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How the UN Helps Fight Terrorism
How the UN Helps Fight Terrorism
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Sep 23, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The Security Council will hold an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, chaired by President Obama, dedicated to stemming the flow of foreign fighters to the Syrian battlefield. The meeting demonstrates that the United States believes the United Nations has an important role to play in the global fight against terrorism. But what, exactly, does that mean? Here to discuss the Security Council meeting and the UN's evolving involvement on terrorism issues (including its strengths and weaknesses) is Naureen Chowdhury Fink of the Global Center on Cooperative Security.
Released:
Sep 23, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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Episode 1: Heather Hurlburt: Executive Director of the National Security Network Heather Hurlburt kicks off the new podcast series. She discuses why Syria is a such a vexing dillemma for Obama; how different generations of policy hands drew separate lessons from the Iraq War; why Rus by Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters