Aberystwyth University - Security Research Group

If you feel the need to get in out of the sun today for a bit, please consider calling in to the wonderful Footprints of Memory exhibition at 1 Laura Place. The exhibition - which finishes today - is a haunting reminder of the human costs of both the failure of states to adequately respond to criminal and political violence, and of the violence perpetuated by the states themselves.

https://www.facebook.com/footprintsofmemory/?fref=ts

Footprints of Memory This is the English mirror page for the Mexico based project, Huellas de le Memoria.

These shoes are donated by people searching for disappeared loved ones, and the words engraved are their own.

Thanks to everyone who came to yesterday's fascinating lecture on space warfare. It was great to have Dr. Bowen back in InterPol, and to have such a variety of questions - on everything from sci-fi to deterrence to knowledge production - from a very engaged audience. Diolch yn fawr!

Not sure who "Mahan" is? Want to lean more about space strategy without the Star Trek puns? This short piece by Dr. Bowen - published while he was writing up his PhD - is a great short introduction to the theorectical aspects of space warfare that will be discussed in Monday's lecture: https://defenceindepth.co/2015/06/10/clausewitz-in-orbit-spacepower-theory-and-strategic-education/

Clausewitz in Orbit: Spacepower Theory and Strategic Education BLEDDYN BOWEN The politics of war and peace in space is an overlooked field. Space is a quiet and lonely place in war studies – despite space systems performing critical infrastructure roles in war…