Well, the Department of War Studies at King’s College London is huge.
Last night, I attended the departmental induction session for War Studies at KCL. I came to London and to this school knowing only that it has a stellar reputation for War Studies, so otherwise I was...
View ArticleWhat is “War”?
Today was the first meeting of the “Approaches to War” module at KCL (which was in a bit of disarray, as the original instructor, Dr. John Stone, will apparently not be teaching the course this year)....
View ArticlePicking my battles… Conflict Simulation at King’s College London
The Conflict Simulation module run by Dr. Philip Sabin is in the lead for most interesting class I’m taking at King’s College London right now. As part of the course, students have to research a...
View ArticleFardh al-Qanoon: Designing a simulation
As I mentioned last week, I decided to create a simulation for Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (aka the Baghdad Security Plan) for my Conflict Simulation course at King’s College London. Part of designing a...
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Using war games as a teaching aide
This post is a bit late, but I wanted to write something about my experience TAing for Professor Philip Sabin’s BA class about World War 2. Professor Sabin runs a module on Conflict Simulation for MA...
View Article“The Coming Perfect Storm in Cyberspace”
Ron Deibert, Director of The Citizen Lab, gave a seminar on cyber security at King’s College London last night. Below are my notes from the seminar and comments: States all over the world want to...
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Fardh al-Qanoon: Creating a map
I’ve previously talked a bit about designing a Fardh al-Qanoon simulation and what the elements of the conflict’s simulation would be. Today I discuss the map, an essential component of any manual...
View ArticleFor those seeking information about the MA War Studies program at King’s...
Over the past few weeks, this blog has been getting quite a few hits from people seeking information about the MA War Studies program at King’s College London using keyword searches like “kcl war...
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Fardh al-Qanoon Simulation: counter sheet, updated map, rules overview
The Fardh al-Qanoon simulation I’ve written about previously has undergone some major changes since I received feedback on my first draft of rules from Dr. Sabin. I’ve basically redesigned the whole...
View ArticleFardh al-Qanoon, version 1.0
UPDATE: This version of the game has been superseded by version 1.1, which can be found here. I took a bit of a break from blogging, but in the interim I’ve completed the first version of my conflict...
View ArticleFardh al-Qanoon & Conflict Simulation: a reflection
The following reflection was written for my Fardh al-Qanoon project as part of the Conflict Simulation course at King’s College London. The completed version 1.0 of the simulation can be found here. As...
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