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- Seeking Justice for Israel's Genocide in Palestine: An Interview with Inès Abdel Razek
NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Seeking Justice for Israel's Genocide in Palestine: An Interview with Inès Abdel Razek” from July 12, 2024. Click here to watch the original video.
Security in Context's Anita Fuentes interviews Inès Abdel Razek, Co-Director of the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) and its digital platform Rabet, about Gaza, Palestinian solidarity, and the quest for justice amid genocide from Israel.Inès Abdel Razek is the Executive Director of the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) and its digital platform Rabet, an independent Palestinian organization focusing on international mobilization and digital campaigning for Justice, Freedom and Equality. From 2019 to 2022, Inès was the Advocacy Director of the PIPD, helping to develop the political networks and international advocacy pillar of the organization. Prior to joining the PIPD, Inès held policy advisor positions in the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona, the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi and the Palestinian Prime Minister’s Office in Ramallah, where she advised executive leadership on international aid for development policies. Inès is also a board member of the social enterprise BuildPalestine, Advisory board member of Palestine DeepDive, and policy member at Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from Sciences-Po, Paris.For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext23 min - Branko Milanovic on Global Inequality: Past Lessons and Future Prospects
NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Branko Milanovic on Global Inequality: Past Lessons and Future Prospects” from June 21, 2024. Click here to watch the original video.
Security in Context's Anita Fuentes interviews Branko Milanovic on global inequality and how the subject's past can inform the future.Branko Milanovic is an economist best known for working on income distribution and inequality. He is a research professor at the City University of New York's Graduate Center. Milanovic obtained his Ph.D. in economics (1987) from the University of Belgrade with a dissertation on income inequality in Yugoslavia. He served as lead economist in the World Bank’s Research Department for almost 20 years, leaving to write his book on global income inequality, Worlds Apart (2005). He was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington (2003-2005) and has held teaching appointments at the University of Maryland (2007-2013) and at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (1997- 2007). He was a visiting scholar at All Souls College in Oxford, and Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (2010-11).For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext21 min - Analyzing Mexico's Election: Claudia Sheinbaum's Landslide Victory
NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Analyzing Mexico's Election: Claudia Sheinbaum's Landslide Victory” from June 6, 2024. Click here to watch the original video.
In this interview conducted by Security in Context's Margaret Cerullo, Mexico-based independent investigative journalist, John Gibler, author of Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt, To Die in Mexico: Dispatches From Inside the Drug War, and I Couldn’t Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us: An Oral History of the Attacks Against the Students of Ayotzinapa, provides in-depth analysis of the political landscape in Mexico in light of the most recent elections on June 2, 2024. Gibler analyzes the context in which Claudia Sheinbaum emerged victorious with a whopping 30+ point margin. In the interview, Gibler analyzes Sheinbaum’s party, Morena, and the legacies of her predecessor, López Obrador by looking at the war on drugs, immigration policy, state violence and the lingering impunity surrounding human rights, as well as the significance of Morena's triumph for Mexico and the region.For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext38 min - Nayib Bukele's Policies in El Salvador - An Interview with Amy Fallas
NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Nayib Bukele's Policies in El Salvador - An Interview with Amy Fallas” from May 3, 2024. Click here to watch the original video.
Security in Context's Janaina Maldonado interviews Amy Fallas on the policies of President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele.
Amy Fallas is a Salvadoran-Costa Rican writer, editor, and historian. She is a former editor of the Yale Journal for International Affairs and a current assistant editor at the Arab Studies Journal. Her published work has appeared in The Washington Post, Jadaliyya, the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, Mada Masr, HAZINE, the Revealer, Sojourners, Contingent Magazine, and more. She received her MA in History from Yale University and is currently a PhD Candidate in History at UC Santa Barbara. Her research examines religious difference, communal institutions, sectarianism, and historical memory in modern Egypt as well as transnationally between El Salvador and Palestine during the 20th Century. Her creative nonfiction explores these questions through personal and investigative essays on race, religion, and politics in and between Egypt, El Salvador, and the United States.For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext35 min - Returning Public Funds To The Public: An Interview with Stephen Semler
NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Returning Public Funds To The Public: An Interview with Stephen Semler” from April 29, 2024. Click here to watch the original video.
