About the talk
For many people we seem to have moved into unsettling and potentially dangerous times.
There are wars in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and elsewhere and military spending is surging back up towards the peak of the Cold War years.
At the same time, many hundreds of millions of people are marginalised and trapped in poverty and as people try to move to safer places migration has become a polarising issue.
Political uncertainties in the United States and some European countries cause yet more concern, and above it all lies the global risk of climate breakdown.
By comparison, a decade ago everything seemed more stable and predictable.
Hosted by Professor Paul Rogers, this discussion will ask why the world seems to be changing so rapidly, what are the main dangers ahead, how can they be avoided and can individuals make a difference in moving us towards a more peaceful world?
In his book, The Insecurity Trap: A Short Guide to Transformation, Professor Paul Rogers offers insight into the root causes of global insecurity and the urgent need for more transformative approaches to peace and justice.
About Professor Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and an Honorary Fellow of the Joint Service Command and Staff College. Over the past four decades, he has lectured extensively at senior UK defence colleges and served as an External Examiner for MA programmes at the Royal College of Defence Studies and JSCSC. His academic work focuses on the changing drivers of international conflict, with particular attention to the Middle East, paramilitary violence, and the complex relationship between socioeconomic marginalisation, climate disruption, and global security. Educated at Imperial College, he later lectured there and spent two years on secondment in East Africa before joining the University of Bradford’s Peace Studies department in 1979, where he has held senior roles including Head of Department and Chair of Faculty. He also served as Chair of the British International Studies Association.
A prolific author, Paul has written or edited 30 books and more than 150 scholarly works, including Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century and Irregular War: New Threats from the Margins. His latest work, “The Triple Paradigm Crisis: Economy, Environment and Security,” was published in The Journal of Global Faultlines in 2020. In recognition of his contributions, Springer Nature published a retrospective of his work in their “Pioneers” series. Paul's writing has been translated into multiple languages, and he remains an active public intellectual, delivering around 150 media interviews annually and writing regular columns for OpenDemocracy and the Oxford Research Group.
