The Department of War Studies (DWS) is an academic department in the School of Security Studies within the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at

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. Along with other politics and international studies units at King's College London, it ranks amongst the top places for

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

in the world. The department is devoted to the multi-disciplinary study of war and

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within the broad remit of international relations. The department's alumni includes senior government officials, military personnel, diplomats, journalists, academics and businesspeople. Amongst them are former Prime Minister of Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit; Special Representative of the

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for Iraq

Nickolay Mladenov Nikolay Evtimov Mladenov ( bg, Николай Евтимов Младенов; born 5 May 1972) is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat who served as Bulgaria's Minister of Defense from 27 July 2009 to 27 January 2010 and as the minister of fore ...

, the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation

Tom de Bruijn Thomas Justinus Arnout Marie de Bruijn (; born 8 October 1948) is a Dutch diplomat, civil servant and politician who served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Netherlands), Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Coope ...

and former Commandant General Royal Marines Sir Robert Fry. The department is affiliated with numerous think-tanks and foreign policy institutions. It also houses numerous research institutes and centres, including the

Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives (LHCMA) at King's College London was set up in 1964. The Centre holds the private papers of over 700 senior British defence personnel who held office since 1900. Individual collections range in size f ...

. Since 2019, the Head of Department has been Michael Goodman. The Department of War Studies is located on the 6th floor of the King's Building on the

Strand Campus The Strand Campus is the founding campus of King's College London and is located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, sharing its frontage along the River Thames. The original campus comprises the Grade I listed King's Building of 1831 ...

of King's College London.

History

A Department of Military Science existed at King's College London from 1848 to 1859. Military Science was subsequently approved as a subject for the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science general degrees from 1913, and was taught under the Faculty of Arts and also the Faculty of Engineering. In 1926 the intervention of William Norton Medlicott prevented the Department of History from ridding itself of the lectureship in Military History. With

War Office The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence (MoD). This article contains text from ...

support the Military Studies Department was established in 1926 and formed part of the Faculty of Arts, with Major General Sir Frederick Barton Maurice holding the Chair. It became known as the War Studies Department in 1943 but was discontinued in 1948, although the subject continued to be taught under the Department of Medieval and Modern History. Following

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, there was an initiative by senior members of

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notably

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, Sir Charles Webster and Keith Hancock, to revive Military Studies at the University. In 1953,

Sir Michael Howard Sir Michael Eliot Howard (29 November 1922 – 30 November 2019) was an English military historian, formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War, Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University ...

was appointed to the Lectureship in Military Studies, and by 1962 Sir Michael was able to reinstate the Department of War Studies to offer postgraduate courses. A Bachelor of Arts degree in War Studies was offered from 1992 onwards. The department became part of the School of Humanities in 1989 and the School of Social Science and Public Policy in 2001. In 2012 the department celebrated its 50th anniversary, with a series of celebratory events to mark the occasion.

Notable alumni and students

Government and politics

* Marouf al-Bakhit (PhD 1990), former

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* Martin Bourke (MA 1970), former Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands *

(MA 1974), Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation *

Eoghan Murphy Eoghan Murphy (born Dublin, 23 April 1982) is a former Fine Gael politician who was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency from 2016 until 27 April 2021, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Dublin South-East constitu ...

(MA 2005), former Irish Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. *

Tan Chuan-Jin Tan Chuan-Jin (; born 1969) is a Singaporean politician and former brigadier-general who has been serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 2017. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Par ...

(MA 1999), Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore *

Kayode Fayemi John Olukayode Fayemi (born 9 February 1965) is a Nigerian politician who served as Governor of Ekiti State from 2018 to 2022. He previously served in office between 2010 and 2014 before losing re-election to Ayodele Fayose. He was also the M ...

(PhD 1987), Nigerian Governor *

Mark Francois Mark Gino Francois (; born 14 August 1965) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rayleigh and Wickford, previously Rayleigh, since the 2001 general election. Francois serve ...

(MA 1987), Conservative Member of UK Parliament * John Freeman (PhD 1984)

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Christopher Geidt, Baron Geidt Christopher Edward Wollaston MacKenzie Geidt, Baron Geidt, (born 17 August 1961) is a member of the House of Lords and Chairman of the Council of King's College London. He was Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from 2007 to 2017. Between ...

(MA 1987), Crossbench peer *

Natalia Gherman Natalia Gherman (; born 20 March 1969) is a Moldovan politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova from May 2013 to January 2016. She has served as Special Representative of t ...