Security in Context's Anita Fuentes interviews Stephen Semler about his paper, "Returning Public Funds To The Public: A Plan To Convert Excess US Military Spending Into $600 Tax Rebates," in which he lays out a plan aimed at refunding taxpayers for the dramatic increase in military spending that we’ve seen over recent years in the United States.
Semler's paper can be read here: https://www.securityincontext.org/posts/returning-public-funds-to-the-public-a-plan-to-convert-excess-us-military-spending-into-600-tax-rebatesStephen Semler is co-founder of the Security Policy Reform Institute and author of the newsletter Speaking Security.For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext12 min - Countering “Day After” Narratives in Palestine: An Interview with Mandy Turner
NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Countering “Day After” Narratives in Palestine: An Interview with Mandy Turner” from April 26, 2024. Click here to watch the original video.
Security in Context's Anita Fuentes interviews Mandy Turner about her February 2024 paper for the project, "Countering “Day After” Narratives: Notes Towards A Practical Program For Palestinian Liberation And Global Solidarity."
Her paper can be read here: https://www.securityincontext.org/posts/countering-day-after-narratives-notes-towards-program-palestinian-liberation-solidarityMandy Turner is a senior researcher with Security in Context. Her research focuses on the political economy of conflict and peace, humanitarianism and multilateralism, and the situation in Israel and Palestine. She has 25 years’ experience of these issues and has pursued research, writing and consultancy work through a variety of sectors. She is the author of over 50 articles and book chapters, has edited or co-edited four books and three journal special issues, and writes for media outlets. She holds a PhD in International Relations (2000), an MSc in International Relations (1994), and a BSc in Sociology (1993) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. She started her career as a journalist with The Guardian newspaper in London (2000-2004), then re-entered the academy as a research fellow then senior lecturer in the peace studies department at the University of Bradford, UK (2004-2011). From 2012-2020, Mandy lived and worked in Palestine as director of a British Academy international research institute. She left this position to become professor of conflict, peace and humanitarian affairs at the University of Manchester, UK, which she held until she joined Security in Context in January 2024. Her most recent book is an edited collection called From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of ‘Peace’ (Rowman and Littlefield, 2019), which will be published in Arabic by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (Doha) in 2024. Her previous books are: The Politics of International Intervention: The Tyranny of Peace (co-edited with F.P. Kühn. Routledge, 2016); Decolonizing Palestinian Political Economy: De development and Beyond (co-edited with O. Shweiki. PalgraveMacmillan, 2014), and Whose Peace? Critical Perspectives on the Political Economy of Peacebuilding (co edited with M. Pugh and N. Cooper. PalgraveMacmillan, 2008). She can be contacted on: [email protected]For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext14 min - Milei's election and the Argentinian economy: An interview with Matías Vernengo [Part 2]
NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Milei's election and the Argentinian economy: An interview with Matías Vernengo [Part 2]” from February 2, 2024. Click here to watch the original video.
In this interview, Executive Producer of the Security in Context Podcast Anita Fuentes talks with Matías Vernengo, about his recent book "Dollar Hegemony," and the economic circumstances that contributed to Javier Milei's election in Argentina.
