The CGAI Podcast Network

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Canada's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Hon. Bob Rae.

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Participants' bios

- Bob Rae was elected to the House of Commons in 1978 and would be elected ten more times to either the national or Ontario parliaments. He served as Ontario's 21st Premier from 1990 to 1995 and as Interim Federal Leader of the Liberal Party from 2011- 2013. He took up his appointment as Canadian ambassador to the United Nations in 2020.

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Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson //

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Reading Recommendations:

- Books by Barbara Tuchman: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/31515/barbara-w-tuchman/

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Recording Date: November 1, 2024.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry talks to Commodore Matthew Coates, about the deployment of HMCS Charlottetown in the Eastern Mediterranean as part of a NATO Task Force.

This episode is part of a series of activities underlining NATO’s contribution to collective security, 75 years after its creation. This series is made possible thanks to the support of a NATO Public Diplomacy Co-Sponsorship Grant.

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding.

Commodore Matthew Coates is the Commander of the NATO Maritime Group Two.

Dr. David Perry is the President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Recording date: November 22, 2024

Music by Drew Phillips. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Andrew Rasiulis, Witold Dzielski and Darius Skusevičius

about the ongoing war in Ukraine and its implications for Eastern Europe after the election of Donald Trump.

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Participants' bios

- Andrew Rasiulis is a CGAI Fellow and former longtime civil servant in the Department of National Defence

- Witold Dzielski is the Ambassador of Poland to Canada

- Darius Skusevičius is the Ambassador of Lithuania to Canada

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Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

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Read & Watch:

- "Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna", by Adam Zamoyski: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/rites-of-peace-the-fall-of-napoleon-and-the-congress-of-vienna-adam-zamoyski

- "The Witness and the Body in Auschwitz: Early Literary Accounts of the Camp Experience", by Bożena Karwowska: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666916935/The-Witness-and-the-Body-in-Auschwitz-Early-Literary-Accounts-of-the-Camp-Experience

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Recording Date: November 15, 2024.

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature the audio from a panel focusing on the outlook for energy policy in the United States following the election of Donald Trump and how these could impact Canada.

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Guest Bio:

- Kasha Piquette is a former Deputy Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, as well as former Associate Deputy Minister of the Sustainability, Emissions Reductions and Innovation Secretariat Executive Council at the Government of Alberta

- CGAI Fellow Rory Johnston is a Toronto-based oil market researcher, the founder of Commodity Context, and a lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

- CGAI Fellow Ellen Wald President of Transversal Consulting, and Co-Founder of Washington Ivy Advisors and a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center

- CGAI Fellow Eric Miller is President of Rideau Potomac Strategy Group, a consultancy that advises private and public sector clients on trade, energy, and business matters

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Host Bio:

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

- Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

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Book Recommendations:

- "Elon Musk" by Walter Isaacson: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Elon-Musk/Walter-Isaacson/9781982181284

- "The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives" by Ernest Scheyder: https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/The-War-Below/Ernest-Scheyder/9781668011805

- "The Familiar", by Laigh Bardugo: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/the-familiar/

- "The Good Allies: How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism during the Second World War", by Tim Cook: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/738542/the-good-allies-by-tim-cook/9780735248205

- "All the Beauty in the World", by Patrick Bringley: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/All-the-Beauty-in-the-World/Patrick-Bringley/9781982163310

- "The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada", by John Ibbitson: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/711008/the-duel-by-john-ibbitson/9780771003264

- "Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment", by Jason Schreier: https://www.amazon.ca/Play-Nice-Future-Blizzard-Entertainment/dp/1538725428

- "Saudi, Inc.", by Ellen R Wald: https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Saudi-Inc/Ellen-R-Wald/9781643132259

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Interview recording Date: November 13, 2024

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Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary.

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature the audio from a panel focusing on the economic and business implications of future developments in the Canada-US energy relationship from the CGAI Energy Security Forum Conference, "What is the Future of the Canada-US Energy Relationship".

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For the podcast's intro section, Joe and Kelly discuss COP29 and China's rise in copper smelting.

