Description
From Gaza and Lebanon to Syria, Sudan and Iran, this conversation examines what happens when states and societies begin to systematically unravel.
Exploring war, sanctions, infrastructural destruction, financial collapse and humanitarian breakdown, the panel will consider the political and human consequences of prolonged instability and institutional erosion.
Bringing together geopolitical analysis with humanitarian and economic perspectives, the discussion asks how modern societies survive under sustained pressure, and what the collapse of civic and economic life reveals about the changing nature of power and conflict in the 21st century.
About the Academic
Professor Paul Rogers
Paul is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University. He is a biologist by original training, lecturing at Imperial College in plant pathology and working as a senior scientific officer in Uganda and Kenya. He moved to Peace Studies at Bradford University in 1979, working primarily on the changing causes of international conflict, especially in relation to socio-economic divisions and environmental limits to growth. He is international security adviser to Open Democracy, writes a weekly column, and is a frequent broadcaster. His most recent book is The Insecurity Trap, Hawthorn Press, 2024.
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