The years 2000 started with the so-called ‘global war on terror’, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The use of armed force against non-state armed groups labelled as ‘terrorists’ has, over the years, become more and more common — and continues to pose important legal and ethical questions.
In this episode, the co-hosts — Paola Gaeta and Antonio Coco — ... Show More
Mar 2025
In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 4: Food Insecurity in Armed Conflict
In this episode of the In and Around War(s) podcast, Yousuf Syed Khan, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, joins Academy Research Fellows Eugénie Duss and Francesco Romani to discuss the legal issues surrounding food security in armed conflict, as explored in our r ... Show More
34m 7s
Jul 2024
In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 2: The Prosecution of Ecocide and Other Environmental Crimes
The latest episode of our 'In and Around War(s)' podcast follows on from the IHL Talk 'The Prosecution of Ecocide and Other Environmental Crimes: State of the Law and Way(s) Forward' which took place in April. In the episode our Research Fellow, Eugénie Duss, speaks to Jelena Apa ... Show More
31m 42s
Sep 2021
Counterterrorism Twenty Years after 9/11
Twenty years after the deadly terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, how has the global terrorist threat, and American strategy against it, evolved? And what lessons can we learn from the successes and failures of U.S. counterterrorism policy as we enter the third decade since ... Show More
37m 11s
Sep 2021
The Course of the Forever Wars: Amnesia
This is the second episode of a three-part series looking at the past, present, and future of the so-called ‘war on terror’.
Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison was once a front-page headline in the "war on terror". Today, public knowledge of the torture that made it infamous is starting t ... Show More
27m 49s
Sep 2021
The Course of the Forever Wars: After 9/11
September 11, 2001, marked a milestone in a new chapter of warfare: after the 9/11 attacks, the US began not only the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but a so-called “global war on terror". That meant building a new war infrastructure that is fully global in nature, massively profi ... Show More
27m 52s
Sep 2021
The Course of the Forever Wars: The future
This is the final episode of a three-part series looking at the past, present, and future of the so-called ‘war on terror’.
For an idea of the next phase of the US’s war on terror, we look to East Africa, where a different version of the war has been unfolding for the past 20 ye ... Show More
28m 11s
Sep 2022
Al-Qaeda’s Next Top Terrorist: The jihadist movement after Zawahiri
A recent US drone strike, in the heart of the Afghan capital of Kabul, killed the head of Al-Qaeda. Ayman al-Zawahiri had led the group since 2011, following the death of Osama bin Laden, and during that time the jihadist terror organisation underwent a number of significant chan ... Show More
25m 2s
Dec 2021
E157. Jesse Morton Regrets Being A Terrorist
Jesse Morton was once an American born, jihadist propagandist who ran Revolution Muslim, a New York City-based organization active in the 2000s and connected to a number of terrorism cases. He and Bridget talk about his upbringing, how he discovered Islam and the process of his r ... Show More
2h 23m