The CGAI Podcast Network

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson discusses the security implications of the first 100 Days of the Biden Presidency with CGAI Fellows Sarah Goldfeder, Luiza Ch. Savage, and Dr. Laurie Trautman.

This episode is from a webinar, part of a series on American security challenges funded the United States Department of State. The goal of the program is to improve Canadian understanding of American policy perspective in order to harness better communication and coordination between the two neighbouring countries.

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Participants Bio:

Sarah Goldfeder is a government relations and strategic policy professional with experience in both government and the private sector. She provides high-level insight on the strategies of engagement with both the U.S. and Canadian governments, including how the two countries work together on important issues. (https://www.cgai.ca/sarah_goldfeder)

Dr. Laurie Trautman is the Director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University. She engages in a range of research on the Canada – U.S. border, particularly in the Cascadia region of Washington State – British Columbia. Topics include trade, transportation, human mobility, and security. (https://www.cgai.ca/laurie_trautman)

Luiza Ch. Savage is executive director for editorial initiatives at POLITICO, a global news organization focused on politics and policy. She is responsible for building journalism that connects the dots between capitals of influence and oversees new franchises such as Global Translations and China Watcher. She created POLITICO Canada to deliver political reporting from Ottawa and established a policy intelligence subscription service for Canadian policy professionals. She also oversees POLITICO’s audio, video, and live journalism platforms. (https://www.cgai.ca/luiza_ch_savage)

Host bio:

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

Attend our May 12th Webinar!

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Read/ listen/ watch:

POLITICO’s Playbook Deep Dive: https://www.politico.com/podcasts/playbook-deep-dive

POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook

Michael Lewis, The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/690219/the-premonition-by-michael-lewis/9780393881554

The West Wing, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200276/

Recording Date: 7 May 2021.

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

In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Bibi Imre-Millei and CGAI Fellow Charlotte Duval-Lantoine about how to address sexual misconduct in the Canadian Military

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:

Bibi Imre-Millei is an MA student in Sociology at Queen’s University researching theoretical and methodological approaches to swarm drones in the Media, Information and Surveillance Stream. In 2020 she graduated from an MA in political studies with a thesis on biometrics in Iraq and Afghanistan also from Queen’s. Since 2019, Bibi has worked as the Project Coordinator for the Gender Lab at the Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP) where she researches gender in the Canadian military and helps manage the Gender Lab’s grants and team. Bibi is the mentorship coordinator with the Queen’s Chapter of Women In International Security (WIIS), and the Assistant to the Executive Director for the national branch WIIS-Canada. https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/people/research-assistants/bibi-imre-millei

Charlotte is the Ottawa Operations Manager and a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. She completed a Master in Military History at Queen’s University, during which she started researching on the toxic culture of leadership in the Canadian Armed Forces during the 1990s and its impact on gender integration, which had started in 1989. She continues to study leadership and culture change issues in the military in her free time. She has also worked as a research assistant and translator on projects about gender mainstreaming and integration in NATO Armed Forces, and on the gendered dimension of veteran transition at Queen's University Center for International and Defence Policy (CIDP). https://www.cgai.ca/charlotte_duval_lantoine

Host Bio:

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

What the guests are reading:

About the Somalia Commission of Inquiry: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/somalia-affair

Ian G.R. Shaw, Predator Empire: Drone Warfare and Full Spectrum Dominance – https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/predator-empire

Recording Date: 6 May 2021

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In the 48th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about the external review into sexual misconduct in the military, the new Chief of Professional Conduct and Culture and the latest requests for military assistance to support the country’s pandemic response efforts.

Today’s feature interview guest is LCol. McCleod [25:45], Commander of Air Task Force - Romania.

This week’s RnR segment [53:00], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions; Steve’s RnR picks for the week are:

1. The Faculty (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133751/)

2. Love and Monsters (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2222042/)

3. Superstore (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4477976/)

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson discusses the recent developments in Ukraine with Ukrainian Ambassador Andriy Shevchenko, Lithuanian Ambassador Darius Skusevičius, and CGAI Fellow Andrew Rasiulis.

