COUNTERPOD
by Ian Acheson & Edmund Fitton-Brown
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S7 E4: Israel flight incident; RAF Fairford; Pakistan and the…
S7 E4: Israel flight incident; RAF Fairford; Pakistan and the…
About this podcast
Unpicking extremism and counter extremism - one conversation at a time. This new Counter Extremism Project podcast series is presented by *Ian Acheson* - professor, author, former prison governor, criminal justice system leader, and counterterrorism expert - and *Edmund Fitton-Brown* - former UK ambassador to Yemen and coordinator of UN sanctions and threat assessment.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 36 episodes
- S7 E4: Israel flight incident; RAF Fairford; Pakistan and the Taliban; and Ireland's Aughinish refinery. · 32 minIan and Edmund discuss the disaster averted aboard a flight bound for Israel; the incident at RAF Fairford and the subsequent arrests; the attack on a counterterrorism police…
- S7 E3: UK migrant protests; 9/11 25th anniversary; Ratko Mladić; and the Falkland Islands. · 35 minIan and Edmund discuss the recent masked migrant protests in the UK; the 25th anniversary of 9/11; the death of 'the Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladić; and Argentina's renewed…
- S7 E2: Hamas; counter terrorism messaging; the Houthis; and the IRA · 39 minIan and Edmund examine the latest targeting of Hamas commanders in Gaza and what it means for the conflict and wider regional dynamics. They also ask whether familiar…
- S7 E1: U.K. Prevent program; Iran and the Houthis; Ireland's strategy on terrorist financing; and the Muslim Brotherhood. · 34 minIan and Edmund are back to discuss problems with the U.K.’s Prevent program counter-terrorism strategy; what's next from the Iranian regime and the Houthis, including…
- S6 E3: U.S. peace negotiations; freedom of speech; Marco Rubio; and youth radicalization. · 44 minIan and Edmund discuss U.S. negotiations on Iran and Ukraine-Russia; the British government’s approach to freedom of speech; Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security…
- S6 E2: CEP initiatives on combating antisemitism; ISIS detainees in Syria; U.K. security issues; and the U.S. Board of Peace initiative. · 35 minIan and Edmund discuss CEP’s ARCHER project and recent concert in Washington D.C. featuring music composed during the Holocaust; their concerns about the situation in Syria and…
- S6 E1: Hamas financing; West Midlands Police; Iranian street protests; and lawfare in Northern Ireland. · 41 minIn the first episode of Season 6, Edmund and Ian discuss Hamas financial networks; the shocking fallout from the UK West Midlands Police ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans; the…
- S5 E7: IRA agent 'Stakeknife'; designating the Muslim Brotherhood; Maccabi Tel Aviv ban; and the Gaza peace plan. · 46 minIn an end-of-year special Ian Acheson and Edmund Fitton-Brown unpack four major security and extremism issues: the Operation Kenova findings on the IRA agent “Stakeknife” and…
- S5 E6: UK policing; a Palestine state; Palestine Action; and Mexico's drug cartels. · 47 minIn this episode Edmund and Ian assess new UK police advice on revealing the ethnicity of suspects to quell community tensions; the impact of calls for the recognition of a…
- S5 E5: Colombia; UK illegal immigration protests; terrorist insurgency in the Sahel; and Islamophobia. · 39 minIn this episode Ian and Edmund discuss stability in Colombia; Epping illegal immigration protests and policing in the UK; trade deals and the terrorist insurgency in the Sahel…
- S5 E4: 7/7 London bombing anniversary; proposals for Gaza; Palestine Action proscribed; the UN Charter at 80. · 45 minIn this episode Edmund and Ian discuss the UK's 9/11 - the 7/7 terrorist attacks on their 20th anniversary; the current proposals for Gaza following Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to…
- S5 E3: Iran-Israel-U.S.; Glastonbury; Syria; and Islamist antisemitism. · 39 minEdmund and Ian discuss Iran, Israel, the U.S. and the ’12-day war’ and ask - who’s in charge: Trump or Netanyahu? They also assess the fallout from Glastonbury; Syria and…
- S5 E2: Ballymena unrest; Israel-Iran conflict; extremism in UK prisons; and Tunisia terror attacks anniversary. · 44 minIan and Edmund discuss violent unrest in Ballymena, Northern Ireland; the conflict between Israel and Iran; Ian’s high-profile review of security in U.K prisons; and the tenth…
- S5 E1: Football crowd incidents; the Houthis and Red Sea shipping; security in UK prisons; and the India-Pakistan conflict. · 34 minS5 E1 Ian and Edmund kick-off the new season with a look at incidents involving football crowds in Liverpool and Paris; the Houthi threat to Red Sea shipping; Ian’s rapid review…
- S4 E6: US State Department and the Taliban; Stockholm truck attack anniversary; Iran nuclear deal; and release of 7/7 convicted terrorist. · 37 minIn this season's finale, Ian and Edmund discuss why the US State Department may drop bounties on Taliban leaders; the anniversary of the Islamist terrorist truck attack in…
- S4 E5: Oklahoma City bombing anniversary; the murder of Ronan Kerr; antisemitism in Australia; and music and anti-extremism. · 40 minIan and Edmund discuss the Oklahoma City bombing on its 30th anniversary; the murder of Ronan Kerr, a police officer in Omaha, Co. Tyrone; antisemitism in Australia; and the…
- S4 E4: Oman’s role as a mediator; ideology drives extremism; protests in Gaza; and ‘Com Networks’ in the U.K. · 38 minThis week Ian and Edmund question Oman’s role as a mediator; discuss a U.K. report from the Commission for Countering Extremism; assess the protests in Gaza by citizens opposed…
- S4 E3: UK Report on October 7; Mahmoud Khalil; St Patrick’s Day boycott; U.S. strikes on Houthis. · 40 minIan and Edmund discuss the importance of a new report on October 7 by a House of Lords group; the debate in the U.S. over Mahmoud Khalil; the boycott of St Patrick’s Day by Sinn…
- S4 E2: Extradition of Mohammad Sharifullah; UK’s definition of terrorism; developments Syria; and cars as a weapon of terror. · 41 minEdmund and Ian discuss Pakistan’s extradition of Mohammad Sharifullah to US on terrorism charges; the arguments for and against changing the UK’s definition of terrorism; the…
- S4 E1: UK definition of Islamophobia; terrorism in Russia; engaging Northern Irish dissident terrorists; Trump era diplomacy. · 37 minEdmund and Ian are back for a new season and to probe the UK's approach to defining Islamophobia; discuss the Russian security service shooting of an IS-inspired terrorist…
