NEW Podcast Available: 'The End of Peace and Optimism: Assessing the Changing Character of War' — by Dr Rob Johnson. More Media and Podcasts available here...
'Toynbee at War' - CCW Director, Dr Rob Johnson, on BBC Radio 4
Hear CCW Director, Dr Rob Johnson, speak about the renowned historian, Arnold J Toynbee, on BBC Radio 4's programme, 'Toynbee at War'. In the programme, Polly Toynbee examines how war profoundly informed the vision of her grandfather, His generation were slaughtered on the Flanders fields but Toynbee's life took him on a different path. 'History is as melancholy as war itself'...
28th Annual USAWC Strategy Conference 2017
Rob Johnson has recently returned from speaking at the 28th Annual USAWC Strategy Conference 2017, addressing the subject:
"The Changing Character of War": does U.S. policy and strategy align to the changes taking place?
Dr Rob Johnson receives the Trench Gascoigne Prize from the Royal United Services Institute
On 12th December Dr Rob Johnson, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke and Director of the Changing Character of War Programme, received first prize in the Trench Gascoigne Prize from the Royal United Services Institute. Dr Johnson was presented with the prize by the Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach. This annual essay prize has existed since 1874, and recognises original writing on contemporary issues of national and international defence and security.
