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ORG recently launched its Sustainable Security Index. The Index measures 155 states’ impact on global insecurity. The Index report makes the case for why states need to rethink their approaches to security. This means moving beyond narrow understandings of the concept and towards an integrated approach that addresses broader threats to human security, such as climate change, poor governance, pande...

ORG Fellow Emily Knowles and Jahara Matisek, a US Air Force Officer, join ORG's Research Manager Abigail Watson to discuss security force assistance and how it can be used as a peacebuilding tool. Further reading Western Security Force Assistance in Weak States: Time for a Peacebuilding Approach Is Human Rights Training Working with Foreign Militaries? No and That's O.K.  Image credit: US Arm...

Abigail Watson is joined by Mary Harper the BBC's Africa Editor to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on Somalia and how it may affect the prospects for peace in the country.  Music by Bensound

Daniel Mahanty and Beatrice Godefoy of the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) join the podcast to discuss the protection of civilians in partnered operations.  Music by BenSound. 

Liam Walpole and Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen discuss the latest defence and security policy developments in UK politics. This month the two talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic could impact the forthcoming integrated review and the recent election of Sir Keir Starmer as Labour Party leader. Music by BenSound. Image credit: UK Parliament/ Flickr.  About the discussants Liam Walpole is the Policy...

Liam Walpole, ORG's Policy Manager, is joined by two experts from the Danish Institute for International Studies, Peter Albrecht and Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, to examine the importance of effective protection of civilians, looking at case studies from the Sahel and West Africa. Music by BenSound Image credit: MINUSMA/Flickr.  About the discussants Liam Walpole is the Policy Manager at ORG's...

Liam Walpole and Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen discuss the latest defence and security policy developments in UK politics. Music by Bensound

Marwa Baabbad, Head of ORG's International Projects, is joined by the Middle East Institute's Nadwa Al-Dawsari and Fatima Abo Alasrar to debunk five popular myths about the conflict in Yemen. Music by Bensound About the discussants Marwa Baabbad is Head of International Projects with ORG’s Strategic Peacebuilding Programme. She manages the project Yemen: Rethinking the Peace Process, working with...

In this episode, Liam Walpole and Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen talk to David Grealy about the impact of David Owen on the genealogy of Britain’s ethical foreign policy. Related Research Remote Warfare and the Practical Challenges for the Protection of Civilians Strategy Fusion Doctrine in Five Steps: Lessons Learned from Remote Warfare in Africa Rhodesia, 1977-1979: David Owen, Human Rights and Britis...

In this episode, Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen and Liam Walpole are joined by Josh Arnold-Forster, who was a special adviser to the Defence Secretary John Reid in 2005-06 and is an associate director at Hanover Communications. The three discuss the upcoming National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review, including the areas that the review must address in an area of uncertain...

Liam Walpole and Megan return to discuss the latest defence and security policy development in UK politics.

Liam Walpole and Megan return to discuss the latest defence and security policy development in UK politics.

In the second of a two-part podcast series on security  in Africa's Sahel region, Abigail Watson is joined by Anna Schmauder, Brema Ely Dicko and Zoe Gorman to discuss the local and regional contexts of security. 

Delina Goxho and Flore Berger discuss international intervention in the Sahel. 

On November 26 Remote Warfare Programme launched a new report on the roll-out of the UK’s Fusion Doctrine. You can find the report here. On the basis of field research in Kenya and Mali, interviews with officials from the British Ministry Of Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department For International Development, as well as roundtables with experts from a wide variety of backgrounds,...

Ulrike Franke of ECFR joins the podcast to discuss drones, artificial intelligence and the future of technology in warfare.  Music by Bensound.  About the discussants Dr. Ulrike Franke is a policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and part of ECFR’s  New European Security Initiative . Her areas of focus include German and European security and defence, the f...

Liam Walpole is joined by three guests to discuss defence and foreign policy from the perspective of those who work as researchers for MPs in the House of Commons. The topics covered include where each of the main UK party leaders stand on defence and security, the conflicts between global vs. ethical foreign policy, budgeting for UK foreign policy and whether there is enough accountability in def...

Abigail Watson and Liam Walpole are joined by Jamie Gaskarth from the University of Birmingham to discuss the accountability of the more secretive elements of the UK security services such as intelligence and special forces.  Music by Bensound  Image credit: Matt Hecht/Flickr.  About the discussants Liam Walpole is a Senior Policy Officer at the Remote Warfare Programme. Abigail Wat...

 The Remote Warfare Programme's Liam Walpole and Abigail Watson discuss the latest developments in UK defence and security policy. In July, Boris Johnson's won the Tory leadership race which saw him become Prime Minister of Britain. The two discuss the implications of Johnson's premiership for UK defence and security. They also examine the recent announcement by the Ministry of Defence that 2...

The Remote Warfare Programme's Liam Walpole is joined by the Strategic Peacebuilding Programme's Marwa Baabbad to discuss the UK's policy towards Yemen and the impact of its security partnership with Saudi Arabia on the country.      Music by Bensound Image credit: Flickr  

  The Remote Warfare Programme's Liam Walpole and Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen discuss the latest developments in UK defence and security policy. This month the two discuss the increasing tension between Iran and the United States, the recent UK court ruling on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the implications of the Conservative leadership contest for UK defence. 

In this episode, the Remote Warfare Programme's Emily Knowles and Abigail Watson are joined by Rory Cormac and Andrew Mumford of the University of Nottingham. They discuss Rory and Andrew's new project on collusion and whether there are parallels between the work undertaken by Nottingham and RWP's research into remote warfare. Image credit: Tiocfaidh ár lá 1916/ Flickr.  About the discussants...

 The Remote Warfare Programme's Liam Walpole and Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen discuss the latest developments in UK defence and security policy. This month the two discuss Gavin Williamson's recent sacking, the UK's Protection of Civilians strategy, and the MoDs new guidance on intelligence sharing with partners who may have obtained intelligence through torture.  

 In March, after a long legal battle between three Yemenis and the Federal Republic of Germany, a German court decided that Germany must ensure that support provided by a US military base in Germany to the US’ drone campaign in Yemen complies with international law. This case illustrates many of the complexities discussed by the Remote Warfare Programme in its report, released last year, on t...

 The Remote Warfare Programme's Liam Walpole and Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen provide their monthly update on developments in UK defence and security policy. This month's big story is Gavin Williamson's announced a new UK Centre of Excellence for Human Security.   Music by Bensound.