Podcast

The Berlin Security Beat

A Podcast from the Centre for International Security at the Hertie School in Berlin

Want to listen to the scientists? Here’s your chance! The “Berlin Security Beat” features top political scientists unpacking international security issues. Each episode ‘guest scholars’ break down their research for a fresh perspective on current events.

Christian Gl??el, Hertie School, and Adam Scharpf, University of Copenhagen, talk about the instrumentalization of sports.

Anita Gohdes, Hertie School Professor, talks about journalist killings, and the instrumentalization of social media.

Alistair Wellmann, Practice Fellow at the Centre for International Security, speaks about state-imposed sanctions.

Julian Wucherpfennig, Hertie School Professor, speaks about the war on terror and the policy implications of terrorism research.

Marina Henke, Hertie School Professor and Director of the Centre for International Security, talks about arms control and nuclear sharing.

Tarah Wheeler, a Cyber Project Fellow at Harvard University, discusses the future of cyber warfare.

Andrea Ruggeri, Professor at the University of Oxford, talks about peacekeeping, and decision-making at the UN Security Council.

Sara Mitchell, Professor at the University of Iowa, discusses the disputes in the South China Sea.

Brian McQuinn, Assistant Professor at the University of Regina, discusses the origins of the 2011 Libyan uprisings.

Stacie Goddard, Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College, talks about grand-strategic successes and failures.

Kai Oppermann, Professor at the Chemnitz University of Technology, discusses the German elections and its foreign policy implications.

Nils Metternich, Associate Professor at the University College London, speaks about the predictability of conflicts.

Sarah Kreps, Professor of Government at Cornell University, talks about key challenges for the next US administration.