Summary: This podcast features an exclusive interview with Dr Samir Puri discussing his new book launch "Fighting and Negotiating with Armed Groups: The Difficulty of Securing Strategic Outcomes”. Dr Samir Puri is a Lecturer in the Department of War Studies. He spent six years working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2009-15) where his assignments included counter-terrorism strategy and policy support to a number of peace processes. In 2014-15 he was seconded to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in eastern Ukraine. His book, “Fighting and Negotiating with Armed Groups”, has been published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) as part of its Adelphi series. It follows his first book, Pakistan’s War on Terrorism, was published by Routledge, and numerous publications from his tenure as a Defence Analyst at RAND (2006-09)." For more information about Dr Samir Puri, visit http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/warstudies/people/lecturers/puri.aspx. For more information about upcoming events, visit www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/warstudies/events/
