Rethinking Security Podcast

As the dust settles from a highly consequential General Election, we wrap up our 'Paths out of polycrisis' pod series by reflecting on the expert views we’ve heard on some of the pressing global challenges confronting the UK – and asking what ideas should rise to the top when a new government sets its course on security matters. With guests Natalie Samarasinghe (former global director of a...

In this episode, Larry is joined by Dr Duncan Green current professor at LSE and author of 'How Change Happens' and Nudhara Yusuf the Executive Coordinator of the Global Governance Innovation Network, to discuss the UK's role in this more violent, polarised and repressive world. Listen to the conversation which focuses on a more positive approach to what the UK could be doing and how t...

In this episode, Larry is joined by Livvy Hanks (Olivia) Coordinator of the Parliamentary effort to promote the Green New Deal and Stuart Parkinson the Executive Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility. They explore the recent warnings over the likelihood of reaching the ‘Earth System Tipping Points’ and what a country like the UK can and should be doing in response.  Remember to send you...

In this episode, Larry is joined by Ruben Andersson, professor of social anthropology at Oxford University who works on security, migration, borders and related topics and Fiona B Adamson, Professor of International Relations at SOAS with research interests in the international politics of migration, mobility and diaspora. They examine the current state of migration and whether UK/European policy...

In this episode, Larry is joined by Isabel Hilton⁠ , a distinguished journalist, broadcaster, visiting professor at King’s College London, contributing editor at Prospect Magazine and founder of China Dialogue; They will ask why the UK is putting so much into this region at present, how well the UK is balancing cooperation, competition and containment in its relations with an increasingly powerful...

In this episode, the focus turns to the ongoing war in Ukraine and the potential paths away from confrontation with Russia towards sustainable security across Eurasia. Featuring insightful discussions with two esteemed guests: Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, an expert on Russia, the Cold War, and its legacies, and Anatol Lieven, the director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Resp...

In this episode, Larry speaks to Jordan Street , Senior Policy & Advocacy Lead for Saferworld and Lee Jarvis, professor of International Politics at Loughborough University, about the war on terror. They reflect on UK policy responses to terror threats, in Iraq and Afghanistan and how they have evolved. What "new" threats should the UK be worrying about? How do recent conflicts shape...

Welcome to the second series of the 'Rethinking Security Podcast - Paths out of Polycrisis' Hosted by Larry Attree, an expert on international peace and security issues, he explores the intersecting global challenges confronting the UK. In this first episode, Larry is joined by Dr Hillary Briffa, Lecturer in National Security Studies and the Assistant Director of the Centre for Defence Stu...

In this final episode of the Centring Human Security Series, we are joined by Richard Reeve (Coordinator of Rethinking Security) and Anna Sundstrom (Olof Palme International Centre). The conversation explored what centring human security ideas might look like, instead of continuing to prioritise ‘national security’, across a number of issues that are often a source of insecurity for some or most o...

In this episode, Jo is joined by Lynne Tami ( Aye Right ) and Layla Aitlhadj ( Prevent Watch ) who discuss the human rights challenges faced by specific minority groups. Focusing on the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Muslim communities, we hear how recent legislation has impacted these communities and what security looks like for them. Follow us on  Twitter ,  LinkedIn  and  Facebook  - You can also s...

This episode explores health and well-being in the context of human security. Jo and her two guests, Sarah Lasoye and Amaran Uthayakumar-Cumarasamy, interrogate what health security means as a human security concept, whether the UK provides that for all citizens, and if not, why not.  Check out Prevent Watch (https://www.preventwatch.org/) as mentioned Follow us on  Twitter ,  LinkedIn  and  Faceb...

In this episode, we discuss the links between national ‘security’ and internal security like policing and border control, as well as highlight the experiences of marginalised communities with these internal security structures. Joanna is joined by Loraine Masiya Mponela ( https://www.noaudienceloraine.co.uk ) a Malawian born and raised currently living in Coventry, UK, a Mother, Migrants Rights Ca...

This episode unpacks what happened to social security, both practically and ideologically, and why this has damaged the economic well-being of ordinary people. Joanna is joined by Katrine Williams of the PCS Union executive, a social security committee rep, and Paul Morrison, the Joint Public Issues team Policy Advisor on economics, poverty and inequality. Cited Resources - JRF destitution numbers...

In this episode we explore climate change and food security, why nutrition is essential and why, paradoxically, a human-centred approach to food systems looks quite different to the current, industrial approach. Joanna is joined by Vicki Hird, Head of Sustainable Farming at Sustain, and Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University. They unpack what kinds of changes need...

Join us as we explore what human security means and what it might look like to centre human need and well-being in national policy, rather than state security. We journey through militarism, climate change, health, poverty, policing and more as we unpack how the UK government tends to define ‘security’ as the elimination of traditional threats, but neglects to centre our well-being and the safety...