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On this episode of the Defence Deconstructed Podcast, David Perry talks to Roger Hilton about the Bratislava Forum and the Globsec's Megatrends report.

Participant Bio:

- Roger Hilton is a Fellow at CGAI and a Defence and Security Fellow at GLOBSEC, an international think tank based in Bratislava, Slovakia. (https://www.cgai.ca/roger_hilton)

Host Bio:

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

What Roger Hilton is reading these days:

Jaroslav Hasek, The Good Soldier Svejk: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/76666/the-good-soldier-svejk-by-jaroslav-hasek/

Recording Date: 5 Nov 2020

Defence Deconstructed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network and is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).

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

In the 38th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about the Year Ahead Conference, growing confrontation involving China and Trump’s last foreign policy moves. In preparation for our the CDSN’s upcoming annual Year Ahead Conference our feature interview guest is the keynote speaker Jacqueline O’Neill [22:10], Canada’s Ambassador of Women Peace and Security. This week’s RnR segment [53:30], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions; Steve’s RnR picks for the week are:

1. Mysterious Island (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1705125/)

2. Sandra Perron, Out Standing in the Field (https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781770864948/sandra-perron/out-standing-in-the-field)

3. Dumplin’ more Dolly! (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4878482/)

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, Colin Robertson talks to Stewart Beck, Dr. Jeffrey Reeves, Dr. Stephen Nagy, and Dr. Jonathan Berkshire Miller about the concept of free and open Indo-Pacific and how Canada can belong.

Participants’ Bios:

- Stewart Beck is the President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (https://www.asiapacific.ca/about-us/senior-staff/stewart-beck)

- Dr. Jeffrey Reeves is Vice-President of Research for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (https://www.asiapacific.ca/about-us/senior-staff/jeffrey-reeves)

- Dr. Stephen Nagy is a fellow at CGAI and at the Asia Pacific Foundation, and is a Senior Associate Professor at the International Christian University, Tokyo (https://www.cgai.ca/stephen_nagy)

- Dr. Jonathan Berkshire Miller is a senior fellow with the Japan Institute of International Affairs, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. (https://www.jberkshiremiller.com/about.html)

Host Bio:

- Colin Robertson (host) is a former Canadian diplomat, now Vice President of and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

Read “Canada and the Indo-Pacific: ‘Diverse’ and ‘Inclusive’, Not ‘Free’ and ‘Open.’”: https://www.asiapacific.ca/sites/default/files/publication-pdf/CANADA%20AND%20THE%20INDO-PACIFIC%20%281%29.pdf

Read Dr. Nagy and Dr. Miller’s brief: “https://www.jiia-jic.jp/en/policybrief/pdf/PolicyBrief_Miller_Nagy_201029.pdf”

What Mr. Beck, Dr. Reeves, Dr. Nagy, and Dr. Miller are reading:

- Bill Buford, Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/20951/dirt-by-bill-buford/9780147530707

- Barack Obama, A Promised Land, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562882/a-promised-land-by-barack-obama/

- Susan Pennypacker and Jon Klassen, Pax, https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/childrens-pax

- Tobias S. Harris, The Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan, https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-iconoclast/

- Yan Xuetong, Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers, https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691190082/leadership-and-the-rise-of-great-powers

- Kent Calder, Super Continent: The Logic of Eurasian Integration, https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=30855

Recording Date: 19 Nov 2020

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

On this episode of the Defence Deconstructed Podcast, David Perry talks to Canada’s Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Lieutenant-General Mike Rouleau

Participant Bio:

- Lieutenant General Rouleau’s career has been evenly split between duty in the Canadian Army, Special Forces and strategic staff portfolios at National Defence Headquarters. He is a Commander of the Order of Military Merit and has been awarded the Meritorious Service Cross (Afghanistan, 2007) and the Governor General’s Commendation (Sarajevo, 1992). Lieutenant-General Rouleau was appointed as the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff on July 15, 2020. (https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/vice-chief-defence-staff/biography.html)

Host Bio:

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

Recording Date: 13 Nov 2020

Defence Deconstructed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network and is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).

