Security in Context

Security in Context
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Security in Context is a podcast project from the research network of the same name, aimed at promoting new thinking on security from a global perspective. It features discussions about key questions on peace and conflict, the political economy of security and insecurity, militarism, and geopolitics, as they intersect with the processes of climate change, population movement, and the reorganization of global powers. In order to delve into these topics, we interview writers, researchers, activists and professionals from inside and outside the Security in Context network.

  1. JUL 16

    Understanding Iran's Grand Strategy: A discussion with Vali Nasr

    NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Understanding Iran's Grand Strategy: A discussion with Vali Nasr” from July 15, 2025. ⁠Click here to watch the original video⁠. The statements made and opinions expressed in this publication are solely the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Security in Context network, its partner organizations, or its funders. Security in Context Senior Researcher Negar Razavi interviews Vali Nasr about his new book, "Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History." Vali Nasr is the Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as the eighth Dean of Johns Hopkins SAIS between 2012 and 2019 and served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke between 2009 and 2011. Nasr is the author of "Iran's Grand Strategy" alongside other books, including "The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat"; "Forces of Fortune: The Rise of a New Middle Class and How it Will Change Our World" and "How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare." For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on X @SecurityContext

    33 min

  2. JUN 20

    India-Pakistan Tensions and the Indus Waters Treaty: An Interview with Daanish Mustafa

    NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “India-Pakistan Tensions and the Indus Waters Treaty: An Interview with Daanish Mustafa” from Jun 20, 2025. ⁠Click here to watch the original video⁠. The statements made and opinions expressed in this publication are solely the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Security in Context network, its partner organizations, or its funders. Security in Context's Anita Fuentes interviews Daanish Mustafa on the recent India-Pakistan crisis. Professor Daanish Mustafa obtained his BA in Geography from Middlebury College, USA, his MA from University of Hawai'i Manoa, and his PhD in Geography from University of Colorado. He has taught at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA and then at the University of South Florida, St Petersburg, before finding his intellectual home in the Department of Geography. While at King's, he has received the School of Social Science and Public Policy excellence in teaching award. His research has been funded by the Belmont Forum, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Department for International Development (DfID), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), National Geographic Society, Royal Geographical Society, and the British Academy. Daanish was the co-author of the first climate change response strategies for Pakistan, in addition to being the lead author for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Pakistan five-year flood response strategy. In addition, he has also undertaken policy-related work with the DfID, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Stimson Centre, and United States Institute for Peace (USIP). For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on X @SecurityContext

    20 min

  3. MAY 23

    Kenya, the United States, and the War on Terror: An Interview with Samar Al-Bulushi

    NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Kenya, the United States, and the War on Terror: An Interview with Samar Al-Bulushi” from May 22, 2025. ⁠Click here to watch the original video⁠. The statements made and opinions expressed in this publication are solely the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Security in Context network, its partner organizations, or its funders. Security in Context's Anita Fuentes interviews Samar Al-Bulushi about her book, "War-Making as Worldmaking: Kenya, the United States, and the War on Terror." Samar Al-Bulushi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UC Irvine. She obtained her PhD in Anthropology at Yale and her MA in International Affairs at Columbia University. Prior to obtaining her PhD, she spent ten years working in the field of international human rights with the Center for Economic and Social Rights, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), and the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ). She is currently a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington, D.C., and previously served as contributing editor for Africa is a Country. Al-Bulushi’s research is broadly concerned with militarism and geopolitics.  Her book, War-Making as World-Making: Kenya, the United States, and the War on Terror (forthcoming with Stanford University Press), argues that Kenya has emerged as a key player in the post 9/11 era of endless war. Her next project, The Afterlives of Non-Alignment, explores how Africans re-engage with the concept of non-alignment in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While contemporary invocations of non-alignment are not necessarily grounded in a commitment to anti-imperialism, memories of European colonialism loom large, as do memories of the Soviet Union’s support for African independence struggles. This project aims to shed ethnographic light on how asymmetrical yet shifting global power relations are interpreted and contested, shaped simultaneously by colonial legacies of exploitation and inequality, by affective discourses that invoke memories of these legacies, and by everyday forms of geopolitical knowledge. For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext

