Best Security Policy Change Programme Podcasts (2025)

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Why healthcare spending isn't always patient-centred or value-driven, and what we do about it, with Professor Sally Lewis (GP, health policy expert and author) 36:06

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Let us know what you think of the show Welcome back to another episode of the Community, Health and Capital podcast with Dr Jonny Currie, NHS GP and Co-Director of 19 Hills CIC. Joining us in this episode is Professor Sally Lewis, GP, former National Clinical Director for Value-Based and Prudent Healthcare in NHS Wales, founder of the international…

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Holistic approaches and the power of the gut with Dr Lisa, Lifestyle Medicine GP 46:44

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Let us know what you think of the show Welcome back to another episode of the Community, Health and Capital podcast with Jonny Currie and Matt Thorne, NHS primary care clinicians and Co-Directors of 19 Hills CIC. Joining us in this episode is Dr Lisa, Newport GP, specialist lifestyle medicine doctor, (new!) author and creator of Revive Prescribed, …

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What the UK’s security reviews mean for people and peace 37:56

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In July 2025, the UK government released three major policy reviews that will shape its approach to security and defence for years to come: the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), the National Security Strategy (NSS), and the Comprehensive Spending Review. Together, these documents set the tone for the UK’s defence and foreign policy — but how well do …

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Navigating the risks of security force assistance 35:07

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Training and equipping police, military, and border forces is a common part of international security policy. But how can this kind of support affect communities in conflict-affected countries? In this episode, we speak to Hamsatu Allamin, a peacebuilder from northeast Nigeria, and Major George Ashton of the British Army’s Royal Military Police, ab…

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Investing in #TechforGood with Paul Miller, Managing Partner and CEO, Bethnal Green Ventures 21:04

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Let us know what you think of the show Joining us in this episode is Paul Miller, Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV). BGV started in 2012, with social innovation camps aiming to bring together people at the sharp end of social and environmental challenges with some of the best tech talent in the UK. The fou…

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How organisations can work to secure kids' rights to play and outdoor spaces with Marianne Mannello from Play Wales 34:35

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Let us know what you think of the show Join us for our latest episode this time with Marianne Mannello, Assistant Director at Play Wales, a charity championing/promoting/advocating for children’s needs and rights to play. We talk about how outdoor play has changed in Wales and other countries over time, the different factors that can affect childre…

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NHS Hack Day - connecting tech and public service leaders - with Dr Anne Marie Cunningham 30:36

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Let us know what you think of the show In this episode we speak with Dr Anne Marie Cunningham, GP, former Associate Medical Director at Digital Health and Care Wales and now GP Advisor at the Department of Health in Northern Ireland. Anne Marie talks to us about the NHS Hack Day coming up 1st-2nd March in Cardiff, how such events can build greater …

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Finding radical, trauma-informed and inclusive approaches to health with Dr Karen Sankey, #TheHolisticMedic 28:52

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Let us know what you think of the show Join us for our latest episode this time with Dr Karen Sankey (#TheHolisticMedic), GP and therapeutic coach. Dr Sankey set up Community Wellness CIC, a social enterprise designed to enable people marginalised by mainstream service approaches to find new approaches to wellbeing that respect acceptance, compassi…

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Ten years of the Arms Trade Treaty 27:12

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The tenth anniversary of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) coming into force provides a unique opportunity for reflection on the impact and challenges of the Treaty to date. We took some time to talk with Roy Isbister and Elizabeth Kirkham from Saferworld’s Arms Unit and to reflect on their experience of working on the global treaty to regulate the inter…

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Engaging, developing, or organising with communities? Talking 'People before Programme' with Citizen UK's Tim Hall 35:43

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Let us know what you think of the show This episode introduces Dr Tim Hall, former academic lecturer, now Academic in Residence for Citizens UK, a network of groups and institutions apply a Community Organising approach to bring communities together to inspire and create change. The organisation has a long history of campaigning, but aims to do so …

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Creating a Patient-led revolution in healthcare with Susannah Fox, author of Rebel Health 26:37

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Let us know what you think of the show This episode we welcomed Susannah Fox, author of Rebel Health and former Chief Technology Officer for the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Susannah walks us through why she chose to write a book about the need for more community- and patient-orientated healthcare innovation, but how such …

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Primary Care as a place of sanctuary for migrant groups: introducing Lizzie, Makeda and Mohammed from the Cardiff Refugee Project 23:57

