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A platform for alternative points of view about conflicts and international development to inform global opinions, civic engagement, and policy change with Leopoldino Jeronimo
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Mar 12, 2023
Negotiating Relationships in Collective Memories of War and Narratives with Greta Uehling
Greta Lynn Uehling is the Author of Everyday War, a book resulting from her long-term research between 2015 and 2017 in Donbas, Ukraine. Greta is also a teaching Professor at the University of Michigan. Greta’s expertise includes international migration, human smuggling and trafficking, and refugee resettlement.
This episode introduces a sequence where Greta presents her research findings while exploring the political conflict implications in the noncombatant relationships between Ukraine and Russian identities, all sharing internally displaced person spaces. Each one had to adopt survival strategies, some of which caused social and family fractures. But most importantly, ensuring they remain alive among the casualties of that war.
Book Store: Amazon
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Reference: Uehling, G. L. (2023). Everyday War: The Conflict over Donbas, Ukraine. Cornell University Press.
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Mar 2, 2023
Women and Laws in Mauritius, A Sophisticated Complex! with Mokshda Pertaub
Honoring International Women's Day 2023, we will dedicate the month of March 2023 to shed light on women’s issues across the black continent and dive into some of the structures that continue to create and maintain the existing gender gaps, focusing on forms of gender-based violence as a common continental challenge.
Mokshda Pertaub, a Lawyer, trained as a barrister from Mauritius with 25 years of experience in legal practice, judiciary, and legal advisory, as well as teaching and training, particularly in the areas of gender laws, Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), children rights and environmental law. She is an international gender expert and a Gender Responsive Policing consultant with UNWomen for Senegal National Police, as well as a gender and law consultant with various international agencies like IOM, Equality Now, Agence France de Development, etc. She is also a judicial trainer in environmental law, cyber crimes and digital evidence, judicial ethics and integrity, and gender and violence.
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Producer: Fatma Awadalla
Host: Leopoldino Jeronimo
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Feb 12, 2023
Manifestations of violence and the implications on gender equity in Nigeria with Ms. Brenda Uche Anugwom
Ms. Brenda Uche Anugwom is an international development specialist working to ensure gender equity and justice. With 19 years of experience in the development sector, Brenda has dedicated most of her time to speaking against all forms of discrimination against women. In her home country Nigeria, she has been a formidable force in canvassing inclusive representation and gender equity. Brenda has carried out several research projects on women's inclusion and Gender Based Violence (GBV) and has advocated for girls' education. Brenda has a Master of Laws degree from Loyola University Chicago, and she works with a humanitarian organization in South Sudan and volunteers with Give Girls A Chance (GGAC) in Nigeria from time to time.
Producer: Fatma Awadalla
Host: Leopoldino Jeronimo
Photo cover credits: YuriArcursPeopleimages.
Note: The entire episode was recorded through online services impacted by the internet speed on the field.
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Dec 29, 2022
A preventive conflict analysis: The status of the Liberian State with Baba Sillah and Ali Kaba
A discussion journey, a simple preventive conflict analysis looking int to the status of the Liberian State.
For that, there is nothing better than to explore one of the oldest democratic states ever built in Africa, questionably from scratch waiving local and regional threats because of the conflicts between Liberian natives and the Settlers, Americo-Liberian repatriates in the 1800s.
Baba Sillah is a researcher in Global Studies at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. And Ali Kaba, a researcher in International Development at the American University.
Your host: Leopoldino Jeronimo
Website: https://thinkingthroughwithlj.com/
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Nov 3, 2022
Perspectives and questions towards state making in Africa with Ali Kaba
Perspectives and questions towards state making in Africa. A discussion with Ali Kaba a Ph.D. researcher at The American University. And yes, I mean Africa as a continent, not a country.
Some of Ali’s research interests include customary land governance, rural migration, and foreign investment in local communities.
Ali previously worked as a Program Director and Senior Researcher at the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI). A Liberian-based Non-Governmental Organization committed to transforming decision-making processes in land and natural resources.
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Aug 21, 2022
Final Episode: Rounding Up Anti-Corruption Best Practices in Global Policies with Valentina Lana
Valentina Lana, a Lecturer at the Sciences Po law school in Paris, rounds up the best anti-corruption practices in global policies in this last episode of three. As the last piece of her proposed knowledge map, Valentina ends with cheerful tones, a takeaway for institutions and people determined to embrace an anti-corruption system.
