Remote Warfare Podcast

Abigail Watson is joined by Camilla Molyneux and Mark Godwin-Hudson to discuss the Overseas Operations Bill.  Music by Bensound Abigail Watson is Conflict and Security Policy Coordinator at Saferworld. Camilla Molyneux is a research consultant and policy advisor at the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drones, with a focus on sustainable security, civilian protection in armed conflict and parliamentary scrutiny over the use of force.  Mark Goodwin-Hudson is a former British Army officer and head of the NATO civilian casualty investigation and mitigation team in 2016.  

Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen is joined by Ewan Lawson, an ORG Fellow, and Save the Children's Amanda Brydon to discuss the importance of incorporating a strong focus of the protection of civilians into UK policy and how this may factor in the forthcoming Integrated Review.  Further Reading Forging a New Path: Prioritising the Protection of Civilians in the UK’s Response to Conflict Questions for the Integrated Review #3: How Should the UK Measure Success? Questions for the Integrated Review #2: How to Engage: Deep and Narrow or Wide and Shallow? Questions for the Integrated Review: #1 How Do We Define Security? The UK Strategy on Protection of Civilians: Insights for the Review Process Music by BenSound Image credit: UNMISS. 

Hijab Shah of CSIS and Dorith Kool from HCSS join the Remote Warfare Programme team to discuss partner legitimacy, security force assistance and security sector reform.  Music by BENSOUND.  

Saferworld's Ali Altiok and Jordan Street join the podcast to discuss emergence of the four pillar of the United Nations - counter-terrorism.  Music by BenSound.  Image credit: UN Photo. 

In this episode Christopher Kinsey and Helene Olsen from Kings College London join the podcast to discuss private military and security contractors and their role in remote warfare Music by BenSound.

In this episode we’ll be joined by Jolle Demmers and Lauren Gould from the Utrecht University to discuss the use of remote warfare by democratic states and the problems yielded by this practice.

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, pandemics and inequality. On 9 June ORG hosted a webinar where an expert panel, including Dr Rachel Kleinfeld, Delina Goxho and Dr Oliver Scanlan, discussed the report’s key themes and findings.

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 Army Africa/Flickr.   Music by Bensound. About the discussants Abigail Watson is the Research Manager at ORG's Remote Warfare Programme. Emily Knowles is a Fellow at ORG.  Jahara ‘Franky’ Matisek is a Major in the US Air Force and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Military and Strategic Studies at the US Air Force Academy and is a Non-Resident Fellow with the Modern War Institute at the US Military Academy at West Point. The views expressed by him in this podcast are his own and do not reflect those of the U.S. government, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force Acad

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 Manager at ORG's Remote Warfare Programme. Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen is the Research and Policy Officer at ORG's Remote Warfare Programme.

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 Remote Warfare Programme. Peter Albrecht is a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde is a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS).

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 Yemenis engaged in regional strategic thinking groups in Hadramaut and Marib governorates. She joined ORG in July 2018. Fatima Abo Alasrar is a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute. Before joining the Institute, Alasrar was a Senior Analyst at the Arabia Foundation in Washington DC, MENA Director for Cure Violence, Research Associate at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, a Mason Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, and an International Policy Fellow at the Open Society Foundation. From 2006-12, she worked as an advisor for the Embassy of Yemen in Washington, DC. Earlier in her career, A

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 British Foreign Policy Image credit: Public Domain. Music by BenSound About the discussants Liam Walpole is the Policy Manager at ORG's Remote Warfare Programme. Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen is the Research and Policy Officer at ORG's Remote Warfare Programme. David Grealy is a PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool where he received his BA in history (2014) and a Master’s degree in twentieth century history (2015). His research focuses primarily on British diplomatic perspectives on the human rights ‘breakthrough’ of the 1970s. David was a participant of the Global Humanitarianism Research Academy 2017.

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 uncertainty for Britain. Image credit: Public Domain. Music by BenSound About the discussants Liam Walpole is the Policy Manager at ORG's Remote Warfare Programme. Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen is the Research and Policy Officer at ORG's Remote Warfare Programme. Josh Arnold-Forster was a special adviser to the Defence Secretary John Reid in 2005-06 and is an associate director at Hanover Communications. Share this page

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.