In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we’re featuring the second panel from our November 12th 2025 Defence Procurement Conference, with Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee and Lieutenant-General Michael Wright.

Thank you the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program and all our sponsors who made the conference, and this episode, possible.

We’d also like to thank everyone who donated to the Institute on Giving Tuesday, your support is incredibly important in helping us deliver our programming.

If you didn’t have a chance to donate, but still want to support the Institute or podcast, you can still do so through the support link on our website – if you do before the end of the year you’ll be eligible for a 100% CRA charitable donation tax credit for 2025.

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Guest bios:

- Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet is the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force

- Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee is the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy

- Lieutenant-General Michael Wright is the Commander of the Canadian Army

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Host bio:

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

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Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding.

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

Release date:

19 December 2025

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe and Kelly talk with Shannon Joseph about her recent paper for CGAI "Waiting for Canada to 'Build, Baby, Build'".

Discussed in the podcast:

- https://www.cgai.ca/pp_waiting_for_canada_to_build_baby_build

- https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-the-budget-is-done-start-building-baby

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Guest Bio:

- Shannon Joseph is Chair of Energy for a Secure Future and a Fellow with CGAI

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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 recommendation:

- "A Tale Of Two Cities", by Charles Dickens: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/a-tale-of-two-cities/9780141439600.html

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Interview recording Date: December 12, 2025

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Julia Bentley and Phil Calvert to discuss the intricacies of Taiwan and China.

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Participants' bios

- Julia Bentley is a former Canadian diplomat who served in both Beijing and Taipei. She is affiliated with the University of Toronto, York and National Taiwan University, and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

- Phil Calvert is a CGAI Fellow, former Canadian diplomat and Senior Fellow at the University of Alberta and Associate at the University of Victoria Center for Asia Pacific Initiatives.

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Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

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Reading Recommendations:

- "Reimagining China Studies: Taiwan as a Platform for Engaging with the Sinosphere" by Julia Bentley

- "The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West" by Amitav Acharya

- "The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection" translated by Christopher Rea and Bruce Rusk

- "There are Rivers in the Sky" by Elif Shafak

- "The Conscience of the Party" by Robert L. Suettinger

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

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Recording Date: December 10, 2025

Release date:

December 15, 2025

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we’re featuring a fireside chat from our November 27th 2025 conference, Creating Pan-Domain Continental Defence, with Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), The Honourable Stephen Fuhr.

Thank you the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program and all our sponsors who made the conference, and this episode, possible.

We’d also like to thank everyone who donated to the Institute on Giving Tuesday, your support is incredibly important in helping us deliver our programming.

If you didn’t have a chance to donate, but still want to support the Institute or podcast, you can still do so through the support link on our website – if you do before the end of the year you’ll be eligible for a 100% CRA charitable donation tax credit for 2025.

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Guest bios:

- The Honourable Stephen Fuhr is the Secretary of State (Defence Procurement).

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Host bio:

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

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Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding.

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

Release date:

12 December 2025

On this episode of #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Sofie Lilli Stoffel to discuss her latest study, "When Your Ally Turns Narcissistic: A Self-Help Manual for Europe Navigating Transatlantic Relations".

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Participants' bios

Sofie Lilli Stoffel is a research fellow with the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin.

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Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

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Reading Recommendations:

- "When Your Ally Turns Narcissistic: A Self-Help Manual for Europe Navigating Transatlantic Relations" by Sofie Lilli Stoffel and Phillip Yorck Herzberg

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

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Recording Date: December 10, 2025

Release date:

December 11, 2025

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe and Kelly talk with Monica Gattinger about recently released polling from Positive Energy and Nanos Research about shifting Canadian attitudes toward growing international energy exports and the shifts resulting from the Canada-Alberta MoU.

Polls discussed:

- https://www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/positive-energy/publications/canadians-most-likely-rank-energy-sector-greatest-potential-expand-exports-non-us-destinations-want

- https://www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/positive-energy/publications/agreement-canada-should-expand-oil-gas-exports-strengthen-global-energy-security-highest-tracking?mc_cid=e78a4a0391&mc_eid=5b3baac0fe

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Guest Bio:

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

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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 recommendation:

- "Flesh: A Novel", by David Szalay: https://www.amazon.ca/Flesh-David-Szalay/dp/198212279X

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Interview recording Date: December 9, 2025

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we’re featuring a panel discussion from our November 27th 2025 conference Creating Pan-Domain Continental Defence, that was focused on “Integrated Air and Missile Defence”. It featuring CGAI Fellows Col (ret’d) Dr. Al Stephenson, Peter Bates and Dr. James Fergusson, as well as Peggy Mason, the President of the Rideau Institute.

Thank you the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program and all our sponsors who made the conference, and this episode, possible.

We’d also like to thank everyone who donated to the Institute on Giving Tuesday, your support is incredibly important in helping us deliver our programming.

If you didn’t have a chance to donate, but still want to support the Institute or podcast, you can still do so through the support link on our website – if you do before the end of the year you’ll be eligible for a 100% CRA charitable donation tax credit for 2025.

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Guest bios:

- Peter Bates is a CGAI Fellow and a retired veteran Canadian Foreign Service Officer.

- Dr. James Fergusson is a CGAI Fellow and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Studies, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies.

- Peggy Mason is the President of the Rideau Institute

- Col (ret’d) Dr. Al Stephenson is a CGAI Fellow and is an aviation consultant and a 35-year veteran of the Canadian Forces.

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Host bio:

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

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Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding.

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

Release date:

05 December 2025

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe and Kelly talk with Jack Mintz about the competitiveness implications of the Canada-Alberta MoU for oil CCUS and export, in relation to his recent article for the Financial Post: https://financialpost.com/opinion/jack-mintz-alberta-getting-pipeline-or-sold-pipe-dream

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For the intro segment, Kelly and Joe discuss the impacts of American and Ukrainian moves to curtail Russian oil export.

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Guest Bio:

- Jack Mintz is an accomplished Canadian economist with affiliations with the University of Calgary, the CD Howe Institute, and the MacDonald Laurier Institute

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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:

- "Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich", by Richard Evans: https://www.amazon.ca/Hitlers-People-Faces-Third-Reich/dp/0593296427

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Interview recording Date: December 3, 2025

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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 #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Raymond Blake to discuss his latest success, Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity.

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Participants' bios

Raymond Blake is an author and Professor of History at the University of Regina.

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Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

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Reading Recommendations:

- "Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity" by Raymond Blake

Ballots and Brawls by Patrice Dutil

- "The Coutts Diaries" by Ron Graham

- "Times of Transformation" by Barbara J. Messamore

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

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Recording Date: November 24, 2025

Release date:

December 01, 2025

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we sit down with Dr. Julie Kim, to discuss her new paper, “From Intelligence Gathering to Financial Gain: Countering DPRK Cyber Operations.”.

This coming Tuesday, 2nd December, is Giving Tuesday, an important day for registered charities like the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. If you wish to support us, please click the link here: https://www.cgai.ca/support

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Guest bios:

Dr. Julie Kim is a Post-Doctoral Fellow leading the Korea Program at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and a Country Expert on North Korea for the Bertelsmann Transformation Index.

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Host bio:

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

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Recommended Readings:

- "Autocracy Inc" by Anne Applebaum

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Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding.

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

Release date:

26 November 2025