Africa Events Director, Priyan Selvakumar speaks with Matthew Page, Chatham House Associate fellow for the Africa programme. He is also the former US intelligence Nigeria expert as well as former Deputy National intelligence Officer for Africa on the National Intelligence Council.

Since this interview we’ve seen a major development in the situation in Nigeria as protests against police brutality. We hope this podcast provides some useful context to understand both the country and political culture in which these protests are taking place. If you are interested in learning more about the protests please read this article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/nigeria-sars-what-is-shooting-lagos-curfew-police-protest-b1201608.htmlb1201608.html

Matthew Page: A Day In The Life Of A Nigerian Politician

Middle East Events Officer, Caitlin Hennessy, speaks with Dr Sa'ed Atshan Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Swarthmore College and who is currently on sabbatical a Visiting Scholar in Middle Eastern Studies at University of California, Berkeley about his recent publication 'Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique'.

Dr Sa'ed Atshan: 'Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique'

President, Caitlin Smith, speaks with Ruby Weaver co-founder of Our Generation for Inclusive Peace - a new youth-led research and advocacy initiative seeking to revolutionise how we conduct peace and security negotiations.

Ruby Weaver: Our Generation For Inclusive Peace

In this podcast with Dr Hla Kyaw, the chairman of the European Rohingya Council, we seek to understand more about the ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya Muslims and discuss the potential solutions to this devastating crisis. Thanks so Lisa Sitoh, our Events Director for Asia creating this podcast.

Dr Hla Kyaw: Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims

The official Oxford Society for International Development podcast. We interview leaders and key thinkers in the field of international development with the aim of generating discussion around some of the biggest challenges facing today’s global society.

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