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Women Leaders: Africa All Around
WIIS Brussels Voices - November 21, 2023 23:05 - 52 minutesAs the world grapples with the ructions of recent global disorder, focus has often turned to the global south and its reactions. Notably, the African continent has become of great interest, not least because of its varied positions on events in Ukraine and the Middle East, alongside the manifest...
Women Leaders: Short Cuts #4
WIIS Brussels Voices - November 05, 2023 14:10 - 35 minutesExactly one month after the Hamas attack on Israel, global disorder continues apace. To gain a broad perspective on the cascade of news and events, Ilana Bet El is joined by Oksana Antonenko, Visiting Fellow at the Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies in Florence and long-standing expert and advi...
Women Leaders: Short Cuts #3
WIIS Brussels Voices - October 29, 2023 10:59 - 23 minutesThe third week after the Hamas attack on Israel, the third week of ongoing war in Israel and Gaza not just on the battlefield, but also on social media, the third week of Europe not dealing with war in the Middle East and Ukraine — the third week of spiralling disorder. Olga Oliker, Program Dir...
Women Leaders: Latin America on the Global Stage — Missing In Action?
WIIS Brussels Voices - October 25, 2023 04:30 - 47 minutesHistorians of the future will spend much time deciding whether we entered the world of disorder in the Covid pandemic or because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 or because of worsening US-China relations or because of the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October — or because of many other ...
Women Leaders: Short Cuts #2
WIIS Brussels Voices - October 21, 2023 12:17 - 26 minutesAs the world grapples with ever-shifting news, join us for an exploration of key events from the second week of world disorder following horrendous events in Israel and Gaza — and escalating tensions throughout the Middle East. Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, sha...
Women Leaders: Short Cuts
WIIS Brussels Voices - October 15, 2023 10:41 - 22 minutesAs news unfolded dramatically and horrifically on Saturday, October 7, 2023 in Israel and throughout the week in both Israel and Gaza, it became clear we were witnessing something potentially bigger: yet another escalation in global instability and dysfunction. This called for a short sharp bur...
Women Leaders: Afghanistan - The Collapse of a House of Cards
WIIS Brussels Voices - August 30, 2023 21:55 - 42 minutesAt 23:59 on August 30 2021 the last US soldier left Kabul, and Afghanistan — and 20 years of international intervention came to an abrupt, final and appalling end. Abrupt, because despite the departure date being known at least since the start of the year, the speed with which the Taliban captur...
Women Leaders: Speaking to Everyone, Staying on Message - The Spokesperson Crucial Role
WIIS Brussels Voices - July 24, 2023 09:55 - 44 minutesIn a rapidly evolving landscape of media and journalism, spokespersons hold a crucial position, acting as a bridge between politicians, decision-makers, administrations and the public. They are the lynchpin. Ever wondered why international organisations need spokespersons? Curious about the int...
#Bonus - Climate security reality check
WIIS Brussels Voices - July 06, 2023 19:57 - 39 minutesIn this miniseries, WIIS Brussels invites women to share their experience and expertise on the multi-dimension of climate security. For this bonus episode, recorded a year after the miniseries publication, Sabrine Dao, Sofiia Shevchuk and Mona Koehler-Schindler look back at what we've learned t...
Women Leaders: Defying stereotypes in counterterrorism
WIIS Brussels Voices - June 29, 2023 22:19 - 45 minutesJoin us for a special episode as we delve into the Women in CT report, a project implemented by WIIS Brussels with the support of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Foreign Policy Instrument. (FPI). Hosted by Ilana, this episode welcomes Jessica White, Senior Research Fellow in RU...
Women Leaders: The Wide World of Diplomacy and Trade
WIIS Brussels Voices - May 24, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutesWhat do agreements, sanctions, trade, business, crises and negotiations have in common? Diplomats. If money makes the world go around, diplomats pave its way: they enable the connections between states, multilateral institutions, leaders and the unfolding realities of the world. And they are esp...
Women Leaders: Sanctions all around
WIIS Brussels Voices - April 28, 2023 11:45 - 47 minutesSanctions have become central to the Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with ever escalating packages being announced every few weeks, notably by the US and the EU. But sanctions did not start in 2022. Indeed, Russia was first sanctioned over Ukraine in 2014, after it annexed Crim...
Women Leaders: Everyday is Women’s Day
WIIS Brussels Voices - March 07, 2023 23:03 - 31 minutesInternational Women’s Day is on 8 March, but for women every day is Women’s Day: work and home, success and failure, families and friends, battles for equality and rights — they may come into focus once a year, but women live them every day. In this episode of Women Leaders Ilana Bet-El talks t...
Women Leaders: China All Around
WIIS Brussels Voices - February 09, 2023 11:42 - 48 minutesChina is frequently in the news. In fact, it sometimes seems as if it is always in the news – from surveillance balloons over America to international supply chains, and from world governance to world trade, it is always a central issue. Yet in truth, China remains an enigma, or simply unknown, ...
Women Leaders: The beginning of a new cycle?
WIIS Brussels Voices - January 12, 2023 10:24 - 28 minutesStart the year with Ilana Bet-El welcoming her WIIS friends Florence Ferrando, co-producer of the Women Leaders podcast, and Pauline Massart, Partner at Avisa-Partners. This bonus episode was recorded following a conversation in December between the three women, focused on the eventful year that...
