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Notre Dame International Security Center episodes

  • Students Talk Security | International Security in the Mediterranean
    An Interview with Professor Thanos P. Dokos by Joseph Simone
    Summary:
    In this episode of ‘Students Talk Security’, we will discuss security issues involving countries in the Mediterranean and Easter European region and learn how they impact the world as a whole.
    Biography:
    Professor Thanos P. Dokos received his Ph.D. in International Relations from Cambridge University and has held research positions at the Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt and the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.
    Dokos has previously served as the Director for Research in the Strategic Studies Division for the Hellenic Ministry of National Defense and as an Advisor on NATO issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1999 he moved to the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy as Director of Research, and in 2006 he became Director-General of the think tank.
    Dokos has also taught at the Universities of Athens and Piraeus, the Hellenic National Defense College, the Diplomatic Academy, and the Hellenic National Security School, and currently teaches at College Year in Athens. He is a specialist in Greek-Turkish relations and Mediterranean security.
    29 min
  • Students Talk Security | Tell me a Whopper: The Implications for Lies in Politics
    An interview with Dr. James McAdams by Zoe Desch
    Summary:
    This podcast will be about the destabilizing effect lies (or the lack of truth) from politicians and public figures can have on a country. A well educated citizenry is important to the democratic process and with the advent of social media information and misinformation are quickly and easily disseminated to the public.
    This information divides and confuses the electorate such that the truth becomes difficult to find. Dr. McAdams' class on Truth and Politics addresses the danger of losing sight of the truth and the dangers presented by misinformation to liberal democracies.
    Biography:
    Dr. McAdams is a faculty member in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, where he holds the William M. Scholl Endowed Chair in International Affairs.
    His primary fields of research and teaching are in comparative politics, international relations, and political history. Between 2002 and 2018, he was Director of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to the study of contemporary Europe, in the broadest sense of the term.
    He is also a fellow of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. All of these institutes are affiliates of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs. He also has a passion for political philosophy.
    26 min
  • Students Talk Security | What Role Should the U.S. Military Have in Settling International Disputes?
    An Interview with Major Mike Murrell by Matthew Carranza
    **Any opinions that Maj. Murrell expresses are completely his own and do not reflect those of the US Army.**
    Summary:
    In this episode of ‘Students Talk Security’, Matthew Carranza focuses on the military aspect of international relations given Major Murrell’s background. Matthew is interested in his past experiences, his thoughts on how overall missions work on the ground level, and what he has seen while deployed in foreign nations. Matthew believes Major Murrell’s perspective on US military relations with other nations will be particularly insightful, and will give us a closer look to what actually happens as a result of our national defense policies.
    Biography:
    Major Mike Murrell enlisted in the Army in 2003. After 4 years of service, he attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning where he was commissioned as a Military Intelligence Officer in 2008.
    He has served in several leadership roles including Battalion S2 for the 95th Military Police Battalion in Mannheim, Germany, was the Company Commander with Division West, First Army, and was a Strategic Planner for J2 at US Southern Command.
    His awards and decorations include, but are not limited to, the Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal with 2 bronze oak leaf, and Army Achievement Medal with bronze oak leaf.
    He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Excelsior College and a master’s degree in Military Arts and Science from the Air University.
    He is currently in his second year as an Assistant Professor of Military Science in Notre Dame’s Army ROTC program.
    23 min
  • Students Talk Security | Mass Atrocities, Myanmar, and the Rise of the Far-Right
    An Interview with Dr. Ernesto Verdeja by Lauren Pizzella
    Summary: In this episode of ‘Students Talk Security’, Associate Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Ernesto Verdeja, will provide a brief summary of what mass atrocities are, what are their causes, and what we can do to prevent them.
    It will discuss current international events that pertain to mass atrocities and human rights including the Myanmar ethnic cleansing, the rise of the far-right in the US, US sanctions on ICC officials, and COVID-19.
    Lastly, it will allow Professor Verdeja about his experiences working with governments and some of the challenges he has faced during peacebuilding.
    Biography:
    Professor Verdeja is an associate Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
    Professor Verdeja’s research has focused on large-scale political violence (genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity), transitional justice, forgiveness and reconciliation, and trials, truth commissions, apologies, and reparations. He is the author of “Unchopping a Tree: Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Political Violence” and is co-editor of volumes on peacebuilding and social movements, the field of genocide studies, and the international politics of genocide.
    Professor Verdeja received his Ph.D. and M.A. in political science from the New School for Social Research in New York City. He has worked on human rights at the International Center for Transitional Justice and the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now Human Rights First) and also served on the Advisory Board of the International Association of Genocide Scholars and the United States Institute of Peace's RESOLVE Research Advisory Group.
    He is currently working on a book project on comparative genocide as well as co-directing a project mapping state security force structures around the world and working as the Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide (a non-profit organization founded in 1982 to promote research and policy analysis on the causes and prevention of genocide and political violence.)
    Professor Verdeja also regularly consults with the U.S. government, foreign governments, and human rights organizations on genocide and mass atrocity prevention, and on justice and reconciliation efforts.
    37 min
  • Virtuous Combatants with Chaplain Col. Dabeck
    Recorded: April 21, 2020
    Hosted by: Dan Lindley
    Chaplain (Colonel) Larry Dabeck is the 2019-2020 US Army War College Fellow, studying and writing for the Army on developing senior strategic leadership. He has three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and was awarded the Bronze Star for, “selfless and dignified service in caring for the spiritual needs of wounded and deceased enemy soldiers….” He served for three years as the graduate instructor for ethics at the US Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC), helping to found the GEN Hugh Shelton Chair in Ethics. He presented his research on Virtuous Combatants at the 2012 CGSC Annual Army Ethics Symposium. He most recently served as a senior religious affairs advisor for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Staff, and Combatant Commands.
    Chaplain Dabeck serves as a US Army Chief of Chaplains senior leader and a senior ethicist for the Army Chaplain Corps.
    1 hr 27 min

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