The CGAI Podcast Network

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature the first part of an extensive interview with Hal Kvisle about how climate and energy policy has evolved in Canada, and how the energy industry has shifted to meet these constraints. Stay tuned to next week's episode to catch the second part of the interview! // For the intro session, Kelly and Joe discuss the energy security impacts of the Israeli assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and BYD's indications of interest in selling EVs in Canada. // Guest Bio: - Hal Kvisle is Board Chair of ARC Resources, Board Chair of the nascent South Bow Corporation, and a Director of Finning International. Over a long career, Hal has served in senior positions for several major Canadian energy companies, including TC Energy and Talisman Energy. // 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: July 24, 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 this episode of The Event Edit, Dr. David Perry speaks Prof. Kristen Hopewell and Prof. Stephen Nagy about Taiwan’s place in international trade and its role in global economic security. This episode is part of a series on Taiwan’s place in the world and how its security is crucial to global security. This series was supported by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. For more, visit: https://www.cgai.ca/2024_taiwan_series Guest bios Prof. Kristen Hopewell is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Policy at the University of British Columbia and the author of Clash of Powers: US-China Rivalry in Global Trade Governance. Prof. Stephen Nagy is professor at the International Christian University in Tokyo and a CGAI Fellow Host biography Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/David_Perry Recording Date: 11 December 2023 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 Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, we are featuring a session from the CGAI's Annual Trade Conference, titled "National Security and Trade". Please note that due to audio recording issues, sections of the recording featuring speaker Mark Schaan have been excluded from the podcast release. // Participants' bios - Moderator: Adriana Vega, Vice President of Government Affairs at the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association - Sarah Goldfeder, Director, Government Relations and Corporate Affairs at General Motors - Trevor Neiman, Vice President, Policy and Legal Counsel at the Business Council of Canada - Vincent Rigby, Slater Family Professor of Practice at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University - Mark Schaan, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister for Strategy and Innovation Policy at the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // Recording Date: April 11, 2024.

On this week’s Defence Deconstructed: A Two Parter. First, Charlotte Duval-Lantoine speaks to Stefanie von Hlatky about the new NATO Women, Peace and Security Framework. Read the policy here: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_227578.htm Read Deploying Feminism by Stefanie von Hlatky: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/deploying-feminism-9780197653524 Then (41:51), you’ll hear Dan Doran, Mark Patterson, Ven Adamov, MGen Sylvain Ménard, and Alex Clarke discuss the intelligence mission data aspects of NORAD Modernization. This recording is part of Triple Helix’s first annual conference, which took place on May 1st, 2024. This event was made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program, CGAI’s strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Hanwha Ocean and Defence, and Cenovus, as well as the American Chamber of Commerce in Canada, reception sponsor L3Harris Technologies, and coffee break sponsor Bell. Guest biographies: Dr. Stéfanie von Hlatky is the Canada Research Chair in Gender, Security and the Armed Forces, and Professor of Political Studies at Queen’s University. https://www.cgai.ca/advisory_council#Hlatky Mark Patterson is Managing Director at SRC Can Ven Adamov is Partner, Data and Analytics at KPMG Alex Clarke is EW SME for SRC Can MGen Sylvain Ménard was, at the time of the conference, Chief Fighter Force and NORAD Capabilities, Royal Canadian Air Force Dan Doran is Director, Public Sector Solutions & Client Lead at KPMG Host biography Charlotte Duval-Lantoine is a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute https://www.cgai.ca/charlotte_duval_lantoine Recording Date: 25 July and 1 May 2024