(MA 1999), former Acting Prime Minister of Moldova *

John Hillen John Francis Hillen III (born February 3, 1966) is an American business executive and diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from October 11, 2005 to January 11, 2007. He served as President and CEO ...

(MA 1993), former US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs *

Dan Jarvis Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis (born 30 November 1972) is a British Labour Party politician and former British Army officer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley Central since 2011. He also served as the Mayor of South Yorks ...

(MA 2011), Labour Member of UK Parliament *

Imran Ahmad Khan Imran Nasir Ahmad Khan (born 6 September 1973) is a British former politician and convicted sex offender who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wakefield from the 2019 general election until 2022. Elected as a Conservative, Ahmad Khan ha ...

(BA, 1996), Conservative Member of UK Parliament *

(MA 1996), UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process *

Jiří Šedivý Jiří Šedivý (born 20 August 1963) is a Czech politician and diplomat. Although not member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Šedivý has served in various ministerial positions in ODS-led governments. Specifically, he served as Minister o ...

(MA 1994), Director of European Defence Agency, former Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO * Keith Simpson (postgraduate research 1972), former Conservative Member of Parliament * Pritam Singh (MA 2004), Singaporean Opposition Leader * Shaun Spiers (MA 1985), former Labour Member of the European Parliament * Eleni Stavrou (MA; PhD), Member of the Cyprus House of Representatives

Military, security and diplomacy

A.T.M. Zahirul Alam Abu Tayeb Muhammad Zahirul Alam, rcds, psc, is a retired lieutenant general of Bangladesh Army. He served as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). He was the first officer in Bangladesh army to achieve such high post i ...

(MA 1993), former Force Commander of

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* Sir Adrian Bradshaw (MA 2005), former

Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) is the commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO) and head of ACO's headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). The commander is ...

and former UK Commander of Land Forces * Paul Crespo (MA 1990), former US Marine captain, risk analyst and activist * Peter Drissell (MA 1994), former

Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment The Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment (CG RAF Regt) is the Royal Air Force commander of the RAF Regiment. The post was established in January 1942 immediately prior to the creation of the RAF Regiment. The first two holders of the post we ...

* Richard A. Falkenrath (PhD 1993), former Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism at

NYPD The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, established on May 23, 1845, is the primary municipal law enforcement agency within the City of New York, the largest and one of the oldest in ...

* Sir Robert Fry (MA 1987), former

Commandant General Royal Marines The Commandant General Royal Marines is the professional head of the Royal Marines. The title has existed since 1943. The role is held by a General who is assisted by a Deputy Commandant General, with the rank of brigadier. This position is not t ...

* Sir Wira Gardiner (MA 1980), New Zealander public servant *

Judith Gough Judith Mary Gough Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (born 8 November 1972) is a British diplomat and the current List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden, Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Sweden.Syed Ata Hasnain Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & Bar is a retired General of the Indian Army. His last assignment in service was as the Military Secretary of the Indian Army. Prior to that, he commanded the Indian Army's 15 ...

(MA 2006), former Military Secretary of the Indian Army * Md Hashim bin Hussein (MA 1991), former Chief of the Malaysian Army *

Ola Ibrahim Ola Sa'ad Ibrahim (born 15 June 1955) is a retired Nigerian Navy admiral and former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Educated at Ahmadu Bello University (LLB) and King's College London (MA, War Studies), Ibrahim had h ...

(MA 2002), former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces *

Martin Kimani Mbugua Martin Kimani (born 1971) is a Kenyan government official and diplomat. He has served as Kenya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since December 2020. He previously served as the Director of the National Counter Terrorism C ...

(MA 2003, PhD 2010), Kenya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations *

Ahmad Massoud Ahmad Massoud (Pashto/, ; born 1989) is an Afghan politician who is the founder and Leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan. He is the eldest son of anti-Soviet military leader Ahmad Shah Massoud. He was appointed as the CEO of Ma ...

(BA, 2015), President of the

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* Sir Simon Mayall (MA 2003), former British Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff * Hugh Mortimer (MA 1973), former British Ambassador to Slovenia * Sir Tim Radford (MA),

Maroof Raza Maroof Raza (born 1959) is a retired Indian Army officer with experience in counter-insurgency operations. He is a well known media commentator on global, military and security issues. His ‘talks’ range from the ‘threats of terrorism’ t ...

(MA), Indian strategic affairs analyst *

Ayesha Siddiqa Ayesha Siddiqa ( ur, ), (born April 7, 1966), is a Pakistani political scientist, a political commentator and an author who serves as a research associate at the SOAS South Asia Institute. She previously served as the inaugural Pakistan Fellow ...

