What is War Today?

Tue 22 November 2016

Wolfson Lecture Theatre

Symposium: ‘What is War?’


13:00 Welcome – Professor Dame Athene Donald
13:10 Professor Sir Hew Strachan “What do we mean by War?”: Setting the context

Day 1
Afternoon Session: “How do we learn from the past?”
13:30 – 15:00 Professor Sir Hew Strachan (Chair)
- Rear Admiral Christopher Parry, Professor Andrew Preston, others to be announced


15.00- 15.30 Afternoon tea

15:30-17:00
Panel 2: Why are we fighting today?
Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe [Chair]
Professor Nigel Biggar, Sir John Holmes, others to be announced

17:00 – 17:15 Water break

17.15-18.15
Panel 3: What is the operational reality of war today?
Chair: Professor Sir Hew Strachan
Admiral Sir Trevor Soar, Colonel Stuart Tootal

18:15 – First day closing remarks: Correlli Barnett CBE?


Day 2:
Morning Session: “How do we prepare for the future?”

09:30-11:00
Panel 4: “How do we end conflicts?”
Professor David Howarth [Chair]
Professor Paul Rogers, Dr Justine Huxley, Alice Musabende

11:00-11:30 Coffee

11:30- 13:00
Panel 5: “How do we prepare for a new kind of war?”
Professor Malcolm Chalmers [Chair]
Professor Christine Chinkin, Professor Caroline Kennedy Pipe, Dr Makram Khoury-Machool, Professor Ross Anderson

13:00 Concluding Remarks

Cost: free