💻 If you missed FASI's latest webinar ‘From Investment to Capability: The Future of Air and Space Power in the UK’, you can now catch up online. Watch 👇 media.kcl.ac.uk/media/From+I...

Should the United States Pursue a Nuclear Damage-Limitation Capability? Join Dr Charles Glaser for a seminar exploring the debate around nuclear damage limitation, countervalue deterrence, and the risks of nuclear escalation. 📅 29 Oct 📍 Strand 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/shoul...

Should the United States Pursue a Nuclear Damage-Limitation Capability? | King's College London

This talk argues that a damage-limitation capability is infeasible, unnecessary, and dangerous.

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“The budget is not an administrative chapter that follows strategy.” Dr Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho and Jackson Schneider explore how for emerging countries, effects-based defence budgets can turn limited resources into effective capabilities. Read 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/effects-base...

Predictability in Effects-Based Defence Budgeting

Dr Carvalho and Schneider argue that emerging countries should focus defence budgets on building and sustaining the capabilities they need, rather than simply meeting headline spending targets.

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📢 Last chance to register Join us for an online panel discussion to explore the implications of the UK Government's Defence Investment Plan for air & space power. 📅 1 October ⏲️ 10:00 - 11:00 BST Register 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/from-...

Last chance to apply! @warstudieskcl.bsky.social are looking for a Lecturer in War Studies with specialist expertise in Contemporary Security and Strategy. 📅 Closing date: 30 September 💡 Full-time post 📍Indefinite contract Apply 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/157065-...

🛰️Last month, the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) team, from the UK Space Agency and UK Space Command, warned UK-licensed satellite operators of 901 potential collision risks. Explore the report 👇 www.gov.uk/government/n...

📢 Less than one week to go! Join us for an online panel discussion to explore the implications of the UK Government's Defence Investment Plan for air & space power. 📅 1 October 2026 ⏲️ 10:00 - 11:00 BST Register 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/from-...

💡 Rebuilding the UK's Air and Missile Defence Posture Read as Dr Sophy Antrobus reflects on the future of IAMD in the UK, noting its significant shortfalls & how it could be improved through strategic themes - the 4 ‘Ps’ 👇 ow.ly/HsSj50VRCmG

The Next Battle of Britain: Rebuilding the UK's Air and Missile…

The Battle of Britain showcased the world’s first air and missile defence campaign, featuring systems of warnings and alerts, the pioneering use of radar, and coordinated efforts to repel German…

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Join the RAF Museum for a hybrid lecture with Dr Andrew Curtis who will present a critical analysis of UK defence policy from the end of the Cold War to the present. 📅 Thursday 29 October ⏰ 17:00 📍 Hybrid Register 👇 www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats...

UK Defence Policy Since the Cold War | Lancaster Lecture

The lecture on Thursday 29 October 2026 at 5pm, will present a critical analysis of UK defence policy.

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📢 New speaker alert Major Gen. (retd.) Paul Tedman, former Commander of UK Space Command, will join FASI's upcoming online panel discussion to explore the implications of the UK Government's Defence Investment Plan (DIP) for air & space power. 📅 1 Oct ⏲️ 10:00 BST 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/from-...

Movement as Meaning: The Semiotics of Orbital Behaviour Read as Cliff Fletcher-Jones addresses the gap between frameworks for satellite manoeuvre analysis and expands on recent work that reconceptualised orbital manoeuvre as a form of choreography. 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/a...

Join The Air & Space Power Association for the inaugural UK Space Power Conference Led by UK Space Command in partnership with FASI, the 2026 conference will offer a rare inside view of space activity across the MoD & wider Government 📅 23-24 Sept 🔗 airspacepower.com/conference/u...

Nominations are open for the 2026 RAF Museum Academic Awards! 💡PhD Bursary £3,000 📚 Masters Prize £350 🖊️ Undergraduate Prize £250 Submissions can explore a variety of topics & applications close 23 October. Find out more 👇 www.rafmuseum.org.uk/news/rafm-ac...

RAF Museum Academic Awards

The RAF Museum Academic Awards run annually, and include prizes for BA, MA and PhD students studying Air Power-related subjects.

