Brigadier (retd.) Ben Barry OBE

Senior Fellow of Land Warfare International Institute for Strategic Studies

Ben Barry is a Associate Fellow, Defence and Military Analysis. He joined the IISS in 2010, before which he served in the British Army. As well as training in Germany, France, Cyprus, Canada, Portugal and New Zealand, and operational service in Hong Kong and Northern Ireland, he commanded both an armoured infantry battalion and a multinational brigade on UN and NATO operations in Bosnia. He was director of the British Army Staff in the UK Ministry of Defence and author of the Army’s lessons learned analysis of post-conflict stabilisation of Iraq.

He is a visiting professor at the Department of War Studies at King's College London, and the author of Harsh Lessons: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Changing Character of War (IISS, 2016), The Road from Sarajevo: British Army Operations in Bosnia, 1995–1996 (The History Press, 2016) and Blood, Metal and Dust How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq (Osprey, 2020).

Day 3 - Major Programmes - 22 JAN

14:00 CONFLICT REALISM: UNDERSTANDING THE CASUAL LOGIC OF MODERN WAR AND WARFARE

Join Amos Fox as he explores the nature of contemporary armed conflict and the trends that will shape modern warfare. His book analyses 5 key patterns which will be examined by discussants to assess their impact on global security, and the challenges that they pose for armed forces. Audience members will leave with a free copy, with dedicated time for networking and more informal discussions at the end of the session.

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