Insidious and underappreciated? The impact of gender-based violence on national security

What is the link between gender and extremism? What makes it a national security issue? Can domestic violence act as a ‘comorbidity’ for extremism and radicalisation? Should the Australian Government consider following the lead of other countries and classifying misogyny as a form of extremism? In this episode, Elise Stephenson and Pascale Taplin join Danielle Ireland-Piper to discuss the complex relationship between extremism, gender and national security.Dr Elise Stephenson is the Deputy Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at ANU and Fellow at the ANU National Security College (NSC). Pascal Taplin is an anthropologist and PhD candidate at NSC. Associate Professor Danielle-Ireland Piper is Academic Director at NSC. TRANSCRIPT   Show notes  NSC academic programs – find out more Misogyny to be treated as extremism by UK government From home to horror: the association between domestic violence and terrorism See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill – book See What You Made Me Do – miniseries, documentary National Security Law in Australia – chapter 8 Gender and National Security by Susan Harris Rimmer & Elise Stephenson  We'd love to hear from you! Send in your questions, comments, and suggestions to [email protected] can contact us on X (formerly Twitter) @NSC_ANU and Bluesky @nscanu.bsky.social, and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.