Women & Leadership: Journalism and media in the digital age
WIIS Brussels Voices - December 12, 2022 18:43 - 44 minutesThe media and journalism are nowadays commonly assumed to be interchangeable. But in truth, they are truly different: journalism is an honourable profession, dating back at least to the 19th century and devoted to reporting facts and discovering the truth; media are platforms upon which everythi...
Women & Leadership: Breaking and Making Worlds
WIIS Brussels Voices - November 10, 2022 23:01 - 42 minutesWhen wars end, non-war begins. Negotiations are held and treaties signed, and with luck peace follows. But that is not always the case. On the 11th of November 1918 the First World War finally ended, with an armistice, leaving some 20 million people dead, half of them civilians, and more or less...
Women & Leadership: War in the Neighbourhood
WIIS Brussels Voices - October 21, 2022 13:39 - 37 minutesIt isn’t possible to evade or even ignore the war in Ukraine: from energy and food prices to the instability of global governance, the fallout is immense, and increasing. The people of Ukraine are suffering the harshest effects, but the surrounding states also feel the war strongly, and in a var...
Women & Leadership: The Nuclear Nexus
WIIS Brussels Voices - September 11, 2022 21:45 - 42 minutesAfter a summer break, the WIIS leadership podcast is back to demystify all matters related to nuclear weapons — which is very necessary, given the escalation in threats emanating from the war in Ukraine. Ilana is joined by two women exceptionally well versed in these issues: Jessica Cox, Directo...
#E5 - The role of new technology in addressing climate security challenges
WIIS Brussels Voices - August 14, 2022 19:30 - 36 minutesIn this miniseries, WIIS Brussels invites women to share their experiences and expertise on the many dimensions of climate security. For the last episode of the miniseries, Sabrine Dao and Sofiia Shevchuk invite Sevim Aktas, Policy Officer at the European Commission, and Elisa Seith, former Si...
#E4 - The impact of climate change on the international defense scene
WIIS Brussels Voices - August 07, 2022 19:08 - 30 minutesIn this miniseries, WIIS Brussels invites women to share their experiences and expertise on the many dimensions of climate security. For the fourth episode in the miniseries, our hosts Sabrine Dao and Sofiia Shevchuk invite Benedetta Berti, Head of Policy Planning in the Office of the Secretar...
#E3 - Multilateral cooperation in addressing the climate's impact on security. Where do we stand?
WIIS Brussels Voices - August 02, 2022 08:20 - 38 minutesIn this miniseries, WIIS Brussels invites women to share their experience and expertise on the many dimensions of climate security. In this third episode of the series, Sabrine Dao and Sofiia Shevchuk have invited Mariko Peters, Senior Peace and Conflict Adviser at the European External Action...
#E2 - The geopolitical and security consequence of climate change
WIIS Brussels Voices - July 24, 2022 11:25 - 37 minutesIn this miniseries, WIIS Brussels invites women to share their experience and expertise on the many dimensions of climate security. In this second episode, Sabrine Dao and Sofiia Shevchuk have invited Dr Hanne Knaepen, Head of Green Transition and Climate Adaptation with ECDPM and Glada Lahn, ...
#E1 - Bring diverse voices on climate security
WIIS Brussels Voices - July 12, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutesIn this miniseries, WIIS Brussels invites women to share their experience and expertise on the multi-dimension of the climate security. To introduce the journey to capture climate security impact, Sabrine Dao and Sofiia Shevchuk welcome Elizabeth Smith, Research Assistant with the SIPRI Cli...
Women & Leadership: The Shape of the European Union, Past, Present and Future?
WIIS Brussels Voices - June 16, 2022 21:00 - 42 minutesThere are eternal questions about the European Union: does it lead events or respond to them? does it become weaker or stronger in crises? is it weakened by consensus or strengthened by it? These questions and many others were also repeatedly posed about the Habsburg empire — that lasted 600 yea...
Women and Leadership: The Shape of the European Union, Past, Present and Future?
WIIS Brussels Voices - June 16, 2022 21:00 - 42 minutesThere are eternal questions about the European Union: does it lead events or respond to them? does it become weaker or stronger in crises? is it weakened by consensus or strengthened by it? These questions and many others were also repeatedly posed about the Habsburg empire — that lasted 600 yea...
Women & Leadership: War, Energy and Strategy
WIIS Brussels Voices - May 12, 2022 04:30 - 35 minutesEnergy and energy security have become a key element of the strategic standoff between Russia and Europe — due to the war in Ukraine. To examine this important issue Ilana Bet-El welcomes Dr Katja Yafimava, Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Gas Research Programme,...
Women and Leadership: War, Energy and Strategy
WIIS Brussels Voices - May 12, 2022 04:30 - 35 minutesEnergy and energy security have become a key element of the strategic standoff between Russia and Europe — due to the war in Ukraine. To examine this important issue Ilana Bet-El welcomes Dr Katja Yafimava, Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Gas Research Programme,...
Women & Leadership: History and context in the war in Ukraine
WIIS Brussels Voices - April 01, 2022 15:30 - 40 minutesContinuing our journey of seeking historic perspective on the conflict in Ukraine, Ilana Bet-El welcomes Professor Kristina Spohr of the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Dr Olga Oliker, Director of the Europe and Central Asia Programme at the Internationa...
Women and Leadership: History and context in the war in Ukraine
WIIS Brussels Voices - April 01, 2022 15:30 - 40 minutesContinuing our journey of seeking historic perspective on the conflict in Ukraine, Ilana Bet-El welcomes Professor Kristina Spohr of the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Dr Olga Oliker, Director of the Europe and Central Asia Programme at the Internationa...
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