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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.
Overselling the Military
05/09/2022
The British Army has a new recruitment campaign. We took a critical look at its message and how the latest iteration fits within the constant need to sell the military.
Pioneering a dystopian future
22/07/2022
Many of the world’s largest arms companies are involved in providing education and careers activities for young visitors at the UK’s largest airshows. The same companies that are supplying weapons and military jets to Saudi Arabia for their war in Yemen.
The Military-Entertainment Complex
05/07/2022
With the new Top Gun movie hitting British cinemas at the end of last month, our chief blog writer Joe Glenton reflects on the war films of his childhood and the recruitment potential of military sponsored entertainment.
Warrior Nation podcast: Unpacking Armed Forces Day
27/06/2022
The Qatari Connection
16/06/2022
The military relationship between Qatar and the UK has a number of unique and interesting features. We took a look at how the two countries have become increasingly intertwined on matters of war, security and trade.
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