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On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are joined by The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien to talk about Canada, whether the world is messier than usual, and more.

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Bios:



- Colin Robertson (host): A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.



- Rt Hon. Jean Chrétien: Canada's 20th prime minister.

Recommended Readings/Media:

"L'Étranger" by Albert Camus (https://www.amazon.ca/LÉtranger-French-ALBERT-CAMUS-ebook/dp/B018WQUW3S)

Recommended Links:

- "My Stories, My Times" by The Rt. Hon Jean Chrétien (https://www.amazon.ca/My-Stories-Times-Jean-Chretien-ebook/dp/B07DN1BD4C)

- “The G20 Today: Pandemic Disease, Climate Change, and the Need for a Rules-Based Order” [Policy Perspective] by The Rt. Hon. Paul Martin (www.cgai.ca/the_g20_today_pande…a_rules_based_order)

Recording Date: May 5, 2020.

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Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On today's Defence Deconstructed Podcast, we feature a discussion with Mark Norman about Canada's strategic relationship with China, the Indo-Pacific-Asia theatre, and how that is all affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Defence Deconstructed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network and today’s episode is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).

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Bios:



- Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.



- VAdm (ret'd) Mark Norman: Previous Deputy Commander and Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy. Previous Vice-Chief of Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces.

Recommended Readings:


- "Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?" by Graham Allison(www.amazon.ca/Destined-War-Ameri…book/dp/B01IAS9FZY)

Related Links:



- "NORAD: Remaining Relevant" [CGAI Policy Paper] by Michael Dawson (https://www.cgai.ca/norad_remaining_relevant)

Recording Date: May 8, 2020

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Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are joined by Randolph Mank and Hugh Stephens two discuss the topic of both their recent, respective CGAI policy perspectives, "Lessons from COVID-19 for 5G and Internet Security" and "Canada, Huawei, and 5G: Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Equation?"

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Bios:



- Colin Robertson (host): A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.



- Randolph Mank: A three-time Canadian ambassador and former VP of BlackBerry. CGAI fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs fellow, and heads MankGlobal Inc. consulting.

- Hugh Stephens: CGAI fellow and Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Recommended Readings/Media:

- "The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz" by Eric Larson (https://www.amazon.ca/Splendid-Vile-Churchill-Family-Defiance-ebook/dp/B07TRVW6VX)

- "111 Places in Athens That You Shouldn't Miss" by Alexia Amvrazi, Diana Farr Louis, and Diane Shugart (https://www.amazon.ca/Places-Athens-That-Shouldnt-Miss/dp/374080377)

- "Murder on the Orient Expres" by Agatha Christie (https://www.amazon.ca/Murder-Orient-Express-Hercule-Mystery-ebook/dp/B000FC12Z0)

Recommended Links:

- "Lessons from COVID-19 for 5G and Internet Security" [CGAI policy perspective] by Randolph Mank (https://www.cgai.ca/lessons_from_covid19_for_5g_and_internet_security)

- "Canada, Huawei, and 5G: Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Equation?" [CGAI policy perspective] by Hugh Stephens (https://www.cgai.ca/canada_huawei_and_5g_has_the_covid_19_pandemic_changed_the_equation)

Recording Date: April 28, 2020

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Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On today's Defence Deconstructed Podcast, we feature a discussion with Mark Norman, Jeff Tasseron, and Sam Michaud about the crash of the Canadian Armed Forces Cyclone helicopter off the coast of Greece on Wednesday.

Defence Deconstructed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network and today’s episode is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).

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Bios:



- Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.



- VAdm (ret'd) Mark Norman: Previous Deputy Commander and Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy.

- Col (ret'd) Jeff Tasseron: Director, Business Development, Information and Communication Technologies from the Public Safety Canadian Commercial Corporation. Former Commander of 423 Squadron.

- Col (ret'd) Sam Michaud: Managing Director at Marshall Canada. Former Commander of 423 Squadron.

