@WAR

Ayesha Malik and Hennie Strydom talk about South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, and what we should expect from the the ICJ's preliminary orders 

Ayesha Malik sits down with Dr. Marco Longobardo to discuss his book The Use of Armed Force in Occupied Territory, and the right to resistance, the right to self-determination, the classification of the conflict, how to apply human rights law in occupied territory, and what we can expect from the upcoming Advisory Opinion. 

In this episode, we sat down with Saroop Ijaz, Senior Legal Counsel for Human Rights Watch, about apartheid in Israel and Palestine, HRW's report 'A Threshold Crossed' and the key factors involved in making that determination. 

Ayesha Malik and Zarrar Khuhro talk about how narratives around this conflict have changed over the decades, the conflation of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, the international community's reaction, and whether international law remains relevant. 

Ayesha Malik and Dr. Ahmad Siddiqi talk about the roots of the conflict, the various phases of Israeli policy towards the Palestinian population, whether the Palestinians were actually offered statehood five times, why Hamas has acted now and why Israel's response has been what it is, and finally what the international community can do.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Saadia Zahoor, a policy expert at the National Security Division, to talk about looking at national security from a gendered lens, women in decision-making roles, manels, personal attacks on women, local graduates, being inclusive, and the need to not be petty. 

In this episode of @WAR, Ayesha Malik, Team Lead of the Conflict Law Centre, is joined by Feisal Naqvi, Advocate of the Supreme Court and Senior Partner at Bhandari, Naqvi and Riaz, to talk about the Indus Waters Treaty and India's request to modify it. We discussed past disputes under the treaty, its technical aspects,  India's request to modify, and the impact of climate change on the treaty.

In this episode of @WAR, Ayesha Malik, Team Lead of the Conflict Law Centre, is joined by Antonios Tzanakopoulos, Professor of Public International Law at Oxford University, to talk about sanctions under international law. We discussed traditional and extraterritorial sanctions, their effectiveness, whether they are punitive, and the rise of blocking statutes.

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Civil war in Sudan - Ayesha Malik and Joshua Craze discuss the conflict's two main personalities, the international actors involved, centre-periphery relations between Kharthoum and the rest of the country, as well as the current ceasefire and whether it will hold. 

In this episode of @WAR, our Team Lead for the Conflict Law Centre, Ayesha Malik, is joined by Dr Furrukh Khan, an Associate Professor at LUMS, to discuss how culture interacts with conflict and the ways in which it has long been used, across all eras and traditions, to oppose, promote, and recover from war.

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In this episode of @WAR, our Team Lead for the Conflict Law Centre, Ayesha Malik, is joined by Meher Ahmed, a seasoned journalist and an award-winning documentary producer, to discuss how journalists working in conflict zones maintain their impartiality and integrity

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In this episode of @WAR, our Team Lead for the Conflict Law Centre, Ayesha Malik, is joined by Shmyla Khan, the Director of Policy and Research at the Digital Rights Foundation, and Noor Waheed, Senior Associate at the Digital Rights Foundation, to discuss the dangers of social media in exacerbating divisions, hatred and violence in areas of conflict.

Oves Anwar and Ayesha Malik (our resident international lawyers) sit down with Mubashar Rizvi and Noor Fatima (our IR specialists) to discuss which subject is more relevant in explaining the constraints on states and why they do what they do.

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Lessons learned from the FATA merger and feminism in Pakistan.

In this episode, our host Ayesha Malik, Team Lead of the Conflict Law Centre at the Research Society of International Law, sits down with Zainab Najeeb to discuss the displacement in FATA and its impacts on gender roles. The discussion also includes a commentary on feminism and gender in Pakistan.

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Is India a responsible nuclear-armed state?

In this episode, our host Mubashar Rizvi, Research Associate at the Research Society of International Law, sits down with Sitara Noor discuss the future of strategic stability in South Asia in the context of the Brahmos incident, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and US-China competition.

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Emerging tech, the future of warfare, and Pakistan

In this episode, our host Mubashar Rizvi, Research Associate at the Research Society of International Law, sits down with Dr. Waqar Zaidi, Associate Professor of History at LUMS, to discuss the future of warfare in the context of emerging technology, and what Pakistan must do to stay competitive

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The notorious case of Bagram detainees

In this episode, Ayesha Malik, Research Research Fellow at the Research Society of International Law, sits down with Sarah Belal, Executive Director Justice Project Pakistan, to discuss the plight of Pakistani detainees at Bagram. 

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Are drones legal under international law?

In this episode, our host Ayesha Malik sits down with  Dr. Ahmad Mujtaba to discuss the legality and efficiency of drones

In this episode, Ayesha Malik, Research Research Fellow at the Research Society of International Law, sits down with Alexander Lawson to discuss the international law dimension of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. 

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Does the current Russia-Ukraine conflict signal the beginning of a new Cold War? Will Western sanctions have the desired impact on Russia and its economy? What role can international law play in diffusing this conflict?

In this episode, Ayesha Malik, Research Research Fellow at the Research Society of International Law, sits down with Alexander Lawson to discuss the international law dimension of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. 

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How does climate change lead to an increased risk of armed conflict?

In this episode, Ayesha Malik, team lead at Conflict Law Centre at the Research Society of International Law, sits down with Hasan Anwer, Program Director at Pakistan Environment Trust, to explore the link between climate change and armed conflict in the specific context of Pakistan. 

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