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In the 64th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia. Today’s feature interviews are with The 2021 Class of the Halifax Peace With Women Fellowship, discussing education and instruction and field operations [20:40].

This week’s RnR segment [55:45], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions: Yellow Jackets

Alex Rider

Conquering Tide

• Lieutenant Colonel Monika Mertinaitė: Senior Advisor, Defense Policy Group, Ministry of National Defense, Lithuania

• Brigadier General Catherine Bourdès: Deputy Director of French Higher Military Education, Directorate for Higher Military Studies

• Colonel Anna Siverstig: Commanding Officer, Swedish Air Warfare Center, Swedish Air Force

• Group Captain Louise desJardins: Director Joint Effects/J3E, Royal Australian Air Force

• Colonel Danielle Willis: Commander 93 Air Ground Operations Wing, United States Air Force

On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Frank Graves and David Coletto on the state of Canadian public opinion entering 2022.

Participants' biographies:

David Coletto is CEO and a founding partner of Abacus Data, a full-service market research and strategy firm based in Ottawa and Toronto. He is also a member of CGAI's advisory council. https://www.cgai.ca/advisory_council#Coletto

Frank Graves is one of Canada’s leading public opinion, social policy and public policy experts as well as being one of its leading applied social researchers. In 1980, he founded EKOS Research Associates Inc., an applied social and economic research firm. Frank Graves is also a Fellow with CGAI. https://www.cgai.ca/frank_graves

Host biography

Colin Robertson is Vice President and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. https://www.cgai.ca/staff#Robertson

Suggested Readings

Principles for Dealing with The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio – https://www.amazon.ca/Changing-World-Order-Nations-Succeed/dp/1982160276/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in The Global Economy – https://marianamazzucato.com/books/the-value-of-everything

Foreign Policy Magazine – https://foreignpolicy.com/

The Economist – https://www.economist.com/

Recording Date: 12 Jan 2022.

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, Alessandra Jenkins from Avascent discusses ways in which to foster defence innovation in Canada and the United States with Eric Fournier, Leslie Babich, and Bradley Goodrich.

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding and Boeing

Participants' Bios

Alessandra is Senior Manager at Avascent, a leading strategy consulting firm for aerospace, defence, and technology industries. She has extensive experience advising both government and private sector leaders in Canada and abroad to support key decisions on industrial investment, procurement, and market expansion strategies. Her expertise in innovation and emerging technologies for defence spans remotely piloted and autonomous systems, clean technologies, marine technologies, and advance computing capabilities.

Leslie Babich joined the DEFENSEWERX team to lead SOFWERX in Tampa, FL in October 2020. As the Director of SOFWERX, Leslie provides operational and personnel oversight while developing and implementing business plans that optimize results for its government partner, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).

Mr. Fournier is presently the Director-General Innovation for the Assistant Deputy Minister (Science & Technology). He is a Scientific Advisor to the Department of National Defence and to the Canadian Armed Forces. His role is to ensure that the Canadian Armed Forces/Department of National Defence (CAF/DND) have access to the most cutting-edge solutions for their challenges from Canadian Innovators.

Bradley Goodrich is currently serving as a Deputy Director for NavalX, an innovation cell for the US Navy. NavalX seeks to create a more agile, connected, and collaborative US Navy by guiding stakeholders to rapidly deliver capability to the warfighter. The organization reports to the Assistant Secretary for Research Development and Acquisition (ASN RDA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and brings industry best practice to advance the US Navy in capability and culture change.

Host bio

David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Recording Date: 1 Dec 2021

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle is joined by Amanda Hall for a discussion on environmentally sustainable lithium production and supply chains.

Guest Bios:

- Amanda Hall is the founder and CEO of Summit Nanotech, an innovative Canadian lithium extraction company

Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle (host): President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/staff#Ogle)

What is Amanda reading?

"Silence in the Age of Noise" by Erling Kagge https://www.amazon.ca/Silence-Age-Noise-Erling-Kagge/dp/1524733237

Recording Date: January 11, 2021

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Produced by Joseph Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In this episode of The Global Exchange, part two of Colin Robertson’s conversation with the Hon. John Manley, the Hon. Jean Charest, and the Hon. Peter MacKay about Canada's position in the world and the foreign policy challenges of 2022.