(PhD 1996), Pakistani military scientist * Stuart Skeates (MA 1999), British Standing Joint Force Commander * Frank A. Rose (MA 1999), US Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance *

Nawaf Obaid Nawaf Essam Ahmad Obaid (Arabic: نواف عصام احمد عبید) is a Saudi Arabian political scientist, and a former foreign policy & media advisor. He currently serves as the CEO of the Essam & Dalal OBAID Foundation (EDOF) in Geneva, a Co ...

(MA 2011, PhD 2013), political scientist and former Saudi foreign policy advisor *

Petr Pavel Petr Pavel (born 1 November 1961) is a retired Czech army general who served as the Chair of the NATO Military Committee from 2015 to 2018, and as Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army from 2012 to 2015. He is a candidate in the 2023 Czec ...

(MA 2006), former Chief of General Staff of the Czech Army and former Chairman of NATO Military Committee

Academia, media and business

Ali Ansari Ali Massoud Ansari FRSE ( fa, علی مسعود انصاری, born 24 November 1967 in Rome) is the Professor in Modern History with reference to the Middle East at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he is also the founding directo ...

(MA 1990), Professor of History at the University of St Andrews *

Ruaridh Arrow Ruaridh Arrow is a British journalist and film-maker known for his 2011 feature documentary ''How to Start a Revolution'' about Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr Gene Sharp. The film was described as an underground hit with the Occupy movement, whic ...

(BA 2001), Senior producer BBC Newsnight, writer and film-maker *

Abdul Razak Baginda Abdul Razak Baginda (born 6 February 1960) is a former political analyst from Malaysia, and close associate of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. He became prominent in 2006 when he was charged with abetting the murder of a Mongolian ...

, (MA 1984), Malaysian political analyst *

Brian Bond Brian James Bond (born 17 April 1936) is a British military historian and professor emeritus of military history at King's College London. Early life and education The son of Edward Herbert Bond and his wife, Olive Bessie Sartin, Bond was born i ...

(MA 1962), Military historian *

Ahron Bregman Ahron "Ronnie" Bregman ( he, אהרון ברגמן, born 1958) is a UK-based political scientist of Israeli origin, as well as a writer and journalist, specialising on the Arab–Israeli conflict. Biography Bregman was born and raised in Israel ...

(PhD 1994), British-Israeli political scientist *

Paula Broadwell Paula Dean Broadwell (née Kranz; born November 9, 1972) is an American writer, academic and former military officer. Broadwell served in the US Army on both active and reserve duty for over 20 years, including time as a military school undergrad ...

(PhD Student), biographer of General David Petraeus * Matthew Bryden (PhD Student), Canadian political activist * Youri Cormier (PhD 2014), author, professor Royal Military College of Canada, director Conference of Defence Associations (est. 1932) *

Gwynne Dyer Michael Gwynne Dyer (born 17 April 1943) is a British-Canadian military historian, author, professor, journalist, broadcaster, and retired naval officer. Dyer rose to prominence in the 1980s with the release of his television series ''War'' in 1 ...

(PhD 1973), journalist *

Andrew Exum Andrew Exum is an American scholar of the Middle East, a former U.S. Army officer. He was a part of General Stanley McChrystal's review of the American strategy in Afghanistan. Life After graduating from The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tenne ...

(PhD 2010), Middle East Scholar *

Daniel Ford Daniel Ford (born 1931 in Arlington, Massachusetts) is an American journalist, novelist, and historian. The son of Patrick and Anne Ford, he attended public schools in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, graduating in 1950 from Brewster Academy in ...

(MA 2010), author * Ian Gooderson (MA PhD), Naval historian * Andrew Gordon (PhD 1983), Naval historian *

Eric Grove Eric Grove (1948 - 15 April 2021) was a British naval historian and defence analyst. Biography Grove was born in Bolton, Lancashire in 1948. He took an MA in War Studies at King's College London in 1971 and was appointed that year as a civili ...

(MA 1971), British Naval historian *

Rosemary Hollis Rosemary Hollis (27 March 1952 – 5 June 2020) was a British political scientist. Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at City University London until her retirement in 2018, Hollis was known for her expertise and scholarship on the relation ...

(MA 1975) British political scientist * Sam Instone (BA 1998), Founder and current Chief Executive of AES International *

Andrew Lambert Andrew Lambert (born 31 December 1956) is a British naval historian, who since 2001 has been the Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies, King's College London. Academic career After completing his doctoral resear ...