Matías Vernengo is a Professor of Economics at Bucknell University. He was formerly Senior Research Manager at the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA), Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Utah, and Assistant Professor at Kalamazoo College and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He has been an external consultant to several United Nations organizations like the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the International Labor Organization (ILO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). He has seven edited books, two books and more than one hundred and twenty articles published in scientific peer reviewed journals or book chapters. He specializes in macroeconomic issues for developing countries, in particular Latin America, international political economy and the history of economic thought. He is also the emeritus founding co-editor of the Review of Keynesian Economics (ROKE), and co-editor in chief of the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.Vernengo's book "Dollar Hegemony" can be found here: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/dollar-hegemony-9781035320929.htmlFor more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext19 min - Dollar hegemony explained: An interview with Matías Vernengo [Part 1]
NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Dollar hegemony explained: An interview with Matías Vernengo [Part 1]” from January 31, 2024. Click here to watch the original video.
In this interview, Executive Producer of the Security in Context Podcast Anita Fuentes talks with Matías Vernengo, about his recent book "Dollar Hegemony," and the economic circumstances that contributed to Javier Milei's election in Argentina.
Matías Vernengo is a Professor of Economics at Bucknell University. He was formerly Senior Research Manager at the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA), Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Utah, and Assistant Professor at Kalamazoo College and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He has been an external consultant to several United Nations organizations like the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the International Labor Organization (ILO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). He has seven edited books, two books and more than one hundred and twenty articles published in scientific peer reviewed journals or book chapters. He specializes in macroeconomic issues for developing countries, in particular Latin America, international political economy and the history of economic thought. He is also the emeritus founding co-editor of the Review of Keynesian Economics (ROKE), and co-editor in chief of the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.Vernengo's book "Dollar Hegemony" can be found here: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/dollar-hegemony-9781035320929.htmlFor more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext26 min - The Socioeconomic Consequences of the War on Gaza: An Interview with UN ESCWA's Mehrinaz El Awady
NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “The Socioeconomic Consequences of the War on Gaza: An Interview with UN ESCWA's Mehrinaz El Awady” from December 16, 2023. Click here to watch the original video.
Executive Producer of the Security in Context Podcast Anita Fuentes interviews Mehrinaz El Awady about the impact of the Israeli attacks on the socioeconomic conditions in Gaza.Mehrinaz El Awady is the Leader of the Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development Cluster at the UN's ESCWA. She previously served as Director for the ESCWA Centre for Women. Prior to that, she was ESCWA Senior SWAP Coordinator, in charge of mainstreaming gender within the organization. She has a long record in development organization and management at the grassroots and the policy levels.ESCWA's policy brief on the war in Gaza can be found here: https://www.unescwa.org/publications/....For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext10 min - Palestine, Human Rights, and Justice for Gaza: An Interview with Ione Belarra
NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Palestine, Human Rights, and Justice for Gaza: An Interview with Ione Belarra” from November 28, 2023. Click here to watch the original video.
Security in Context's Anita Fuentes and Fernando Brancoli interview Spanish former Minister Ione Belarra about the war in Gaza.Since the beginning of the war, Belarra has emerged as one of the few European voices in a government position to strongly express her rejection of the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. As the Secretary-General of Spain's Podemos party and former Minister of Social Rights and Agenda 2030, Belarra articulates a compelling narrative on the crisis in Palestine, the broader implications for global human rights advocacy, and the strategic vision of the #JusticeForGaza initiative.#JusticeForGaza is an international popular initiative to advocate for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute the Israeli government for the crimes and collective punishment committed in Gaza since 7 October, 2023, spearheaded by Belarra and other leaders of the transformative left in Europe and Latin America. Find out more about this initiative: https://www.justiceforgaza.info/Read more about the conversation with Ione Belarra on our blog:https://www.securityincontext.org/pos... (English)https://www.securityincontext.org/pos... (Spanish)For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext14 min
About Security in Context
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Security in Context is a podcast project from the research network of the same name, aimed at promoting new thinking on security from a global perspective. It features discussions about key questions…
on peace and conflict, the political economy of security and insecurity, militarism, and geopolitics, as they intersect with the processes of climate change, population movement, and the reorganization of global powers. In order to delve into these topics, we interview writers, researchers, activists and professionals from inside and outside the Security in Context network.