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Let us know what you think of the show For our 10th episode we welcome Lizzie O'Brien, Makeda Kingue and Mohammed Quhill, current and former students of Cardiff Medical School all involved with Cardiff Refugee Health Project. The group talk about their work with Doctors of the World UK promoting the Safe Surgeries toolkit, designed to support prima…

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Disclaimer for Disney/Lucasfilm - the Chewies we're discussing today aren't one of yours 39:15

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Let us know what you think of the show In our 9th episode we talk to Dr Connie Junghans, GP in Westminster, London, Senior Clinical Fellow at Imperial College London and Clinical Lead for the Community Health and Wellbeing Workers (CHWWs - hence the bad Star Wars joke...) programme in West London. Connie talks to us about how they've implemented th…

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Increasing action on social determinants of health in primary care with Dr Selva Selvarajah, GP at Bromley-by-Bow 27:23

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Let us know what you think of the show Join us for our 8th episode as we speak with Dr Selva Selvarajah, a GP Partner at St Andrews Health Centre at the infamous Bromley-by-Bow Health Centre in Tower Hamlets, east London. Selva narrates a brief history of how Bromley-by-Bow grew from its roots as a community-led social action organisation into one …

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Integrating primary care, health and community services at a neighbourhood level with Pippa Britton OBE 30:24

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Let us know what you think of the show In this episode we speak with Pippa Britton OBE, Vice Chair of the Board of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Vice Chair of Sport Wales and double Paralympian for Great Britain. Pippa speaks about what integration of services could mean at a neighbourhood level and what effects this might have on experien…

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Where next for the UK Integrated Security Fund? 36:34

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With a new Labour government in power after the UK’s 2024 General Election, what does the future hold for the UK’s Integrated Security Fund (UK ISF)? The UK ISF is a cross-government fund designed to address UK national security challenges, with a budget of approx. £1 billion. The idea of such a fund began in 2001 when a previous Labour government …

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International health partnerships and frugal innovation with Dr Matt Harris 40:03

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Let us know what you think of the show In this episode we speak with Dr Matt Harris, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Public Health at Imperial College London, on how working overseas in low- and middle-income countries changed his perspective and practice and how such experiences, including in a partnership arrangement, could share learning, improve se…

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Promoting public and community involvement in healthcare with Professor Jennie Popay 32:31

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Let us know what you think of the show In this episode we speak with Professor Jennie Popay, Professor of Sociology and Public Health at Lancaster University on why and how communities of interest or of place can, and should, be involved in the planning and evaluation of health services. Jennie leads us on a path of understanding the history of pub…

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Somalia’s security sector after the African Union withdrawal 35:23

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With the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) set to withdraw and the al-Shabaab insurgency still posing a very real threat, how can the Somali security sector address some of the challenges facing the region? In this episode of Warpod, we speak with regional security analyst and Somalia security expert Samira Gaid alongside Saferwor…

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The impact of US and European elections on UK security policy 14:37

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Our conversation with Olivia O’Sullivan and Christine Cheng was so interesting that it ended up being too long to fit into one episode. This shorter bonus episode focuses on how the next UK government might approach US and EU relationships. If you haven’t listened to the full episode, you can do by clicking here or searching for Ep#5 How are UK pol…

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Developing health service and training pathways for health equity in Ireland with Dr Austin O'Carroll 29:04

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Let us know what you think of the show In this 4th podcast episode of the series we interview Austin O'Carroll, an inner city GP in Dublin since 1997, founder of Safety Net Ireland, a charity working to improve healthcare access for people who are homeless, and co-founder of the North Dublin City GP Training programme aiming to recruit and train GP…

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How are UK political parties thinking about security policy? 41:00

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The UK’s place in the world is changing, and so is the nature of the conflict around the world. With new risks and developing dynamics pulling policymakers and politicians in different directions, we spoke to great guests. Olivia O'Sullivan is the Director of the UK in the World Programme at Chatham House and contributor to their podcast Independen…

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The future of peacekeeping 42:59

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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 three guests: Congresswoman Sara Jacobs, the representative for California’s 51st District and a member of the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she serves as Ranking Member of the Subcommitte…

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Community Development and Organising with Action in Caerau and Ely (ACE)'s Dave Horton, former Co-Director and Learning & Training Director 32:07

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Let us know what you think of the show In our 3rd episode of the series we interview Dave Horton, former Co-Director of ACE (Action in Caerau and Ely - www.aceplace.org) on the story of how a small community-based organisation in the west of Cardiff has grown in size and impact through its application of an Asset-Based Community Development approac…

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European arms production: the EU’s struggle to find a role 38:30

