Security Council Report Podcast

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Managing Editor Paul Romita and Deputy Manging Editor Dawit Yirga to discuss SCR's latest research report: The Security Council and the Power of the Pen.  The conversation explores how the penholder system shapes the Security Council’s drafting process and response to crises, and why it has...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR’s Executive Director Shamala Kandiah and Senior Policy Analyst Sara Bertotti sit down to discuss some of the highlights of their recently issued research report Power, Process and Participation: The Search for the Next Secretary-General .  The report offers an analytically grounded overview of the rules, procedures, and informal practices shaping how...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Managing Editor Paul Romita to discuss SCR’s latest In Hindsight article: The Security Council in 2025 and the Year Ahead. The conversation explores how deep divisions among Council members shaped responses to major crises. They talk about what statistics reveal about the Council dynamics in 202...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Policy Analyst Sara Bertotti sits down with Shamala Kandiah, SCR’s Executive Director, to discuss her latest In Hindsight article: The Search for the Next UN Secretary-General Begins. Drawing on SCR’s coverage of the 2015/2016 selection and appointment process, the discussion reviews the main steps of the process while also touching upon the ne...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Dawit Yirga, SCR's Deputy Managing Editor, to discuss the key findings from SCR's latest research report on the African members of the Security Council.    Research Report - From the Margins to the Center: The Rise of the A3 in the UN Security Council For more info, please see our webs...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR’s Executive Director, Shamala Kandiah, sits down with Colin Keating, the organisation’s founding Executive Director, for a candid conversation about SCR’s beginnings, its founding vision, and the events that shaped its creation. For more info, please see our website Explore ways of supporting our work here.  Follow us: @SCRtweets Subscribe here for up...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Mathew Blainey, SCR's Policy Analyst, to discuss his latest In Hindsight article: The Increasing Use of Article 51 of the UN Charter and the Security Council.  SCR's October In Hindsight : The Increasing Use of Article 51 of the UN Charter and the Security Council For more info, please...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Dawit Yirga, SCR's Deputy Managing Editor, to discuss the UN80 Initiative and its implications for the Security Council.   SCR's September In Hindsight : The Security Council and the UN80 Initiative—What Lies Ahead? For more info, please see our website Explore ways of supporting our w...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Paul Romita, SCR's Managing Editor, to discuss the year so far in the UN Security Council and the challenges ahead.  SCR's August In Hindsight : A Council in Waiting For more info, please see our website Follow us: @SCRtweets Subscribe here for updates

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Alina Entelis, SCR's Deputy Managing Editor, to discuss the latest developments in the children and armed conflict agenda.   SCR's latest Research Report: Children and Armed Conflict: Progression, Regression or Maintenance of the Agenda? July Monthly Forecast In Hindsight: Moving Towar...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Paul Romita, SCR's Managing Editor and Dawit Yirga, SCR's Deputy Managing Editor, to discuss SCR's latest research report on 2025 Security Council Elections.  SCR's Research Report: 2025 Security Council Elections For more info, please see our website Follow us: @SCRtweets Su...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Dawit Yirga, SCR's Deputy Managing Editor, to discuss SCR's latest In Hindsight article: "Ensuring Effective Peace Operations in an Uncertain World". SCR's April In Hindsight : Ensuring Effective Peace Operations in an Uncertain World April  Monthly Forecast For more inf...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Katerina Limenopoulou, SCR's Chief Operating Officer, to discuss SCR's latest In Hindsight article on the 2025 Peacebuilding Review. SCR's February In Hindsight : The 2025 Peacebuilding Review February Monthly Forecast For more info please see our website Follow us: @SCRtweets Sub...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Paul Romita, SCR's Managing Editor, to discuss SCR's latest In Hindsight article: The Security Council in 2024 and Looking Ahead to 2025. SCR's January In Hindsight : The Security Council in 2024 and Looking Ahead to 2025. January Monthly Forecast For more info please see our webs...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , SCR's Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with Dawit Yirga, SCR's Deputy Managing Editor, to discuss SCR's latest In Hindsight article on UN-AU Cooperation. SCR's November In Hindsight : UN-AU Cooperation: A Path Toward Networked Multilateralism or Fragmented Responses?  November Monthly Forecast For more info please see our w...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues , incoming Executive Director Shamala Kandiah sits down with her predecessor, Karin Landgren, to discuss her latest In Hindsight article on the relevance of the Security Council.  SCR's October In Hindsight " Does the Security Council Matter? " October Monthly Forecast For more info please see our website Follow us: @SCRtweets Subscribe here...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues, Executive Director Karin Landgren sits down with SCR's Policy Analyst Gaurav Redhal to discuss the situation in Sudan.   SCR's reporting on Sudan September Monthly Forecast SCR's website: https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/ Follow us: @SCRtweets Subscribe for updates: https://bit.ly/3GehzX9

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues, Executive Director Karin Landgren sits down with SCR's Managing Editor, Paul Romita, to discuss the relationship between international humanitarian law and the Security Council in light of the upcoming informal visit of members of the Council to Geneva to mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions.  SCR's August In Hindsight "The Ge...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues, Executive Director Karin Landgren sits down with SCR's Managing Editor, Paul Romita, to discuss Security Council reform following the 12 August Council debate hosted by Sierra Leone on "Addressing the historical injustice and enhancing Africa's effective representation in the UN Security Council".   SCR's August brief on " Add...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues, Executive Director Karin Landgren sits down with SCR's Deputy Managing Editor in charge of What’s in Blue , Alina Entelis, to discuss recent developments and trends relating to the children and armed conflict agenda, one of the Security Council’s most developed thematic items.  SCR's publications on Children and Armed Conflict July Monthly Foreca...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues, Executive Director Karin Landgren sits down with SCR's Deputy Managing Editor, Dawit Yirga and Policy Analyst Gaurav Redhal to discuss Somalia's security transition and related Council discussions.    SCR's reporting on Somalia  July Monthly Forecast Follow us: @SCRtweets Subscribe for updates: https://bit.ly/3GehzX9

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues, Executive Director Karin Landgren sits down with SCR's Deputy Managing Editor, Dawit Yirga to discuss Security Council oldest subsidiary body Military Staff Committee. SCR's In Hindsight on the Military Staff Committee July Monthly Forecast Follow us: @SCRtweets Subscribe for updates: https://bit.ly/3GehzX9

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues, Executive Director Karin Landgren sits down with SCR's Policy Analyst, Ben Villanti to discuss recently adopted UNOWAS Security Council presidential statement and developments in West Africa and the Sahel.  SCR's publications on UNOWAS SCR's What's in Blue story on UNOWAS presidential statement June Monthly Forecast Follow us: @SCRtweet...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues, Executive Director Karin Landgren sits down with SCR's Policy Analyst, Erik Ramberg to discuss SCR's latest research report on Security Council Elections 2024.  Background reading:  Security Council Elections 2024 research report: bit.ly/3VjRKh3 June Monthly Forecast: https://bit.ly/3TWqQey Follow us: @SCRtweets Subscribe for updates: https://bit...

In this episode of Interactive Dialogues, Executive Director Karin Landgren sits down with SCR's Chief Operating Officer, Shamala Kandiah, and Managing Editor, Paul Romita, to discuss their latest 'In Hindsight' article in SCR's May Monthly Forecast. The article, titled "Applying to be a Member of the UN: The Palestinian Case," provides insightful analysis on this iss...