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Warpod: Ten years of the Arms Trade Treaty
As we mark ten years since the Arms Trade Treaty entered into force, Roy Isbister and Elizabeth Kirkham from Saferworld’s Arms Unit tell us about their experience of working on the global treaty to regulate the international arms trade.
12 December 2024
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Warpod: Where next for the UK Integrated Security Fund?
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)? As Lewis Brooks says in the episode, “If you want to understand UK security and conflict policy around the world, then you need to understand this fund”.
25 July 2024
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Warpod: Somalia’s security sector after the African Union withdrawal
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 country and the wider region?
6 June 2024
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Warpod BONUS: The impact of US and European elections on UK security policy
With a general election on the horizon in 2024 and evolving security dynamics pulling policymakers and politicians in different directions, we spoke to two experts – Olivia O'Sullivan, the Director of the UK in the World Programme at Chatham House, and Christine Cheng, senior lecturer in War Studies at King's College London – to hear their insights on UK security policy.
21 May 2024
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Warpod: how are UK political parties thinking about security policy?
With a general election on the horizon in 2024 and evolving security dynamics pulling policymakers and politicians in different directions, we spoke to two experts – Olivia O'Sullivan, the Director of the UK in the World Programme at Chatham House, and Christine Cheng, senior lecturer in War Studies at King's College London – to hear their insights on UK security policy.
1 May 2024
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Warpod: the future of peacekeeping
In this episode, we explore the future of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping and the role of the African Union (AU) in peace operations with Congresswoman Sara Jacobs, David Haeri from the UN Department for Peace Operations, and Linda Darkwa, Senior Research Fellow at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy at the University of Ghana.
4 April 2024
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Warpod: European arms production - the EU's struggle to find a role
In this episode, we explore the role of the European Union in the research, development and joint production of arms and military equipment with Hannah Neumann, a Member of the European Parliament who sits on the Security and Defence Committee and chairs the delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula, where the issue of arms exports is often debated.
28 February 2024
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Warpod: The shifting security alliances of Europe and Central Asia
In this second part of our discussion with Lord Peter Ricketts and Nargis Kassenova, we take a deeper look at some of the policy change we’ve seen in recent years, and at wider patterns of geopolitical competition and alliances. We also discuss how some of the players in the region have built unreliable and inconsistent security partnerships, and how this has started to erode trust and undermine their broader strategic aims.
31 January 2024
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Warpod: Understanding security trends in Europe and Central Asia
In this Warpod episode, we take a step back to look at the trends shaping contemporary security policy with Lord Peter Ricketts and Nargis Kassenova. We discuss what’s changed and what hasn’t since our last episodes, and some of the different approaches being taken to address these challenges.
24 January 2024