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When Terry White, a former deputy sheriff and a failed politician, goes broke in the 2007-2008 financial crisis, he takes a job working for the UN, helping to train the Haitian police. He's sent to the remote town of Jérémie, where there are more coffin makers than restaurants, more donkeys than cars, and the dirt roads all slope down sooner or later to the postcard sea. Terry is swept up in the town's complex politics when he befriends an earnest, reforming, American-educated judge.

This podcast invites you to discover what it truly means to live as a sovereign peacekeeper and peace builder—embracing the lawful and moral person in us all; assuming full responsibility for learning what it means to obtain and maintain Superior Concurrent General Jurisdiction. Grounded in more than a decade of research chronicled by the Federation Fiduciary Article Archives (2013–present), each episode is put together to help guide listeners along thoughtful discussions regarding actual law, self-governance, lasting peacekeeping, and the deeper awareness that refines our shared worldview...

This podcast series explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of our peacekeeping missions. Throughout the pandemic, UN peacekeepers have continued to carry out their work in challenging circumstances, while also supporting local communities and their fellow team members. In this series, you’ll hear directly from UN leadership about their experiences during these unprecedented times, and on actions taken by missions to adapt, deliver and keep themselves and the people they serve safe, during this global health crisis.

Lions in the Shadows: The Rise and Legacy of South Africa’s Special Forces from Apartheid to Peacekeeping is a powerful journey through five decades of courage, secrecy, and transformation. From the bitter bush wars of the 1970s to modern peacekeeping missions across Africa, it tells the untold story of the men who operated beyond the headlines—the Recces, the Maritime Reaction Squadron, and the Special Task Force.