Guest: Dr. John Gilmour, Fellow with Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Retired Head-Strategic Planning and Operational Analysis with CSIS’ Counter-Terrorism Division 

Guest: Tristin Hopper, Columnist and Reporter, National Post. 

Guest: Michael Chong, MP for Wellington-Halton Hills; Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister 

Guest: Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail Correspondent in Moldova  

Guest: Varvara Pakhomenko, Conflict Analyst 

Ukraine on the ground, Understanding Vladimir Putin’s strategy & China’s role and reaction to the Ukraine invasion - Feb 24th, 2022

Ukraine on the ground - an educated father/daughter share their expertise and ties to Ukraine

Guests: Dr. Tamara Krawchenko, an assistant professor of public administration at the University of Victoria and a member of the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems. Directly connected to Ukraine - sister + her sister’s three children fleeing Kyiv

Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko, the former director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the University of Alberta, former vice-rector of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine in Kyiv - currently Dean of the Graduate School of Development for the University of Central Asia

Understanding Vladimir Putin’s strategy

Guest: Kathryn Stoner, senior fellow at the Freemon Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and author of Russia Resurrected  

China’s role and reaction to the Ukraine invasion 

Guest: Gordon Houlden, Director Emeritus of the China Institute, University of Alberta 

Guest: Eugene Lupynis, board director of Richmond’s Ivan Franko Ukrainian Centre

Guest: Gordon Houlden, Director Emeritus of the China Institute, University of Alberta 

Guest: Kathryn Stoner, senior fellow at the Freemon Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and author of Russia Resurrecte

Guest: Elis Vllasi, a political scientist, specializing in Russian hostile influences and NATO