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\n According to Herodotus, the Persians taught their sons three things only: \u201criding and archery and truthtelling\u201d. There could be no empire without warriors. This seminar will deal with war as both creator and demolisher of civilisation, and investigate the driving forces of armed conflict through a long historical perspective. What role does war play in the creation of societies? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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During three days we will consider the long history of war, current conflict zones and the future of armed conflict. The first day will examine the intrinsic part war plays in the formation of societies and the concrete driving forces behind armed conflict. Can we see any patterns? What does the constant recurrence of conflict say about human nature and the human condition?<\/p>\n

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We will also explore how war has been perceived \u2013 from the discrepancy between the eye-witness accounts and the official propaganda of the Thirty Years\u2019 War to images of war in contemporary jihadist poetry. What are the realities of war and how do writers and thinkers explain them?<\/p>\n

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During the second day of the seminar we will focus on the 20th century and the wars that defined the era and still shape our understanding of modern conflict. We will discuss the world wars, the transition from the Cold War to small wars and current conflict zones such as the Levant and the Russian borders. We will also ask what the future of war will look like as advanced technology challenges accepted concepts of strategy and combat.<\/p>\n

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We will end Engelsberg 2015 by investigating the current and future role of the US in a world where large-scale conflicts seem increasingly likely. We will also discuss the question of Europe in the Atlantic partnership. What threats to peace and security are on the horizon? What wars will shape our time?<\/p>\n

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\n Alexei Arbatov: The Ukrainian Crisis and Nuclear Deterrence <\/p>\n

\n Head of the Center on International Security, IMEMO, Russian Academy of Science; Scholar in Residence, Carnegie Moscow Center, Russia <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n David Betz: The Restless Pursuit of the \u201cFun Wars\u201d <\/p>\n

\n Reader, Department of War Studies, King\u2019s College London, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Philip Bobbitt: War and Statehood <\/p>\n

\n Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence; Director, Center for National Security, Columbia University, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Christopher Coker: War and the Human Imagination <\/p>\n

\n Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Rolf Ek\u00e9us: How to End Wars \u2013 Lessons from the Wars in Iraq <\/p>\n

\n Ambassador, Sweden <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Richard J Evans: War in Nazi Imagination <\/p>\n

\n Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cambridge, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Gregory Feifer: How War Serves Putin\u2019s Russia <\/p>\n

\n Author, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Lawrence Freedman: The Long Peace and Nuclear Deterrence <\/p>\n

\n Professor Emeritus of War Studies, King\u2019s College London, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Janne Haaland Matlary: Can Europe Act Strategically? The Response to Russia in 2014\u20132015 <\/p>\n

\n Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo and the Norwegian Defence University, Norway <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Dick Harrison: The History of the Thirty Years\u2019 War: On the Gap Between the Official Versions and the Forgotten Eye\u00ad-Witness Accounts <\/p>\n

\n Professor of History, University of Lund, Sweden <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Jonathan Haslam: Why the Russians Could Not Break Enigma <\/p>\n

\n Professor of History, University of Cambridge, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Tom Holland: The Sacralisation of Violence <\/p>\n

\n Author, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Robert Johnson: \u201cModernity\u201d and War <\/p>\n

\n Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Frederick Kagan: Development of US Warfare Since 1991 <\/p>\n

\n Christopher DeMuth Chair and Director, Critical Threats Project, American Enterprise Institute, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Kimberly Kagan: The United States and the New Way of War <\/p>\n

\n President, Institute for the Study of War, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Elisabeth Kendall: Militant Jihadist Poetry \u2013 the Battle for Hearts and Minds <\/p>\n

\n Senior Research Fellow in Arabic, University of Oxford, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Fredrik Logevall: The Permissive Context of Recent US Military Interventions <\/p>\n

\n Professor of History, Cornell University, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Rana Mitter: Memory of the War of Resistance and the Reconstruction of Asian Order <\/p>\n

\n Director, University of Oxford China Centre, University of Oxford, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Peter Pomerantsev: The In\u00adformation Age Is Turning into the Disinformation Age <\/p>\n

\n Senior Fellow, Legatum Institute, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Andrew Preston: Threat, Risk, and the Invention of \u201cNational Security\u201d <\/p>\n

\n Reader in American History, University of Cambridge, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Magnus Ranstorp: Recruitment of Jihadist Fighters in Sweden <\/p>\n

\n Research Director, Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies, Swedish National Defence College, Sweden <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Malise Ruthven: The Challenge of ISIS <\/p>\n

\n Writer, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Charly Salonius-Pasternak: Nordic and Baltic Countries Prepare for an Unwelcome Guest <\/p>\n

\n Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Nathan Shachar: Spain 1936: How the Press Turned a Complex Tangle into a Straightforward Communist\u00ad-Fascist War <\/p>\n

\n Journalist and Author, Sweden <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Lilia Shevtsova: Why War Again? How the World Is Threatened with a New Challenge <\/p>\n

\n Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Jessica Stern: What Can we Do to Stop ISIS? <\/p>\n

\n Fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Tommy Stiansen: Perspectives on Cyber Warfare <\/p>\n

\n CTO\/Co-Founder, Norse Corp, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Hew Strachan: The Impact of the First World War on Strategy <\/p>\n

\n Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Pascal Vennesson: War in the Age of Transnational Politics <\/p>\n

\n Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n Michael Weiss: The Battle of Narratives <\/p>\n

\n Journalist, USA <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

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