Energy Security Cubed: The Roots of Crisis in Francophone Africa with Joe Ingram and Chris Roberts

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan discuss current events in energy security, including the Saudi and Russian extension of crude curtailment policies, offshore wind price spikes in the United States, and the concept of "carbon contracts for difference" in Canada. For the interview section of the podcast, Joe talks with Joe Ingram and Chris Roberts about the intersection of resources, development, and foreign interference in Francophone Africa, and the resulting political instability which laid the groundwork for the recent coups in Niger and Gabon. Guest Bios: - Joe Ingram is a CGAI Fellow and a former official with the World Bank, where he worked for 30 years with a primary focus on Francophone Africa - Chris Roberts is a CGAI Fellow, President of African Access Consulting, and a Sessional Instructor in International Relations at the University of Calgary Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Reading Recommendations - "Soldier and State in Africa", by Claude E. Welch: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-modern-african-studies/article/abs/soldier-and-state-in-africa/694B14E68815E981008281FC6691B75C - "Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century", by Augusto Lopez-Claros, Arthur L. Dahl, and Maja Groff: https://www.amazon.ca/Global-Governance-Emergence-Institutions-Century/dp/1108701809 - "Robert S. McNamara at the World Bank: In Retrospect", by Olivier Lafourcade, Leif E. Christoffersen, Anders E. E. Ljungh, Sven Burmester, Caio K. Koch-Weser, and Rainer B. Steckhan: https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/35898 Interview recording Date: September 5, 2023 Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.