Latest Security policy Podcast Episodes
S3 Episode 06: On digital state repression with Anita Gohdes
Berlin Security Beat - May 16, 2024 12:05 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode David Backovsky interviews with Anita Gohdes, Professor of International and Cyber Security at the Centre for International Security and the Hertie School. Anita has recently published, "Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence" w...
S3 Episode 05: U.S. cyber foreign policy with William Klein
Berlin Security Beat - May 08, 2024 13:45 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWould you like like to better understand the role of the United States in cyber diplomacy? This episode features William Klein, a former U.S. State Diplomat with over two decades of experience with a special focus on China. William and David discuss a range of issues including the evolution of U...
S3 Episode 04: Cyber policy without a template with Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar
Berlin Security Beat - April 17, 2024 10:47 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDo you want to learn more about how cyber policy institutions were built across the last two decades? In our newest episode David Backovsky of the Berlin Security Beat interviews Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Director of the Digital Society Institute at the ESMT in Berlin, on what it was like to build up ...
S3 Episode 03: Cyber Crime and the Human Factor with Rutger Leukfeldt
Berlin Security Beat - March 06, 2024 12:24 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the second episode of our two-parter on cyber threats we focus on cybercrime. David Backovsky talks to Rutger Leukfeldt, Professor of Governing Cybercrime at Leiden University and Senior Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement. We discuss everything ...
S3 Episode 02: Threat Intelligence, State Actors & China with Jiro Minier
Berlin Security Beat - February 14, 2024 14:11 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the first half of our two-parter on cyber threats we'll be discussing cyber threat intelligence (CTI) and state actors with one of Berlin's leading threat intelligence experts, Jiro Minier. We cover the basics of CTI and then explore the geopolitical side with China as a case study of how stat...
S3 Episode 01: Entering Cyber Security
Berlin Security Beat - January 04, 2024 12:21 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the opening episode of the 3rd season, we interview two Hertie School alumni, Kritika Roy and Finn Hagemann on their transition to the industry, what their work in cybersecurity entails and what advice they'd have for newcomers on entering the industry. Tune in to find out more!
S3 Episode 01: Entering Cyber Security with Kritika Roy & Finn Hagemann
Berlin Security Beat - January 04, 2024 12:21 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the opening episode of the 3rd season, we interview two Hertie School alumni, Kritika Roy and Finn Hagemann on their transition to the industry, what their work in cybersecurity entails and what advice they'd have for newcomers on entering the industry. Tune in to find out more!
S3 Teaser: Decoding Cyber Security
Berlin Security Beat - December 20, 2023 14:30 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn our third season, we're diving into the depths of cyber security, where we'll discuss its key concepts and the importance of digital defense with experts from various fields. Our guests will include those who design secure systems, strategists safeguarding businesses, researchers unraveling on...
S2 Episode 06: Working for NATO with Vlasta Zekulic
Berlin Security Beat - September 18, 2023 16:17 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we delve into the work of NATO with the Branch Head for Strategic Issues Engagements at NATO Allied Command Transformation. We cover a wide range of issues, from Vlasta's experiences as one of the few female recruits at Citadel, to her insights on the organizaitonal dynamics of NA...
S2 Episode 05: From academia to policy with Gorana Grgić
Berlin Security Beat - June 22, 2023 11:46 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we interview Dr. Gorana Grgić, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Government and International Relations and the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Gorana is a world expert on U.S. and transatlantic security policy and has collaborated with a range of inst...
S2 Episode 04: How to be a nuclear analyst with Ankit Panda
Berlin Security Beat - May 25, 2023 09:34 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode of the Berlin Security Beat, we welcome Ankit Panda, a renowned nuclear analyst and Stanton Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment's Nuclear Policy Program. Ankit, known for his expertise on the Asia-Pacific, nuclear strategy, arms control, and emerging technologies, gives a glim...
S2 Episode 03: National Intelligence - Cato Stensland
Berlin Security Beat - April 25, 2023 13:35 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this month’s episode we interview Cato Stensland, former intelligence officer in the secret services in Norway. We cover a wide-range of issues from the nature of intelligence work, to open source intelligence, to the issues with security clearances.
S2 Episode 03: What intelligence work is really like with Cato Stensland
Berlin Security Beat - April 25, 2023 13:35 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this month’s episode we interview Cato Stensland, former intelligence officer in the secret services in Norway. We cover a wide-range of issues from the nature of intelligence work, to open source intelligence, to the issues with security clearances.
S2 Episode 02: Nuclear Strategic Community – Brad Roberts
Berlin Security Beat - March 24, 2023 11:52 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we speak with Brad Roberts, director of the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory about what it takes to be part of the nuclear strategic community, his work for the Obama administration and some advice for future nuclear analysts. For mor...
