On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan talk with Richard Bronze about the Trump tariffs on India related to imports of Russian crude oil, as well as a broad array of other geopolitical considerations.

For the intro session, Joe and Kelly talk about Trump's war on windmills, Carney's visit to Europe, and the question of re-creating natural gas fired power plants on aggregate.

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Guest Bio:

- Richard Bronze is Head of Geopolitics and co-Founder at Energy Aspects

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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:

- "Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare", by Edward Fishman: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726149/chokepoints-by-edward-fishman/

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Interview recording Date: August 26, 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 Dr. Meredith Lilly, Jonathan Fried and Thomas d’Aquino to discuss their new paper as members of The Canada-U.S. Expert Group, "Between the Eagle and the Dragon: Managing Canada-China Relations in a Shifting Geopolitical Reality". This paper is a collaboration between The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.

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Participants' bios

- Dr. Meredith Lilly is Professor and Simon Reisman Chair in International Economic Policy at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.

- Jonathan Fried served as Canadian Ambassador to Japan and the WTO, and the personal representative of the Prime Minister for the G20 and deputy minister and coordinator for international economic relations on Canada-Asia and global trade and economic policy.

- Thomas d'Aquino the founding CEO and president of what is now the Business Council of Canada.

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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:

- "Between the Eagle and the Dragon: Managing Canada-China Relations in a Shifting Geopolitical Reality" by The Canada-U.S. Expert Group

- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

- The Crisis of Canadian Democracy by Andrew Coyne

- "Andrew Coyne’s ‘Cri de Coeur’ for Canadian Democracy" by Thomas d'Aquino

- The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State by Elizabeth C. Economy

- Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada's Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade by Ryan Manucha

- Outrageous on Netflix

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

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Recording Date: August 21, 2025

Release date:

August 26, 2025

In this episode of #DefenceDeconstructed, we sit down with Dr. Julie Kim to discuss her latest briefing notes, "The Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) and its Geopolitical Implications".

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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:

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

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Recommended Readings:

- "The Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) and its Geopolitical Implications" by Dr. Julie Kim

- "Why Nations Fail: The Origins Of Power, Prosperity, And Poverty" by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

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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:

22 August 2025

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature a re-release of an interview with Trevor Tombe about the financial and economic basis of the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

You can find Trevor's article for The Hub here: thehub.ca/2024-04-30/trevor-to…s-worth-every-penny/

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For the intro session, Kelly and Joe discuss new American "secondary tariffs" on India and the state of EV demand in the United States.

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Guest Bio:

- Trevor Tombe is a Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary, a Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy, and co-director of Finances of the Nation.

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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:

- "Last Barrel Standing? Confronting the Myth of “High-Cost” Canadian Oil Sands Production", by Kent Fellows: www.cdhowe.org/public-policy-res…anadian-oil-sands

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Interview recording Date: May 8, 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 #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Andrew Rasiulis and H.E. Kaspars Ozoliņš to discuss the latest events in Putins visit to Alaska and Zelensky's upcoming meeting with the support of European leaders.

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Participants' bios

- Andrew Rasiulis is a CGAI Fellow who previously served in the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence.

- H.E. Kaspars Ozoliņš is the Latvian Ambassador to Canada.

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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:

- "Nexus" by Yuval Noah Harari

- "The World of the Cold War: 1945-1991" by Vladislav Zubok

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

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Recording Date: August 18, 2025

Release date:

August 18, 2025

In this #TripleHelix episode, we sit down with Guillaume Décot to discuss Strategic Partnership on Security and Defense signed in June between Canada and the EU. We look at how this new partnership builds off of previous initiatives whilst also differentiates from them, the specific programs established to support the partnership and the significance of Canada’s involvement.

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Guest bios:

Guillaume Décot is a Political Counsellor of the European Union Delegation to Canada

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Host bio:

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

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Recommended Readings:

- "Les autres ne pensent pas comme nous" by Maurice Gourdault-Montagne

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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:

15 August 2025

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan talk with Kasha Piquette about energy policy in Eastern Europe in the context of the inauguration of the new Polish President and Russian threats in the region, and what Canada can do to assist.

For the intro session, Joe and Kelly talk about Cenovus's offer to buy MEG Energy, the merger of Chinese shipbuilding companies, and where LNG Canada cargoes are headed.

You can find Kasha's article for Energy Now here: https://energynow.ca/2025/08/like-alberta-as-canadas-energy-hub-poland-is-looking-to-expand-its-energy-sovereignty-as-part-of-europes-future/

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Guest Bio:

- Kasha Piquette is the CEO of Canadian Energy Ventures and a Former Deputy Minister of Environment and Intergovernmental Relations for Alberta

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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:

- "Kaput: The End of the German Miracle": https://www.amazon.ca/Kaput-German-Miracle-Wolfgang-M%C3%BCnchau-ebook/dp/B0D71HHHRG

- "No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers": https://www.amazon.ca/No-Trade-Free-Changing-Americas/dp/0063282135

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Interview recording Date: August 12, 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 Heather Exner-Pirot and Martha Hall-Findlay to discuss the most recent paper by the Canada-U.S. Expert Group, "Canada’s Energy Future Moving Ahead in One Canadian Economy".

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Participants' bios

- Heather Exner-Pirot is a Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Special Advisor to the Business Council of Canada, and Research Advisor to the Indigenous Resource Network.

- Martha Hall Findlay is Director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. She previously served as a Member of Parliament, President & CEO of the Canada West Foundation and as Chief Sustainability Officer, then Chief Climate Officer for Suncor Energy.

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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 Energy Future" by Perrin Beatty, Thomas d’Aquino, Heather Exner-Pirot, Fen Osler Hampson, Lawrence Herman and Tim Sargent

- "Gun, Germs, And Steel" by Jared Diamond

- "Salt: A World History Book" by Mark Kurlansky

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Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll

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Recording Date: August 07, 2025

Release date:

August 11, 2025

In this episode of #DefenceDeconstructed, we make available a CGAI webinar conducted in April with Andrew Rasiulis, Chris Shapardanov, Alexandra Richards, Robert Baines and Chris Kilford on their respective travels and experiences to the multinational brigade in Latvia. This webinar was made possible due to a NATO Public Policy grant.

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Guest bios:

- Andrew Rasiulis is a CGAI Fellow who previously served in the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence.

- Chris Shapardanov is a member of the University of Ottawa's Information Integrity Lab and a former diplomat. He is now a Senior Associate at David Pratt and Associates.

- Alexandra Richards is a PhD candidate at Simon Frasier University working on public opinion, security and defence issues.

- Robert Baines is the President and CEO of the NATO Association of Canada.

- Chris Kilford is the President of Victoria Branch of the Canadian International Council. He previously had a 36 year career in the Canadian Armed Forces Forces.

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Host bio:

Dr. 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:

08 August 2025

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe Calnan talks with David Fishman about energy policy in China surrounding coal and electricity.

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Guest Bio:

- David Fishman is Principal at Lantau Group

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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:

- "The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions", by Jason Hickel: https://www.jasonhickel.org/the-divide

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Interview recording Date: July 31, 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.