IAPS BA Tomlinson Prize Awarded for 2014-15

IAPS is delighted to announce that Jack Davies is the recipient of the IAPS UK BA Dissertation Award for 2014-15. Jack’s dissertation was on the topic of ‘Does the United States consider ‘illicit drugs; to be a ‘security issue’?  The dissertation had a focus on US foreign policy specifically in relation to Afghanistan.  Many congratulations to Jack, …

Humanitarian Landscapes: Deep Lessons from Afghanistan

IAPS was delighted to host Professor Antonio Donini, the former Director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) in Afghanistan, as he delivered the annual Tomlinson lecture. Professor Donini detailed how for a long period of history, Afghanistan served as a laboratory for humanitarian action. He also detailed how humanitarian action …

Rights, Wrongs and Drones

IAPS was delighted to welcome Dr Peter Lee, Principal Lecturer in Military Ethics and Assistant Director (Academic) for Portsmouth Business School at Royal Air Force College Cranwell on the 6th February 2014.  Dr Lee gave a lecture on Rights, Wrongs and Drones: The Moral Standing of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In …