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lished in the Journal of Transatlantic Studies in spring 2017. He also contributed to a co- authored book on the future of NATO, with col- leagues from the University of Birmingham and Akron. Dr Rossi has written a book chapter on the highly topical and relevant role of anxiety in the rise of far-right parties in Europe, due in early 2017. Having joined DIA at the start of the year, Dr Max Thompson is currently converting his DPhil Making Friends: amity in American foreign policy, into a manuscript for publication.
Finally, Drs Brown, Murray, Rossi and Smith suc- ceeded in setting up a new book series called Sandhurst Trends in International Con ict with an independent military publisher, Howgate Publishing, which aims to bridge the academic- practitioner gap by focusing more speci cally on military strategic matters. A launch seminar will take place at RMAS in June 2017 as part of a wider programme of events and publications in due course.
Wider Academic Outreach
Here, the department blends both
academic expertise – participat-
ing in the wider cut and thrust of
debate on key issues of concern
– with practical experience, all of
which is of bene t for the depart-
ment’s pro le and teaching. In
the strictly academic sphere, Dr
Jacobs presented at the EU Inter-
national Affairs Conference in Brussels in May on EU and American approaches to Security Sector Reform in Ukraine, which she is writing up for publication. Dr Parchami has also been active on the conference circuit, presenting at an interna- tional conference on ‘Iran and the West’ at War- wick University and on the geopolitical underpin- nings of sectarian warfare at Oxford University. Drs Brown, Smith, Murray and Rossi all attended and presented papers on issues both empirical and theoretical at the British International Stud- ies Association Conference in Edinburgh in July. In the same month, Dr Thompson attended the Cornell University workshop on Analysis of Mili-
tary Operations and Strategy, which specialises in training academics in the latest developments in the study and teaching of military analysis. Dr Edwards attended a Changing Character of War conference at Oxford University, where he pre- sented on military intervention in the Yemen civil war. He also spoke at conferences in Rennes, Cork, Belfast, Brighton, Reading and Atlanta during this extended period.
Beyond academia speci cally, Dr Edwards par- ticipated in a high-level brie ng to senior Paki- stan military of cers on terrorism and counter- terrorism in Northern Ireland at a closed event in IISS in London in April 2016. He also participated and spoke at a Metropolitan Police SO15 Coun- ter Terrorism Command training day in Novem- ber 2016. Dr Parchami also gave presentations to wider elements of the Army on his specialist areas, including a paper to the Household Cav- alry Regiment in Windsor.
Dr Edwards continued to arrange speakers for the SDF seminar series in 2015-
16, with talks from Professor David Anderson on the impact of violence in Somalia on Kenya, Brig (Retd) Ben Barry OBE on Bosnia and State-build- ing, and Dr Matthew Ford on the role of the ri e in military adaptation and innovation.
Finally, the department also continues to provide support, when core teaching allows, to the wider Defence Diplomacy element of gov- ernment outreach, with courses run as far a eld as Chile, Oman, Hungary, the Czech Repub- lic, Uzbekistan, Tunisia, Jamaica and Jericho. Organised by Dr Edwards but supported by a range of colleagues across the department, this outreach adapts both the International Con ict Management Course and the Counter Terror- ism module to meet speci c needs by over- seas of cers on the ground. This has been a very welcome development to the department’s extended pro le in recent years.
...all of which
is of bene t for the department’s pro le and teaching.
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