The Fletcher Forum Podcast

Feminist Foreign Policy seeks to incorporate a gender and human rights perspective into international foreign affairs and policy. This episode discusses what feminist foreign policy looks like in different countries, its challenges, and how it may look in the future. Our staff editor, Paola interviews Daniela Philipson, Peace and Security Ph.D. Scholar at Monash University. She has authored several Op-Eds and articles for international outlets, such as the Yale Journal of International Affairs and Chatham House. In 2022, Daniela co-founded Internacional Feminista, a multilingual platform to advance critical dialogues on foreign policy, international relations, and feminism in Latin America.

Resources cited during the episode:

· CFFP: https://centreforfeministforeignpolicy.org/feminist-foreign-policy

· Mamacash: https://www.mamacash.org/es/el-activismo-feminista-funciona

· ICRW: https://www.icrw.org/

· IWDA: https://iwda.org.au/resource/feminist-foreign-policy-anoverview/#:~:text=WHAT%20IS%20FEMINIST%20FOREIGN%20POLICY,of%20peaceful%20and%20flourishing%20societies.

· Kubernein initiative, Inclusive Foreign Policy: https://kuberneininitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Opportunities-for-a-more-Inclusive-Indian-Foreign-Policy.pdf

· Internacional Feminista: https://www.internacionalfeminista.com/#publicaciones-publications

· Chatham House, Feminist Foreign Policy Needs Upgrade: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2022-10/feminist-foreign-policy-needs-upgrade

In this Fletcher Forum podcast episode our staff editor, Hasan Towhid interviews Rear Admiral Md. Khurshid Alam (Retd) has served as the President of the International Seabed Authority Council and represented many other illustrious offices. They talk about peace and maritime security issues in the Indo-Pacific while exploring the broader universe of armed conflict at sea.

In today's episode, I talk about "Why women in Latin America should care about what is happening in Iran?" I interview Belen Torchiaro, an Argentinian political science major, Muslim, feminist, and women's rights activist. The episode is hosted in Spanish.

You can follow Belen on social media as @BeluTorch

This episode of The Gendering International Relations Podcast was sponsored by The Fletcher Forum at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram as @genderingir.

In this first Fletcher Forum Fireside Chat, Dr. Jonathan Donner and Dr. Pramod Varma talk about an open protocol approach to counter bigtech monopoly in digital commerce towards making it more inclusive for micro-enterprises. Dr. Varma elaborates on India's journey so far in democratizing access to public services through open technology, and the more recent efforts to demonopolize digital commerce.

Dr. Jonathan Donner is a Visiting Faculty Fellow at The Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and also, Senior Director for Research, Caribou Digital, a research consultancy focused on building inclusive digital economies

Dr. Pramod Varma was the Chief Architect of Aadhar (India's population scale unique biometric identity program), and many things India Stack. He's currently the Chief Technical Officer at Ekstep Foundation and the Co-Creator of the Beckn Protocol.

This week's interviewee: Lanaire Aderemi

Lanaire Aderemi is a poet, playwright and PhD researcher committed to amplifying and archiving untold stories. Her work on memory has appeared in the Republic, Warwick Arts Centre, Tate Modern, BBC and Lolwe. She can be found on lanaireaderemi.co

This episode was produced, presented, and edited by Princess Anene-Maidoh with cover art by Jomely Breton.

Opening music: The rhythm of Africa by Zakhar Valaha

As the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth week, many Western commentators are still wondering why Russian President Vladimir Putin chose a full-scale invasion, and why now. In this podcast, Kiana Nedele sits down with Professor Christopher Miller, head of the Fletcher School's Russia/Eurasia Program, to work through these questions and more. Professor Miller brings his years of experience working with Russians on Russian issues to share critical insights about the role of the U.S. and NATO, Putin's headspace, and the uses and limits of political theory.

Bangladesh currently hosts around 1.1 million Rohingya Muslim Minorities from Myanmar. The Rohingya people have faced decades of systematic discrimination, statelessness, and targeted violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Such persecution forced them to come to Bangladesh for many years, particularly in August 2017.

In this episode, H. E. Ambassador Ms. Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York is interviewed by our Staff Editor, Md. Hasan Abdullah Towhid about the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh. Ambassador Fatima discusses the history of the Rohingya Crisis, the current situation of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps and a potential security threat to the region, relocation of Rohingya Refugees to 'Bhasan Chor' island, and possible solutions to their repatriation. The ongoing case against Myanmar at ICJ and UNGA & UNSC resolutions; and deliberations of the International community for a sustainable solution of Rohingya crisis are also discussed.