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The Department of War Studies is hiring! @warstudieskcl.bsky.social are looking for a Lecturer in War Studies with specialist expertise in Contemporary Security and Strategy. 📅 Closing date: 30 September 💡 Full-time post 📍Indefinite contract Apply 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/157065-...

How can Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) continue to successfully operate despite Western embargo? Read as @dbsalisbury.bsky.social explores how Russia has adopted a multi-pronged embargo response, including illicit procurement & strategic international partnerships. ow.ly/ck4G50YKinZ

The UK’s return to ‘the sub-strategic nuclear game’ FASI’s Prof Wyn Bowen examines the UK’s decision to procure F-35A aircraft & join NATO’s DCA mission, highlighting its longstanding role as the Alliance’s second centre of nuclear decision-making. 👇 policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/u...

How will new investment be translated into military capability, industrial capacity and technological advantage? Join us for an online panel discussion to explore the implications of the UK Government's Defence Investment Plan for air & space power. Register👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/from-...

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Read as Dr Rebecca Collis reviews the definitions of Command/Control of space in doctrine & space power theory, and considers the requirements for delivering the goals of national strategies. 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/a...

The School of Security Studies is hiring a Senior Events Officer! 💡Part time post (14 hours per week) 📌 One year fixed term contract ➡️Salary: £33,951 - £38,784 pro rata 🗓️ Deadline: 31 August Apply 🔗 ow.ly/hw1b50ZAs1r

What is needed to make a national conversation on defence a reality? Phil Byrom explores how the increasingly talked-about, yet still largely absent, national conversation on defence, security, & resilience requires key conversation starters. Read 👇 ow.ly/cSax50Zky2l

🛰️Last month, the National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC) team, from the UK Space Agency and UK Space Command, warned UK-licensed satellite operators of 1,209 potential collision risks. Explore the report 👇 ow.ly/AIbr50ZBYKx

What does it mean to study international security in a rapidly changing world? ✍️ Dr Alicia Ellis from Arizona State University discusses the International Security and Policy MA. 🔗 Read the full conversation and find out more about the programme: ow.ly/JUwE50ZBXBa

Could Britain find itself at war in 2030? Read the latest publication from the Air & Space Power Association which explores how Britain could find itself at war by 2030, and how it might fare in that fight. Read 👇 airspacepower.com/aspa-e-books/

📢 Call for Papers The RAF Museum seeks proposals from postgraduate students, early-career and established researchers for their 2027-28 Research Lecture Programme. Topics: Air Power, aviation history & histories of air forces Deadline: 22 January 2027 🔗 www.rafmuseum.org.uk/news/cfp-raf...

Call for Papers RAF Museum Lecture series

This is a Call for Papers for the 2027-28 lecture series. Abstracts and biographies are required on topics relating to modern Air Power.

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✈️ ‘Gowns Flying’: The first one hundred years of University Air Squadrons Dr Sophy Antrobus examines the development of the University Air Squadrons over the past century & explores how they remain a vital link between universities & the armed forces. Read 👇 ow.ly/OKeQ50XgYQx

How Has the War Reshaped Russian Views? Read @csns-uk.bsky.social's latest report on changing Russian attitudes to the war. The research highlights a growing gap between a rising willingness to see the war end & an unmoved conviction on why it is being fought. 🔗 ow.ly/SU8e50Zw3Zz

Earlier this summer, Cormorant Club members gathered to celebrate their annual reception and hear from guest speaker, Dr David Jordan, who reflected on the lessons learned from Britain's defence inflection points. Read more 👇 ow.ly/8xjr50ZyUE0

From Radar to Drones: the Cormorant Club reflects on lessons from Britain's defence inflection points | King's College London

Cormorant Club members gathered to celebrate their annual summer reunion on 17 June 2026. This year’s event theme focused on the evolution and challenges of UK air defence from 1924 to 2026, with a ke...

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📢 Last chance to apply King’s Parliamentary Research Internship Programme Applications are still open to all KCL doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to gain first-hand insight into the inner workings of Parliament. 📅Deadline 16 August 🔗 ow.ly/KTVn50ZtIl3