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In this episode, we explore the role of the European Union in the research, development and joint production of arms and military equipment. Unlike other industrial policy areas such as commercial trade, decisions around arms production and export have traditionally been held solely by individual EU member states – linked closely to their sovereign…

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Baby and Me in Newport with Mark Carter from Barnardos - a proactive, trauma-informed model to transform outcomes for parents and children 30:31

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Let us know what you think of the show This 2nd episode of the Community, Health and Capital series interviews Mark Carter, a former social worker now Assistant Director for Children's Services at Barnardos covering south east Wales. Mark describes Baby and Me - a collaboration between local services and the third sector in Newport supporting paren…

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The shifting security alliances of Europe and Central Asia 39:43

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In this second part of our discussion with Lord Peter Ricketts and Nargis Kassenova, we take a deeper look at some of the security policy change we’ve seen in recent years, and at wider patterns of geopolitical competition and alliances. We also discuss how interventions by some major players in the region have created unreliable and inconsistent s…

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Understanding security trends in Europe and Central Asia with Lord Peter Ricketts and Nargis Kassenova 27:22

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The world is more dangerous now than ever, with worrying upward trends in the estimated number of civilians being killed in conflicts around the world, and rising challenges posed by climate change, new technologies, disinformation and upcoming elections. To open our new series of Warpod, we look at the trends shaping contemporary security policy, …

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The power of listening and relationships: interview with Dr Mark Spencer, GP and co-founder, Healthier Fleetwood 36:06

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Let us know what you think of the show This 1st episode of the Community, Health and Capital series interviews Dr Mark Spencer, a GP in Fleetwood in Lancashire. Mark talks through his career as a GP and how an encounter with a young man suffering from alcohol problems changed the way Mark thought about what value primary care and integrated service…

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Protecting civilians in Iraq 32:16

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Every day, civilians suffer in violent conflicts attacked by armed forces, militias and rebel groups. These attacks have left many dead or injured, and caused millions to be forcibly displaced. However, most attempts to address these issues are done by influencing conflict parties to cease attacks on civilians, instead of enhancing the protection o…

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Perspectives on peace: Ukraine 21:07

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Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, violent conflict had been ongoing since 2014 in part of Ukraine’s eastern regions, the Donbas. In this episode, we discuss Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)’s study on Ukrainian perspectives on peace, specifically the two groups that have been severely impacted by the conflict: veterans of t…

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Is it time for new ways of funding women's rights organisations? 35:40

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In this episode of Warpod, we discuss the biggest challenge that feminist and women's rights organisations and movements face: funding. With 99 per cent of gender-related aid failing to reach them directly, there is a critical need for flexible, core and direct funding for women's rights organisations in places affected by conflict. To discuss the …

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The concept of stabilisation 34:39

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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? To answer these questions and discuss ‘doing’ stabilitation strategies in places such as Afghanistan and the Sahel, our hosts Abigail Watson and Delina Goxho are joined by two experts: Philipp…

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New perspectives on stabilisation 35:20

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“Peace is not a technical process. Peace is deeply political.” In this episode, we explore new perspectives about what works when trying to stabilise countries troubled by long-lasting violence, crime and terrorism. What happens to societies when they’re affected by extreme violence and proscribed groups? What leads to (relative) success when build…

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The rise of private military and security companies 47:17

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Many might not have heard a troubling story about 300 civilians massacred in Mali’s Moura village in early April 2022. Human Rights Watch called it "the worst single atrocity reported in Mali's decade-long armed conflict". Who carried out the attack? The answer appears to be Malian forces had help from private foreign soldiers from the Russian priv…

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Sudanese women and their journey towards freedom, peace and justice 42:03

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Throughout 30 years of the previous regime in Sudan, women faced more oppression than ever before. During the 2018–2019 revolution, women and young people were the driving force of protests demanding freedom, peace and justice. After the military coup in October 2021, women were on the frontlines, protesting military rule. In addition to the curren…

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Can Biden’s democracy strategy survive his counter-terrorism policy? 39:39

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At the end of last year, US President Joe Biden hosted the virtual Summit for Democracy. It convened more than 100 countries to draw attention to rising authoritarianism. The summit looked at three themes: defending against authoritarianism, addressing and fighting corruption, and advancing respect for human rights. How well has the summit, and Bid…

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Saferworld’s Warpod episode 10: Ukraine: How do we protect civilians in hybrid conflicts? 24:57

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Over the last seven years, fighting between Ukrainian and Russian-backed separatist groups has been responsible for substantial civilian harm in the region. As well as the use of conventional forces, there has been ‘hybrid warfare’. While the risks of conventional military forces on civilian populations are increasingly understood, we know much les…

