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Berlin Security Beat episodes

  • S3 Teaser: Decoding Cyber Security
    In our third season, we're diving into the depths of cyber security, where we'll discuss its key concepts and the importance of digital defense with experts from various fields. Our guests will include those who design secure systems, strategists safeguarding businesses, researchers unraveling online threats, and influencers shaping internet safety regulations. Join us for a comprehensive look at cyber attacks and defenses, threat analysis, cybercrime, digital policies, and more on the Berlin Security Beat podcast.
    2 min
  • S2 Episode 06: Working for NATO with Vlasta Zekulic
    In this episode we delve into the work of NATO with the Branch Head for Strategic Issues Engagements at NATO Allied Command Transformation. We cover a wide range of issues, from Vlasta's experiences as one of the few female recruits at Citadel, to her insights on the organizaitonal dynamics of NATO and the core skills and tools that young professionals need to succeed in NATO's operational environment.
    35 min
  • S2 Episode 05: From academia to policy with Gorana Grgić
    In this episode we interview Dr. Gorana Grgić, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Government and International Relations and the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Gorana is a world expert on U.S. and transatlantic security policy and has collaborated with a range of institutions from the EU to NATO to the Australian Ministry of Defence. In this episode we discuss a wide-range of topics from translating academic work to policy to navigating media appearances.
    33 min
  • S2 Episode 04: How to be a nuclear analyst with Ankit Panda
    In this episode of the Berlin Security Beat, we welcome Ankit Panda, a renowned nuclear analyst and Stanton Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment's Nuclear Policy Program. Ankit, known for his expertise on the Asia-Pacific, nuclear strategy, arms control, and emerging technologies, gives a glimpse into the life of a nuclear analyst. He shares his insights on the obstacles upcoming professionals encounter in the field, essential skills for success, and his approach to writing.
    26 min
  • S2 Episode 02: Creating nuclear strategy with Brad Roberts
    In this episode we speak with Brad Roberts, director of the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory about what it takes to be part of the nuclear strategic community, his work for the Obama administration and some advice for future nuclear analysts.
    For more information on the Center for Global Security Research, please visit: https://cgsr.llnl.gov/
    For more information on the Centre for International Security visit: https://www.hertie-school.org/en/international-security
    25 min
  • S1 Episode 13: “Sports and Autocrats”

    Dr. Christian Gläßel, postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for International Security at the Hertie School, and Dr. Adam Scharpf, incoming assistant professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, both experts on authoritarian regimes, join Dr. Katharina Emschermann, Deputy Director at the Centre, to talk about “sportswashing”, i.e. the instrumentalization of sports, in light of the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing and the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. They discuss:

    • the scrutiny-publicity dilemma autocrats face when hosting international sports events,
    • how the Argentine military junta disappeared and killed opponents before the 1978 World Cup,
    • what the events of ‘78 tell us about today, and
    • the implications for politicians, functionaries and sponsors.

      • Bibliography:

      Alrababa'h, Ala'/ Marble, William/ Mousa, Salma/ Siegel, Alexandra A. (2021): Can Exposure to Celebrities Reduce Prejudice? The Effect of Mohamed Salah on Islamophobic Behaviors and Attitudes, in: American Political Science Review, 115 (4): 1111-1128 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/can-exposure-to-celebrities-reduce-prejudice-the-effect-of-mohamed-salah-on-islamophobic-behaviors-and-attitudes/A1DA34F9F5BCE905850AC8FBAC78BE58

      Bowersox, Zack (2018): International Sporting Events and Human Rights: Does the Host Nation Play Fair? Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498562188/International-Sporting-Events-and-Human-Rights-Does-the-Host-Nation-Play-Fair

      Brancati, Dawn/ Wohlforth, William C. (2021): Why Authoritarians Love the Olympics: A Boycott of Beijing 2022 Will Do Little to Deter China Foreign Affairs, in: Foreign Affairs, 100 (2): 1-4, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2021-03-25/why-authoritarians-love-olympics

      Dukalskis, Alexander (2021): Making the World Safe for Dictatorship, New York: Oxford University Press, https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780197520130.001.0001/oso-9780197520130

