Inside Policy Talks

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode, Alex Dalziel sits down with Dr. Todd Hataley to discuss the growing threat of transnational organized crime in Canada, the fentanyl crisis, and how Canada can better secure its border with the U.S.

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen in conversation with Dr. Artis Pabriks, Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia, to discuss Canada-Latvia relations, with a focus on cooperation in the development of defence technologies, including drones. 

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Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West.

In this episode, Benjamin Tallis joins Senior Fellow Balkan Devlen to discuss neo-idealism, an ideological framework by which western democratic nations can promote the fundamental values of freedom and democracy on the world stage and counter the forces of authoritarianism and tyranny.

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Canada.

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Alexander Dalziel in conversation with Heather Exner-Pirot on the geopolitical implications of energy security, focusing on Canada's strategic position as a major energy producer and exporter.

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Alexander Dalziel in conversation with Christian Leuprecht on the rise of financial crime in Canada and what our government should be doing about it. 

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Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West.

In this episode you'll hear transatlantic program director Balkan Devlen in conversation with MLI Senior Fellows Alexander Lanoszka and Richard Shimooka. Devlen, Lanoszka and Shimooka unpack Canada's announcements at the NATO Summit and the governments tendency to substitute policy press releases for concrete action. 

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Canada.

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In this special episode of Inside Policy Talks, Balkan Devlen sits down with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's managing director Brian Lee Crowley and the Center for North American Prosperity and Security's (CNAPS') executive director Jamie Tronnes to discuss their experiences and impressions at the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C.

In sum, Canada was chastised for its freeriding and an unwillingness to fulfill its commitments to the alliance which guarantees our security in an increasingly dangerous world. 

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On this episode of Inside Policy Talks, MLI's Balkan Devlen and Alexander Lanoszka are joined by Toms Rostoks, director of the Centre for Security and Strategic Research at the National Defense Academy of Latvia, to discuss their recent MLI report: 

Success assured? Appraising the Canadian-led Enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup in Latvia

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/success-assured-canada-latvia-enhanced-forward-presence-battlegroup-toms-rostoks-alexander-lanoszka/

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Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West.

In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen in conversation with Alexander Lanozska and Jonathan Berkshire Miller on their recent paper, Hard constraints – The supply and demand of NATO in the Indo-Pacific.

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/hard-constraints-the-supply-and-demand-of-nato-in-the-indo-pacific-alexander-lanoszka-balkan-devlen-and-jonathan-berkshire-miller/

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Canada.

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On this episode of Inside Policy Talks, MLI senior fellows Alexander Dalziel, Balkan Devlen, and Jonathan Berkshire Miller walk through the NSICOP report on foreign interference, weighing in on where Canada needs to go from here. 

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