2.10 International Policy Making: National Security, Refugee Crises, and Migration on the Global Stage with Dr. Jill Goldenziel

Send in a question or feedback! Dr. Jill Goldenziel is a professor at the National Defense University-College of Information and Cyberspace and a speaker, consultant, and arbitrator. At NDU-CIC, she teaches courses in International and Constitutional Law, Leadership, Strategy, Lawfare, and Information Warfare to senior civilian and military leaders from the United States and allied and partner nations.  She is a Forbes.com contributor on National Security. She has spoken at the United Nations and dozens of events throughout the world. Dr. Goldenziel’s award-winning scholarship focuses on international law, U.S. and comparative constitutional law, human rights, refugees and migration, lawfare, and information warfare. Dr. Goldenziel is in the top 10 percent of most-downloaded authors on the Social Science Research Network, making her one of the most widely-read social scientists in the world.She is working on a book on how politicization of refugee crises threatens national security, an article on lawfare and Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported Fishing (IUU F), an essay on leadership and gender that builds on her popular TEDx talk, and several projects on the use of law as a weapon of war. In 2022, NATO ACO/SHAPE Legal Office awarded her the Serge Lazareff Prize for her work as a scholar-practitioner of legal operations (lawfare).Since 2016, Dr. Goldenziel has participated in High-Level Meetings related to the UN Global Compact for Migration and its implementation, including speaking alongside world leaders before 164 UN Member-States at the Intergovernmental Conference to adopt the Global Compact in Marrakech, speaking at the 2018 Inter-Parliamentary Union/UN Annual Inter-Parliamentary Hearings, and submitting draft language for the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and the Global Compact for Migration. She spoke as the primary representative from academia at the 2022 UN International Migration Review Forum.We get into: Dr. Goldenziel's family background in law and her decision to pursue a legal career Her work teaching the Law of War at the Marine Corps University and National Defense University The importance of her current position for learning and growth Her research on the Iraqi Refugee crisis and its impact on national security The need for an international agreement to protect people fleeing war and violence not covered by the refugee convention Participating intenational policy making at the UN Global Compact for Migration The positive international view on migration versus the negative perception in the United States The power of data in combating fear around migration Dr. Goldenziel's advice for young adults on keeping an open mind and getting clear on what you want in your career Check out her website to learn more www.JillGoldenziel.comFollow her on Instagram @JillGoldenziel Follow her on Twitter @JillGoldenzielConnect with her on LinkedIn Jill Goldenziel-------------------------------------------Follow us on Instagram @LifeCuriousWomenFollow our host @AshleyNadineLopezSupport the show