John Bew
Dr John Bew is Deputy Director of ICSR and Lecturer in War Studies at King's College. Before joining King's, from 2007-10 he was Lecturer in Modern British History, Harris Fellow and Director of Studies at Peterhouse, Cambridge University. From 2005-7, he was a Junior Research Fellow, also at Peterhouse. Dr Bew's research interests range from the period of the Napoleonic Wars to the modern day and include counter-terrorism, political violence, civic culture, national identity, and foreign policy. He is currently completing a biography of Lord Castlereagh, British War Secretary and Foreign Secretary during the Napoleonic Wars, who was chiefly responsible Britain's domestic and international security during this period. John was born in Belfast and completed his education at Pembroke College, Cambridge where he attained a first class B/A in History, prize winning MPhil and a PhD. 
John's most recent book is Talking to Terrorists: Making Peace in Northern Ireland and the Basque Country (Hurst and Co., London, and Colombia University Press, New York, 2009), co-written with Martyn Frampton and Iñigo Gurruchaga. It has been reviewed widely in the international media and was listed in Foreign Policy Magazine's Global Thinkers Book Club in December 2009.
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