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan interview Lukas Albrecht about commodity trading, commodity volatility, and the impact of the Trans Mountain Expansion on Canada's role in global commodity trading. You can find Ilia Bouchouev's episode of Energy Security Cubed here: https://www.cgai.ca/the_dominance_of_the_virtual_barrel_over_the_oil_market_with_ilia_bouchouev // For the intro session, Kelly and Joe discuss the Dangote refinery in Nigeria, South Korean nuclear exports, and Indonesia's alignment on oil imports. // Guest Bio: - Lukas Albrecht is a Proprietary & Physical Crude Oil Trader at Trafigura // 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: - "Virtual Barrels: Quantitative Trading in the Oil Market", by Ilia Bouchouev: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-36151-7 // Interview recording Date: July 24, 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 this episode of The Event Edit, Dr. David Perry speaks to Marc Mes, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, and Sean Wheeler about Canada’s contributions to combatting illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing in the Indo-Pacific. Biographies: Marc Mes is Director General, Fleet and Maritime Services at the Canadian Coast Guard Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee is the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy Sean Wheeler is Chief International Enforcement, Conservation and Protection at Fisheries and Ocean Canada Dr. David Perry is the President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. This episode is from a roundtable on illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing in the Indo-Pacific that took place on February 27, 2024.

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Roy Norton and Don Abelson about Canadian advocacy in the United States and navigating a potentially turbulent relationship for the coming years. // Participants' bios - Roy Norton is a CGAI Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo's Balsillie School of International Affairs - Don Abelson is Academic Director, Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement and Professor of Political Science at McMaster University. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // Read & Watch: - "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism", by Tim Alberta: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-kingdom-the-power-and-the-glory-tim-alberta?variant=41012408516642 // Recording Date: June 28, 2024.

On today’s episode of Defence Deconstructed, we have a Triple Helix two-parter for you. First, you’ll hear Dave Perry speaks with our fellow and former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy Vice Admiral Ron Lloyd about digital transformation and where the barriers lie. Today, we’ll focus on Canada’s classification system. Read Ron's paper on Canada's classification framework here: https://www.cgai.ca/canadas_security_classification_framework_the_biggest_impediment_to_realizing_our_digital_ambition Then, you’ll hear a panel discussion on enabling connectivity for NORAD modernization between our Triple Helix post-doctoral fellow Dr. Alexander Salt, Chief of Staff to the then named Digital Transformation Office Major-General Christopher Zimmer, Senior Counselor at Palantir Technologies Shon Manasco, and Co-Director of Triple Helix and Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs Dr. Alex Wilner. That conversation was a panel from Triple Helix’s first annual conference, which took place on May 1, 2024. This event was made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program, CGAI’s strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Hanwha Ocean and Defence, and Cenovus, as well as the American Chamber of Commerce in Canada, reception sponsor L3Harris Technologies, and coffee break sponsor Bell.

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan interview Stewart Muir about the challenge of combatting energy misinformation and take stock of BC energy policy, including on LNG. You can find Crystal Smith's episode of Energy Security Cubed here: https://www.cgai.ca/the_cedar_lng_blueprint_for_resource_development_with_crystal_smith // For the intro session, Kelly and Joe discuss Trump's ideas on energy policy, fires near Alberta's oil sands facilities, and Japanese plans for LNG. // Guest Bio: - Stewart Muir is the Founder and CEO of Resource Works and the host of the upcoming Power Struggle podcast // 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: - "The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives", By Ernest Scheyder: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-War-Below/Ernest-Scheyder/9781668011805 // Interview recording Date: July 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.

On this episode of The event Edit, Dr. Stephen Nagy speaks to Dr. Renato Cruz De Castro and Jonathan Berkshire Miller about the challenge of illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing in the Indo-Pacific, how it relates to other threats, and what measures can be taken to counter it. Guest bios Dr. Renato Cruz De Castro is a Professor at De la Salle University – https://globaltaiwan.org/member/renato-cruz-de-castro/ Jonathan Berkshire Miller is a Senior Fellow and the Director of Foreign Affairs, National Defence and National Security at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute –https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/cm-expert/jonathan-berkshire-miller/ Host bio: Dr. Stephen Nagy is a CGAI Fellow and a Professor at the International Christian University – https://www.cgai.ca/stephen_nagy Recording Date: 27 Feb 2024