In the 47th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about the House Committee meetings on sexual misconduct in the CAF, Russia’s military build-up on its border with Ukraine, and President Biden’s decision to withdraw the remaining troops from Afghanistan.

Today’s feature interview guest is with Khashayar Khorasani [29:20], Principal Investigator and Director of SPNET at Concordia.

This week’s RnR segment [48:25], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions; Steve’s RnR picks for the week are:

1. A Call To Spy – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7698468/

2. the new John Sanford Prey novel, Ocean Prey – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/618179/ocean-prey-by-john-sandford/9780593087022

3. What we do the in Shadows https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7908628/

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson looks at the mining industry in Canada with Josée Methot, Pam Schwann, and Pierre Gratton.

Participants Bio:

Josée Méthot is the President and CEO of l’Association minière du Québec

Pamela Schwann is the President of the Saskatchewan Mining Association

Pierre Gratton was appointed President and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) on June 1, 2011. Prior to his appointment to MAC, Pierre was President and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC).

Host bio:

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

Read more about mining:

Stratégie québécoise de développement de la filière batterie: https://www.economie.gouv.qc.ca/bibliotheques/strategies/strategie-quebecoise-de-developpement-de-la-filiere-batterie/

Saskatchewan Mining Association’s website: http://saskmining.ca/

The Mining Association of Canada’s “Toward Sustainable Mining”: https://mining.ca/towards-sustainable-mining/

What the guests are enjoying right now:

Jesse Thistle, From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way – https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/From-the-Ashes/Jesse-Thistle/9781982101213

Andrzej (Andre) Bohomolec, Voyage of the Yacht, Dal – https://octopusbooks.ca/book/the-voyage-of-the-yacht-dal-0

Karen Marie Moning, Fever series –https://karenmoning.com/fever-series

Sarah J. Mass, A Court of Thorns and Roses – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16096824-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses

Recording Date: 16 April 2021.

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In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to acting Commander of the Army (Designate) Major-General Michel-Henri St-Louis about the Canadian Army Modernization Strategy and

This podcast is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. A strategic partner of the federal government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, providing skilled, well-paying jobs that support Canada’s economic recovery.

Participant’s Bio:

Major-General Michel-Henri St-Louis is an infantry officer from the Royal 22e Régiment since 1992. He assumed command of Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre Headquarters on August 2020, after commanding Joint Task Force IMPACT. (http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/senior-leaders/canadian-army-doctrine-and-training-centre.page)

Host Bio:

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

Recording Date: 13 April 2021

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Title: Canadian Natural Gas: More Than Just Heat

Energy Security3, released bi-weekly Thursday, is the CGAI’s podcast on all things energy security. Join our host Kelly Ogle as he and a diverse group of experts explore the three pillars that form the nexus of energy security in Canada: Energy, Economics, and Environment.

In this episode, on the Energy Security3 Podcast, Kelly Ogle and President and CEO of the Canadian Gas Association, Tim Egan, discuss the deep impacts the natural gas industry has on the lives of everyday Canadians and what it means for Canadian energy security.

Participant Bio:

- Timothy Egan is the President and CEO of the Canadian Gas Association

Host Bio:

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

What is Tim Egan reading?

Jean Francois Revel, Last Exit to Utopia: The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era, https://www.amazon.ca/Last-Exit-Utopia-Socialism-Post-Soviet/dp/1594032645

Recording Date: 10 Dec 2020

Energy Security3 is part of the CGAI Podcast Network.

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

Dans ce douzième épisode du balado Conseils de sécurité, Thomas Juneau et Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé reçoivent Madame Bouaré Bintou Founé Samaké , Ministre de la Promotion de la Femme de l'Enfant et de la Famille du Mali. Ils discutent des moments marquants de son parcours académique et professionnel et de son rôle comme Directrice Exécutive de Women in Law and Development in Africa/Femmes droits en développement en Afrique, section Mali. La Ministre présente les objectifs et les défis liés à son mandat, des enjeux que posent la pandémie et conclut sur les parternariats avec des pays comme le Canada et avec des organisations régionales et internationales telles que le G5 Sahel et la MINUSMA.

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson looks at the Canada-European relations with Robert Hage and Dr. Norbert Eschborn.

Participants Bio:

Robert Hage is a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, was a Canadian diplomat with the Department of Global Affairs for 38 years and served as Canada’s Ambassador to Hungary and Slovenia, as Director General for Europe and Director General for Legal Affairs. He also served in Canada’s embassies in Washington, Lagos and Paris, as Deputy Head of the Canadian Mission to the European Union in Brussels and, in early 2012, acting Head of Mission at the Canadian Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. https://www.cgai.ca/robert_hage

Dr. Norbert Eschborn was appointed Director of the KAS office in Canada in August 2019. Until June 2019 he headed the Myanmar office of KAS. Before, he managed the office in Korea in the same function between 2011 and 2015. From 2007 till 2011 he has been Head of the Evaluation Division in the European and International Cooperation Department of KAS. https://www.kas.de/en/mitarbeiter/detail/-/content/norbert-eschborn

Host bio:

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

Read Robert Hage’s piece on Canada-EU relations: https://www.cgai.ca/canada_and_the_european_union_a_new_transatlantic_alliance

What the guests are enjoying right now:

Fauda: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4565380/

Lupin: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80994082

Brendan Kelly, The Good Fight: Marcel Cadieux and Canadian Diplomacy, https://www.ubcpress.ca/the-good-fight

Recording Date: 22 February 2021.

