Intelligence Espresso - Episode 9

Intelligence Espresso - Episode 9

This week’s episode will discuss the escalating tensions between Israel, Palestine and Hamas since 2007, Hamas’ sophisticated and coordinated attack by land, sea and air, killing at least 1,300 people in just 1 day, the Israeli intelligence service being taken by complete surprise leaving officials, researchers and scholars to speculate and contribute this intelligence failure to a myriad of reasons and the fallout of the attacks including bombings in Israel and Gaza, hostages, a blockade and possible war crimes, a mass evacuation of 1.1 million people and an estimated death toll of over 3,000.

Spin-Off Series: Exploring Space Security and the DART Project - Part 2

Spin-Off Series: Exploring Space Security and the DART Project - Part 2

In the previous episode, we introduced the history and scientific part of the DART project and explored different approaches to defend the earth. In this episode, we keep on the conversation with astronomer Po Yen Liu about the issues within space security, and push further to discuss the ethical problem about space development.

Intelligence Espresso - Episode 5

Intelligence Espresso - Episode 5

This week’s episode will discuss the Israeli security forces attacking worshipers in Al Aqsa, the visit of Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen to the United States, the first official visit of Volodymyr Zelensky to Warsaw and the transparency of Twitter’s open-source algorithm and their recommendation system. 

Intelligence Espresso - Episode 3

Intelligence Espresso - Episode 3

This week’s “Intelligence Espresso’ is presented and produced by our Dublin Team in DCU. On it, our team looks at: The arrival of Xi Jinping in Moscow, a meeting between Japanese PM Fumio Kishida and President Zelensky, the protests in France and tech companies' accountability of their platforms and algorithms in spreading terrorist content.

Intelligence Espresso - Episode 2

Intelligence Espresso - Episode 2

This week our team looks at an escalating banking crisis following the implosion of the U.S.-based Silicon Valley Bank, the massive arms deal among AUKUS allies, chaos in France over President Macron’s new retirement age legislation and boldness from the ICC as they issue an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.

Intelligence Espresso - Episode 1

Intelligence Espresso - Episode 1

This week in the maiden ‘Intelligence Espresso’ briefing our team look into the ongoing situation in Georgia, the carnage facing Russian forces in Ukraine and the finger-pointing around the ‘revelations’ of the Nord Stream 2 attacks as well as a shocking reversal of diplomatic relations in the Middle East and growing unrest in Tunisia. 

Intersections of the Iranian Protest: Social Media, Suppression of Dissent, and Big Tech

Intersections of the Iranian Protest: Social Media, Suppression of Dissent, and Big Tech

This episode of The Security Distillery podcast takes a closer look at the current 2022 revolution in Iran. Discussing with Maya Rioux, Dr Babak Rezaeedaryakenari dissects the intersection of technology, security and dissent. He explains the securitisation of social media, the evolution of the role of new information technology, and the uses and misuses of these.

Who is the bad guy? The role of movies in the social construction of data protection

Who is the bad guy? The role of movies in the social construction of data protection

Movies can play a big role in shaping people’s perceptions of important topics, such as the protection of personal data. In the podcast « Who is the bad guy? The role of movies in the social construction of data protection », Megan discusses with experts in the field of data protection who share their knowledge on the present layout of the data protection field. Together they explore how movies on data privacy shape perceptions and how this impacts individuals’ security

The War in Ukraine and its Impact on the Caucasus

The War in Ukraine and its Impact on the Caucasus

In this podcast Guus Rotink meets Agha Bayramov, an assistant professor at the University of Groningen. They discuss a significant, but often overlooked impact of the War in Ukraine, namely the changing international relations within the South Caucasus. The war in Ukraine is impacting the region’s power structures and perhaps offers potential other powers than Russia to increase their influence. The podcast looks specifically at reactions to the conflict in Armenia as well as Azerbaijan and at how both countries could operate going forward. Does the current situation provide problems for these two states which have been in conflict with one and another for decades, or does it rather provide a rare opportunity for true positive change?