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Bence Nemeth

Dr Bence Nemeth

Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies Education

Research interests

  • Security
  • Conflict

Biography

Dr Bence Nemeth is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London, where he primarily teaches British and international military officers at the Defence Academy of the UK.

Dr Nemeth is the author of How to Achieve Defense Cooperation in Europe?—The Subregional Approach (Bristol University Press, 2022). His scholarly papers were published in International Affairs, Futures, Defence Studies, RUSI Journal, Defense and Security Analysis, The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis and The Air Power Journal. His writings have also appeared in War on the Rocks, The Times and The Conversation, and he was quoted or interviewed by, among others, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, CNA (Singapore), TRT World (Turkey), The National (UAE) and British Forces Broadcasting Service. Dr Nemeth is regularly invited to give guest lectures at military staff colleges overseas and has lectured at the Baltic Defence College, the Czech University of Defence, the Irish Command and Staff School, the Netherlands Defence Academy, the Royal Danish Defence College and the South Korean Naval War College.

Dr Nemeth served as the Academic Programme Director of the Advanced Command and Staff Course (ACSC), the flagship postgraduate course of the UK Joint Services Command and Staff College. Before moving to King’s, he had worked in various positions at the Hungarian Ministry of Defence for eight years and taught at the Hungarian National Defence University.

Dr Nemeth completed his PhD in Defence Studies at King’s College London and holds an MBA in Defence Systems Management from the US Navy’s Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, CA).

Research Interests 

  • Multinational defence co-operation
  • Military Innovation
  • Strategic management in defence institutions
  • European security and defence
  • South Korean defence policy

PhD Supervision

Dr Nemeth is happy to accept PhD students under the following subject areas:

  • Defence Cooperation
  • Military Innovation
  • Strategic Management in Defence Organisations 

Publications

See a complete list of publications.

Research

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Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies

The Corbett Centre develops and promotes the understanding and analysis of maritime policy and strategy

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Economic Conflict & Competition Research Group

The ECCRG aims to be an academic centre of excellence for developing sustained, inter-disciplinary research on the study of Economic Warfare.

News

NATO and the EU are not the driving force behind defence cooperation in Europe

Defence cooperation in Europe is not driven by NATO or EU policy but is governed by an unprecedented number of small-scale, military collaborations between...

Nato and EU flags

Events

09Jun

Defence reform and military transformation in a changing world: Cross-regional approaches to military change

Strategic Studies panel for the School of Security Studies Research Conference 2022

Please note: this event has passed.

02Jun

The role of the Military in the age of Covid-19

Regional Security & Development panel event for the School of Security Studies Research Conference.

Please note: this event has passed.

03Jun

Seeing the bigger picture: Defence and diplomacy in uncertain times

Defence & Diplomacy panel event for the School of Security Studies Research Conference.

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

What does the conflict mean for Ukraine's Central European neighbours?

BENCE NEMETH: Poland, Slovakia and Hungary sent military troops to their borders with Ukraine and started preparing refugees fleeing from the conflict.

Ukraine flag image for expert series banner sized

What China's new campus in Europe means for its ambitions to compete in global Higher Education

As Fudan University plans to open a new campus in Hungary, will this generate more competition in the European higher education sector ?

Fudan university

Research

art-navy-ship-the-carrier-class-invincible-english-unbeaten-indomitable-will-invincible-royal-british-military-maritime-fleet-navy-great-britain
Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies

The Corbett Centre develops and promotes the understanding and analysis of maritime policy and strategy

F673BBBE-71AF-422F-999B-908BE90A05A0
Economic Conflict & Competition Research Group

The ECCRG aims to be an academic centre of excellence for developing sustained, inter-disciplinary research on the study of Economic Warfare.

News

NATO and the EU are not the driving force behind defence cooperation in Europe

Defence cooperation in Europe is not driven by NATO or EU policy but is governed by an unprecedented number of small-scale, military collaborations between...

Nato and EU flags

Events

09Jun

Defence reform and military transformation in a changing world: Cross-regional approaches to military change

Strategic Studies panel for the School of Security Studies Research Conference 2022

Please note: this event has passed.

02Jun

The role of the Military in the age of Covid-19

Regional Security & Development panel event for the School of Security Studies Research Conference.

Please note: this event has passed.

03Jun

Seeing the bigger picture: Defence and diplomacy in uncertain times

Defence & Diplomacy panel event for the School of Security Studies Research Conference.

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

What does the conflict mean for Ukraine's Central European neighbours?

BENCE NEMETH: Poland, Slovakia and Hungary sent military troops to their borders with Ukraine and started preparing refugees fleeing from the conflict.

Ukraine flag image for expert series banner sized

What China's new campus in Europe means for its ambitions to compete in global Higher Education

As Fudan University plans to open a new campus in Hungary, will this generate more competition in the European higher education sector ?

Fudan university