In this second part of our Afghanistan series, Dr Bose and Sanjana discuss the role of the Afghani Government, what facilitates corruption, and the conflicting and chaotic strategies behind USA’s intervention.

Join us in learning about Australia’s involvement, how we can be good allies to Afghan communities, and how young people in Australia can play a huge role in mobilising change.

Special Episode! In this first part of our Afghanistan series, we’re in conversation with a member of our audience - Sanjana Sriram, and Dr Srinjoy Bose, who specializes in the study of Afghanistan and political order through his research on International Relations, Critical Peace & Security.

We break down the situation in Afghanistan so we can understand the conflict at a deeper level than the popular narrative mainstream news provides. How has the role of the USA changed? If the focus of the media is on American actors like the Taliban, how do we illuminate Afghani voices?

How do protests implement institutional change? Has social media influenced how they’ve been adapted in society? In this episode, we unpack the ethos of protests with Associate Professor of Sociology at UNSW, Claudia Tazreiter. We'll also discuss the dynamics of protests through an individual, collective and broader political lens.

In this last episode of our series on Israel-Palestine, we’ll discuss the role of social media platforms and their capacity to influence & censor the information we receive. We’ll also share the insights from our conversation with Peter Slezak, an Honorary Associate Professor at UNSW, who shares an interesting perspective on acknowledging guilt and privilege.

In this episode, we’ll look at three core elements of what is impeding change. Is the United Nations actually preventing problems from being solved? How does the USA exacerbate the issue? Is Australia doing enough?

Sources:

(PDF) Palestine: A Protracted Peacebuilding Process

US Foreign Aid to Israel

What is the Security Council? | United Nations Security Council

Associate Professor Peter Paul Slezak | UNSW Research

Why does the Israel-Palestine conflict exist? In our first episode of the series, we’ll delve into the roots of the conflict and take a brief look at the settler-coloniser dynamic that exists between Israelis and Palestinians. What are the reasons behind the present two states for two people approach?

Sources:

(PDF) Palestine: A Protracted Peacebuilding Process

US Foreign Aid to Israel

What is the Security Council? | United Nations Security Council

Associate Professor Peter Paul Slezak | UNSW Research

Welcome to the first episode of Unfounded! In this introductory episode we’ll discuss the aim of this podcast – to equip our audiences with academically-fuelled information and suggest actions they can undertake to overcome performative activism.