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In the 40th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about the January 6th insurrection in the United States, the security implications of the pandemic and the new Chief of the Defence Staff. Our feature interview guest is Maggie Feldman-Piltch [22:15], Founder and CEO of Unicorn Strategies, an innovative human capital management widely known for its project, #NatSecGirlSquad.

This week’s RnR segment [47:00], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions; Steve’s RnR picks for the week are:

1. Palm Springs (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9484998/)

2. We Can Be Heroes (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10600398/)

3. WandaVision (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9140560/)

On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speak to Dr. Margaret MacMillan about her latest book, War: How Conflict Shaped Us (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609692/war-how-conflict-shaped-us-by-margaret-macmillan/).

Participants Bio:

Margaret MacMillan is a Professor of History at the University of Toronto and emeritus Professor of International History and the former Warden of St. Antony's College at the University of Oxford (http://www.margaretmacmillan.com/Bio.php)

What Dr. MacMillan is reading:

Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: The Paradox of Power, 1878-1928 (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/299269/stalin-by-stephen-kotkin/9780143127864/)

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Recording Date: 6 January 2021.

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

In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, Dave Perry talks to Andrea Lane and Dr. Alan Okros about diversity and inclusion in the Canadian Armed Forces and the challenges ahead.

Participants Bio:

Andrea Lane is an Assistant Professor at the Canadian Forces College. She holds a BA (Hons) in Political Science from Dalhousie University and an MA in International Affairs from Carleton University. She is currently a PhD candidate in Political Science at Dalhousie, with a concentration in international relations and feminist political theory. She is a research fellow at the Centre for Security and Development and a member of the Canadian Defence and Security Network. (https://www.cfc.forces.gc.ca/136/484-eng.html)

Dr Alan Okros holds a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Waterloo. He was appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Military Psychology and Leadership at the Royal Military College of Canada in 2004 and appointed as Full Professor to the Department of Defence Studies at CFC in 2008. In 2019, he assumed responsibilities as Deputy Director Research in the Dallaire Centre of Excellence for Peace and Security within the Canadian Defence Academy. (https://www.cfc.forces.gc.ca/136/294-eng.html)

Host Bio:

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

What Andrea Lane is reading:

- Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674979857

- St. Augustine, The Confessions, https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-confessions/9780199537822-item.html?ikwsec=Books&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=879ec2cbbd69e837a2c0c63bd80e9d27

Recording Date: 6 Jan 2020

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

In this episode, Kelly Ogle and President and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Association, John Gorman, discuss what nuclear energy looks like in Canada and what Small Modular Reactors mean for Canadian energy security.

Participant Bio:

John Gorman is the President and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Association (https://cna.ca/staff/john-gorman/)

Host Bio:

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

What John Gorman is reading:

George Monbiot, Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for An Age of Crisis, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554130/out-of-the-wreckage-by-george-monbiot/

Recording Date: 10 Dec 2020

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

On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speak to CGAI Fellows Emily Gilfillan and Jeffrey Phillips about Canadian assistance in sub-saharan Africa during COVID-19.

Participants Bio:

Emily Gilfillan is an international development consultant with a decade of experience working in women and youth programming across Africa. She currently serves as Scholars Program Consultant at the Mastercard Foundation supporting its goal of empowering 30 million young people in Africa to gain dignified employment.

Jeffrey Phillips is Managing Director of Dawson Strategic, Ottawa-based consulting firm specializing in evidence-based research on international trade, clean transportation, and digital policy issues. Jeff helps a wide range of public, private, and not-for-profit sector clients understand and leverage the Canadian policy landscape. (https://www.cgai.ca/jeffrey_phillips)

Read the Policy Paper by Emily Gilfillan and Jeffrey Phillips: “Covid-19 and Canada’s Development Assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa,” https://www.cgai.ca/covid_19_and_canadas_development_assitance_in_sub_saharan_africa

What Jeffrey Phillips and Emily Gilfillan are reading:

Vanda Felbab-Brown, The Extinction Market: Wildlife Trafficking and How to Counter It, https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-extinction-market/

Caroline Criado-Perez, Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, https://www.penguin.com.au/books/invisible-women-9781784706289

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Recording Date: 21 December 2020.

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In this new episode of Defence Deconstructed, sponsored by Irving Shipbuilding, Dave Perry talks to Dr. Andrea Charron, Dr. Jean-Christophe Boucher, and Dr. Jeffrey Collins about the memorable defence moments of 2020 and what to look forward to in 2021.

Irving Shipbuilding, Canada’s National Shipbuilder with more than 2,000 men and women in Nova Scotia building Canada’s future combat fleet for the Royal Canadian Navy

Participants Bio:

Dr. Andrea Charron holds a PhD from the Royal Military College of Canada (Department of War Studies). Her research and teaching areas include NORAD, the Arctic, foreign and defence policy and sanctions. She serves on the DND’s Defence Advisory Board and has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.

