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Welcome to the BRITISH HOME FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. This series was recorded at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS in June 2018 to accompany a conference marking the contribution by the peoples of the British Isles to the national war effort. In this podcast, photo-journalist MICHAEL ST MAUR SHEIL talks about his photographic exhibition, FIELDS OF BATTLE, LANDS OF PEACE, and picks out some of the...

DR CHRISTINA GOULTER, Senior Lecturer and Head of the AIR POWER STUDIES RESEARCH GROUP, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON and Co-Director of the SIR MICHAEL HOWARD CENTRE FOR THE HISTORY OF WAR, on why the use of air power in the 2011 Libyan Campaign can be considered a success, and the reasons for its not being adopted as a template for intervention in Syria. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUT...

AIR COMMODORE DR FRANS OSINGA, Chair in WAR STUDIES and Head of the Military Operational Art and Science Section, FACULTY OF MILITARY SCIENCES, NETHERLANDS DEFENCE ACADEMY, on the crucial importance of European air power capability in an era where Russian behaviour has, once again, made the risk of inter-state warfare acute. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held o...

PROFESSOR MICHAEL CLARKE, defence analyst and former Director of the ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE (RUSI), on the political limitations of air power, the impact of Brexit, and how quantum computing will radically change the character of war. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partner...

Retired French Air Force LT GENERAL BRUNO CLERMONT, Senior Adviser to the Chairman of DASSAULT AVIATION, on French air power capability and European collaboration. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATION...

Retired US Air Force Major-General CHARLES DUNLAP, Professor at DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, on 'lawfare', the ways in which the law is being used by both sides to a conflict to accomplish military missions, and the challenges in prospect as autonomous weapons acquire the ability to 'learn'. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY...

Retired US Air Force Colonel GARY BROWN, first senior legal counsel at US Cyber Command, on legal challenges arising from the use of modern air power, including drones, why the development of an international protocol governing the use of offensive cyber activity is a priority, and whether giant robots are the future. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 M...

A series of podcasts commissioned by UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME to mark the CENTENARY of the BATTLE OF AMIENS on 8 August 1918. In THE BATTLE OF AMIENS AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR, SIR HEW STRACHAN, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews, considers the Battle of Amiens in August 1918 in the context of the First World War as a whol...

A series of podcasts commissioned by UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION'S FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME to mark the CENTENARY of the BATTLE OF AMIENS on 8 August 1918. In THE BATTLE OF AMIENS AND ITS OUTCOME, SIR HEW STRACHAN, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews, explores the lead-up to the Battle of Amiens, how commanders Haig, Rawlinson, and Foch were able to w...

PHILIP SABIN, Professor of Strategic Studies in the WAR STUDIES DEPARTMENT, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON, on the importance of war gaming in modelling conflict - past, present, and future - and why its use is on the rise today. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE...

ULRIKE FRANKE, Policy Fellow at the EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (ECFR), on the increasing use of drones in military operations, and the importance of science fiction. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL O...

PROFESSOR PHILLIPS O'BRIEN, Chair of Strategic Studies in the SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, explains why we need to talk more about air power, the determinative force in warfare today. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR...

Retired US Air Force LT GENERAL DAVID DEPTULA, principal air campaign planner for Operation Desert Storm (Gulf War, 1991) and now Dean of the MITCHELL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE STUDIES, on the evolution of the air power revolution, the impact of stealth and precision-targeting technology, and whether space will become the new theatre of conflict. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE O...

SIR LAWRENCE FREEDMAN, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON, on the use of air power from the First Gulf War to the present day, the importance of integrating air power into the broader political and strategic objective, and why our attempts at predicting the future are necessarily flawed. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 a...

MARTHA LUZ AMOROCHO DE UJUETA lost one son in the Club Nogal bombing, which left another son badly injured. She took part in the peace talks as a member of one of the Victims' Delegations. She talks to us from Bogotá about working for peace and reconciliation, and learning to forgive. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS |...

At the 1901 ARTS CLUB in London, actress and singer SARAH GABRIEL and director RICHARD WILLIAMS, accompanied by IAIN FARRINGTON on piano, chat about their show, DOROTHY PARKER TAKES A TRIP (OXFORD PLAYHOUSE - 27 MAY 2018). Originally commissioned by the DARTINGTON FESTIVAL, the show explores the life of poet and writer DOROTHY PARKER. Famous for her caustic wit, DOROTHY PARKER is less well known f...

Dutch national TANJA NIJMEIJER fought with the FARC, and was a member of the FARC negotiating team during the peace talks with the Santos government. She reflects on why she joined the FARC, the peace process, and the challenges that lie ahead. NOTE | This audio had to be recorded over a web connection as it was the only way of speaking direct to TANJA, who is in Bogotá. IMAGE | By Boris Arenas -...

SERGIO JARAMILLO CARO, COLOMBIA'S AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM and HEAD OF ITS MISSION TO THE EU, was HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR PEACE and a key member of the Colombian government's negotiating team during the successful peace talks with the FARC-EP. In conversation with DR RODDY BRETT, Director of the CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, he reflects on the negotiations and their c...

In this first podcast, DR RODDY BRETT, Director of the CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, explores the history of COLOMBIA's internal armed conflict, and how the armed struggle with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the FARC-EP, was finally brought to an end in 2016 by the landmark peace agreement between the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and th...

A former member of the ULSTER DEFENCE ASSOCIATION (UDA), COLIN HALLIDAY spent time in the Maze Prison during the conflict. He now runs Lisburn’s People’s Support Project, originally set up as Lisburn Prisoners’ Support Project to help former prisoners from the UDA and its military wing, the Ulster Freedom Fighters, to reintegrate into society. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA...

ROGER McCALLUM served in both the ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY (RUC), and its successor, the POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND. He is now involved in various peace and reconciliation initiatives, and is a Trustee of the RUC GEORGE CROSS FOUNDATION. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | With thanks t...

Former IRA prisoner MICHAEL CULBERT now runs COISTE, an organisation that looks after former IRA prisoners and their families. At the COISTE office in West Belfast, he and former British soldier LEE LAVIS reflect on their personal journeys from being on opposite sides during the conflict to working together now for peace. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY...

SHIRLEY MOODY’s husband was shot when he was 16, and he still lives with the legacy of those injuries today.  Shirley coped with the aftermath, and the challenges of bringing up a family of sons and keeping them away from the paramilitary organisations during the Troubles. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF...

PETER HEATHWOOD’s family came over to Ireland during the Plantation of Ulster in the early 1600s.  Aged 26, Peter was shot  and left paralysed in a case of mistaken identity.  He now campaigns with WAVE for appropriate financial recognition of the needs of all those injured during the conflict. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL V...

April 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the 'Good Friday' Agreement, the historic peace deal that ended nearly 30 years of conflict, a period known as the 'Troubles', in Northern Ireland. In SHAPING THE CONFLICT, DR KIERAN McCONAGHY, Lecturer at the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, talks about growing up in County Armagh, mak...