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Additional Material:
UN. (2022). UN Office of the Iraq Program—Oil-for-Food. https://www.un.org/depts/oip/sector-food.html
Transparency International. (2013). Oil-for-food programme plagued by ‘lack of transparency’ and…. Transparency.Org. https://www.transparency.org/en/press/oil-for-food-programme-plagued-by-lack-of-transparency-and-scandalous-confl
An Inquiry on the U.N. Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme | NYU School of Law. (n.d.-a). Retrieved August 24, 2022, from https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/IILJ_IRAQ_OILFOOD
An Inquiry on the U.N. Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme | NYU School of Law. (n.d.-b). https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/IILJ_IRAQ_OILFOOD
Duke University School of Law. (2013, October 11). Investigating the United Nations Oil-For-Food Program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvhyg3zbqH0 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinking-through-wi/message
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Jul 29, 2022
Comparative anti corruption laws: US France and UK with Valentina Lana
Valentina Lana, a Lecturer at the Sciences Po law school in Paris, discusses the US, France, and UK anti-corruption laws. She describes best practices to create robust corporate programs to deter, prevent and combat corruption. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinking-through-wi/message
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Jun 16, 2022
Understanding democracy and ethnic conflicts in Kenya with Victor Uhuru
With Victor Uhuru a community organizer, conflict analyst, and specialist in Monitoring and Evaluation, I discuss the trends of democracy and ethnic conflicts in Kenya as it applies to his understanding of what the country awaits for brighter governance and an inclusive system. He argues on the intricacies of lack of public participation and discrepancies in coordinated efforts for better accountability while highlighting the most outstanding achievements Kenya has reached. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinking-through-wi/message
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May 19, 2022
Corruption in Times of Crisis with Valentina Lana
Valentina Lana, a Lecturer at the Sciences Po law school in Paris, discusses the concepts, magnitude, and nuances of the fight against corruption. In this series, Valentina sets the ground for her next few episodes in the legal framework guiding the global work of anti-corruption-based advocacy in public, private and societal landscapes.
References
Lana, V. & Sapin, M. (2022, April 14). Guest Post: France’s Anticorruption Turnaround–and the Path Forward. GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog. https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2022/04/14/guest-post-frances-anticorruption-turnaround-and-the-path-forward/
Lana, V. (2022). Covid19: A better humanity is incubating. Émile Magazine. https://www.emilemagazine.fr/article/2020/5/12/better-days-ahead-a-better-humanity-is-incubating
OECD. (2021). OECD - Public Integrity Indicators. https://oecd-public-integrity-indicators.org/
OECD. (2022). Opening remarks, followed by “Strengthening political integrity.” https://oecd-events.org/gacif2022/onlinesession/b0571382-9b7a-ec11-94f6-a04a5e7d3e1c
Transparency International. (2021a). 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index—Explore the results. Transparency.Org. https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021
Transparency International. (2021b). Corruption Perception Index 2021. https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/CPI2021_Report_EN-web.pdf --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinking-through-wi/message
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Apr 25, 2022
Sustained Peace and Development: a regional analysis with Morris Kromah
Phamolie Morris orris Kromah breaks it down to de essence of sustained peace and development for ECOWAS, the Economic West Africa Society. He elaborates on what sets back economic growth while also acknowledging the significant tipping progress to date. Among the detailed critical statistics, he also delivers a qualifying analysis driving a reflection on the autonomy of the region and the African Union as it relates to its functional external funding source. Moreover, what exactly will drive progress in the region, and if not ambitious, what about the continent?
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Apr 12, 2022
MicroCast 1 - Defining Coercive and Nuclear Negotiations - Proseminar Intro
Introduction to Coercive Negotiation Pro-Seminar with Professor Eugene Kogan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinking-through-wi/message
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Apr 12, 2022
MicroCast 3 - The changing France Politics - how it plays to the ongoing ultimate negotiations - Proseminar Intro
Introduction to Coercive Negotiation Pro-Seminar with Professor Eugene Kogan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinking-through-wi/message
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Apr 12, 2022
MicroCast 2 - Teaching Pedagogy of Coercive and Nuclear Negotiations - Proseminar Intro
Introduction to Coercive Negotiation Pro-Seminar with Professor Eugine Kogan, Ph.D. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinking-through-wi/message
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Apr 10, 2022
The world diversity: Political and Economilitary Systems – One or multiple?
