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Warrior Nation: War & police: linking the cops & the military
12/04/2023
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March 15, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 9
Warrior Nation: A material world: think-tank funding and defending the status quo
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March 02, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 8
Warrior Nation podcast
30/03/2023
Season 4 – Militarism and Democracy
In the UK, the military is often viewed as an impartial and benign actor subordinated to a democratic leader. This season of our Warrior Nation podcast examines the truth behind this commonly held view. Since 2000 the civil-military gap has been narrowing as the UK military has sought to influence democracy and democratic institutions. With our hugely knowledgeable guests, each episode explores how militarism and the military impact on democracy and democratic processes in Britain.
The War Racket: Reflections & Predictions (video)
Unpicking British Army recruitment adverts
09/03/2023
The latest British Army recruitment advert received widespread critique for innaccurate depictions of the military’s role in domestic floods. We took a look at the advert and its place in the recruitment landscape.
Warrior Nation: Everything looks like a nail: why the military can’t save the planet
14/02/2023
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February 10, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 7
Our host, Joe Glenton, talks to Nick Buxton from the Transnational Institute about the intersection between climate change, the military and security.
Warrior Nation: Dark economics: understanding the politics of defence budgets
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January 18, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 6
Joe talks to Matt Fawcett from the Global Campaign on Military Spending UK about the dark economics of Britain’s war machine.
Warrior Nation: Anti-establishment ethos: critiquing the military and foreign policy
12/01/2023
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January 05, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 5
Our host, Joe Glenton, talks to journalist Mark Curtis, founder and editor of Declassified UK, on the issue of reporting critically about British foreign policy and why think-tanks and the mainstream press help perpetuate a myth of Britain’s role in the world.
The MPs and the arms company reps
11/01/2023
In our second analysis of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme we uncover how MPs dined with generals and arms company representatives.
Warrior Nation: Very murky: the arms trade and Parliament
22/12/2022
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December 15, 2022 SEASON 4 EPISODE 4
In this episode we speak with Katie Fallon, Parliamentary Coordinator for Campaign Against Arms Trade, to discuss the difficulties of working in spaces where militarism and war are seen as inevitabilities. Our discussion is wide-ranging: from the revolving door to the multi-faceted opportunities for lobbying in a broke political system.
Warrior Nation podcast – Gentleman Bureaucrat Masculinity: liberal militarism and the civil service
01/12/2022
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November 30, 2022 SEASON 4 EPISODE 3
In this episode we speak with Hannah Wright, Queen Mary University of London, at how militarism and militarist assumptions infuse and shape security and foreign policy.
Warrior Nation podcast – Lifting the Rock: the military and justice
17/11/2022
Our host, Joe Glenton, talks to Emma Norton, Director of the Centre for Military Justice, about the glacial pace of service justice reform and what it’s like to challenge the power of the British military.
Warrior Nation podcast – Dirty Secrets: the press and the military
04/11/2022
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November 3, 2022 SEASON 4 EPISODE 1
With Richard Norton-Taylor who covered defence and security for The Guardian newspaper for over 40 years, reporting on everything from the Cold War to the ‘War on Terror’.
From Militant to Military Labour
14/09/2022
With the UK in the midst of wide spread industrial action we took a look at the historic use of the armed forces to break strikes and quell workers rights.
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