Rethinking Security podcasts invite guests to discuss and critically examine the concept of ‘national security’ from a variety of perspectives.
Series 2: Paths out of Polycrisis
‘Paths out of polycrisis’ looks at the intersecting global challenges confronting the UK – from wars and state threats to environmental emergency, waves of forced displacement and the crisis of democracy. In each case, we ask leading experts to unpack the issues and explore what the UK could do to help solve problems and promote shared, sustainable human security.’
Series 2 Episode 8: Conclusion: Paths out of polycrisis for a new government
Series 2 Episode 7: Can the UK be a ‘force for good’ in today’s world?
Series 2 Episode 6: Addressing the Environmental Emergency
Series 2 Episode 5: From Permacrisis to Strategy on Migration
Series 2 Episode 4: How can the UK address risks from China and in the Asia-Pacific region?
Series 2 Episode 3: Paths away from war with Russia
Series 2 Episode 2: Beyond the war on terror?
Series 2 Episode 1: Navigating global ‘polycrisis’
Series 1: Centring Human Security
Join us as we explore what human security means and what it might look like to centre human need and well-being in national policy, rather than state security. We journey through militarism, climate change, health, poverty, policing and more as we unpack how the UK government tends to define ‘security’ as the elimination of traditional threats, but neglects to centre our well-being and the safety of the planet.
Episode 1: The Significance of Rethinking National Security
Episode 2: Rethinking Climate Change and Food Security
Episode 3: Whatever Happened to ‘Social Security’?
Episode 4: Policing, Borders and Hard Security within the UK
Episode 5: Health as Human Security
Episode 6: Securing Democratic and Human Rights
Episode 7: Centring Human Security at the National Level
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