{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Episode 2: A multidisciplinary approach to armed conflict and the myth of ‘ungoverned spaces’","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5eb41117570358cd673a3a85/1d4f435bd1059ca2bae0f9945db07cee.jpg?height=200","description":"IISS Senior Fellow for Conflict, Security and Development Virginia Comolli joins Dr Kori Schake for this episode of Sounds Strategic.\nLeading a team with incredible multidisciplinary strengths, Virginia presents a wide range of issues related to the state of modern conflict in Africa. From explaining the crisis in Cameroon, evaluating the spread of democratic values in the African continent, and debunking the myth of ‘ungoverned spaces’, Virginia explores the variety and depth of her work, and how this contributes to the work of her team as they develop the IISS Armed Conflict Survey and Armed Conflict Database.\n \nFavourite data visualisation:\nThe World Economic Forum’s Mapping Global Transformation hub – ‘a dynamic knowledge tool to understand the issues and forces driving transformational change across economies, industries, global issues and the Forum’s system initiatives.’\n \nReading recommendations:\nGary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros, The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).\nVirginia Comolli, Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency (London: Hurst, 2015).\n \nDate of recording: 22 November 2018\n \nSounds Strategic is recorded and produced at the IISS in London.\n \nTheme music: ‘Safety in Numbers’ by We Were Promised Jetpacks.","author_name":"International Institute for Strategic Studies"}