S2 Episode 02: Creating nuclear strategy with Brad Roberts
Berlin Security Beat - March 24, 2023 11:52 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we speak with Brad Roberts, director of the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory about what it takes to be part of the nuclear strategic community, his work for the Obama administration and some advice for future nuclear analysts. For mor...
S2 Episode 01: From journalism to think tanks with Constanze Stelzenmüller
Berlin Security Beat - February 23, 2023 14:28 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the pilot episode of the second season, Constanze Stelzenmüller recounts the development of her career, from journalism to becoming a director at Brookings, and the challenges and transitions that came with her path. Theme Copyright: Music by amaksi from Pixabay
S2 Episode 01: Think Tanks & Journalism – Constanze Stelzenmüller
Berlin Security Beat - February 23, 2023 14:28 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn the pilot episode of the second season, Constanze Stelzenmüller recounts the development of her career, from journalism to becoming a director at Brookings, and the challenges and transitions that came with her path. Theme Copyright: Music by amaksi from Pixabay
Don’t Fool with Mother Nature!
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - May 26, 2022 06:49 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe live in an era of accelerating, disruptive climate change. This isn’t about the random bad storm, but about systemic, dramatic shifts in climate. Change is everywhere, with catastrophic consequences that every credible forecast says will worsen. But how can we understand the reality of those...
Speaking Truth to Power in the Real World
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - May 19, 2022 13:55 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAt a time when autocrats are rampaging and our democracies are weakening, the need for citizens to defend their rights has never been greater. But, does speaking truth to power matter in the real world? While we celebrate the bravery and eloquence of those who stand up to injustice and overweeni...
Ukraine Changes Everything
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - May 16, 2022 09:18 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRussia’s war on Ukraine changes everything. But the damage is not limited to Ukraine and to Russia. The knock-on effects include increased inflation and reduced growth around the world. Most importantly, the war seems to be the straw that is breaking the camel’s back of the post-Cold War world or...
Sweden Burning? Really?
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - May 05, 2022 05:15 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe live in the age of the refugee. Arguably, no country in the West has been more welcoming to refugees over the years than Sweden has. Progressive, secular, social democratic, Swedes have worked hard to integrate migrants into their society, to help refugees create new lives in their new home co...
Them vs Us: What Ukraine Is Really About
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - April 28, 2022 08:15 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs Russia's war on Ukraine grinds on with no end in sight, what's at stake may be changing. As Blitzkrieg turned into a war of attrition, arguably the confrontation is becoming about something much bigger than European security arrangements. It's becoming about how the world works, about democrac...
Poland to the Rescue
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - April 21, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRussia’s war on Ukraine has set off the largest movement of refugees in Europe since the last World War. At least 2.7 million of these refugees have fled to Poland, a country with a spotty record—at best—when it comes to accepting migrants. But this time is different: even as the country builds...
How Worried Are You?
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - April 14, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOne of the many unintended consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the renewed discussion among politicians, as well as in the popular media, of nuclear war. How worried should we be about Russian or Korean or Chinese or prospectively Iranian nukes? Have we suddenly moved from a worl...
Does China Have Russia’s Back?
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - April 07, 2022 10:15 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPerhaps the biggest known unknown in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is China's role. What does that actually mean? How far will China go to keep Russian troops in the field? Promises aside, are there in fact limits? Tough questions that are very difficult, maybe impossible to answer, but our guest...
Worth Repeating: Looking For—and Finding—Real Leaders
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - March 31, 2022 12:25 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe only hope for a world awash in troubles is that leaders with vision, universal values, and determination will seize the moment. But just bemoaning the lack of leaders accomplishes nothing. That’s why we established the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. In 2021, our global jury ...
The Whole World is Watching!
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - March 24, 2022 13:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe whole world really is watching Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Except for audiences in Russia itself, that is. Among the many thousands of Russians reportedly fleeing their country are scores of Russia’s best journalists who have (understandably) given up the good fight. However, at le...
Is China Complicit in Ukraine?
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - March 17, 2022 10:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingArguably, any understanding of the Russian invasion of Ukraine must take into account the Beijing Winter Olympics or, rather, the meeting there of Presidents Xi and Putin. Can there be any doubt that they included Putin’s war plans as well as Xi's willingness to provide support when the much-adve...
The Faces of War
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - March 10, 2022 14:37 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe world is transfixed by the tragic images emerging from Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Unfortunately, many modern conflicts never really end. Whether or not that will be the case in Ukraine remains to be seen. We too quickly move on to the next issue, assuming that what's done is done. ...
Special Edition: War in Europe
New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast - March 08, 2022 13:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMost of us thought the war in the Balkans would be the last conflict in Europe. We were wrong. A revanchist Russia is trying to redraw borders, roll back history, and change Europe’s security reality. It’s impossible to predict how or when this ends. The Tällberg Foundation recently hosted a con...
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