Participants’ Biographies:

The Hon. John Manley is former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Chair of CGAI's Advisory Board. www.cgai.ca/advisory_council#Manley

The Hon. Jean Charest is former Premier of Québec and member of CGAI's Advisory Board www.cgai.ca/advisory_council#Charest

The Hon. Peter MacKay is a former Canadian Minister and Cabinet member, and is member of CGAI's Advisory Board www.cgai.ca/advisory_council#PeterMacKay

Host biography

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

R&R

Encounters that Changed the World by Rodney Castlemen – https://books.google.ca/books/about/Encounters_that_Changed_the_World.html?id=VnyHPQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

The Long Game by Rush Doshi – https://www.amazon.com/Long-Game-Strategy-Displacement-American/dp/0197527914

Yes Minister – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080306/

Recording Date: 6 Jan 2022.

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On this episode ofThe Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to the Hon. John Manley, the Hon. Jean Charest, and the Hon. Peter MacKay about Canada's position in the world and the foreign policy challenges of 2022.

Participants' bio

The Hon. John Manley is former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Chair of CGAI's Advisory Board. https://www.cgai.ca/advisory_council#Manley

The Hon. Jean Charest is former Premier of Québec and member of CGAI's Advisory Board https://www.cgai.ca/advisory_council#Charest

The Hon. Peter MacKay is a former Canadian Minister and Cabinet member, and is member of CGAI's Advisory Board https://www.cgai.ca/advisory_council#PeterMacKay

Host bio:

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

Recording Date: 6 Jan 2022

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Commander Corey Gleason, Commanding Officer of HMCS Harry DeWolf, as the vessel concluded its first deployment.

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding and Boeing.

Participant Bio:

Commander Corey Gleason is the Commanding Officer of Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Harry DeWolf.

Host Bio:

Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry)

Recording Date: 16 Dec 2021

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

On this special episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan discuss major events in global and Canadian energy security in 2021, and what to watch for into the future.

Guest Bios:

- Joe Calnan is the Energy Security Forum Coordinator at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle (host): President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/staff#Ogle)

Clip Guest Bios (in order of appearance)

- Maryscott (Scotty) Greenwood is the CEO of the Canadian American Business Council and a Partner at Crestview Strategy U.S.

- Adam Sieminski is the Senior Adviser to the Board of Trustees of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center

- Ellen Wald is the President of Transversal Consulting and a CGAI Fellow

- Ajay Kochhar is the President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Li-Cycle

- Amrita Sen is Founder and Director of Research at Energy Aspects and a CGAI Fellow

- Ross Wyeno is Lead Analyst for Americas LNG for S&P Global Platts

- Heather Ferguson is Senior Vice President, Business Development, Strategy and Corporate Affairs for Ontario Power Generation

- Martha Hall Findlay is Chief Sustainability Officer at Suncor Energy

What are Kelly and Joe reading?

1. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, by William Manchester and Paul Reid - https://www.amazon.ca/Last-Lion-Box-Set-Churchill/dp/0316227781

2. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, by David McCullough - https://www.amazon.ca/Great-Bridge-Story-Building-Brooklyn/dp/1451683235

3. The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate, by Robert D. Kaplan - https://www.amazon.ca/Revenge-Geography-Coming-Conflicts-Against/dp/0812982223

Recording Date: December 21, 2021

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Produced by Joseph Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry discusses how armed forces are greening their equipment with MGen Nancy Tremblay, MGen (ret’d) Eric Tremblay, and Tadeh Issakhanian

This episode was made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence’s MINDS Program

Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding and Boeing.

EPISODE NOTES – https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cdfai/pages/4909/attachments/original/1643316798/Greening_Defence_Operations_and_Fleet_Equipment.pdf?1643316798

Participants’ Bios:

MGen Nancy Tremblay is Chief Materiel Program at the Department of National Defence

MGen (ret’d) Eric Tremblay is Director Of Business Development at Pratt and Whitney Canada

Tadeh Issakhanian is Manager of Transportation Electrification, Energy, Tech and Policy at Deloitte

Host Bio:

Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry)

Recording Date: 15 Dec 2021

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Dr. Bruce Jones about his latest book To Rule the Waves

Participant’s Biography:

Bruce Jones is director and a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution; he also works with the Center for East Asia Policy Studies. He is also a consulting professor at the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University. Jones previously served as the vice president and director for the Foreign Policy program for the past five years. https://www.brookings.edu/experts/bruce-jones/

Host biography

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

References:

Read To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World’s Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers by Dr. Bruce Jones https://www.brookings.edu/books/to-rule-the-waves-how-control-of-the-worlds-oceans-determines-the-fate-of-the-superpowers/

Recording Date: 10 Dec 2021.

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Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.