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

On this episode of the Energy Security3 Podcast, Kelly Ogle discusses with energy expert and Principal of JTC Energy Research Associates LLC, Jude Clemente, about the relationship between US and Canadian energy security, and the future of this relationship after the recent US election.

 

Participant Bio:

 

- Jude Clemente is an energy expert, commentator, and Principal at JTC Energy Research Associates LLC

 

Host Bio:

 

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

 

Recording Date: 11 Nov 2020

 

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

Sarah-Myriam et Thomas discutent avec Rosemary Barton des implications pour le Canada des élections récentes aux États-Unis. Rosemary analyse en particulier le rôle des médias face à la présidence de Donald Trump. Elle discute également du contexte politique au Canada. Elle explique aussi que si le gouvernement Trudeau et la future administration Biden vont se trouver en accord sur plusieurs dossiers, ils risquent tout de même d’être en désaccord sur d’autres.

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, Colin Robertson talks to Pew Research’s Jacob Poushter about security perceptions across 14 democracies, including the United States, and their implications.

Participants’ Bios:

- Jacob Poushter is an associate director at Pew Research Center. He is an expert in international survey research and writes about international public opinion on a variety of topics (https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jacob-poushter/)

Host Bio:

- Colin Robertson (host) is a former Canadian diplomat, now Vice President of and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

You can read the reports whose data Jacob and Colin discuss here:

- https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/23/how-people-in-14-countries-view-the-state-of-the-world-in-2020/

- https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/23/foreign-policy-experts-in-the-u-s-have-much-different-views-about-threats-to-the-country-than-the-general-public/

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What Jacob Poushter is reading:

- Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard, https://www.brandonsanderson.com/dawnshard-is-out/

Recording Date: 12 Nov 2020

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

On this episode of the Defence Deconstructed Podcast, David Perry talks to Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff, General Jonathan Vance

Participant Bio:

- General Vance has deployed across the globe numerous times in the service of Canada, including two tours in Afghanistan as the Commander of Joint Task Force Afghanistan and Task Force Kandahar. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross twice, is a Commander of the Order of Military Merit, and was awarded the Mentioned-in-Dispatches for his leadership during peacekeeping operations in Croatia. (https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/chief-defence-staff/cds-bio.html)

Host Bio:

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

What General Vance is reading

- H.R. McMaster, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World, https://www.harpercollins.com/products/battlegrounds-h-r-mcmaster?variant=32116212891682

- Peter Nichols, A Voyage for Mad Men, https://www.amazon.ca/Voyage-Madmen-Peter-Nichols-ebook/dp/B000QTEA4M

Recording Date: 4 Nov 2020

Defence Deconstructed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network and is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).

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

In the 37th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve talk about the US Election, Remembrance Day and the risk of a civil war in Ethiopia. This week we have a new segment called ‘ask an expert’ where an expert will answer a question they are frequently asked, this week Carmen Poulin & Lynne Goliquer answering ‘What was it like for “partners” of LGBT soldiers during the purge and the policy implications?’ [21:10]. Our feature interview guest is Brigadier-General Lise Bourgon [31:55], CDN Visiting Defence Fellow 2020-21&Women Peace and Security Champion in the CAF. This week’s RnR segment [54:35], 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 Longest Day (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056197/)

2. A Bridge Too Far (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075784/)

3. Nigella Lawson’s At My Table (https://www.nigella.com/books/at-my-table)

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, Colin Robertson talks to Hon. Frank McKenna on how the United States and Canada can move on from the 2020 elections .

Participants’ Bios:

- Hon. Frank McKenna was former Premier of New Brunswick, former US Ambassador, and is now Deputy Chair of TD Bank. (https://www.tdsecurities.com/ca/en/frank-mckenna-biography)

Host Bio:

- Colin Robertson (host) is a former Canadian diplomat, now Vice President of and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson

What Hon.Frank McKenna is reading:

- Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0089EHKE8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1)

Recording Date: 6 Nov 2020

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