Staff Profile:Geoffrey Sloan
- Name:
- Dr Geoffrey Sloan
- Job Title:
- Lecturer/director of GIPIS
- Responsibilities:
- The recruitment of MA students for all the taught postgraduate courses run by the Department.
- Areas of Interest:
- Strategic Studies, The Development of Geopolitical Theory in the Twentieth Century,
- The role and function of Intelligence as the "missing dimension" in International Politics.
- The history and role of military doctrine and its relation to combat effectiveness.
- Research groups / Centres:
- United Kingdom Coordinator, The Mackinder Forum
- Publications:
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- Geopolitics in United States Strategic Policy, Wheatsheaf Books,Brighton and St Martins Press ,New York,1988.
- The Geopolitics of Anglo-Irish Relations in the Twentieth Century Cassell,London 1997. Short listed for the Royal United Service Institute'sWestminister Medal for Military Literature, Jan 1998.
- Geopolitics, Geography and Strategy Frank Cass, London 1999 (joint editor with Professor Colin Gray)
- Sir Halford Mackinder :The Heartland Theory Then and Now, Journal of Strategic Studies ,Vol22,1999.
- One of Fisher's Revolutions :The Education of a Navy, in Patrick Blackett Sailor, Scientist, Socialist Frank Cass, London 2003.
- The Geopolitics of the Falklands warPublished in The Falklands Conflict Twenty Years On, Frank Cass London 2005
- Classical Geopolitical Theory : Is it Still Relevant, Journal of the Society of American Competitiveness Vol 15,2005.
- Dartmouth ,Sir Mansfield Cumming and the Origins of the British Intelligence Community, Intelligence and National Security , Vol 22 April 2007.
- Ireland and the Geopolitics of Anglo-Irish Relations, Irish Studies Review, Vol 15 May 2007.
Unpublished papers
- Briitsh Command Doctrine,Command Philosophy and the Generation of Fighting Power
- Haldane's Mackindergarten:A Radical Experiment in Military Education
Media Appearances
- Ideas: The British Version on BBC Radio Three, broadcast 27/9/09 2130-2215.
- Qualifications:
- BA (Hons),PhD, PGCE (Keele)
