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In this episode, we explore the future of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping and the role of the African Union (AU) in peace operations with Congresswomen Sara Jacobs, David Haeri from the UN Department for Peace Operations, and Linda Darkwa, Senior Research Fellow at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy at the University of Ghana.
4 April 2024
In this episode, we explore the role of the European Union in the research, development and joint production of arms and military equipment with Hannah Neumann, a Member of the European Parliament who sits on the Security and Defence Committee and chairs the delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula, where the issue of arms exports is often debated.
28 February 2024
In this second part of our discussion with Lord Peter Ricketts and Nargis Kassenova, we take a deeper look at some of the policy change we’ve seen in recent years, and at wider patterns of geopolitical competition and alliances. We also discuss how some of the players in the region have built unreliable and inconsistent security partnerships, and how this has started to erode trust and undermine their broader strategic aims.
31 January 2024
In this Warpod episode, we take a step back to look at the trends shaping contemporary security policy with Lord Peter Ricketts and Nargis Kassenova. We discuss what’s changed and what hasn’t since our last episodes, and some of the different approaches being taken to address these challenges.
24 January 2024
In this Warpod episode, we discuss the Global Public Policy Institute’s report on preventive protection efforts that hinder future harms and what can be done to increase protection of civilian, using examples from Iraq.
17 January 2023
In this Warpod episode, we discuss the Global Public Policy Institute’s study on Ukrainian perspectives on peace, specifically the two groups that have been severely impacted by the conflict: veterans of the Donbas and internally displaced people residing in eastern Ukraine.
3 November 2022
In this episode of Warpod, we discuss the biggest challenge that feminist and women's rights organisations and movements face: funding.
28 September 2022
In this Warpod episode, we look at the concept of stabilisation. What does it mean? What challenges does it bring? And how should we tackle these challenges?
8 August 2022
In this episode of the Warpod, we explore new perspectives about what works when trying to stabilise countries troubled by long-lasting violence, crime and terrorism.
29 June 2022
In this episode we discuss Wagner and the rise of private military contractors. We look at how they operate and their impacts on peacebuilding efforts in conflict-affected areas.
1 June 2022