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Guest Bio:

- Leah Carson is Partner in the Deal Advisory and Global Infrastructure Advisory practices of KPMG Canada

- Rich Voorberg is President of Siemens Energy North America

- Serge Dupont is a Senior Advisor and the Head of Public Policy at Bennett Jones LLP

- Trevor Sutton is a Senior Research Associate for the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University

- Paul Cheliak is Vice President, Strategy and Delivery at the Canadian Gas Association

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Host Bio:

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

- Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

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Interview recording Date: October 3, 2024

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Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary.

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On Triple Helix edition of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Alex Salt about interoperability and interchangeability and their applications in a Canadian military context.

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding.

Triple Helix is a Collaborative Network funded by the Department of National Defence's MINDS program.

Read Alex Salt's "Canada and the Interoperability Challenge": https://www.cgai.ca/canada_and_the_interoperability_challenge

Dr. Alex Salt is Triple Helix's Post-Doctoral Fellow – https://www.cgai.ca/triple_helix_alexander_salt

Host: Dr. David Perry is the President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and a Co-Director of Triple Helix – https://www.cgai.ca/david_perry

Music Credits: Drew Phillips. Producer: Charlotte Duval-Lantoine

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with the former British High Commissioner to Canada, now British Ambassador to Mexico, about her experiences helping manage the Canada-UK relationship and some reflections on her time in Canada.

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Participants' bios

- Susannah is a career Diplomatic Service officer who recently completed her three-year appointment as High Commissioner to Canada. Susannah previously served as Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary and her foreign assignments include Washington and Havana.  

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Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson //

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Reading Recommendations:

- Books by Naomi Alderman: https://naomialderman.com/

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Recording Date: October 25, 2024.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, Dr. Alexander Salt speaks to Cdr Gray, LCol Couillard, LCol Luhning, LCol Peitzsche, and Maj Gaulthier about their services' approach to AI Adoption.

This episode is from Triple Helix' October 29, 2024 roundtable on AI adoption within the Canadian Armed Forces. It was made possible thanks to the Department of National Defence's MINDS program, CGAI's strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Hanwha Defence and Ocean, and our roundtable sponsor L3Harris Technologies.

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding.

• Cdr Gray, Section Head, Naval Innovation, RCN

• LCol Couillard, J6, CANSOFCOM

• Col Luhning, Director, Digital and Army Combat System Integration, Canadian Army

• LCol Peitzsche, C4ISR Requirement Analysis Section Head, RCAF

• Dr. Alexander Salt, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Triple Helix

Music Credits: Drew Philipps. Producer: Charlotte Duval-Lantoine

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature the audio from a panel focusing on energy policy coordination between Canada and the United States from the CGAI Energy Security Forum Conference, "What is the Future of the Canada-US Energy Relationship".

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For the podcast's intro section, Joe and Kelly discuss the US election, their guesses for November oil prices, and the oil and gas emissions cap.

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Guest Bio:

- Monica Gattinger is a CGAI Fellow and the Founding Chair of Positive Energy at the University of Ottawa

- Jacquie Hoornweg is a CGAI Fellow and Adjunct Professor at Ontario Tech University

- Robert (RJ) Johnston is the Senior Director of Research at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy

- Mark Cameron is Vice President, External Relations at the Pathways Alliance

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Host Bio:

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

- Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

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Interview recording Date: October 3, 2024

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Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary.

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Professor Raja Mohan and CGAI Fellows Stewart Beck and Vina Nadjibulla about Indian foreign policy and the Canada-India relationship in the wake of the tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions.

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Participants' bios

- Raja Mohan is the former director of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore and advisor to the Council for Strategic and Defense Research in New Delhi, and was the founding director of Carnegie India.

- Stewart Beck served as Canada’s High Commissioner to India in addition to various other senior assignments in Asia as well as serving as our Consul General to San Francisco and later as President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation.

- Vina Nadjibulla is Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia.

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Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

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Read & Watch:

- "Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy", by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250840554/undergroundempire

- Canadian Foreign Interference Commission Public Hearings: https://foreigninterferencecommission.ca/public-hearings

- "Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East", by Kim Ghattas: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250131218/blackwave

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Recording Date: October 21, 2024.

Release date:

25 October 2024