Participants Bio:

Andriy Shevchenko served as the Chief of the Party of the USAID-financed RADA Program prior to his diplomatic appointment to Canada. Mr. Shevchenko had accomplished an outstanding career in politics and media. He is also well known in Ukraine as a civil activist and a human rights defender. https://canada.mfa.gov.ua/en/governance/andriy-shevchenko

Darius Skusevičius is Lithuania's ambassador to Canada since 2019. https://ca.mfa.lt/ca/en/about-us/the-embassy/ambassador

Andrew Rasiulis is retired from the Public Service and is now a freelance consultant with Andrew Rasiulis Associates Inc.  https://www.cgai.ca/andrew_rasiulis

Host bio:

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

Read Andrew Rasiulis’ Policy Perspective: https://www.cgai.ca/ukraine_at_europes_strategic_crossroads

The Long Telegram: https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/116178.pdf

What the guests are enjoying right now:

Jonathan Steinberg, Bismarck: A Life, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10249013-bismarck

Gordon Mott, Lithuanian Lullaby, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57217682-lithuanian-lullaby

Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/781183.Diplomacy

Recording Date: 26 April 2021.

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In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to CGAI Fellow MGen (ret’d) Denis Thompson about the extension of Canada’s mission to the Middle-East and the current developments in the 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:

Major-General (Retired) Denis Thompson served 39 years in the Canadian Army as an Infantry Officer. He deployed on multiple operations commanding at the platoon, company, battalion, brigade, national, and multinational level in Canada and abroad in Cyprus, Germany, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Egypt including command of NATO’s Task Force Kandahar (2008/09), Canada’s Special Operations Forces (2011-2014) and the Multinational Force & Observers in the Sinai (2014-2017). https://www.cgai.ca/denis_thompson

Host Bio:

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

What MGen (ret’d) Thompson is reading:

G.J. Meyer, The Borgias: The Hidden History, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15798316-the-borgias

Recording Date: 28 April 2021

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On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle discusses hydrogen and its promise for energy transition and security with Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon .

Participant Bio:

- Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon is Senior Research Associate at the Payne Institute for Public Policy of Colorado School of Mines and a Research fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy. She is also co-host of the Energy vs. Climate podcast (www.energyvsclimate.com)

Host Bio:

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

What is Dr. Hastings-Simon reading?

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings series – https://www.goodreads.com/series/66175-the-lord-of-the-rings

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson, ed. All We Can Save: Trust, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/all-we-can-save/9780593237069-item.html?s_campaign=goo-DSA_Books&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsqmEBhDiARIsANV8H3ZFm_RybvPdrv18nKNTQqLxcwt8qKr88nKrNVc3ekljUe5s7FG1vhsaAhtXEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Recording Date: 4 April 2021

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

Cette semaine, Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé-Myriam et Thomas discutent avec Thomas Mulcair, professeur invité à l’Université de Montréal. M. Mulcair a été, auparavant, chef du Nouveau parti démocratique (2012-17) à Ottawa et député et ministre pour le Parti libéral du Québec (1994-2007). M. Mulcair nous parle des faits saillants de sa carrière, et de son intérêt pour les questions #environnementales au fil des années. Il analyse les conséquences des changements climatiques pour la sécurité internationale et pour le Canada. Il discute aussi avec nous des implications que le changement d’administration aux États-Unis, avec l’élection du Président Biden, peut avoir pour la lutte contre les changements climatiques.

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson discusses the recent developments in China with Charles and Ted Lipman .

