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My guests today are Abby Zeith and Ruben Stewart from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Abby is a Legal Adviser in ICRC’s Arms and Conduct of Hostilities Unit where her work focuses on urban warfare and the conduct of hostilities more generally.
Ruben is a Military and Armed Groups Advisor in the ICRC unit that manages relations and dialogue with arms carriers. He focuses on Non-State Armed Groups, battlefield behaviour and new technologies.
Abby and Ruben join me today to discuss Urban Warfare, including aspects of International Humanitarian Law that seek to govern it, as well as issues related to the conduct of combatants and impact of Urban Warfare on civilians affected by it. Some of the topics we covered are:
We referred to a couple of important documents during our chat. You can find the links to those below:
Some additional resources you might find of interest are:
51. Carl Miller - On Information Warfare, Social Media and pro-Russian influence campaigns in BRICS
50. Peter W Singer - On Ukrainian information warfare, social media dominance and the power of narrative
49. Dmytro Gurin - The view from Ukraine
48. MAJGEN Mick Ryan: On the Russian invasion and his recent book ’War Transformed’
47. Arne Dalhaug and Wolfgang Sporrer - On the War in Ukraine
46. Marc Garlasco - War through the eyes of a Pentagon Chief of High Value Targeting
45. Introducing 2022
44. Special Release: Wolfgang Sporrer - Providing Nuance To The Crisis In Ukraine
43. Special Release: Lieutenant General (Ret.) Arne Bård Dalhaug: On the current Russia/Ukraine crisis
42. Special Release: Mark Willacy - On ‘Killing Field‘ and ‘Rogue Forces‘
41. My reflections on the first year of The Voices Of War
40. Samuel Moyn - On ‘Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War‘
39. Toby Harnden - A deep dive into ‘First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11‘
38. Michael Vatikiotis - Southeast Asia and its peculiar role in global politics
37. Dr Douglas Fields - On ‘Why We Snap‘ and our neural wiring for Violence
36. Arjan Verdooren - ‘Cultures don‘t meet, people do‘
35. John Blaxland and Qinduo Xu - On AUKUS, US/China relations and growing tensions
34. Tom and Jen Satterly - The All Secure Foundation
33. Gregg D. Caruso - On the Illusion of Free Will, Myth of Meritocracy and the need to rethink our Justice Systems
32. Steve Dennis - On getting shot, kidnapped and the court case that sent tremors through the humanitarian aid industry
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