Dans ce 31e épisode de Conseils de sécurité, Sarah-Myriam et Thomas discutent avec Yannick Veilleux-Lepage, de l’Université de Leyde aux Pays-Bas. Yannick nous parle de l’évolution de l’extrême droite au Canada, et de ses liens transnationaux avec des groupes comparables aux États-Unis et ailleurs. Il analyse le rôle des médias sociaux dans l’organisation des protestations à Ottawa, Windsor, et Coutts en Alberta au début 2022, puis évalue la réponse du gouvernement du Canada.

On this episode of the Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Rupa Subramanya, Stewart Beck, Swaran Singh, and Brian Parrott to make sense of India's position regarding the war in Ukraine.

Guests bios:

Rupa Subramanya is a researcher and writer at the Asia Pacific Foundation, with more than ten years of experience in impactful, evidence-based public policy analysis and commentary focusing on India and the Asia Pacific region. https://www.asiapacific.ca/about-us/distinguished-fellows/rupa-subramanya

Stewart Beck is a fellow at CGAI, former President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and former diplomat. https://www.cgai.ca/stewart_beck

Dr. Swaran Singh is Professor for Diplomacy and Disarmament at Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi). https://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/ssingh/

Brian Parrott is a former diplomat and Associate Faculty at Royal Roads University – https://www.royalroads.ca/people/brian-parrott

Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Read:

"India's Ukraine policy becoming focus of US, Western allies" by Swaran Singh – https://asiatimes.com/2022/03/indias-ukraine-policy-becoming-focus-of-us-western-allies/\

Innovation in Real Places by Dan Breznitz – https://politics.utoronto.ca/publication/innovation-in-real-places-strategies-for-prosperity-in-an-unforgiving-world/

Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne – https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/empire-of-the-summer-moon/9781416591061-item.html

A Life in Diplomacy by Maharajakrishna Ragostra – https://penguin.co.in/book/a-life-in-diplomacy-2/

Recording Date: 25 Mar 2022.

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On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry talks to Elliot Hughes about how the Department of Finance factors defence when drafting the federal budget.

Participant's bio:

Elliot is a Senior Advisor at Summa Strategies. Prior to joining Summa Elliot was Director of Policy to the Honourable Harjit Singh Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, and before that he served as Deputy Director of Policy – Tax for the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance. https://summastrategies.ca/about/team/

What Elliot Hughes is reading:

Future of Money by Eswar S. Prasad

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen – https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55881796-crossroads

Mutual Contempt by Jeff Shesol – http://shesol.com/mutualcontempt

Blood In The Garden by Chris Herring – https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/blood-in-the-garden-the/9781797139449-item.html

Host Bio:

Dave Perry is President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry)

Recording Date: 31 Mar 2022

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On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle discusses the fate of North American energy security, and the importance of reviving an energy security strategy in partnership with the United States with Derek Burney.

Guest Bio:

- Derek Burney is a political strategist, corporate executive, and consultant who served as Canada's Ambassador to the United States in the final stages of NAFTA negotiations

Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle is the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

What is Derek reading?

"The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America", by Victor Davis Hanson - https://www.amazon.ca/Dying-Citizen-Progressive-Globalization-Destroying/dp/154164753X

Recording Date: March 21, 2022

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Produced by Joseph Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In the 69th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about the ISA, Steve’s appearance in a parliamentary hearing with discussion of the military personnel announcement, highlights from the NATO summit, and the F35 purchase announcement. Today’s feature interview [20:00] is with Christophe Fortier-Guay discussing his role as OSCE’s special monitoring mission to Ukraine (SMMU).This week’s RnR segment [57:40], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions: I like cake, Turning Red, Our Flag Means Death

Battle Rhythm is produced by Melissa Jennings, and made possible with the support of Benjamin Fisher and Kaiya Jarvis

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Phil Calvert, John Gruetzner, Ted Lipman, Leigh Sarty, and Hugh Stephens about the role China is playing in the current war in Ukraine.

