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Nowadays on the global stage, the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait are shaping a new collective role, in which influence, funding, and humanitarian engagement intersect in powerful ways. Today on the show we're focused on the—at times—complex and nuanced humanitarian role these states play on the global stage. Then turn to an interview with Mamadou Sow, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross's delegation to the Gulf States, to explain how we work with these to support humanitarian action and ensure that the laws of war and the obligations of states engaged in conflict are upheld.

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What are the principles guiding humanitarians in their work? And do they need a refresh? Today on the podcast, we learn more about the principles guiding humanitarian action. Then we meet Dr. Paul Spiegel, Director of the Center for Humanitarian Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, who is reimagining how the humanitarian system works.

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Does artificial intelligence make wars better or worse? That was the provocative question we asked participants at an AI Expo hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project earlier this summer. SCSP is, a non-profit whose mission is to help strengthen U.S. competitiveness in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies that shape national security, the economy, and the way the US fights wars. We dig into the question with drone enthusiasts, tech CEOs, and Mark Montgomery from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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Today we're doing something different on the podcast. We're going to hear from our colleagues at the American Red Cross about their disaster relief response efforts in times of hurricanes. Experts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say hurricane season isn't just June through November any more, but year round; much like the American Red Cross's disaster response. We're going to walk you through the Red Cross' response before, during, and after a disaster and talk about their partnerships with non-profits in vulnerable communities to ensure long-term recovery and resilience.

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After 14 years of registering more than 35,000 people as missing, the International Red Cross can finally bring some solace to families on the fate and whereabouts of their missing loved ones in Syria. We sit down with the head of the Syria delegation, Stephan Sakalian, to talk about how the International Committee of the Red Cross is working to provide some consolation to those seeking missing loved ones and what it will take to rebuild the country under the new government.

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It's been a challenging time to be part of a humanitarian organization in the U.S. The terms: foreign assistance aid and foreign aid have been discussed a lot lately. But, what do they really mean? Can humanitarian aid to help people affected by conflict and violence—the work we do at International Committee of the Red Cross—really meet an America-first agenda? On today's episode, ICRC's Head of the US & Canada Delegation Fabrizio Carboni sits down with Kathryn-Jean Lopez, editor-at-large at the National Review, a U.S. magazine and news website publishing conversative commentary.

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Since the beginning of time, war has been used as a tool to resolve disagreements. While countless numbers of civilians die in war, the cost of war only gets more expensive each year. In this episode, we look at one of the only programs on the globe that brings together adversaries and allies to talk through ways to reduce the costs of war—in treasure and in lives--and maybe build toward positive peace. We sit down with Thom Geiser, an armed services advisor with the ICRC, and Paul Sotomayor, the deputy division chief of the U.S. Special Operations Command J7.

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In this Digital Dilemmas 2.0: Deepfakes episode, we take a look at two poignant questions: "How do we distinguish truth from manipulation? Who owns the truth?"

We tour a deepfake exhibit created by the ICRC and L'École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) at the United Nations. Then, we zoom out and look at how dissemination of harmful narratives projected in images, videos, or other information affect communities in conflict and situations violence.

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In a country of more than 100 armed groups, the Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the most protracted and forgotten conflicts in the world. In the latest Intercross episode, we ask what the recent hostilities that started around December mean for the more than 4.5 million people who have been forced to flee their homes? And what is the ICRC's response? In this episode, we hear from Francois Moreillon, ICRC's Head of Delegation in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC.

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