20 episodios
Combating Jihadist Terror CoJiT
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Combating Jihadist Terrorism & Extremism (CoJiT - www.cojit.org) is the independent, not-for-profit research initiative that produces the Combating Jihadist Terror podcast which is hosted and presented by its Editorial Director, Anthony Richards.
Dr Richards is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and co-Director of the MSc in Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London and each week on the podcast he and his invited guest explore key contemporary questions and issues within terrorism and counter-terrorism.
Aims & Scope of the podcast: to enhance our understanding of the contemporary terrorist threat, identify the most pressing challenges and consider what the most appropriate responses might be by providing the very latest expert analysis on key contemporary questions within terrorism and counter-terrorism.
Audiences targeted: this series will be of value to all those with an interest in terrorism and counter-terrorism including: Policymakers and practitioners; relevant Think Tanks, organisations and research institutions; Academics, students and University research centres; International audiences; the media and the public.
Our Promise: the interviewees are recognised leading national and international experts in the field and are amongst the very ‘best in the business’ on each of the themes that will be discussed.
Benefits to the listener: these podcasts provide the absolute latest analysis on key contemporary questions, emerging themes and pressing issues within terrorism and counter-terrorism, providing both specialist communities and audiences as well as the media and interested members of the public with immediate, authoritative news and valuable insights into upcoming trends around the globe.
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20 – Sarah Marsden
Dr Anthony Richards’ guest on this final Series 2 episode of CoJiT’s Combating Jihadist Terror podcast is Sarah Marsden, Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews’ Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence. The podcast focuses initially on her work for the Centre for Research & Evidence on Security Threats (CREST), the...
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19 – Elizabeth Grimm
This penultimate number in Series 2 of CoJiT’s Combating Jihadist Terror podcast sees Anthony Richards joined by Dr Elizabeth Grimm, Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Teaching at the Centre for Security Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Against the background of US missile strikes that killed the leaders of al-Qaeda in August and al-Shabaab in...
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18 – Sara Khan
This week on the Combating Jihadist Terror podcast series we are delighted to welcome Dame Sara Khan, previously the Lead Commissioner for the Commission for Countering Extremism who has now been appointed, by the Prime Minister, to a new role as the government’s Independent Advisor for Social Cohesion and Resilience to tackle extremism in our communities. In this episode Dr...
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17 – Devorah Margolin
This week on the Combating Jihadist Terror podcast: Anthony Richards is joined by Dr Devorah Margolin, Director of Strategic Initiatives and a Senior Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism, George Washington University. Alongside her work at GWU, Dr Margolin is also a senior investigator with the ISIS Files Project, and the start of this...
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16 – Katherine Brown
Now on the Combating Jihadist Terror podcast: a discussion between Dr Katherine Brown and CoJiT’s Dr Anthony Richards. Dr Brown begins by outlining what she sees as the difference between CVE and PVE, before examining the limitations of counter-radicalisation and counter-extremism programmes in helping women. Finally, Dr Brown expands on her Humanities for Resilience project – an alternative framework for international...
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15 – Maura Conway
In this double-length episode of the Combating Jihadist Terror podcast, Dr Richards speaks to Professor Maura Conway. Their discussion begins with a look at classifying extremists and terrorists, they then examine to what extent academics and policymakers should be using the term ‘cyberterrorism”. Finally, Professor Conway expands on her views of how to further research into online...