    37 min

  4. MAY 19

    How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy: An Interview with Van Jackson

    This episode is an audio version of our video interview “How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy: An Interview with Van Jackson” from May 18, 2025. ⁠Click here to watch the original video⁠. The statements made and opinions expressed in this publication are solely the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Security in Context network, its partner organizations, or its funders. Security in Context's Anita Fuentes interviews Van Jackson about his new book with Michael Brenes, "The Rivalry Peril: How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy." For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext

    28 min

  5. MAY 7

    Understanding Trump's Tariffs

    NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Understanding Trump's Tariffs” from April 14, 2025. ⁠Click here to watch the original video⁠. The statements made and opinions expressed in this publication are solely the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Security in Context network, its partner organizations, or its funders. In this video, Security in Context's Omar Dahi moderates a discussion between SiC co-founder Firat Demir and economist Francisco R. Rodriguez to discuss Trump's tariffs and their impact on the world. For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext

    48 min

  6. MAY 7

    Dissecting Europe’s Political Landscape: German Elections and U.S.-Ukraine Tensions

    NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Dissecting Europe’s Political Landscape: German Elections and U.S.-Ukraine Tensions” from March 7, 2025. ⁠Click here to watch the original video⁠. Security in Context's Anita Fuentes interviews Anatol Lieven about Europe's political landscape, in particular Germany's elections and the newfound tensions between the US and Ukraine. Anatol Lieven is the Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Lieven is a former professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and in the War Studies Department of King’s College London. For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext

    28 min

  7. MAY 6

    Israeli Aggression in Syria

    NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Israeli Aggression in Syria” from March 3, 2025. ⁠Click here to watch the original video⁠. Security in Context Project Director Omar Dahi interviews Wael Tarabieh about the history of the Israeli occupation in the Syrian Golan.Wael Tarabieh - Syrian Artist and activist, based in the Occupied Syrian Jawlan. Graduated from St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. A Co-founder of the “Fateh Al-Moudarres Center for Arts and Culture” - in Majdal Shams. He has been teaching fine arts since 1996. He has worked with fellow artists and cultural activists on developing the local artistic and cultural space in the occupied Syrian Jawlan, and sought to link it to the democratic cultural movement in Syria, Palestine, and the world. He joined Al-Marsad- The Arab Human Rights Center in the Occupied Jawlan, in 2018, as a project manager for the cultural program “New ways of seeing”, and is currently managing Al-Marsad’s program on economic, social, and cultural rights. For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext

    41 min

  8. MAY 6

    Dr. Viviana García Pinzón on Trump's Foreign Policy in Latin America

    NOTE: This episode is an audio version of our video interview “Dr. Viviana García Pinzón on Trump's Foreign Policy in Latin America” from February 26, 2025. ⁠Click here to watch the original video⁠. Security in Context's Roosbelinda Cárdenas speaks with Dr. Viviana García Pinzón about US President Donald Trump's foreign policy in Latin America, with a focus on Colombia.Dr. Viviana García Pinzón is Senior Researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (ABI) in Freiburg and an Associate at the Institute of Latin American Studies at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). She has a PhD in Political Science with a focus on peace and conflict studies from the Philipps University of Marburg. For more please visit www.securityincontext.org or follow us on Twitter @SecurityContext

    33 min
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Security in Context is a podcast project from the research network of the same name, aimed at promoting new thinking on security from a global perspective. It features discussions about key questions on peace and conflict, the political economy of security and insecurity, militarism, and geopolitics, as they intersect with the processes of climate change, population movement, and the reorganization of global powers. In order to delve into these topics, we interview writers, researchers, activists and professionals from inside and outside the Security in Context network.

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  • Creator
    Security in Context
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    48
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