IRG Members

The IRG is comprised of staff and post-graduate students from the War Studies department at King’s College London, and from Oxford, Cambridge and Birmingham Universities; members of the UK and US defence community, including the Development, Doctrine and Concepts Centre (Shrivenham) and the Land Warfare Centre (Warminster); and individuals in the private security and intelligence sectors.

NB: If you are an IRG member, you may use this page to view email and telephone details of other members. Contact the blog adminstrator at irg.blog@googlemail.com for the password.

Alex Alderson
Mission Support Group, Land Warfare Centre, Warminster

Jennifer Azari
MA Student, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Julien Bastrup-Birk
Strategic Analysis, Policy and Capability Studies, Strategic Analysis Group, Farnborough

Ethan Beck
Analyst, BAE Systems

David Benest
Counterinsurgency Advisor to British Embassy in Kabul

Mats Berdal
Professor of Security and Development, War Studies Department, King’s College London

David Betz
Senior Tutor – War in the Modern World, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Tim Bird
Director of Course Design and Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, JSCSC

Neville Bolt
PhD Candidate, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Gavin Bulloch
Land Warfare Centre, Warminster

Ahron Bregman
Teaching Fellow, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Chris Butler
Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC), Shrivenham

Sergio Catignani
Lecturer, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Rudra Chaudhri
PhD Candidate, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Warren Chin
Senior Lecturer, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Karin Christiansen

Adam Cobb
Visiting Fellow, Wolfston College, Cambridge

Michael Codner
Director of Military Sciences, RUSI

Peter Crawford
MA Student, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Kent DeBenedictis
PhD Candidate, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Dominick Donald
Senior Analyst, Aegis Research and Intelligence

Michael Dwyer
Managing Director, Hurst and Co Publishers

Robert Egnell
Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

Andrew Exum
PhD Candidate, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Theo Farrell
Professor of War in the Modern World, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Marcus Good
Land Warfare Centre, Warminster

Christina Goulter
Senior Lecturer, War Studies Department, King’s College London at the Defence Academy

James Gow
Professor of International Peace and Security, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Will Hartley
Editor, Jane’s Terrorism & Insurgency Centre (JTIC)

Beatrice Heuser

Louise Heywood
Associate Fellow, RUSI

Joshua Huminski
Analyst, Aegis Research and Intelligence

Nathanael Jarrett

Walter Ladwig
PhD Candidate in International Relations, Merton College, Oxford

John Mackinlay
Teaching Fellow, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Carter Malkasian
Head of the Stability Operations Program, US Center for Naval Analysis

Daniel Marston
Senior Lecturer, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst

Jeff Michaels
PhD Candidate, War Studies Department, King’s College London; Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, RAFC Cranwell; and Associate Fellow, RUSI.

Andrew Mumford
Head of BISA Insurgency Group & PhD Candidate, University of Warwick

Martin Murphy
Associate Fellow, Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies & Defence Studies Department, King’s College London

Robert Nelson
M.Phil. student in International Relations at St. Antony’s College, Oxford

Peter Neumann
Director, Centre for Defence Studies & Lecturer, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Victoria Nolan
PhD Candidate, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Mike Rainsborough
Reader in War Studies, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Andrew Rathmell
Director, Libra Advisory Group

Sophie Roberts
Research Student, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Anders Romarheim
PhD Candidate, War Studies Department, King’s College London & Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies

Paul Smyth
Head of Operational Studies Programme, RUSI

Tim Stevens
MA Student, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Terry Terriff
University of Birmingham

Rod Thornton
Lecturer in Defence Studies Department, JSCSC, Defence Academy, Shrivenham

David Ucko
Programme Coordinator & Research Fellow, War Studies Department, King’s College London

Michael Williams
Head, Transatlantic Security Programme, RUSI