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In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Julian Lindley-French about the U.K’s Integrated Review and the strategic position embraced by Britain.

This podcast is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. A strategic partner of the federal government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, providing skilled, well-paying jobs that support Canada’s economic recovery.

Participant’s Bio:

Julian Lindley-French is a leading advisor, strategist, and author with eleven published books to his name and many articles who has four advanced degrees and has held three professorial chairs (Professor of Military Art and Science and Eisenhower Professor of Defence Strategy, Netherlands Defence Academy and Special Professor of Strategic Studies, Leiden University)

https://www.cgai.ca/julian_lindley_french

Prof. Lindley-French’s new book:

John R. Allen, Frederick Ben Hodges, Julian Lindley-French, Future War and the Defence of Europe, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/future-war-and-the-defence-of-europe-9780198855835?cc=us&lang=en&

Register to our session on Canada-U.S. Energy Trade: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EmAzJ1zaTBugQwd20cFj5A

Listen to our last discussions on the U.K.’s Integrated Review:

A New Outlook for UK’s Defence, with Julian Lindley-French and Rachel Ellehuus, https://www.cgai.ca/a_new_outlook_for_uks_defence

Outlining the Priorities of “Global Britain” with U.K. High Commissioner Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque, https://www.cgai.ca/outlining_the_priorities_of_global_britain

What Dr. Lindley-French is reading:

Robert K. Massie, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/108889/castles-of-steel-by-robert-k-massie/

Pim van Gelder, Market garden in the Langstraat: Glidermannen in Drunen en Elshout, https://vriendenairbornemuseum.nl/nieuw-boek-market-garden-in-de-langstraat/

Host Bio:

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

Recording Date: 6 April 2021

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In the 46th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about the sexual misconduct and assault allegations against Vice-Adm. Edmundson, Chinese ships swarming the South China Sea, and the increasingly deadly crackdown in Myanmar.

Today’s feature interview guest is Dr. Bastien Giegerich [23:45], Director of Defence and Military Analysis at The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

This week’s RnR segment [51:20],

where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions; Steve’s RnR picks for the week are:

1. Bill and Ted Face the Music: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1086064/

2. Invincible: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6741278/

3. Harlan Coben: https://www.harlancoben.com/

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson explores the role of the agri food industry in driving Canadian trade and economy with Fawn Jackson, Sharon Mohammed, and Jennifer Marchand.

Participants Bio:

Fawn Jackson is the Director of Government and International Relations at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and a fellow at CGAI – https://www.cgai.ca/fawn_jackson

Jennifer Marchand is the Government Relations Leader, Canada for Cargill. She has had extensive interaction with government agencies both domestically and abroad speaking about both the Canadian oilseed processing industry and Cargill’s food safety and quality assurance practices.

Sharon Mohammed is the Director, Food Safety Regulatory Affairs at Maple Leafs Food

Host bio:

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

To learn more about the food industry’s sustainability efforts:

https://crsb.ca/

https://www.cargill.com/sustainability/sustainability-reports

https://www.mapleleaffoods.com/sustainability/downloads/

What the guests are enjoying right now:

Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51791252-the-vanishing-half

Paulo Coehlo, The Alchemist, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18144590-the-alchemist?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=vb6cOmSywD&rank=1

Gabriel Garciá Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9712.Love_in_the_Time_of_Cholera

Shitt’s Creek, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3526078/

Recording Date: 31 March 2021.

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In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to RAdm Jean-Mathieu Rey, Commander of the French Forces in the Indo-Pacific, to talk about France’s presence in the Indo-Pacific region.

This podcast is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. A strategic partner of the federal government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, providing skilled, well-paying jobs that support Canada’s economic recovery.

Participant’s Bio:

Contre-amiral Jean-Mathieu Rey took command of the Pacific at Papeete zone in August 2020. His role is to oversee air and maritime patrols in the Pacific. He has previously held command positions aboard the patrol boat La Glorieuse, the Floréal-class frigate Nivôse, and the anti-air frigate Forbin. https://lemarin.ouest-france.fr/secteurs-activites/defense/37098-jean-matthieu-rey-commandant-de-la-zone-pacifique

If you want to know about about the Indo-Pacific, you can check out CGAI’s series: https://www.cgai.ca/2021_indo_pacific_series

Host Bio:

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

Recording Date: 1 April 2021

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