      Human Rights Watch (2008): "China: Police Detain Would-Be Olympic Protesters, Report, https://www.hrw.org/news/2008/08/13/china-police-detain-would-be-olympic-protesters

      Lin, Huei-Wen/ Lu, Huei-Fu (2018): A Longitudinal Assessment on the Economic Effects of Hosting Major Sporting Events, in: Applied Economics, 50 (56): 6085-6099, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036846.2018.1489117?journalCode=raec20

      Orttung, Robert W./ Zhemukhov, Susan N. (2017): Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-First Century Russia, Abington: Routledge, https://www.routledge.com/Putins-Olympics-The-Sochi-Games-and-the-Evolution-of-Twenty-First-Century/Orttung-Zhemukhov/p/book/9780367185985

      Scharpf, Adam/ Gläßel, Christian/ Edwards, Pearce (2021): International Sports Events, Media Attention, and Autocratic Repression: Evidence from the 1978 World Cup, https://www.dropbox.com/s/nttkimdkwo0lvow/SGE_WorldCupPaper_18052021.pdf?dl=0

      Scharpf, Adam/ Gläßel, Christian (2020): Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina, in: American Journal of Political Science, 64 (4): 791-806, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ajps.12475

      Truex, Rory (2019): Focal Points, Dissident Calendars, and Preemptive Repression, in: Journal of Conflict Resolution, 63 (4): 1032-1052, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022002718770520

      Zidan, Karim (2021): Could 2022 be Sportswashing’s Biggest Year? In: The Guardian, 01/05/2021, https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/05/sportswashing-winter-olympics-world-cup

      23 min
    • S1 Episode 12: “Nobel Peace Prize Special: State Repression of Journalists”

      Anita Gohdes, Professor of International and Cyber Security at the Hertie School, and an expert on contentious politics in the cyber realm, joins Dr. Katharina Emschermann, Deputy Director at the Centre for International Security, to talk about journalist killings. They discuss:

      • the conditions that put journalists in danger in institutional democracies,
      • the instrumentalization of social media,
      • the intersection between online and offline politics in the context of protests, and
      • how to better protect journalists and freedom of expression.

        • Bibliography

        Aguilar Jr., Filomeno V./ Mendoza, Meynardo P./ Candelaria, Anne Lan K. (2014): Keeping the State at Bay: The Killing of Journalists in the Philippines, 1998-2012, in: Critical Asian Studies, 46(4), 649–677, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14672715.2014.960719

        BBC (2021): The Lazarus Hei$t, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvg9/episodes/downloads

        Carey, Sabine C./ Gohdes, Anita R. (2021): Understanding Journalist Killings, in: The Journal of Politics, 83:4, 1216–1228, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/715172

        Committee to Protect Journalists (2019): Global Campaign against Impunity, in: https://cpj.org/campaigns/impunity

        Davenport, Christian (2007): State Repression and Political Order, in: Annual Review of Political Science, 10(1), 1–23, https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.polisci.10.101405.143216

        Garretón, Manuel A. (1990): The Feasibility of Democracy in Chile: Conditions and Challenges, in: Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 15(30), 67–84, https://www.jstor.org/stable/41799734

        Moss, Dana M. (2021): The Arab Spring Abroad: Diaspora Activism against Authoritarian Regimes, Cambridge University Press, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/arab-spring-abroad/002627D28C07CE806EE8D540F6662BF2

        Perlroth, Nicole (2021): This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race, Bloomsbury Publishing, https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/this-is-how-they-tell-me-the-world-ends-9781635576061/

        Stier, Sebastian (2015): Democracy, Autocracy and the News: The Impact of Regime Type on Media Freedom, in: Democratization 22(7), 1273–1295, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2014.964643

        Waisbord, Silvio (2002): Antipress Violence and the Crisis of the State, in: The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 7(3), 90–109, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1081180X0200700306

        World Press Freedom Index 2020, https://rsf.org/en/2020-world-press-freedom-index-entering-decisive-decade-journalism-exacerbated-coronavirus

        19 min

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