A great week teaching and learning at the Chief Medical Officers Conference at UN HQ. Running a global health support operation for nearly 100k personnel in some of the most risky parts of the world is challenging. Security Studies Conflict&Health

📚👏 The 2023 Impact Awards by King's SSPP recognise and celebrate research impacting societies around the globe. Congrats to our finalist academics, Professor Martin Bricknell, Professor Dr David W 💙 and Dr Zeno Leoni! Read more ⬇️ ow.ly/HzLf50OnHGW

As Russia's propagandist-in-chief Margarita Simonyan broaches the idea of ending the war, ostensibly because Ukraine is getting too strong to counter without an attack on the West itself, it's worth taking a moment to reflect on how Russian propaganda works. (A 🧵) /1

In-Depth Briefing #55: Ethics and the Special Forces chacr.org.uk/2023/07/03/in-…

🚨🪖How can we help armed forces make the best decisions when faced with impossible choices? We spoke with Dr David W 💙 about military ethics education & more🎙️👇 ☁️Soundcloud bit.ly/3tfJ7sA 🎧Spotify bit.ly/48wdKdk 🍏Apple bit.ly/3EXRpI8

An excellent workshop organised by Christian Nikolaus Braun in London today, bringing together a stellar cast of academics and military practitioners to discuss ethics and the war in Ukraine.

The crucial moral question is neither “who is worse?” nor “who started it?”, but “who has the power to stop it?” A thoughtful piece by Janina Dill Our Shared Horror ejiltalk.org/our-shared-hor…

Excited to welcome 2023 Jeffrey Grey Distinguished Military Chair Dr David W 💙 to Australian Defence College later this month. An interesting program of #ethics and #leadership discussions ahead | #ForTheFutureWeLearn

We’re talking human augmentation today with some of the impressive people thinking through the challenges and opportunities in this area Dr David W 💙 Dstl

Delighted to welcome 2023 Jeffrey Grey Distinguished Military Chair Dr David W 💙 to the College. Looking forward to an awesome program of #ethics and #leadership discussions!

Noncombatant status has NOTHING to do with how you vote or what ideology you support. It’s entirely about a person’s direct role in a military threat. Civilians do NOT become legitimate military targets due to any beliefs they may hold. That leads to total war (no rules at all).

Roger Herbert’s keynote address from the recent launch event for MERLIN - the Military Ethics Research Lab and Innovation Network - from which we will be hearing much more in the future eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Spare a thought this Christmas for the men and women of the Ukrainian armed forces, many spending it in freezing, austere trenches, pounded by artillery, but resilient in their determination to resist the Russian aggression, while maintaining compassion and humanity. 🇺🇦

The law of armed conflict or IHL is a remarkable body of norms and rules. It is often seen as a restriction on what it is permissible to do, but it is also framed in such a way that it can be incredibly permissive.

Anything with ⁦Dr David W 💙⁩ is worth your time. 1 thing I appreciate most about him & ⁦Security Studies⁩ is that while most philosophers talk about the military, David & KCL talk with the military. podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/war…

Deane, Roger and I had an excellent chat with Dr Kari Thyne at JSOU recently about our new book - The Ethics of Special Ops. youtu.be/l3j6k2OdqJk?si…

OK, so let's talk about what's going on at the border and what on earth is up with Gov. Greg Abbott and the #TXNationalGuard. Because there's some super interesting civ-mil dynamics at play, which will, IMO get worse before they get better. 🧵 1/

Fascinating and important findings from Andrew Bell and the ICRC blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy…

A privilege to be working with Ukrainian military chaplains again today. As Alastair McIntosh often reminds me - it’s a long front. Another shipment of the Ukrainian language military ethics education cards accompanies them on their journey home. EuroISME CWRU Inamori Center KCL Military Ethics

🗣️📚 How do dead-ends, disasters, and delays affect research in international studies? Dr Christian Nikolaus Braun co-authored this article exploring how peer review rejections, neoliberal pressures, and academic precarity impact research. Read here👇 academic.oup.com/isp/advance-ar…