Political and Economilitary discussions flow this episode's discussion with Anastasia Bannikova, Elizabeth Morgan, and Phamolie Morris Kromah. From the imperialist beginnings, in the structure of power dynamics, the ongoing conflicts come to light as a result of historical accounts of; the way wars and other conflicts have been negotiated and unsustainably settled in addition to the structural system of political and economilitary bases that dominates the militarization of the world and divide, which includes the long-lasting quest of identity between the powerful economies, the West versus Russia and the others in between whether it is a quest for a global democratic world or a more coexisting diverse world of multiple systems.
Here are the readings we recommend:
Lowe, P. (2016). The rise of the BRICS in the global economy. Teaching Geography, 41(2), 50–53. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26455170
Motyl, A. J. (1996). Russia, Ukraine, and the West: What are America’s Interests?…
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Apr 8, 2022
Coercive and Nuclear Negotiations with Professor Eugene B. Kogan
To understand what Coercive and Nuclear Negotiations are, I discuss with Professor Eugene B. Kogan, a researcher and an expert in the power dynamics of negotiation. This is also the core of his fast-paced and interactive pro-seminar, offering an in-depth introduction to the principles and dynamics of coercive and nuclear negotiations worldwide, focusing on a few conflicts for reference.
The world is now overwhelmed with a few ongoing negotiation processes over conflicts with multiple actors in the global north and south countries. Although the list of these conflicts might be probably endless depending on how each conflict is reported and to who it affects, different data sources and conflict analysis have put together some for our benefit and focused discernment.
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) reported last February 2022 that Ethiopia, Yemen, The Sahel, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Sudan, Haiti, Colombia, and Myanmar would be the 10 conflicts to watch thi…
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Mar 23, 2022
Understanding Haiti Development Dilemmas with Roddy Denor and Martin Alexis
Roddy Denor and Martin Alexis unfold Haiti's development dilemmas. Between the 80s and 90s, there came the Structural Adjustment Programs. These are a set of combined loans and policies with strings attached to restore political and economically weak nations, most of whom emerge from civil wars. The path for the intended restoration was to create conditions to increase foreign direct investments, reduce taxes and prohibitive regulations, and have less state interference in the economy. And, of course, this followed the boom of international non-governmental organizations and development agencies. In this late setting, Roddy and Martin walk their intellect to carve their statement.
Sources
Episode cover Photo by Claudia Altamimi on Unsplash
Leroy, D. (1991a). IMF Structural Adjustment Programs: The case of Haiti, Part 1. https://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/24980/1/1991_leroy_dominique.pdf
Leroy, D. (1991b). IMF Structural Adjustment Programs: The case of Haiti, Part 2. https://r…
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Mar 18, 2022
Follow up on Russia Ukraine - March 19
We follow up on the Russia-Ukraine conflict with Professor Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar, Elisabeth Morgan, Anastasia Bannikova, Tyler Rossi, Ruya Akar, Roddy Denor and Alex Homer. In this episode, we focus on understanding the interests of China, economic alternatives for Russia, and the power dynamics impacting the humanitarian crises.
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Mar 5, 2022
What to make of the Russia Ukraine conflict
A thinking-through episode unpacking the Russia-Ukraine conflict with Elisabeth Morgan, Anastasia Bannikova, Tyler Rossi, and Ruya Akar. The first of many to come every two weeks until we get to some ground of resolution for peace and security, not to mention restoring people's dignity and identity. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinking-through-wi/message
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Jan 24, 2022
Dilemmas of Conflict Transformation and Power Dynamics with Alain Lempereur
Professor Alain Lempereur discusses the Dilemmas of Conflict Transformation and Power Dynamics. As a professor, author of publications in conflict resolution and coexistence, and an active expert member of the global experts in negotiation programs, Alain holds an essential experienced opinion to shape change narratives. In this podcast, I seek to explore why conflicts recur and, most importantly, who pays the price while a handful of minorities shape the lives of the world's population. Furthermore, I ask whether Accademia plays a role, assuming that most of the world's ongoing and past negotiations are managed by actors from a particular school of liberal or local agendas. To that, a key question followed to find out if a change in the narrative away from the colonial legacies could not be an option to build a better sense of ownership in most of the peacebuilding processes, so far failing to address the root causes of conflict and the use of more exclusive approaches to negotiation.…
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Nov 9, 2021
Sudan Conflict analysis: recurring military take over and the civilian unrest
On October 25, 2021, the Military Army in Sudan took power and arrested government officials, claiming to restore the well-being of the Sudanese. This claim is not shared with all, more than 40 million Sudanese worldwide. In this episode, I have Yasser Adam analyzing the ongoing conflict with lenses of a Sudanese born in the Darfur region and Studying Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence at Brandeis University, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinking-through-wi/message
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