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To contribute to the policy debates around the Integrated Review, this ‘written roundtable’ brings together five experts to assess how to avoid conflict in an era of great and regional power competition.
23 August 2021In 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.
20 July 2021As South Sudan marks its 10th anniversary, the world’s youngest nation faces severe challenges of food insecurity, violent conflict, and long-term humanitarian and development needs.
9 July 2021The recent cuts to UK aid have impacted many conflict-affected parts of the world, and were abrupt, seemingly arbitrary, and left little to no scope for conflict sensitivity in their implementation.
15 June 2021The 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.
20 May 2021A statement from Saferworld urging the UK government to review its Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
1 May 2021It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Lord Frank Judd, a former Saferworld trustee who died this weekend.
20 April 2021In 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.
20 April 2021The UK Government has finally launched its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy which will determine the UK’s strategy across these three areas for the next decade. While headlines and commentators pour over its contents and implications, Lewis Brooks and Abigail Watson look at what it says and what it means for UK support to conflict prevention.
18 March 2021