Recommended Readings:


- "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" by David J. Epstein (https://www.amazon.ca/Range-Generalists-Triumph-Specialized-World-ebook/dp/B07H1ZYWTM)

- "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig (https://www.amazon.ca/Zen-Art-Motorcycle-Maintenance-Inquiry-ebook/dp/B0026772N)

- "At the Centre of Government: The Prime Minister and the Limits" by Ian Brodie (https://www.amazon.ca/At-Centre-Government-Minister-Political-ebook/dp/B07CVQSJBG)

- "Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?" by Graham Allison(https://www.amazon.ca/Destined-War-America-Escape-Thucydidess-ebook/dp/B01IAS9FZY)

Related Links:



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Recording Date: May 1, 2020

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Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In the 23rd episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve discuss the CDSN’s Covid Response Conference held online this week, the new NSA ie Network for Strategic Analysis and CAF readiness. Stef speaks with Year Ahead presenter Ashley Matheis [25:00] about the use of online platforms to promote and mainstream extremist ideologies. For our Feature Interview this week Steve catches up with WIIS Chair and security scholar extraordinaire Aisha Ahmad [38:00]. In this week’s R&R segment Steve recommends:

1. Where Eagles Dare

2. Community

3. Run Silent, Run Deep

Battle Rhythm is part of the CGAI Podcast Network, a partner of the CDSN-RCDS, © 2020, all rights reserved. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts!

Host Biographies:

-Stéfanie von Hlatky: Associate Professor of political studies at Queen’s University and the former Director of the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP). Her research focuses on NATO, armed forces, military interventions, and defence policy. Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

-Stephen M. Saideman: Paterson Chair in International Affairs, as well as Director of the Canadian Defence and Security Network – Réseau Canadien Sur La Défense et la Sécurité, and Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University. Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Guest Biographies:

- Ashley A. Mattheis: A PhD. Candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Doctoral Fellow with the Center for Analysis of the Radical Right. Her work brings together cultural studies, media studies, rhetorical criticism, through the lens of feminist theory to explore the material effects of cultural production and consumption. Along with her PhD., she is completing a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies and is interested in complementing publications with digital humanities projects. Her areas of inquiry include discourses of motherhood, victim blaming, and Far/Alt-Right extremism. These discourses contribute to popular, juridical, and cultural expectations of gender by normalizing notions of heteronormativity, unmarked whiteness, and gendered violence within the contemporary United States. Her dissertation. “Fierce Mamas: New Maternalism, Social Surveillance, and the Politics of Solidarity,” analyzes how motherhood discourses and mothering practices are used socially, and by women themselves, to divide women along multiple vectors of identity. Her recent publications focus on the use of online platforms to promote and mainstream extremist ideologies and divisive practices through discourses predicated on gendered logics. Post dissertation, she plans to study how women use motherhood as a mechanism of recruiting other women into extremist ideologies.

- Aisha Ahmad: An Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Co-Director of the Islam and Global Affairs Initiative at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. In 2012, she was a fellow at the Belfer Center on Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her work explores the political economy of Islamist power in weak and failed states. She specializes in International Relations and International Security and has conducted fieldwork on conflict dynamics in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Lebanon, Mali, and Kenya. Her 2017 book with Oxford University Press, titled “Jihad & Co.: Black Markets and Islamist Power”, explores the economic drivers of these complex security crises.

Find detailed show notes here: www.cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are joined by Al Mussell, Ted Bilyea, and Douglas Hedley to discuss their recent report for Agri-Food Economic Systems, "The New Trade Economy of Food Security: Repositioning Canada."

The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts!

Bios:



- Colin Robertson (host): A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.



- Ted Bilyea: After retiring as Executive Vice-President, Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Ted has served on a number of corporate and industry boards and provided keynote addresses for the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute

- Al Mussell: Past president of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.

- Douglas Hedley: Served as assistant deputy minister at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Recommended Readings/Media:

- "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" by Jared Diamond (https://www.amazon.ca/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Fail-Succeed/dp/0670033375)

- "Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy" by Francis Fukuyama (https://www.amazon.ca/Political-Order-Decay-Industrial-Globalization/dp/0374227357)

- "The Levelling: What's Next After Globalization" by Michael O'Sullivan (https://www.amazon.ca/Levelling-Whats-Next-After-Globalization/dp/1541724062)

- "The Effects of Untying International Food Assistance: The Case of Canada." by Ryan Cardwell and Pascal L. Ghazalian (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajae.12084)

- "Taking Stock and Looking Forward on Domestic Support in Agriculture" [upcoming paper for the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium] by Lars Brink and David Orden

Recommended Links:

- "The New Trade Economy of Food Security:

Repositioning Canada" [Agri-Food Economic Systems report] by Al Mussell, Ted Bilyea, and Douglas Hedley (http://www.agrifoodecon.ca/uploads/userfiles/files/the%20new%20trade%20economy%20april%2013-20.pdf)

Recording Date: April 22, 2020

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Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On today's Defence Deconstructed Podcast, we feature a discussion with CGAI fellow Bill Sigler about the United States Navy's (USN) COVID-19 response and the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Defence Deconstructed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network and today’s episode is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).

