We are very excited to be hosting Beatrice Heuser on Can Strategic Intelligence Failure be Avoided? on Tuesday, February 10th at 8:30 PM in the Old Library at All Souls College. There will be a drinks reception prior to the talk at 8. Beatrice Heuser is Distinguished Professor at the Brussels School of Governance, Free University of Brussels (VUB). She heads the Strategy teaching section at the German General Staff College (Führungsakademie) of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg and previously the Chair in International Relations at the University of Glasgow. Professor Heuser’s publications include work on nuclear strategy and the history of strategy, with major works on Reading Clausewitz (2002); and The Evolution of Strategy (2010), War: A Genealogy of Western Ideas and Practices (2022), both covering the period from Antiquity to the Present. Her latest book is Flawed Strategy: why smart leaders make bad decisions (2025). We look forward to seeing you there!