page_title: Department of War Studies, King's College London
section_title: Notable alumni and students
hierarchical_section_title: Department of War Studies, King's College London / Notable alumni and students
caption_attribution_description: English: Major General Stuart Richard Skeates CBE, British Army officer
context_page_description: The Department of War Studies is an academic department in the School of Security Studies within the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London in London, United Kingdom. Along with other politics and international studies units at King's College London, it ranks amongst the top places for international relations in the world. The department is devoted to the multi-disciplinary study of war and diplomacy within the broad remit of international relations.
  The department's alumni includes senior government officials, military personnel, diplomats, journalists, academics and businesspeople. Amongst them are former Prime Minister of Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit; Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq Nickolay Mladenov and former Commandant General Royal Marines Sir Robert Fry. The department is affiliated with numerous think-tanks and foreign policy institutions. It also houses numerous research institutes and centres, including the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.
  Since 2019, the Head of Department has been Michael Goodman.
caption: Commandant of RMA Sandhurst Stuart Skeates
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