Podcasts

For decades women have been involved in terrorism, whether carrying out attacks or supporting organisations. They have been victims of terrorist acts, and many have also been involved in diverse aspects of security, including on the front lines with forces trying to reduce the threat from terrorism. However, Dr Joana Cook, Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, says women were not adequately considered in the counter terrorist strategies developed since the events of 9/11, and this has created a major gap in how we understand and respond to terrorism today.

To listen to the full podcast on Women in terrorism and counterterrorism since 2001, please follow the link.

Foreign meddling in elections, cyber attacks and wars fought with proxies on the battlefield. Hybrid influencing has caught the headlines in recent years. Blurring the lines between war and peace and resorting to a variety of actors and methods, hybrid operations make conflicts more complex and unpredictable. In this episode, CMI discusses how peacemakers can deal with some of the challenges posed by hybrid influencing. What is now needed to prevent tensions from escalating into an open conflict? With whom to engage and how to resolve one?

To listen to the full podcast on Cyber attacks and wars fought with proxies: How can peacemakers respond to hybrid influencing?, please follow the link. 

«J’ai décidé de l’arrêt des poursuites judiciaires contre certains responsables et militants de partis politiques notamment du MRC, le mouvement pour la renaissance du Cameroun, arrêtés et détenus pour des faits commis dans le cadre de la contestation des résultats de la récente élection présidentielle. » Ce tweet du président Paul Biya posté vendredi soir (4 octobre 2019) après une semaine essentiellement consacrée au grand dialogue national est au cœur de toutes les discussions au Cameroun. Détente, décrispation, apaisement, ou leurre?

Pour écouter l'intégralité du podcast Dialogue national au Cameroun: détente, décrispation ou leurre?, veuillez suivre le lien. 

When peacekeepers were first deployed to Liberia in 2003, the west African country had just experienced a devastating civil war. Fifteen years later, the last Blue Helmets left the country. This podcast explores how UN Peacekeepers partnered with the people and government of Liberia to help transform the country from one of the bleakest places on the planet, to one of the more hopeful today.

To listen to the full podcast When UN Peacekeeping Works: The Story of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, kindly follow the link. 

This podcast from CSIS discusses progress being made regarding women in military combat roles. It also discusses a court ruling from earlier this year that said excluding women from Selective Service registration is unconstitutional. 

For full access to the podcast Women, Combat, and Selective Service, please follow the link.