Participants’ Biographies:

* Phil Calvert is a CGAI Fellow, a Senior Fellow with the China Institute of the University of Albert,a and a Senior Research Associate with the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives at the University of Victoria. He served in Beijing as a Trade Commissioner (1984-87), Economic Counsellor (1994-1997) and Minister & Deputy Head of Mission (2004-2008). In Global Affairs Canada he served as Director General for North Asia, Deputy Chief Negotiator for Canada during China's accession to the WTO and as Director of the Technical Barriers to Trade Division. Most recently he spent 2012-2016 as Canada's ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.

* John Gruetzner is a CGAI Fellow and is currently working out of Canada and responsible for international business development for Canadian–based technology firm Syngrafii Inc. He is also the co-founder of Intercedent. 

* Ted Lipman is a CGAI Fellow. His career has spanned over 40 years as an Asianist; in diplomacy, philanthropy, academia and culture. Highlights include appointments as Canadian Consul General in Shanghai,  Minister/DCM  in Beijing, Director/HOM of Canada’s trade office in Taipei, Director General for North Asia at Global Affairs HQ and Ted’s last diplomatic assignment, Canadian ambassador to both North and South Korea.

* Leigh Sarty is Adjunct Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and Senior Fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. He retired in October 2021 from Global Affairs Canada, where he served at the Embassy in Moscow (Second Secretary, 1996-1999, Deputy Head of Mission 2012-2016) and in Beijing, where he headed the Political Section from 2003 to 2007. His current work focuses on Russia-China-Canada relations.

* Hugh Stephens is a CGAI Fellow. He has 40 years of government and business experience in the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Victoria, BC, Canada, he is currently Vice Chair of the Canadian Committee on Pacific Economic Cooperation (CANCPEC), Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and Executive Fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.

Host biography

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Read, Watch, Listen

Red Roulette: An Insider’s Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today’s China by Desmond Shum – https://www.amazon.ca/Red-Roulette-Insiders-Corruption-Vengeance/dp/1982156155

Dersu Uzala by Akira Kurosawa – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dersu_Uzala_(1975_film)

The Gathering Storm by Winston Churchill – https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Gathering_Storm.html?id=Jy-ljBbsL9AC&redir_esc=y

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig – http://www.matthaig.com/books/midnight-library/

Inspector Banks novels by Peter Robinson – https://inspectorbanks.com

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/570367/the-road-to-unfreedom-by-timothy-snyder/

The Ezra Klein Show – https://www.nytimes.com/column/ezra-klein-podcast

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder – https://www.timothysnyder.org/books/bloodlands

Endeavour – https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Endeavour/0IZFD9RF2L1EVSUZH4ZDAAMMUV

Recording Date: 24 Mar 2022.

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On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, Cleo Paskal is joined by H.E. Kareen Rispal, H.E. Christophe Penot, H.E. Gabriele Visentin, RAdm Jean-Mathieu Rey, and Jonathan Fried to discuss the convergences between the French, European, and Canadian Indo-Pacific visions.

Participants Bio:

Kareen Rispal was the French Ambassador to Canada from 2017 to March 2022. She is now the Inspector General of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

Christophe Penot is France's first Ambassador to the Indo-Pacific since October 2021. Previously, he served as France's Ambassador to Australia and was stationed in Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam. He also worked in the UK and Canada. 

Gabriele Visentin is the EU Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific since September 2021. He has been an official of the European External Action Service since 2011, where he served as Head of the Parliamentary Affairs Division. 

Rear Admiral Jean-Mathieu Rey is the French Joint commander of the Asia-Pacific zone. A senior naval Special Forces officer with operational experience mainly in the Indo Pacific area, he was previously deployed to the French Foreign Ministry as an adviser for security and defence cooperation in Asia and South America. 

Jonathan Fried is a former Canadian diplomat whose career spanned law, economics and trade. He is now Senior Advisor with Bennett Jones, LLP, the Albright Stonebridge Group, Senior Associate to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Advisor to Llewellyn Consulting. 

Cleo Paskal is an Associate Fellow with Chatham House, London, U.K. and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for the Indo-Pacific with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington, D.C. She serves on the International Board of Advisors, Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies (India) and the International Board of Advisors, Global Counter-Terrorism Council, India.

Host Bio:

Dave Perry is President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry)

Recording Date: 117 Feb 2022

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On this special episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle moderates a webinar panel on the causes and impacts of the current severe undersupply of oil globally, and the implications for Canadian energy security.