Participants Bio:

Charles Parton OBE is a Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. Charles spent 22 years of his 37 year diplomatic career working in or on China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In his final posting he was seconded to the EU Delegation in Beijing, where, as First Counsellor until late 2016, he focussed on Chinese politics and internal developments, and advised the EU and Member States on how China’s politics might affect their interests. – https://rusi.org/people/parton-obe

Ted Lipman’s 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 – https://www.cgai.ca/ted_lipman

Host bio:

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

Read Charlie’s and Ted’s writing:

Charles Parton, “What the Chinese Communist Party wants from the United Kingdom,” https://www.geostrategy.org.uk/research/what-the-chinese-communist-party-wants-from-the-united-kingdom/

Charles Parton, “Towards a UK strategy and policies on relations with China,” https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute/research-analysis/towards-a-uk-strategy-and-policies-for-relations-with-china

Ted Lipman, “Beijing and Ottawa need to understand they won’t see eye to eye,” https://www.hilltimes.com/2021/04/21/beijing-and-ottawa-need-to-understand-they-wont-see-eye-to-eye/294244

What the guests are enjoying right now:

Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell, Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise, https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo61544815.html

Thucydides, https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Writings-Thucydides-Peloponnesian-War/dp/B000HTI7CW

Han-Shan’s Poetry, https://www.shambhala.com/authors/o-t/j-p-seaton/cold-mountain-poems.html

Recording Date: 8 April 2021.

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In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson looks at the 2021 Federal Budget and what it means for Canadian foreign and development policy, as well as on trade.

Guest Bios

Nic Moyer is President and CEO of Cooperation Canada – https://cooperation.ca/about-us/#staff

Robert Greenhill is Executive Chairman of the Global Canada Initiative – https://globalcompact.ca/speakers-2/robert-greenhill/

Julia Anderson is the Chief Executive Officer for the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) – https://www.csih.org/en/julia-anderson

Trevor Kennedy is the Director, Trade and International Policy for the Business Council of Canada – https://thebusinesscouncil.ca/about-us/staff-and-leadership/

Mark Agnew is the Vice President, Policy and International at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce – https://globalcompact.ca/speakers/mark-agnew/

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 the Budget:

“Cooperation Canada reacts to Budget 2021: A missed opportunity for Canada’s global engagement,” https://cooperation.ca/budget-2021-statement/

Business Council of Canada, “Budget 2021 is well-intentioned but government’s spending plans underscore need for strong economic growth,” https://thebusinesscouncil.ca/publication/statement-on-budget-2021/

“Canadian Chamber Budget 2021 analysis: many positives for business resilience and recovery, but managing fiscal uncertainty will be critical,” https://chamber.ca/news/canadian-chamber-budget-2021-analysis-many-positives-for-business-resilience-and-recovery-but-managing-fiscal-uncertainty-will-be-critical/

“Budget 2021: Key Highlights for CanWaCH Members and the International Development Sector,” https://canwach.ca/article/budget-2021-key-highlights-for-canwach-members-and-the-international-development-sector/

What the guests are reading:

Brian Mulroney, Memoirs – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/118546/memoirs-by-brian-mulroney/

Stephen Platt, Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China’s Last Golden Age, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/221056/imperial-twilight-by-stephen-r-platt/

PG Wodehouse – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7963.P_G_Wodehouse

Mark Carney, Value(s): Building a Better World for All, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/669023/values-by-mark-carney/9780771051555

Samantha Power, The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42872088-the-education-of-an-idealist

Recording Date: 23 April 2021.

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In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to CGAI Fellows, Ross Fetterly and Craig Stone about how the 2021 Federal Budget will impact defence.

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:

Ross Fetterly retired in 2017 from the Canadian Forces after a 34-year career as the Royal Canadian Air Force’s director of air comptrollership and business management.  He previously served as the military personnel command comptroller, and in other senior positions with the Department of National Defence Assistant Deputy Minister (Finance). https://www.cgai.ca/ross_fetterly

Dr J. Craig Stone is a retired Associate Professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College (CFC) and the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC).  Dr Stone joined the academic staff at CFC and RMC in the summer of 2005 after 29 years in the Canadian Forces, the last five at CFC in the Strategic Studies Directorate. https://www.cgai.ca/craig_stone

Host Bio:

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

What Dr. Fetterly and Dr. Stone are reading:

John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened – https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/The-Room-Where-It-Happened/John-Bolton/9781982148034

David Kilcullen, The Dragons and The Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West – https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44244914-the-dragons-and-the-snakes

Recording Date: 22 April 2021

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