Max Weber Programme, Annual report 2009–2010
FLEMING, Colin M. UNITED KINGDOM
Email: colin.fleming@eui.eu EUI Affiliation: Department of Political and Social Sciences EUI Mentor: Pascal Vennesson Colin Fleming received his PhD in International Relations from Royal Holloway, University of London (2010). He has taught International Relations and Strategic Studies Courses at the University of Aberdeen, Royal Holloway, Kings College London, and the Joint Services Command and Staff College – UK Defence Academy. His areas of interest are in strategic and security studies, with a particular interest in the changing character of war debate, classical strategic thought, and asymmetric war. From September 2010, Colin will commence a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh, focusing his research on perceptions of victory and defeat in asymmetric war.
Activities during Max Weber Fellowship Books
Colin M. Fleming, “Clausewitz’s Timeless Trinity: A Theory of War for the Modern World?“(Under Review).
MWP Working Paper
Colin M. Fleming (2010): “Clausewitz On Chance...and the problem with probabilities. Reflections on the Balkan Wars (1991–1995)”. Max Weber Working Paper No. 2010/18.
Conference Presentations
“Victory, Defeat, and the Nature of War: A Clausewitzian Perspective”, Max Weber Conference. European University Institute. 15–16 June 2010.
Seminar Presentations
“The Clausewitzian Trinity: A Theory For Modern War?”, Seminar series: “War in the Global World”, Department of Social and Political Science, European University Institute. 4 November 2009. “Linking Force Structures and Strategic Imperative”, Security Studies Working Group, Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. 27 October 2009.
Other Academic Activities/Achievements
Discussant –The European Report on Development (Launch). Max Weber Programme, Villa La Fonte. December 2009 Co-organiser: “Change and Continuity in the Practice of War: An Institutional Perspective”, Max Weber Multidisciplinary Workshop. European University Institute, Florence. 28 April, 2010.
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