The CGAI Podcast Network

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature the audio from a panel focusing on the economic and business implications of future developments in the Canada-US energy relationship from the CGAI Energy Security Forum Conference, "What is the Future of the Canada-US Energy Relationship". // For the podcast's intro section, Joe and Kelly discuss COP29 and China's rise in copper smelting. // Guest Bio: - Leah Carson is Partner in the Deal Advisory and Global Infrastructure Advisory practices of KPMG Canada - Rich Voorberg is President of Siemens Energy North America - Serge Dupont is a Senior Advisor and the Head of Public Policy at Bennett Jones LLP - Trevor Sutton is a Senior Research Associate for the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University - Paul Cheliak is Vice President, Strategy and Delivery at the Canadian Gas Association // Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Interview recording Date: October 3, 2024 // 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.

On Triple Helix edition of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Alex Salt about interoperability and interchangeability and their applications in a Canadian military context. Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. Triple Helix is a Collaborative Network funded by the Department of National Defence's MINDS program. Read Alex Salt's "Canada and the Interoperability Challenge": https://www.cgai.ca/canada_and_the_interoperability_challenge Dr. Alex Salt is Triple Helix's Post-Doctoral Fellow – https://www.cgai.ca/triple_helix_alexander_salt Host: Dr. David Perry is the President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and a Co-Director of Triple Helix – https://www.cgai.ca/david_perry Music Credits: Drew Phillips. Producer: Charlotte Duval-Lantoine

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with the former British High Commissioner to Canada, now British Ambassador to Mexico, about her experiences helping manage the Canada-UK relationship and some reflections on her time in Canada. // Participants' bios - Susannah is a career Diplomatic Service officer who recently completed her three-year appointment as High Commissioner to Canada. Susannah previously served as Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary and her foreign assignments include Washington and Havana.   // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // // Reading Recommendations: - Books by Naomi Alderman: https://naomialderman.com/ // Recording Date: October 25, 2024.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, Dr. Alexander Salt speaks to Cdr Gray, LCol Couillard, LCol Luhning, LCol Peitzsche, and Maj Gaulthier about their services' approach to AI Adoption. This episode is from Triple Helix' October 29, 2024 roundtable on AI adoption within the Canadian Armed Forces. It was made possible thanks to the Department of National Defence's MINDS program, CGAI's strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Hanwha Defence and Ocean, and our roundtable sponsor L3Harris Technologies. Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. • Cdr Gray, Section Head, Naval Innovation, RCN • LCol Couillard, J6, CANSOFCOM • Col Luhning, Director, Digital and Army Combat System Integration, Canadian Army • LCol Peitzsche, C4ISR Requirement Analysis Section Head, RCAF • Dr. Alexander Salt, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Triple Helix Music Credits: Drew Philipps. Producer: Charlotte Duval-Lantoine

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature the audio from a panel focusing on energy policy coordination between Canada and the United States from the CGAI Energy Security Forum Conference, "What is the Future of the Canada-US Energy Relationship". // For the podcast's intro section, Joe and Kelly discuss the US election, their guesses for November oil prices, and the oil and gas emissions cap. // Guest Bio: - Monica Gattinger is a CGAI Fellow and the Founding Chair of Positive Energy at the University of Ottawa - Jacquie Hoornweg is a CGAI Fellow and Adjunct Professor at Ontario Tech University - Robert (RJ) Johnston is the Senior Director of Research at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy - Mark Cameron is Vice President, External Relations at the Pathways Alliance // Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Interview recording Date: October 3, 2024 // 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.

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Professor Raja Mohan and CGAI Fellows Stewart Beck and Vina Nadjibulla about Indian foreign policy and the Canada-India relationship in the wake of the tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions. // Participants' bios - Raja Mohan is the former director of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore and advisor to the Council for Strategic and Defense Research in New Delhi, and was the founding director of Carnegie India. - Stewart Beck served as Canada’s High Commissioner to India in addition to various other senior assignments in Asia as well as serving as our Consul General to San Francisco and later as President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation. - Vina Nadjibulla is Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // Read & Watch: - "Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy", by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250840554/undergroundempire - Canadian Foreign Interference Commission Public Hearings: https://foreigninterferencecommission.ca/public-hearings - "Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East", by Kim Ghattas: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250131218/blackwave // Recording Date: October 21, 2024. Release date: 25 October 2024

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Will Richardson about AUKUS, its impact on defence alliances, and why Canada should work to join it. This conversation is based on a paper Will published with the Royal Canadian Military Institute: https://www.rcmi.org/getmedia/1d82ad39-bd54-4954-8f5a-ccf416689469/Sitrep_2024-10_digital.aspx Will Richardson is a Fellow at CGAI and Triple Helix, and is a PhD Candidate at Carleton University. https://www.cgai.ca/triple_helix_william_richardson Dr. David Perry is President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/david_perry Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music Credit to Drew Philips.

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature two presentations from the recent CGAI conference, "What is the Future of the Canada-US Energy Relationship". In these presentations, Tom Moerenhout and Rory Johnston unpack the dynamics of Canada-US trade in critical minerals and oil. // Guest Bio: - Dr. Tom Moerenhout is a Research Scholar with Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy - Rory Johnston is a CGAI Fellow and the Founder of commodity research platform Commodity Context // Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Interview recording Date: October 3, 2024 // 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. Release date: 31 October 2024

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Tyler McCann and CGAI Fellows Deanna Hoton and John Weekes about Canada as an agri-food power, trade negotiations and supply management.   // Participants' bios - Tyler McCann is the Managing Director of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. His career in agri-food policy includes working for federal ministers, farm groups, industry associations and agri-food businesses - Deanna Horton is a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center Canada Institute. Her various postings included Tokyo, Washington and service as our ambassador to Vietnam. - John Weekes served as Canada’s Chief Negotiator for the NAFTA and then as our Ambassador to the World Trade Organization before a distinguished career in the private sector. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // Read & Watch: - "Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance", by Ramie Targoff: https://www.amazon.ca/Shakespeares-Sisters-Women-Wrote-Renaissance/dp/0525658033 - "Mater 2-10", by Hwang Sok-Yong: https://www.amazon.ca/Mater-2-10-Hwang-Sok-yong/dp/1957363312 - "The Trade Guys", with Scott Miller and Bill Reinsch: https://www.csis.org/podcasts/trade-guys - "Rage the Night", by Donna Morrissey: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/612626/rage-the-night-by-donna-morrissey/9780735239210 - "What Is Government Good At? A Canadian Answer", by Donald J. Savoie: https://www.mqup.ca/what-is-government-good-at--products-9780773546219.php // Recording Date: October 18, 2024.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry is joined by Dr. Julie Kim to discuss the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty between Russia and North Korea, and the implications for Indo-Pacific and global security. Guest bio: Dr. Julie Kim is the Canadian Global Affairs Institute's Korea Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow – https://www.cgai.ca/julie_kim Read her piece on the Russia-DPRK Treaty and her work on Korean security here: https://www.cgai.ca/2024_korea_security Host bio: Dr. David Perry is the President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/staff#Perry Recorded October 25, 2024. Music credits to Drew Philipps.