Resources

Playing with matches? UK security assistance and its conflict risks

'Persistent Engagement', Persistent Risk: The impact of UK security assistance on rights and peace

Saferworld’s Warpod episode 7: Special Forces, private military security contractors and remembrance

In this episode of the Warpod we combine two interviews. In the first we speak to Samantha Crompvoets from the research company, Rapid Context and discuss what the UK can learn from the Brereton inquiry into abuses by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. In the second we speak to Malte Riemann and Norma Rossi, from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and discuss how the increased use of private military contractors has impacted society.

Saferworld's Warpod episode 4: The Integrated Review and Labour’s Foreign Policy Review

The fourth episode of Warpod discusses the UK's Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, including reflecting on the gap between rhetoric and reality on conflict and atrocity prevention. 

Saferworld’s Warpod episode 3: Understanding the cost of conflict

In the third episode of Warpod, Abigail Watson and Delina Goxho are joined by Sarah Kreps, Director of the Cornell Tech Policy Lab, and Maysa Ismael from Airwars to discuss why and how the secrecy surrounding warfare has increased.

WarPod Ep #20 Incorporating the Protection of Civilians into UK Policy

Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen is joined by Ewan Lawson, an ORG Fellow, and Save the Children's Amanda Brydon to discuss the importance of incorporating a strong focus on the protection of civilians into UK policy and how this may factor in the forthcoming Integrated Review. 

Questions for the Integrated Review #3: How Should the UK Measure Success?

A Call for Dialogue: The Dangers of Polarisation in the Special Forces Debate

Forging a New Path: Prioritising the Protection of Civilians in the UK’s Response to Conflict