📝 NEW | Don’t Believe Russia’s Propaganda About the Oleshky Evacuation

Read Anastasiia Haievska & Dr Jade McGlynn's new piece for @MoscowTimes below 👇
themoscowtimes.com/2026/11/06/don…

CSNS is delighted to welcome Dr Matthew Hefler for a talk exploring ‘Churchill and de Gaulle: Secret Intelligence and the Failure of Franco-British Relations’.

📍 Where: King's College London
📅 When: 19 Nov, 17:30–18:45

🔗 Find out more and register:
csns.uk/event/churchil…

RT @MuhanadSeloom: Next week at @KingsCollegeLon: @CSNS_UK’s "Breaking Cycles of Conflict", closing the XCEPT programme.

On Tue 17 Nov I'l…

We are delighted to welcome Dr Eamonn Gearon for an engaging talk exploring ‘The Arab Bureau: Britain’s Most Ingenious Intelligence Unit’.

📍 Where: King’s College London
📅 When: 18 November, 18:00–19:15
🔗 Find out more and register: csns.uk/event/the-arab…

🎧 NEW | Prof John Bew recently joined @jackfdickens on the @EngelsbergIdeas podcast to discuss how the British tradition of statecraft grappled with the postwar world. What lessons does it offer today?

Give it a listen below 👇
engelsbergideas.com/podcast/john-b…

Some Exciting news!
Last week, together with the indefatigable @BonavitaMauro and @Walter7u4 we celebrated a very special moment: the beginning of a new collaboration between @CSNS_UK and @nmfindia sponsored by @FCDOGovUK and @meaindia1 through the #marsec pillar of #IPOI:

Join @CSNS_UK for their upcoming conference, Breaking Cycles of Conflict.

The conference will bring together leading academics, policymakers, practitioners, and activists to discuss the future of international peace and conflict

📅 16 Nov
🔗 Register: kcl.ac.uk/events/breakin…

"Iran can inflict significant damage at little cost, while the ability to launch attacks from numerous coastal locations makes it harder and more time-consuming for U.S. forces to detect and prevent them," @alessionaval told @WSJ.
wsj.com/world/middle-e…

📸 Last night, we had the pleasure of hosting @hoffman_bruce for our 2026 Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History. He gave a fascinating talk, reflecting on how 9/11 shaped the current and future terrorist threat.

Thank you also to @ShirazMaher for moderating!

Join @CSNS_UK for their upcoming conference, Breaking Cycles of Conflict.

The conference will bring together leading academics, policymakers, practitioners, and activists to discuss the future of international peace and conflict

📅 16 Nov
🔗 Register: kcl.ac.uk/events/breakin…

📝 NEW | Move Fast and Innovate: Agile Procurement in Ukrainian Defence

We are delighted to launch a new @CSNS_UK Report, exploring the evolution of the Ukrainian procurement system since Russia’s full-scale invasion.

More below 👇
csns.uk/2026/11/03/mov…

How can we lay the foundations for peace? In the latest XCEPT episode of @warstudies podcast, @NafeesHamid speaks with @AlderdiceLord about the rules-based international order and why relationships are at the heart of sustainable peace.
🎧 Listen now: on.soundcloud.com/AagHJT2d3VZ7pA…

🚨 ICYMI: In a couple of weeks, we will be hosting an international conference to mark the end of the @XCEPT_Research programme. You can find the provisional agenda and register your interest below!

📅 16-17 November 2026
📍 King's College London
csns.uk/event/breaking…

At last week's @XCEPT_Research conference @inna_veleva discussed armed groups as proto-state actors with XCEPT collaborators.
Inna Rudolf will be speaking at our @KingsCollegeLon
wrap-up conference in Nov too - sign up here: csns.uk/event/breaking…

🚨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-…

📝 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/eur…

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/10.10…

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-fas…

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/psy…

🎞️ 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/wor…