(MA PhD), Military historian * Michael A. Levi (PhD 2006), CFR Senior Fellow *

Sophie Long Sophie Rebecca Long (born 7 December 1976) is an English journalist who works for BBC News, mainly appearing as a presenter on the BBC News Channel. On 18 March 2013, Long and co-presenter Simon McCoy read the final BBC News bulletin from BBC T ...

(BA 1997), BBC News presenter *

Diana Magnay Diana Magnay is a British journalist who is currently Sky News' Moscow correspondent. She was educated at Wycombe Abbey, and holds a BA in Modern History from St Hugh's College, Oxford where she received the Arnold Modern History Prize in 1999, and ...

(MA 2016), journalist *

Peter R. Neumann Peter R. Neumann (born 4 December 1974) is a German journalist and academic who frequently appears on radio and television as an expert on terrorism and political violence. He is the Founding Director of the International Centre for the Study o ...

(PhD 2002), Terrorism expert *

Peter Paret Peter Paret (April 13, 1924 – September 11, 2020) was a German-born American cultural and intellectual historian, whose two principal areas of research were war and the interaction of art and politics from 18th to 20th century Europe.

(PhD 1960), Military historian *

Tom Rogan Tom Rogan (; born 8 February 1986) is a political journalist based in Washington, D.C. Career Rogan grew up and was educated in London, in the United Kingdom. He attended St John's School, Leatherhead for secondary school/high school before a ...

(BA 2008), journalist *

Philip Sabin Philip A. G. Sabin is a British military historian who is currently Professor of Strategic Studies in the War Studies Department of King's College London. Biography Sabin is a member of the CAS Air Power Workshop, a small working group of scho ...

(PhD 1984), Military historian *

Yezid Sayigh Yezid Sayigh ( ar, يزيد صايغ) (b. 1955) is a senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon. Previously, he was a professor of Middle East Studies at the Department of War Studies at King's College London, a member ...

(PhD 1987), Middle East scholar *

Gary Sheffield Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for eight teams from 1988 to 2009. He is a sports agent. For most of his career, Sheffield played right ...

(PhD 1994), Military historian *

David Stahel David Stahel (born 1975 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a historian, author and senior lecturer in history at the University of New South Wales. He specialises in German military history of World War II. Stahel has authored several books on the mil ...

(MA 2000), historian * Nicholas Stuart (MA 1984), journalist *

Geoffrey Till Geoffrey Till (born in London, England, on 14 January 1945) is a British naval historian and emeritus Professor of Maritime Studies in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London. He is the Director of the Corbett Centre for Marit ...

(PhD 1976), Maritime historian * Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (BA 1996), Director of Transnational Crisis Project * Kieran West (MA 2005), Olympic gold medal-winning rower * Colin White (MA 1975), former Director of the Royal Naval Museum

Past and present faculty

James M. Acton James M. Acton is a British academic and scientist.Library of Congress authority file/ref> He is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceJames M. Acton ...

* Robert J. Art * Mats Berdal * John Bew *

Didier Bigo Didier Bigo (born 31 August 1956) is a French academic from Lille and Professor of International Relations at King's College London and at Sciences Po, Paris. He has authored two books, ''Polices en réseaux. L'expérience européenne'' (1996) and ' ...

Philip Bobbitt Philip Chase Bobbitt, (born July 22, 1948) is an American author, academic, and lawyer. He is best known for work on U.S. constitutional law and theory, and on the relationship between law, strategy and history in creating and sustaining the S ...

Bill Durodié Professor Bill Durodié is Chair of Risk and Security in International Relations at the University of Bath, UK. He is a former head of the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies there. His 2011 articles investigating how the ...

* Nicholas Eftimiades *

Joel Hayward Joel Hayward (born 1964) is a New Zealand-born British scholar, writer and poet. The daily newspaper '' Al Khaleej'' called Hayward "a world authority on international conflict and strategy". '' The National'' newspaper called Hayward "eminent" ...

Michael Howard Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet posi ...

* Vivienne Jabri * Ashley Jackson *

Mark Laity Mark F. Laity (born 1955 in Truro, Cornwall, UK) is a NATO spokesman and former BBC correspondent. He gained a BA(hons) and MA from the University of York. Laity later also became a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence St ...

Lawrence Freedman Sir Lawrence David Freedman, (born 7 December 1948) is a British academic, historian and author with specialising in foreign policy, international relations and strategy. He has been described as the "dean of British strategic studies" and wa ...

