The CGAI Podcast Network

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

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.

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 the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature the keynote speech from the Energy Security Forum Conference, "What is the Future of the Canada-US Energy Relationship". In this speech, Robert Johnston provides an overview of the global context and how it could impact energy relations between the two countries. // For the podcast's intro section, Joe and Kelly discuss Cuba's power outages and the impact of political instability on LNG export out of Mozambique. // Guest Bio: - Robert (RJ) Johnston is the Senior Director of Research at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy // 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 moderates a panel of prominent experts on Canada-U.S. relations on the upcoming US election and what it could mean for Canada. Participants' bios - Bruce Stokes is a visiting senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, and senior editor of the 2022 Transatlantic Trends Surve - David MacNaughton is the Canadian President of Palantir Technologies, a data analytics and software firm based in Denver, Colorado. Prior to this appointment, he was Canada’s 24th Ambassador to the United States for three and a half years. - Gary Doer was the 23rd Canadian Ambassador to the United States and former Premier of Manitoba. - Louise Blais is a senior special advisor to the Business Council of Canada. Louise was Canada’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2017-2021. Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson Read & Watch: - "My Life in Politics", Lloyd Axworthy: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/lloyd-axworthy/ - "The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis", by George Stephanopoulos: https://www.amazon.ca/Situation-Room-Inside-Presidents-Crisis/dp/1538740761 - "At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House", by H.R. McMaster: https://www.harpercollins.ca/9780062899507/at-war-with-ourselves/ Recording Date: October 15, 2024.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, you'll first hear then Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure and Environment) Rob Chambers discuss how is office is moving forward on the defence real property investments. Then, you’ll hear a panel discussion on greening DND’s infrastructure portfolio, featuring: • Saleem Sattar, Director General, Environment and Sustainable Management at DND • Lou Riccoboni, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories & Partner, Prospectus and Associates • Sonia Powell, Real estate executive • And moderated by Scott Stevenson, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute These recordings are from our June 13, 2024 conference on building the necessary infrastructure for NORAD modernization, which took place on June 13, 2024. This event 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, Cenovus, conference sponsors Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, PCL Construction, and Rio Tinto. Music credits to Drew Philips. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine.

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan interview Sara Vakhshouri about the expanding conflict between Israel and Iran, and considerations of Iranian oil export. // For the podcast's intro section, Joe and Kelly discuss the IEA's World Energy Outlook 2024. // Guest Bio: - Dr. Sara Vakhshouri is the President of SVB Energy International, Professor of Energy Security at the Institute for World Politics, and a Fellow at CGAI // 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 // Reading recommendations: - "Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century", by Joya Chatterji: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300272680/shadows-at-noon/ // Interview recording Date: October 15, 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 Hon. Lloyd Axworthy and Hon. Allan Rock and Michael Manulak about how Canada should frame next year’s G7 in Kananaskis, Alberta. // Participants' bios - Lloyd Axworthy is a former president of the University of Winnipeg and Director and CEO of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to secure the Land Mines Treaty, part of the Human Security agenda that he shepherded as Minister of Foreign Affairs. - Allan Rock is President Emeritus of the University of Ottawa, and a former Professor in its Faculty of Law. He previously served as a member of Parliament holding various cabinet positions including Justice and Attorney General, Health and Industry. Allan also served as our Ambassador to the UN. - CGAI Fellow Michael Manulak is assistant professor at NPSIA. He previously served in government, negotiating proliferation issues at DND. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // // Read & Watch: - "Autocracy, Inc.", by Anne Applebaum: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302/autocracy-inc-by-anne-applebaum/ - "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s", by Doris Kearns Goodwin: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/An-Unfinished-Love-Story/Doris-Kearns-Goodwin/9781982108663 - "My Life in Politics", by Lloyd Axworthy: https://www.amazon.ca/Lloyd-Axworthy-My-Life-Politics/dp/1998365077 - "The Better Part of Valour: Essays on Canadian Diplomacy", by John W. Holmes: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1w6tg1n // Recording Date: October 7, 2024.