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The newly established Strategic Studies Wargaming Club hosted its debut gaming session this week. Set during the Cold War, the game, "Twilight Struggle," covers a vast array of historical happenings, from the Arab-Israeli conflicts of 1948 and 1967 to Vietnam and the U.S. peace movement to the Cuban Missile Crisis and…

Flames of controversy have been reignited following the UK Governments review of the counter-terror policy ‘Prevent’. Beset by delays, strong criticisms of the choice of reviewers, and boycotted by 17 organisations (including Amnesty International), the review of Prevent was published in February 2023. While the Prevent review strongly denies undue…

The MSc Strategic Studies programme provides you with the ability to scrutinise real-world security issues which challenge governments, conflict, armed services, peace, international organizations, and business globally. The programme intends to equip you with a range of advanced theoretical and operational understanding of the characteristics, practice, and profound effects of…

While scholars are often still enthralled by and engaging in debate about a ‘populist hype’, the populist radical right (PRR) have become increasingly normal and every day in political landscapes across the world, from Brazil to India to France. As they have ‘normalized’, PRR political movements have matured and sought…

Big data is a buzzword for something that many academics as well as students may not be able to grasp. Why? Because big data are not only defined by their volume but also by the variety, velocity, and value they provide. Moreover, big data require analytical skills that are neither…

By Dr James Johnson, Lecturer in Strategic Studies, University of Aberdeen

In a recent article published with The Washington Quarterly I describe the significant (and growing) gap between the expectations and fears of public opinion, policymakers, and global defense communities about artificial intelligence (AI) and its actual military capabilities, particularly in the nuclear…

The SNP and Scottish Greens have published an agreement that outlines the terms of their collaboration in government. This is not a coalition but a governing partnership – and one that is unique in the history of Scottish and UK politics.

It’s the first time the Greens will enter a national government…

In September 2019, I joined the staff of the Department as Anthropology as the first Lecturer in Museum Studies. Previously, I was a Teaching Fellow at the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, where I inaugurated a collective focused on the development of Museum Studies pedagogy; PRISM.

A US Presidential Election isn’t a single day event.  Well, it is – in that voters have one day in which to cast their ballot for the president.  But the contest begins well in advance of the November election, and this year is no exception.  No sooner had Donald Trump…

Brexit and Belonging: An interview with Katharine Tyler (Associate Professor in Anthropology, University of Exeter) and Cathrine Degnen (Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Newcastle University) about their anthropological research into Brexit, by Andrew Whitehouse (Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Aberdeen).

I recently interviewed Katharine Tyler (Principal Investigator) and Cathrine…