125. Betrayed: Brigadier Dan Fortune, DSC and Bar, Exposes Military Hypocrisy
Welcome back to The Voices of War. This is episode two of our series that focuses on the recently released award-winning documentary, Bravery and Betrayal. In the first episode, I spoke with Vando and Brett, one an SAS combat leader and the other a special operations legal officer. In that episode, some of the things […]
124. Australia’s War in Afghanistan—Told From Inside the SASR
Welcome back to The Voices of War. Today we’re recording the first episode of a two-episode series, unpacking some of the realities behind Australia’s longest war through the lens of the recent award-winning documentary, Bravery and Betrayal. The film sets the experiences of our special operations community within the wider pressures, expectations, and contradictions of […]
114. Military Ethics in the Age of Impunity: Gaza, Ukraine, and the Soldier’s Dilemma
Maz:We are living through an era where warfare is live-streamed and war crimes are documented in real time, yet accountability remains elusive. From the relentless siege of Gaza to the grinding attrition of Ukraine, we are witnessing not isolated abuses, but a pattern of impunity, of moral degradation, and of collapsing norms. International law is […]
111. Lest We Forget: Our Duty Is Not To The People with David McBride
Today, I’m speaking with David McBride, who is a retired major and former legal officer in the Australian Army. After deploying twice to Afghanistan in 2018, David was charged with several offences related to unlawfully leaking information to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation after concerns about the Australian Defence Forces’ excessive investigation of special forces soldiers. […]
93. Dr. Neil Greenberg – Battlefield Minds: Understanding The Complexities Of Military Mental Health
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53. Dr Deane-Peter Baker: State Ethics vs Soldier Morality
Today, I spoke with Dr Deane-Peter Baker, a military ethicist, who is an Associate Professor of International and Political Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Science at UNSW Canberra, where he also is co-Convenor of the UNSW Canberra Future Operations Research Group. Deane’s work focuses mainly on the ethics of armed […]
18. Shannon E. French – On ’The Code of the Warrior’ and Ethics of War
My guest today is Professor Shannon E. French from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) where she is also the Inamori Professor in Ethics, and the Director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence. Prior to her current role, she taught for 11 years at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, where she […]