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ULRIKE FRANKE, Policy Fellow at the EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (ECFR), on the increasing use of drones in military operations, and the importance of science fiction. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

PROFESSOR PHILLIPS O'BRIEN, Chair of Strategic Studies in the SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, explains why we need to talk more about air power, the determinative force in warfare today. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

SIR LAWRENCE FREEDMAN, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON, on the use of air power from the First Gulf War to the present day, the importance of integrating air power into the broader political and strategic objective, and why our attempts at predicting the future are necessarily flawed. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Retired US Air Force LT GENERAL DAVID DEPTULA, principal air campaign planner for Operation Desert Storm (Gulf War, 1991) and now Dean of the MITCHELL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE STUDIES, on the evolution of the air power revolution, the impact of stealth and precision-targeting technology, and whether space will become the new theatre of conflict. RECORDED at the conference on THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AIR POWER, held on 8-9 May 2018 at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

MARTHA LUZ AMOROCHO DE UJUETA lost one son in the Club Nogal bombing, which left another son badly injured. She took part in the peace talks as a member of one of the Victims' Delegations. She talks to us from Bogotá about working for peace and reconciliation, and learning to forgive. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

At the 1901 ARTS CLUB in London, actress and singer SARAH GABRIEL and director RICHARD WILLIAMS, accompanied by IAIN FARRINGTON on piano, chat about their show, DOROTHY PARKER TAKES A TRIP (OXFORD PLAYHOUSE - 27 MAY 2018). Originally commissioned by the DARTINGTON FESTIVAL, the show explores the life of poet and writer DOROTHY PARKER. Famous for her caustic wit, DOROTHY PARKER is less well known for her support for the American civil rights movement. This was to be the source of a post-mortem feud with fellow writer, Lilian Hellman, who refused to collect DOROTHY PARKER'S ashes from the crematorium for years. With a nod to NOEL COWARD, SARAH and RICHARD reminisce about creating the show, the wildness and cultural ferment of New York in the roaring '20s, and the perils of using stunt ashes.... DOROTHY PARKER TAKES A TRIP is at the OXFORD PLAYHOUSE on 27 May 2018 (www. oxfordplayhouse.com)and is part of the ASHMOLEAN'S AMERICAN COOL FESTIVAL, celebrating American art and culture from the 1920s to 1940s, co

Dutch national TANJA NIJMEIJER fought with the FARC, and was a member of the FARC negotiating team during the peace talks with the Santos government. She reflects on why she joined the FARC, the peace process, and the challenges that lie ahead. NOTE | This audio had to be recorded over a web connection as it was the only way of speaking direct to TANJA, who is in Bogotá. IMAGE | By Boris Arenas - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48855168 PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

SERGIO JARAMILLO CARO, COLOMBIA'S AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM and HEAD OF ITS MISSION TO THE EU, was HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR PEACE and a key member of the Colombian government's negotiating team during the successful peace talks with the FARC-EP. In conversation with DR RODDY BRETT, Director of the CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, he reflects on the negotiations and their challenges. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp. IMAGE | By U.S. Department of State - https://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/9492700519/sizes/o/in/photostream/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27680782

In this first podcast, DR RODDY BRETT, Director of the CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, explores the history of COLOMBIA's internal armed conflict, and how the armed struggle with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the FARC-EP, was finally brought to an end in 2016 by the landmark peace agreement between the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the former guerilla group. On 27 May 2018, COLOMBIA goes to the polls to elect a new president. PRESIDENT JUAN MANUEL SANTOS is coming to the end of his second term and so out of the running. The big question is whether Santos' successor will support the ongoing peace process, which faces a number of challenges. Political opposition threatens the implementation of the complex series of peace accords, and the continuing conflict with the National Liberation Army (ELN) could undermine the fragile peace achieved to date. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY

