On today's 'Global Exchange' Podcast, we look at the need for modernization and evolution within the Canada-US bilateral security partnership, with an emphasis on the modernization and expansion of NORAD. Join our host David Perry in conversation with CGAI Fellow Andrea Charron for a run-down of NORAD's role within North America, and how it can be modernized to face the evolving security environment of the 21st century.

Bios:

David Perry (host) - the Senior Analyst and a Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Andrea Charron - a CGAI Fellow and the Deputy-Director of the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies and Assistant Professor in Political Studies.

Book Recommendations:

- Andrea Charron - "TEthnic Diasporas and the Canada-United States Security Community: From the Civil War to Today" - by David G. Haglund(https://www.amazon.ca/Ethnic-Diasporas-Canada-United-Security-Community/dp/1442242698/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499369141&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Ethnic+Diasporas+David+Hagland)

Related Links:

- "Beyond NORAD and Modernization to North American Defence Evolution" - by Andrea Charron & James Fergusson (http://www.cgai.ca/beyond_norad_and_modernization_to_north_american_defence_evolution#About)

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Produced by Jared Maltais and Meaghan Hobman. Music credits to Drew Phillips.