Bunker's Cable
Season 1
by Ridgway Scholars
In this episode we talk to former US diplomat , Elizabeth Shackleford about her experiences working for the state department until she resigned in 2017. We discuss her book, “The Dissent Channel,” diplomacy as a foreign policy tool, and accountability in foreign affairs. Tune in to this episode to hear how Shackelford ties these themes to current events like Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Iran Nuclear Deal negotiations. Guest: Elizabeth Shackelford Senior Fellow on US Foreign Policy at Chicago Council on Global Affairs Background Reading: 2020 Douglas Dillon Book Award Winner - The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age Author: Elizabeth Shackelford For more information on the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies please visit https://www.ridgway.pitt.edu.
Join us for the first episode of Bunker’s Cable as we talk to Dr. Michael Kenney and Dr. Julie Chernov-Hwang about their innovative research on why salafi-jihadi extremists choose to disengage as well as persist. Their research findings are based on individual interviews conducted with current and former members of Al-Muhajiroun and Jemaah Islamiyah. Listen to this episode to hear their key finding that could help people leave a life of extremism. Guests: Dr. Michael Kenney Wesley W. Posvar Chair in International Security Studies, Director of the Matthew B. Ridgway Center, and Professor of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh Dr. Julie Chernov-Hwang Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Goucher College Background Reading: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Understanding How British and Indonesian Extremists Disengage and Why They Don't Authors: Michael Kenney, Julie Chernov Hwang For more information on the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies please visit https://www.ridgway.pitt.edu.