Head of Conflict Research

Professor Andrew Stewart is Head of Conflict Research at the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, the British Army’s think-tank. An Honorary Professor at the Australian National University in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre and a Visiting Professor in King’s College London’s School of Security Studies, he has spent nearly 25 years working alongside British and global armed forces. Previously the Director of Academic Studies at the Royal College of Defence Studies and Principal at the Australian War College, he has taught and lectured to military officers in the Gulf, the Balkans, across Africa and, most recently, as a faculty member at the Royal Danish Defence College. A widely published author with a focus on military history, diplomacy and conflict and international security, his most recent book – Superpower Britain: The 1945 Vision and Why it Failed (co-written with Ashley Jackson) – was published in February 2025 by OUP. He is a trustee for the internationally renowned Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives and the Society for Military History. He has worked extensively with the UK Ministry of Defence in a variety of advisory roles, leading engagement and outreach projects across the Sub-Saharan Africa, Baltic and Balkan regions and in the Gulf states, and was previously a ‘Senior Conflict and Stabilisation Adviser’ within the Stabilisation Unit.