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Bios:



- Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.



- Bill Sigler: CGAI fellow. Recently retired from a 30-year career in the U.S. Navy. Most recently, he served as the U.S. Naval Attaché to Canada

Recommended Readings:


- "The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups" by Daniel Coyle (www.amazon.ca/Culture-Code-Secre…sful/dp/0804176981)

Related Links:



- “The Canadian Armed Forces’ Response to COVID-19" [CGAI Policy Perspective] by Denis Thompson (https://www.cgai.ca/the_canadian_armed_forces_response_to_covid_19)

Recording Date: 21 April 2020

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Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are rebroadcasting the presentation from Peter W. Singer during the Calgary Speaker Dinner, "The Weaponization of Social Media."

The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts!

Bios:

- Colin Robertson (host): A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

- Peter W. Singer: is a Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America. He has been named by the Smithsonian as one of the U.S.’s 100 leading innovators, by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people on defence issues, by Foreign Policy to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List, and as an official “Mad Scientist” for the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command. His past work includes serving at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Harvard University, an editor at Popular Science magazine, and as the founding director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at Brookings. Peter’s award-winning books include Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know, Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War and his latest book LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media.

Recommended Readings:

"LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media" by P. W. Singer (https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/singer-weaponization-social-media/)

Related Links:

"Peter W. Singer on the weaponization of social media" [Global Exchange Podcast] (https://www.cgai.ca/peter_w_singer_on_the_weaponization_of_social_media)

"Why Social Media Is the New Weapon in Modern Warfare" (https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/singer-weaponization-social-media/)

"Communications and the Integrity of Elections" [Policy Perspective](https://www.cgai.ca/communications_and_the_integrity_of_elections)

"Bots, trolls, and defending our elections" [Global Exchange Podcast] (https://www.cgai.ca/bots_trolls_and_defending_our_elections)

Recording Date: February 26, 2020

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Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On today's Defence Deconstructed Podcast, we are rebroadcasting a recording of the “The future of NORAD and continental defence” panel with moderator Sarah Goldfeder and featuring Michael Dawson, Richard Heitkamp, and Stephen Fuhr from our 29 Jan. 2020 Modernizing North American Defence conference.

Defence Deconstructed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network and today’s episode is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI). This conference was made possible by the MINDS program from the Department of National Defence.

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Bios:


- Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.


- Sarah Goldfeder: CGAI Fellow, Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group.

- Michael Dawson: Former Political Advisor to the Commander of NORAD and NORTHCOM.

- Richard Heitkamp: Deputy Director, Politico-Military Affairs (Western Hemisphere), U.S. Army JS J5.

- Stephen Fuhr: former Chair, House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence.

Related Links:
- “Modernizing North American Defence” [Conference Program] (https://www.cgai.ca/modernization_of_north_american_defence)

Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary.

Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In the 22nd episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve discuss the effects of COVID on security and defence for NATO, the UN and the CAF. Our Emerging Scholar & CDSN Capstone Laureate Mathieu Landriault [27:30], discuss his research on Canadian media in the Arctic. Our Feature Interview this week is with CDSN’s co-director Andrea Charron [36:15] where she and Steve discuss the Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD), NORAD and Deter, Detect, Defeat. This week we introduce a new segment called RnR [58:00], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions. This week’s RnR picks are The Letter to the King on Netflix and Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series.

Battle Rhythm is part of the CGAI Podcast Network, a partner of the CDSN-RCDS, © 2020, all rights reserved. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts!

Host Biographies:

-Stéfanie von Hlatky: Associate Professor of political studies at Queen’s University and the former Director of the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP). Her research focuses on NATO, armed forces, military interventions, and defence policy. Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

-Stephen M. Saideman: Paterson Chair in International Affairs, as well as Director of the Canadian Defence and Security Network – Réseau Canadien Sur La Défense et la Sécurité, and Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University. Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Find detailed show notes here: https://www.cdsn-rcds.com/battlerhythm