Middle East Week

John Horgan comes back on the show to discuss his work studying the Islamic State’s use of child soldiers. Topics we covered include: How IS recruits children The training pipeline children go through Comparing the use of child soldiers in various conflicts Existing research on rehabilitating child soldiers John’s work studying child soldier rehabilitation & reintegration in Pakistan Links: John Horgan - his personal site with links to his work This Is How the Islamic State Manufactures Child Militants | VICE News John Horgan (@Drjohnhorgan) on Twitter Karl Morand (@KarlMorand) on Twitter Thanks to Andrew and David for their support of the show! You can support the podcast by making a small donation on Patreon!