Thomas Gomart Thomas Gomart (born 13 March 1973) is a French historian of international relations (History – Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne) and the director of IFRIInstitut français des relations internationales since 2015. He was previously vice-president for ...

Barry M. Gough Barry Morton Gough is a global maritime and naval historian. Education Gough was educated at Victoria High School and was a 1957 graduate of Victoria College, which preceded University of Victoria. He completed his bachelor of education degree ...

Beatrice Heuser Beatrice Heuser (born 15 March 1961 in Bangkok), is an historian and political scientist. She holds the chair of International Relations at the University of Glasgow. Heuser has a B.A. in History from Bedford College, a M.A. in International Hi ...

Richard Ned Lebow Richard Ned Lebow is an American political scientist best known for his work in international relations, political psychology, classics and philosophy of science. He is Professor of International Political Theory at the Department of War Studies, ...

Anatol Lieven Anatol Lieven is a British author, journalist, and policy analyst best known for his expertise on the Taliban of Afghanistan. He is currently a visiting professor at King's College London and senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsib ...

Colin J. McInnes Colin John McInnes (born 18 June 1960) is Pro Vice Chancellor (Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation) aAberystwyth Universityand holds a personal professorial chair in thDepartment of International Politicsthere, where his research focuses on ...

Anand Menon Anand Menon (born September 1965) is Professor of European politics, European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London in the United Kingdom and was appointed in January 2014 as director of the UK in a Changing Europe initiative. He w ...

John Nagl John Albert Nagl (born February 28, 1966) is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. He is a former president of the Center for a New American Security and former headmaster of The Haverford School. Nagl is an expert in counterins ...

David Omand Sir David Bruce Omand (born 15 April 1947) is a British former senior civil servant who served as the Director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) from 1996 to 1997. Background Omand was born on 15 April 1947. His father, Br ...

Richard Overy Richard James Overy (born 23 December 1947) is a British historian who has published on the history of World War II and Nazi Germany. In 2007, as ''The Times'' editor of ''Complete History of the World'', he chose the 50 key dates of world his ...

Friedbert Pflüger Friedbert Pflüger (born 6 March 1955) is a former German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was a Member of the German Bundestag (1990–2006). He was Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry of Defence (2005–2006), and ...

* Jonathon Riley * Andrew Roberts *

John Sawers Sir Robert John Sawers FRUSI (born 26 July 1955) is a British intelligence officer, diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014. He was previousl ...

Nigel Sheinwald Sir Nigel Elton Sheinwald (born 26 June 1953) is a former senior British diplomat, who served as Ambassador to the United States of America between October 2007 and January 2012. He was appointed " Special Envoy on intelligence and law enforce ...

* Jack Spence * Julian Thompson *

Cedric Thornberry Cedric Henry Reid Thornberry (22 June 1936 – 6 May 2014) was a Northern Irish international lawyer and Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations, for which he worked for 17 years. He spent most of his United Nations service in internat ...

Guglielmo Verdirame Guglielmo Verdirame, Baron Verdirame, (born 25 August 1971) is a legal scholar, barrister and a member of the House of Lords. He is Professor of International Law at King's College London in the Department of War Studies and the School of Law. H ...

Kenneth Waltz Kenneth Neal Waltz (; June 8, 1924 – May 12, 2013) was an American political scientist who was a member of the faculty at both the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University and one of the most prominent scholars in the field of ...

Simon Wessely Sir Simon Charles Wessely (born 23 December 1956) is a British psychiatrist. He is Regius Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and head of its department of psychological medicine, vice dean for academi ...

Ken Young Kenneth George Young FAcSS FRHistS (3 January 1943 – 20 February 2019) was a British political scientist and historian who was Professor of Public Policy at King's College London in its Department of War Studies. Earlier he was instrumental i ...

* Peter Zimmerman

Tolstoy Cup

The Tolstoy Cup is an annual

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match played between the students of the Department of War Studies at King's and the Department of

Peace Studies Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

at the

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since 1995. The rivalry between 'Peace Studies' and 'War Studies' was featured on the ''

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'' list of "Great college sports rivalries". The competition is named after ''

War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...

'', the 1869 novel written by the Russian author

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

. The "trophy" is a framed copy of the book. It is kept by the department of the current winners.

References

External links

Official website of the Department of War Studies
{{DEFAULTSORT:Department Of War Studies, KCL Departments of King's College London Military education and training in the United Kingdom 1962 establishments in the United Kingdom Schools of international relations