Dear Members,
Thank you to all of you who attended today’s Coffee Morning with Professor Lebow. We hope you enjoyed it.
We woud like to invite you to two of our new events that will take place next week:
Wine Evening with Chris Coker – ‘the New Face of Warfare’
We are delighted to announce this term’s first wine evening. Join us for an enlightening discussion over a glass of wine or a non-alcoholic drink!
Professor Christopher Coker will talk about the highly relevant topic ‘the new face of warfare’ and what implications the drone warfare currently undertaken in the War on Terror might have.
Professor Chris Coker has been at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) since 1982. His main areas of expetise are British defence and foreign policy. He is a regular lecturer at the Royal College of Defence Studies (London); the NATO Defence College (Rome), the Centre for International Security (Geneva) and the National Institute for Defence Studies (Tokyo) He has spoken at other military institutes in Western Europe, North America, Australia and South-east Asia.
When: 18:30-19:30, Wednesday 9 November
Where: V103
Privatising war? Lecture by Geoff Maple
Geoff Maple is Head of Strategy for KBR’s International Government & Defence (IG&D) Business Unit. Geoff Maple has been with KBR since Spring 2009 after a period of Consultancy working alongside companies such as Deloitte, DHL and the MOD. Before consultancy, Geoff served in the Royal Air Force, finishing as a Wing Commander in the Logistic Branch.
International Government and Defence supports armed forces and government departments around the world by providing logistics and field support, operations and maintenance of camps and bases, programme and project management.
KBR is headquartered in Houston, Texas, also known as the energy capital of the world. It delivers a wide range of services through its Downstream, Gas Monetization, Infrastructure and Minerals, International Government and Defense, North American Government and Defense, Oil and Gas etc.
When: 18:00-20:00, Thursday 10 November
Where: D302
We look forward to seeing you there!
Your Grimshaw Committee
