time) as well as a Ph.D. programme 👩‍🎓 👨‍🎓

Get in touch!

➡️ Find out more about these courses here:
um.edu.mt/l/7zSDq

Stefano Moncada

H.E. Simon Pullicino and Mr. Alfred Tabone welcomed Dr. Dr Hillary Briffa, Lecturer in National Security and Assistant Director of the Center for Defence Studies at the King's College London, who is delivering a lecture for the Small States Research Program at Georgetown University in Qatar.

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Affarijiet Barranin

ECPR Teaching's Autumn School aims to empower #PolSci educators with effective teaching strategies
👩‍🏫 Meet the instructors Johan Adriaensen Dr Hillary Briffa , Agnes Simon, Nadia Laouini, Adrian Millican & Stephan Engelkamp
📆 21 - 25 October Maastricht University
⏳15 May ecpr.eu/Events/275

📣 Are you interested in Master by research or PhD in #islands & #smallstates studies?
We at UM | Islands & Small States offer blended courses. Get in touch with us now! 👩‍🎓 👨‍🎓

Int'l students can check eligibility for a University of Malta full #scholarship

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Stefano Moncada

Had a fantastic evening lecturing & discussing with bright students studying Small States Security at Georgetown University Qatar last night! Discussions also underway with فهـد المري | Fahad Al-Marri Rory Miller regarding our 3-yr research grant. Much more to come in beautiful Doha! 😊🇶🇦

Best theme ever?

Japan, AUKUS and the future of Western defence | William Reynolds
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/japan…

Very proud to be on the steering group for the LDC this year, as we strive to create a space for serious, timely & constructive discussion about contemporary defence issues.

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‼️ATTN‼️ Int'l students interested in Master by research or PhD in #islands & #smallstates studies
Blended courses starting OCT 2024
Get in touch with us now! 👩‍🎓 👨‍🎓
Check eligibility for a University of Malta full #scholarship
🔎 More info ➡️um.edu.mt/l/7zSDq

Stefano Moncada

Come along to our #ISA2024 roundtable on teaching track careers, pedagogy innovation, and scholarship with: Dr Hillary Briffa, Madeleine Le Bourdon, Louise Pears, Andrew Szarejko, and Dr Jillian Terry. Already a great example of of dialogue and community building among teaching track academics.

Happening now: Dr Charlotte Hulme from West Point discussing the role that transnational corporations have played in forming a response to climate change, and the ways this will impact global order. Dockrill Room ⁦Centre for Grand Strategy⁩ ⁩ ⁦The Ax:son Johnson Institute (AJI)⁩ ⁦War Studies⁩

Well deserved Rohan Mukherjee!! Looking forward to raising a celebratory glass in SF! 🏆 🍾

Join us next Thursday for our colleague and The Ax:son Johnson Institute (AJI) postdoc William D. James' book launch - 'British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony' w/ Prof John Bew

⏰1730 - 1930
📍Kings College London - River Room, Kings Building, Strand Campus

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