Valentina Lana, a Lecturer at the Sciences Po law school in Paris, discusses the 2022 Corruption Perception Index, highlighting that global peace has deteriorated for the past decade and a half. Valentina is also a German Marshall Fund's 2023 Marshall Memorial Fellow. Latest Valentina's publication: Lana, V., & Sapin, M. (2023, March 3). The Impact…

The episode focuses on Sci-Fi and Practical Orientalism, Chapter 7 of Greta's book, and the Concluding Thoughts.Greta Lynn Uehling is the Author of Everyday War, a book resulting from her long-term research between 2015 and 2017 in Donbas, Ukraine. Greta is also a Teaching Professor at the University of Michigan. Greta's expertise includes internat…

Greta Lynn Uehling is the Author of Everyday War, a book resulting from her long-term research between 2015 and 2017 in Donbas, Ukraine. Greta is also a teaching Professor at the University of Michigan. Greta’s expertise includes international migration, human smuggling and trafficking, and refugee resettlement. This episode introduces a sequence w…

Honoring International Women's Day 2023, we will dedicate the month of March 2023 to shed light on women’s issues across the black continent and dive into some of the structures that continue to create and maintain the existing gender gaps, focusing on forms of gender-based violence as a common continental challenge. Mokshda Pertaub, a Lawyer, trai…

Ms. Brenda Uche Anugwom is an international development specialist working to ensure gender equity and justice. With 19 years of experience in the development sector, Brenda has dedicated most of her time to speaking against all forms of discrimination against women. In her home country Nigeria, she has been a formidable force in canvassing inclusi…

A discussion journey, a simple preventive conflict analysis looking int to the status of the Liberian State. For that, there is nothing better than to explore one of the oldest democratic states ever built in Africa, questionably from scratch waiving local and regional threats because of the conflicts between Liberian natives and the Settlers, Amer…

Perspectives and questions towards state making in Africa. A discussion with Ali Kaba a Ph.D. researcher at The American University. And yes, I mean Africa as a continent, not a country. Some of Ali’s research interests include customary land governance, rural migration, and foreign investment in local communities. Ali previously worked as a Progra…

Valentina Lana, a Lecturer at the Sciences Po law school in Paris, rounds up the best anti-corruption practices in global policies in this last episode of three. As the last piece of her proposed knowledge map, Valentina ends with cheerful tones, a takeaway for institutions and people determined to embrace an anti-corruption system. Photo by Markus…

Valentina Lana, a Lecturer at the Sciences Po law school in Paris, discusses the US, France, and UK anti-corruption laws. She describes best practices to create robust corporate programs to deter, prevent and combat corruption. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-through-wi/messageSupport this podcast: http…

With Victor Uhuru a community organizer, conflict analyst, and specialist in Monitoring and Evaluation, I discuss the trends of democracy and ethnic conflicts in Kenya as it applies to his understanding of what the country awaits for brighter governance and an inclusive system. He argues on the intricacies of lack of public participation and discre…

Valentina Lana, a Lecturer at the Sciences Po law school in Paris, discusses the concepts, magnitude, and nuances of the fight against corruption. In this series, Valentina sets the ground for her next few episodes in the legal framework guiding the global work of anti-corruption-based advocacy in public, private and societal landscapes. References…

Phamolie Morris orris Kromah breaks it down to de essence of sustained peace and development for ECOWAS, the Economic West Africa Society. He elaborates on what sets back economic growth while also acknowledging the significant tipping progress to date. Among the detailed critical statistics, he also delivers a qualifying analysis driving a reflect…

Introduction to Coercive Negotiation Pro-Seminar with Professor Eugene Kogan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-through-wi/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-through-wi/support

Introduction to Coercive Negotiation Pro-Seminar with Professor Eugene Kogan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-through-wi/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-through-wi/support

Introduction to Coercive Negotiation Pro-Seminar with Professor Eugine Kogan, Ph.D. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-through-wi/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-through-wi/support

Political and Economilitary discussions flow this episode's discussion with Anastasia Bannikova, Elizabeth Morgan, and Phamolie Morris Kromah. From the imperialist beginnings, in the structure of power dynamics, the ongoing conflicts come to light as a result of historical accounts of; the way wars and other conflicts have been negotiated and unsus…

To understand what Coercive and Nuclear Negotiations are, I discuss with Professor Eugene B. Kogan, a researcher and an expert in the power dynamics of negotiation. This is also the core of his fast-paced and interactive pro-seminar, offering an in-depth introduction to the principles and dynamics of coercive and nuclear negotiations worldwide, foc…

Roddy Denor and Martin Alexis unfold Haiti's development dilemmas. Between the 80s and 90s, there came the Structural Adjustment Programs. These are a set of combined loans and policies with strings attached to restore political and economically weak nations, most of whom emerge from civil wars. The path for the intended restoration was to create c…

We follow up on the Russia-Ukraine conflict with Professor Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar, Elisabeth Morgan, Anastasia Bannikova, Tyler Rossi, Ruya Akar, Roddy Denor and Alex Homer. In this episode, we focus on understanding the interests of China, economic alternatives for Russia, and the power dynamics impacting the humanitarian crises. Episode cove…

A thinking-through episode unpacking the Russia-Ukraine conflict with Elisabeth Morgan, Anastasia Bannikova, Tyler Rossi, and Ruya Akar. The first of many to come every two weeks until we get to some ground of resolution for peace and security, not to mention restoring people's dignity and identity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.s…

Professor Alain Lempereur discusses the Dilemmas of Conflict Transformation and Power Dynamics. As a professor, author of publications in conflict resolution and coexistence, and an active expert member of the global experts in negotiation programs, Alain holds an essential experienced opinion to shape change narratives. In this podcast, I seek to …

On October 25, 2021, the Military Army in Sudan took power and arrested government officials, claiming to restore the well-being of the Sudanese. This claim is not shared with all, more than 40 million Sudanese worldwide. In this episode, I have Yasser Adam analyzing the ongoing conflict with lenses of a Sudanese born in the Darfur region and Study…