Jean-Christophe Boucher is an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary a CGAI Fellow, and a director of research in civil-military relations at the Canadian Defence and Security Network

Dr. Jeffrey (Jeff) F. Collins is a noted expert on Canadian defence procurement and defence policy. He maintains an active research presence with Canada's leading centres in foreign and defence policy, including with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute as an associate and, separately, as a fellow with Dalhousie University's Centre for the Study of Security and Development, and the University of Manitoba's Centre for Defence and Security Studies.  

Host Bio:

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

What Dr. Charron, Dr. Collins, and Dr. Boucher are reading:

- Anne Applebaum, The Twilight of Democracies: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, penguinrandomhouse.com/books/621076/twilight-of-democracy-by-anne-applebaum/

- Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex, Chu’s Day, https://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Chu%27s+Day/

- Evan Mawdsley, The War for the Sea: A MAritime History of World War II, https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300190199/war-seas

- Sinan Aral, The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health - And How We Must Adapt, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/570128/the-hype-machine-by-sinan-aral/

- Lionel Beehner, Risa Brooks, Daniel Maurer, Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations: The Military, Society, Politics, and Modern Wars, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/reconsidering-american-civil-military-relations-9780197535509?cc=us&lang=en&

Recording Date: 17 Dec 2020

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On today's Global Exchange Podcast, Colin Robertson talks to CGAI Fellows Anthony Cary and Beat Nobs about current European affairs.

Participant Bios:

Anthony Cary served as British Ambassador to Sweden (2003-6) and High Commissioner to Canada (2007-10). Previous diplomatic postings included Berlin, Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC. https://www.cgai.ca/anthony_cary

Beat Nobs served as the Ambassador of Switzerland to Canada from 2014 to 2019. A career diplomat, he served in the Swiss diplomatic corps from 1988 to 2019. https://www.cgai.ca/beat_nobs

Host Bio:

Colin Robertson (host): Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

What Mr. Cary and Mr. Nobs are reading:

Ian Dunt, How To Be A Liberal, https://www.canburypress.com/products/how-to-be-a-liberal-by-ian-dunt-hardback-isbn9781912454419

Ferdinand von Schirard, Terror, https://www.deutschestheater.de/en/programme/archive/p-t/terror/

Jason Webster, A Death in Valencia, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/218610/a-death-in-valencia-by-jason-webster/9780099546955

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Recording Date: 21 December 2020.

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On this episode of the Defence Deconstructed Podcast, David Perry speaks to Jean-Christophe Boucher, Colleen Bell, and Nik Nanos about Canadians’ attitudes towards international security.

Participants Bio:

Jean-Christophe Boucher is an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary a CGAI Fellow, and a director of research in civil-military relations at the Canadian Defence and Security Network

Colleen Bell is an Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, specializing in theories of security and war and the boundary between military and civilian modes of intervention.

Nik Nanos is the chief data scientist at Nanos Research, a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, Honorary Captain (Navy), a research professor at the State University of New York in Buffalo and the official pollster for The Globe and Mail.

Host Bio:

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

Read the School of Public Policy/ Nanos Research/ Canadian Defence and Security Network survey: https://www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Report-Survey-on-Civil-Military-Relations.pdf

Recording Date: 19 Nov 2020

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On today's Global Exchange Podcast, Colin Robertson is joined by Former U.S. Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick about his book, America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. This episode is part one of two; the second episode will be released this October.

Participant Bio:

- Robert B. Zoellick is a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is a former U.S. Trade Representative, Deputy Secretary of State, and President of the World Bank(www.belfercenter.org/person/robert-b-zoellick)

Host Bio:

- Colin Robertson (host): Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Listen to Part One: https://www.cgai.ca/american_statecraft_a_history_part_one

What Mr. Zoellick is reading:

- Fredrik Logevall, JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/242113/jfk-by-fredrik-logevall/

- Robert Draper, To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took American into Iraq, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/592622/to-start-a-war-by-robert-draper/

Recommended Readings:

- America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy www.amazon.ca/America-World-Hist…book/dp/B082HLQ677

- Gen. David H. Petraeus, Robert B. Zoellick, Shannon K. O'Neil, and Christopher M. Tuttle, "North America: Time for a New Focus," www.cfr.org/report/north-america

- Robert B. Zoellick, "Biden's Domestic Priorities Should Guide His Foreign Policy," Foreign Affairs: www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/nort…oreign-policy

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Recording Date: 11 September 2020.

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On this episode of the Defence Deconstructed Podcast, David Perry is joined by Samuel Bendett, Analyst at Center for Naval Analyses and Adjunct Senior Fellow at Center for a New American Security to discuss how technology shaped the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

Participant Bio:

Samuel Bendett is a Research Analyst with the Center for Naval Analyses' International Affairs Group, where he is a member of the Russia Studies Program. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. (https://www.cna.org/CAAI/Bendett_S)

Host Bio:

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

What Mr. Bendett is reading these days:

Michael Kanaan, T-Minus AI: Humanity’s Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power, https://www.benbellabooks.com/shop/t-minus-ai-science-michael-kanaan-benbella-books/

Recording Date: 17 Dec 2020

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