{"id":60508,"date":"2020-11-16T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T23:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=60508"},"modified":"2020-11-16T09:52:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T22:52:54","slug":"policy-guns-and-money-us-election-economic-coercion-and-women-in-peacekeeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/policy-guns-and-money-us-election-economic-coercion-and-women-in-peacekeeping\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy, Guns and Money: US election, economic coercion and women in peacekeeping"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Strategist<\/em>\u2019s national security editor, Anastasia Kapetas, speaks to Peter Hartcher, political editor and international editor at the Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>, about the US election and the developments since, including President Donald Trump\u2019s refusal to concede, the dismissal of Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and the disinformation that continues to spread across social media.<\/p>\n

ASPI\u2019s Michael Shoebridge speaks with David Uren, non-resident fellow with the United States Studies Centre, about his latest ASPI report, Economic coercion: boycotts and sanctions\u2014preferred weapons of war<\/em><\/a>. They discuss the tool of economic sanctions, the ways they are used by the US, and the challenges they can create for businesses, including Australian companies.<\/p>\n

Lisa Sharland, head of ASPI\u2019s international program, talks with Deborah Warren-Smith, manager of the Elsie Initiative Fund<\/a>, to mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations\u2019 women, peace and security agenda. They discuss the work that the fund is doing to increase the participation of uniformed women in UN peacekeeping operations.<\/p>\n