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The Future of Conflict 46:59

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Looking ahead to 2022, we think about issues that will define the future of conflict – including space, the arctic, climate change, and cyber – and how policymakers and practitioners need to adapt for them. Three guests join hosts, Abigail Watson and Delina Goxho. They are: James Rogers, Assistant Professor of War Studies at the University of South…

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Warpod Reckoning with 9/11 episode 8: Is ‘9/11 paradigm' here to stay? 36:15

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In the eighth and final episode of Warpod's special series ‘Reckoning with 9/11’, our hosts Larry Attree and Delina Goxho ask three experts whether the 9/11 paradigm is here to stay, or the world is now ready to move on. We talk to: Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, law professor at both Queen's University in Belfast and the University of Minnesota, and the UN …

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Warpod Reckoning with 9/11 episode 7: Bringing It All Back Home 46:30

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In the seventh episode of Warpod's special series ‘Reckoning with 9/11’, our hosts Larry Attree and Delina Goxho ask three experts about how 9/11 “came home” and impacted on the laws, freedoms and ideals of the U.S. and other Western countries. The three experts are: Hina Shamsi, Director of the National Security Project at the ACLU Spencer Ackerma…

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Warpod Reckoning with 9/11 episode 6: Weaponising the War on Terror 53:22

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The sixth episode of Warpod's special series ‘Reckoning with 9/11’ episode explores how authoritarian governments have taken advantage of the war on terror for their own benefits. Our hosts, Larry Attree and Delina Goxho, ask three experts what effects this has had on peace and democracy, especially in the Philippines, Syria and Egypt. Marc Batac w…

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Warpod Reckoning with 9/11 episode 5: Evolutions: Remote Warfare & CVE 56:31

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The fifth episode of Warpod's special series ‘Reckoning with 9/11’ episode considers how the war on terror evolved as problems mounted, especially looking at the rise of Remote Warfare and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programmes. To explore the rise of remote warfare and its impact on communities in conflict-affected countries, hosts Larry At…

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Warpod Reckoning with 9/11 episode 4: More unending wars: Yemen and Somalia 56:28

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The fourth episode of Warpod's special series ‘Reckoning with 9/11’ looks at two countries that became important battlegrounds in the global war on terror: Yemen and Somalia. To discuss Yemen, Larry Attree and Delina Goxho are joined by Iona Craig, an investigative journalist focused on Yemen and a winner of the Orwell prize for journalism, and Awf…

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Warpod Reckoning with 9/11 episode 3: Overreach in Iraq 57:25

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In the third episode of Warpod's special series ‘Reckoning with 9/11’, hosts Larry Attree and Delina Goxho are joined by Emma Sky, author of ‘The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq’, who served as political advisor to General Odierno, the commander of US Forces in Iraq and Renad Mansour, senior research fellow and project dire…

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Warpod Reckoning with 9/11 episode 2: Into the land of bones 53:10

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In the second episode of the Warpod’s special series ‘Reckoning with 9/11’, hosts Larry Attree and Delina Goxho are joined by Steve Coll, Dean of Columbia Journalism School and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and Huma Saeed, an affiliated researcher at the Leuven Institute of Criminology. They discuss the first country to be targeted in the war on …

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Warpod Reckoning with 9/11 episode 1: Ground zero 29:31

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In the first episode of this special series of the Warpod ‘Reckoning with 9/11’, our hosts Larry Attree and Delina Goxho recall the initial reaction to the attacks, in particular from U.S. President George W Bush. They are joined by Dr Sophie Haspeslagh, from the American University in Cairo and author of ‘Proscribing Peace’, who explains how the U…

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Remote Warfare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 40:13

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In this episode of the Warpod we pair with the Project for the Study of the 21st Century to launch an E-IR book entitled Remote Warfare: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Abigail Watson and Delina Goxho speak to Jen Gibson and Baraa Shiban, from Reprieve, Camilla Molyneux, from the APPG on Drones and Modern Conflict, and Lauren Gould and Jolle Demmer…

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Special Forces, Private Military Security Contractors and Remembrance 38:25

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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 …

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Saferworld’s Warpod episode 6: Recalibrating external missions to the Sahel: Is no intervention better than these interventions 34:47

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In this episode of the Warpod, we pair with the Project for the Study of the 21st Century (PS21) to discuss whether no intervention would be better than the current interventions in the Sahel. Abigail Watson and Delina Goxho are joined by: Ornella Moderan, Head of Sahel Programme at the Institute for Security Studies in Bamako and Nina Wilen, Afric…