Global Security Podcast
1) Freeing victims from criminal enclaves in Myanmar, one TikTok at a time
The UN estimates revenues from scam centers in Southeast Asia, mostly Myanmar, to be nearly $40 billion. The sheer number of people being conned into working for them has overwhelmed police. So, one m...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Egypt ends its state of emergency amid intense criticism of its human rights record
Egypt has ended its state of emergency after four years. Samer Shehata, professor of Middle East studies at the University of Oklahoma, tells The World's Marco Werman that the move is geared more towa...Show More
3) Sudanese protester to military: ‘Our numbers are too big to be ignored’
"They can’t kill us all," says Dalia Abdel-Moneim, a Khartoum resident who took to the streets among thousands of other Sudanese protesters in defiance of the military coup.
4) Protests erupt across Sudan against military coup
Tensions came to a critical point on Monday when armed forces detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, Cabinet Affairs Minister Khalid Omer Yousif and other top civilian leaders.
5) Sister of imprisoned Saudi aid worker: 'They are already calling me a terrorist'
A court in Saudi Arabia upheld a 20-year prison term imposed on Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, a Saudi aid worker who had criticized the government on Twitter, drawing a rare public rebuke from the US in anot...Show More
6) Sen. Tammy Duckworth calls for a 'real, cold-hard facts look' at US' failed 20-year war in Afghanistan
"The key thing is that I want it to be completely nonpartisan, not bipartisan, but nonpartisan," Illinois Democratic Sen. Duckworth explained to The World's host Marco Werman. "I served on the Benghaz...Show More
7) The Afghan government and the US lost popular support over corruption in Afghanistan, investigator general says
"Although we had predicted major problems ... I think we were surprised, just like everybody else, at the speed to which the [Afghan] government and the military collapsed," John Sopko, head of SIGAR,...Show More
8) Former adviser Sarah Chayes: The US failed to understand how Afghans wage war
Sarah Chayes served as a special adviser to the US military in Afghanistan and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after a decade on the ground in Kandahar. She joined The World's host Marco Wer...Show More
Former adviser Sarah Chayes: The US failed to understand how Afghans wage war
0:00 | Sep 29th, 2021
9) Unaccompanied minors are among the thousands evacuated from Afghanistan
In the chaos of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the mass evacuation, a number of unaccompanied minors ended up on flights out of the country. Now comes the difficult task of reuniting them with...Show More
10) 'We are still here': Afghan UN employees worry about their safety
Thousands of Afghans work for the UN in Afghanistan. Most remain there despite fears of being targeted by the Taliban for their work.