Dr Brian Brivati was professor of contemporary history, human rights and life writing at Kingston University until 2009 and since then has combined writing and international capacity building work for the UK government, the UN and NGOs and INGOs. His most recent book was the edited collection Losing Afghanistan: The Fall of Kabul and the end of Western Intervention and he contributed the forward “Iraq’s Accidental Churchill” to Impossible Victory: How Iraq Defeated ISIS written by the former Iraqi PM Haider Al-Abadi. Since the war against Ukraine started in 2014, he has been engaged with a cross cutting network of civil society and political actors. Since the 2022 invasion, the network has been utilised to fill gaps, connect subject matter experts to the right people in Ukraine and other initiatives to support civil society, free media and civilian oversight of government.

Events participated in:

From Kabul to Kyiv: A Year in Global Politics: Join Steve Richardsas he talks to AndriyShevchenko, *Head of the Ukrainian Media Centre, about war in Ukraine, Brian Brivati, about his new book Losing Afghanistan, and University of St Andrews’ Professor Phillips O’Brien. (2022)

A Mile in Their Shoes: Spend your lunchtime visiting ourA Mile inTheir Shoesexhibition and speak to the teambehind it and its artist Siemon Scamell-Katz. (2015)

Ukraine – Dispatches from the Barricades: Join Dr Brian Brivati discussing the implications of the Maidan Revolution with a number of prominent Ukrainian politicians, intellectuals and activists from both East and West. (2014)