On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe talks with Brenda Shaffer about her recent report for the Macdonald Laurier Institute and Prosperity, Not Poverty, "(Dis)empowering Africa: How the West’s energy policies fuel poverty in the continent".

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Guest Bio:

- Brenda Shaffer is an energy expert at the U.S. Naval Post-graduate School

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Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

- Joe Calnan is VP Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

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Reading recommendations:

- "Game Changer: Our Fifty-Year Mission to Secure America's Energy Independence", by Harold Hamm: https://www.amazon.ca/Game-Changer-Fifty-Year-Americas-Independence/dp/1637631855

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Interview recording Date: October 10, 2025

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.