Afghan Technologist Sara Wahedi: How her App Saved Lives and Reflections on Women's Rights since the Taliban Takeover
This week, A'ndre chatted with Sara Wahedi, an award-winning Afghan technologist and humanitarian who created Ehtesab, a crisis notification app that has provided Kabul residents in Afghanistan with r...
20 Elo 20241h 14min
What In The World? Venezuela's 2024 Election Crisis and Maduro's Gambit to Stay in Power, featuring Gabriela Saade
The Burn Bag returns after a brief hiatus, and we're bringing back "What in the World?" A series where A'ndre talks about ongoing current events with other youthful foreign policy professionals, exper...
5 Elo 202444min
The Righteous Arrows: The Soviet-Afghan War and the Arming of the Mujahideen with Brian Morra, Retired Air Force Intelligence Oficer
This week, A'ndre welcomed back to The Burn Bag Brian Morra, a retired Air Force Intelligence Officer and the author of The Righteous Arrows, a fictionalized account of U.S. proxy efforts during the S...
16 Kesä 202459min
Counterterrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan: New USIP Report on the Threat Matrix with Co-Chairs LTG (Ret.) Michael Nagata and Laurel Miller
This week, A’ndre and Andrea speak with former SOF-CENTCOM commander LTG Michael Nagata and former senior State Department official Laurel Miller on a recent USIP report on counterterrorism in Afghani...
4 Kesä 202449min
Creating intelligence: Open Source in Action with Arctic Competition Research featuring Eric and Greg Levesque, Co-Founders at Strider Technologies
This week, Andrew interviews Eric and Greg Levesque, co-founders of Strider Technologies. Strider is a tech company that utilizes open-source data and AI methodologies to provide strategic intelligenc...
29 Touko 202434min
The NATO Youth Summit: Interviews with Key Leaders and Partners in Miami, FL
Last week, co-hosts Andrea Ochoa and Christina Oh attended the 2024 NATO Youth Summit, which was a collaborative event hosted by NATO, The Aspen Institute, Aspen Institute Romania, the Swedish Defence...
22 Touko 202459min
Genocide: Frameworks, Examples in Modern Warfare, and Reconciliation with Dr. Gregory Stanton, Founder of Genocide Watch
This week, A'ndre and Andrew interview Dr. Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch on the process of genocide, genocide in modern warfare, and efforts towards reconciliation. Dr. Stanton has been a...
2 Touko 202453min
Former DNI Jim Clapper on the War in Gaza, Israel-Iran, and the Crisis in the Middle East
This week, A'ndre chatted with former Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper on the recent strikes exchanged between Israel and Iran, Israel's conduct in Gaza, and the broader regional dynamics...
29 Huhti 202451min