Guest Bios:

- Kevin Birn is Vice President, GHG emissions coordination and Chief Analyst for Canadian oil markets at S&P Global

- Dr. Sara Vakhshouri is Founder and President of SVB Energy International and Adjunct Professor of Energy Security at the Institute for World Politics

- Gregory Brew is Henry A. Kissinger Postdoctoral Fellow of International Security Studies at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs

Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle is the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Recording Date: March 18, 2022

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Produced by Joseph Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

Pour ce 30ième épisode, Sarah-Myriam et Thomas reçoivent Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni, directrice du bureau régional de l’Institut d’étude de sécurité pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest, le Sahel et le bassin du lac Tchad. Ils discutent de la mission de l'ISS Lori-Anne aborde ensuite les facteurs explicatifs des récents coups d'État et des tentatives de coups d'État au Sahel et du rôle des organisations régionales et/ou internationales comme l’ONU ou encore d’autres États membres pour prévenir ou faire face à ces instabilités. Lori-Anne revient également sur un rapport publié en 2019 pour expliquer le lien entre extrémisme violent, criminalité organisée et conflits locaux en Afrique de l'Ouest. Elle identifie les mécanismes de recrutement par les groupes dits djihadistes au Sahel et discute des différents facteurs qui poussent les personnes à s’engager dans des groupes qui se caractérisent par l’utilisation de violence extrémiste. Elle explique comment les enjeux de sécurité au Sahel peuvent avoir des répercussions à l’extérieur de la région, en Europe, en Asie et en Amérique. Elle conclue sur le rôle du Canada au Sahel, soit dans quelle mesure et de quelle façon le Canada devrait davantage s’y investir.

FR 2022 Des leçons doivent être tirées avant que barkhane ne s'engage sur de nouveaux fronts – https://issafrica.org/fr/iss-today/des-lecons-doivent-etre-tirees-avant-que-barkhane-ne-sengage-sur-de-nouveaux-fronts

EN2022 Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory – https://issafrica.org/iss-today/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory

FR 2019 Extrémisme violent, criminalité organisée et conflits locaux dans le Liptako Gourma – https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/war-26-fr.pdf

EN 2019 Violent extremism, organised crime and local conflits in Liptako Gourma – https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/war-26-eng.pdf

2016 FR Jeunes 'djihadistes' au Mali: Guidés par la foi ou par les circonstances? –

2016 EN Mali's young 'jihadists': Fuelled by faith or circumstances? – https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/policybrief89-eng-v3.pdf

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to formr ambassadors to Russia Jeremy Kinsman, John Sloan, and Ralph Lysyshyn about Putin and Russia’s motivations behind its invasion of Ukraine

Participants’ Biographies:

* Jeremy Kinsman is distinguished Fellow of the Canadian International Council, has been the Distinguished Visiting Diplomat at Ryerson since 2010 after he left the Canadian Foreign Service in 2006, following 40 years of service. He had served as a Canadian Ambassador for 15 years, in Moscow (1992-96), in Rome (1996-2000) as High Commissioner in London (2000-2002), and as Ambassador to the EU in Brussels (2002-2006) https://thecic.org/experts/jeremy-kinsman/

* John Sloan served as Canada’s ambassador to the Russian Federation, Armenia and Uzbekistan from August 2010 to September 2013. https://www.cerbanet.org/resources/Documents/John%20Sloan%20BIO.pdf

* Ralph Lysyshyn last served as Canadian Ambassador to Russia (with accreditation to Armenia and Uzbekistan) from 2006 to 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Lysyshyn

Host biography

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Read and Watch

Mr. Putin, Operative in the Kremlin by Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy – https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Putin-Operative-Kremlin-Geopolitics/dp/0815726171

More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669670/more-than-i-love-my-life-by-david-grossman/

The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676052/the-anomaly-by-herve-le-tellier/

Intimacies by Katie Kitamura – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537059/intimacies-by-katie-kitamura/

State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny – https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/State-of-Terror/Louise-Penny/9781982173678

Venice Triumphant: The Horizon of a Myth by Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan – https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/2980/venice-triumphant

Recording Date: 17 Mar 2022.

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