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Stuart Griffin

Dr at King's College London

Areas of expertise

  • - Conflict
  • - Policy
  • - International relations
  • - Security

Major works

Select publications include ‘Military Innovation Studies: multidisciplinary or lacking discipline? ’ (2016), Iraq, Afghanistan and the future of British military doctrine: from counterinsurgency to Stabilisation (2011), Transformation in contact: learning the lessons of modern warfare , co-authored with Robert Foley and Helen McCartney (2011), Joint Operations: A Short History , (2005); Understanding Peacekeeping , co-authored with AJ Bellamy and Paul Williams (2004 and 2010); The British Approach to Stabilisation Operations in Iraq (2006); The British Military in Iraq, 2003-2005, co-authored with David Whetham in The British Approach to Low-Intensity Operations (2007).

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About me

Dr Stuart Griffin is Reader in Strategic Studies at King’s College London, having previously served as Head of the Defence Studies Department and Dean of Academic Studies at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy of the UK from 2012-2014.

His primary research areas are the evolution of joint and combined warfare, operational art and military innovation theory. He has also written extensively on the theory and practice of international peacekeeping and stabilisation and been heavily involved in UK defence diplomacy and outreach, especially with regard to efforts to support UN peacekeeping training.

Courses and Programs taught by Stuart Griffin