Former IRA prisoner MICHAEL CULBERT now runs COISTE, an organisation that looks after former IRA prisoners and their families. At the COISTE office in West Belfast, he and former British soldier LEE LAVIS reflect on their personal journeys from being on opposite sides during the conflict to working together now for peace. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | With thanks to QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST for its assistance in setting up the WITNESS interviews | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

ROGER McCALLUM served in both the ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY (RUC), and its successor, the POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND. He is now involved in various peace and reconciliation initiatives, and is a Trustee of the RUC GEORGE CROSS FOUNDATION. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | With thanks to QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST for its assistance in setting up the WITNESS interviews | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

A former member of the ULSTER DEFENCE ASSOCIATION (UDA), COLIN HALLIDAY spent time in the Maze Prison during the conflict. He now runs Lisburn’s People’s Support Project, originally set up as Lisburn Prisoners’ Support Project to help former prisoners from the UDA and its military wing, the Ulster Freedom Fighters, to reintegrate into society. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | With thanks to QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST for its assistance in setting up the WITNESS interviews | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

SHIRLEY MOODY’s husband was shot when he was 16, and he still lives with the legacy of those injuries today.  Shirley coped with the aftermath, and the challenges of bringing up a family of sons and keeping them away from the paramilitary organisations during the Troubles. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | With thanks to QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST and WAVE for their assistance in setting up these interviews | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

PETER HEATHWOOD’s family came over to Ireland during the Plantation of Ulster in the early 1600s.  Aged 26, Peter was shot  and left paralysed in a case of mistaken identity.  He now campaigns with WAVE for appropriate financial recognition of the needs of all those injured during the conflict. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | With thanks to QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST and WAVE for their assistance in setting up these interviews | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

April 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the 'Good Friday' Agreement, the historic peace deal that ended nearly 30 years of conflict, a period known as the 'Troubles', in Northern Ireland. In SHAPING THE CONFLICT, DR KIERAN McCONAGHY, Lecturer at the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, talks about growing up in County Armagh, making sense of different political narratives, and how the state's response to political violence shaped the Northern Irish conflict. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

In our second podcast, TOWARDS PEACE, DR TIM WILSON continues the history of the Northern Irish conflict, taking us from the end of the First World War, when the British government turned once again to the Irish question, through a turbulent 20th century that ended with the historic 'Good Friday' Agreement and began the peace process we know today. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Welcome to this month's podcast series on NORTHERN IRELAND, a collaboration between ChromeRadio and the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS. April 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the 'Good Friday' Agreement, the historic peace deal that ended nearly 30 years of conflict, a period known as the 'Troubles', in Northern Ireland. In our first podcast, ROOTS, DR TIM WILSON, Director of the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE at the UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, takes us from the plantation of Ulster in the 17th century to the suspension of Home Rule during the First World War. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the HANDA CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

In 2017, WORLD MONUMENTS FUND - with the support of the BRITISH COUNCIL, co-ordinating the CULTURAL PROTECTION FUND, and local partner, THE PETRA NATIONAL TRUST - launched its stonemasonry training programme at Mafraq in Jordan, 12 miles from the Syrian border. We hear how Master Mason TONY STEEL, Assistant Trainer NOUR AL SHDAIFAT, and local manager BARA'A AL FALAH are training Syrians and Jordanians to become the craftspeople and conservators of the future. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: wmf.org.uk/Projects/stone-masonry-training-in-mafraq-jordan PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with WORLD MONUMENTS FUND | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

DR JASMINE GANI in conversation with physicist DR ALEXY KARENOWSKA, Fellow of MAGDALEN COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD and Director of Technology at the INSTITUTE FOR DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY, on how 3D printing and machining technologies can help restore and replicate monuments damaged or destroyed during the conflict, such as Palmyra's triumphal arch, which was razed to the ground by ISIS in 2015. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

DR HAIAN DUKHAN, Teaching Fellow in International Relations, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, on growing up in Palmyra and the role of Syria's tribes in the conflict. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND STRATEGY, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.