COUNTERPOD

Ian and Edmund discuss the disaster averted aboard a flight bound for Israel; the incident at RAF Fairford and the subsequent arrests; the attack on a counterterrorism police compound in Kohat, Pakistan and the involvement of the Taliban and Al Aqada; and the continuing controversy over whether alumina from Ireland’s Russian-owned Aughinish refinery is entering supply chains linked to Russian attack drones.

Ian and Edmund discuss the recent masked migrant protests in the UK; the 25th anniversary of 9/11; the death of 'the Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladić; and Argentina's renewed interest in the Falkland Islands. 

Ian and Edmund examine the latest targeting of Hamas commanders in Gaza and what it means for the conflict and wider regional dynamics. They also ask whether familiar counter-terrorism messaging such as “See It, Say It, Sorted” actually works; assess the renewed offensive against the Houthis and their continuing threat to regional security; and explore what the interception of an alleged New IRA bomb reveals about dissident republicanism.

Ian and Edmund are back to discuss problems with the U.K.’s Prevent program counter-terrorism strategy; what's next from the Iranian regime and the Houthis, including implications for the U.K.; Ireland's new national strategy on terrorist financing aimed, in part at disrupting the enablers; and the implications of U.S. sanctions on the Muslim Brotherhood.

Ian and Edmund discuss U.S. negotiations on Iran and Ukraine-Russia; the British government’s approach to freedom of speech; Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference; and youth radicalization by ISIS and other terror groups. 

Ian and Edmund discuss CEP’s ARCHER project and recent concert in Washington D.C. featuring music composed during the Holocaust; their concerns about the situation in Syria and ISIS detainees; U.K security issues and the Cyber Security Bill; and options for the new U.S. Board of Peace. 

In the first episode of Season 6, Edmund and Ian discuss Hamas financial networks; the shocking fallout from the UK West Midlands Police ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans; the crackdown on the Iranian protests and proscribing the IRGC; and how legacy legislation is exposing veterans in Northern Ireland to lawfare. 

In an end-of-year special Ian Acheson and Edmund Fitton-Brown unpack four major security and extremism issues: the Operation Kenova findings on the IRA agent “Stakeknife” and what they reveal about Northern Ireland’s dirty war; the renewed U.S. effort to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization; the fallout from the banning of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a UK football match and what it says about intelligence-led policing; and the latest stage of the Gaza peace plan, including who might govern Gaza and the future of Hamas.

In this episode Edmund and Ian assess new UK police advice on revealing the ethnicity of suspects to quell community tensions; the impact of calls for the recognition of a Palestinian state; Palestine Action as a terrorist organzation; and Mexican drug cartels. 

In this episode Ian and Edmund discuss stability in Colombia; Epping illegal immigration protests and policing in the UK; trade deals and the terrorist insurgency in the Sahel; and the recent spotlight on the UK’s definition of Islamophobia.