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  • Peace in Mindanao: Nine Years after the Marawi Siege

    May 20, 2026 · 25 min

    In May 2017, armed factions fighting under the Islamic State banner – or Dawlah Islamiyah - laid siege to Marawi City in Mindanao, southern Philippines. Hundreds were killed and over a million civilians displaced before the city was…

  • Mali + Russia vs. Al-Qaeda + Insurgents

    May 13, 2026 · 26 min

    The Sahel region in Africa is now the world’s epicenter of global jihadist activity. According to the Global Terrorism Index, four of the top ten countries most impacted by terrorism are from the Sahel which now accounts for over half of…

  • Digital Battlefield

    May 8, 2026 · 24 min

    The cybersecurity landscape is evolving fast. What once required highly skilled human operators can now be accelerated (or even automated) by increasingly sophisticated AI systems. It seems like we are at another critical inflection point…

  • China's Human Rights Abuses

    April 30, 2026 · 21 min

    China’s extraordinary economic transformation and rise to global economic superpower has too often obscured a troubling human rights record. We spoke to Yaqiu Wang, a Chinese human rights and democracy researcher and advocate. Yaqiu has…

  • China's Human Rights Abuses [Trailer]

    April 24, 2026 · 1 min

    Stay tuned for our forthcoming episode with human rights advocate and world-renowned scholar, Yaqiu Wang. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…

  • Reporting Roses: Australian Statecraft and the Pressure to Conform

    April 18, 2026 · 38 min

    On this episode of Behind the Decisions, Gordon Peake lends us more insights into his time in the Solomon Islands and the legacy of Australian-led interventions. Gordon’s many years as a researcher, writer, public servant, and expert offer…

  • Battle for the Police

    April 9, 2026 · 24 min

    The Solomon Islands may not be the first location that you think of as a “theatre of strategic competition.” The tiny archipelagic nation, consisting of almost a thousand islands with a population of around 800,000 people, sits in the…

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People and issues at the heart of the headlines, or that ought to be. From industry leaders and subject matter experts to former guerrilla fighters, army generals and civil society advocates, we want to know what’s happening, why it matters, and whether it all really adds up. countercheckpod.substack.com