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On this special episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson is joined by the Honourable Jean Charest, Honourable Peter MacKay and the Honourable John Manley. Participants' bios - The Honourable Jean Charest served as premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012, as well as deputy prime minister under Prime Minister Kim Campbell - The Honourable John Manley served as deputy prime minister of Canada from 2002 to 2003, as well as portfolios including Industry, Foreign Affairs and Finance - The Honourable Peter MacKay served as minister for Atlantic Canada Opportunities, Foreign Affairs, Defence, Justice and as Attorney General Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson Read & Watch: - "Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World", by H.R. McMaster: https://www.amazon.ca/Battlegrounds-Fight-Defend-Free-World/dp/0062899465 - "Red Line Podcast": https://www.theredlinepodcast.com/episodes - "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen", by David Brooks: https://www.amazon.ca/How-Know-Person-Seeing-Others/dp/059323006X - "How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going", by Vaclav Smil: https://www.amazon.ca/How-World-Really-Works-Science/dp/0593297067 - "Tom Lake", by Ann Patchett, audiobook voiced by the spectacular, luxurious tones of Meryl Streep: https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Tom-Lake-A-Novel/dp/B0BPZYH97W Recording Date: January 9, 2024. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs) and Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Sara Newland, Scott Simon, Chiaoning Su, and Wen-Ti Sung to discuss the geopolitical implication of the Taiwanese election. This conversation took place on January 10th, 2024 and was made possible thanks to the support of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. Then, you’ll hear a discussion between David Perry, Deputy Minister of Defence Bill Matthews, and Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Simon Kennedy about the evolution of procurement since Strong, Secure, Engaged. This conversation is part of our 2023 Procurement Conference, which took place on November 29, 2023 in Ottawa. This conference was made possible thanks to the support of our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding, and Hanwha Defence; conference silver sponsors L3Harris, CAE, and Seaspan; as well as bronze sponsors Thales and Microsoft. Guests biographies Sara Newland is an Assistant Professor of Government at Smith College – https://www.smith.edu/people/sara-newland Scott Simon is a Professor at the University of Ottawa – https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/1024 Chiaoning Su is an Associate Professor at Oakland University – https://oakland.edu/cj/faculty/su Wen-Ti Sung is a Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/wen-ti-sung/ Bill Matthews is Deputy Minister of National Defence – https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/deputy-minister-national-defence.html Simon Kennedy is Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada – https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/about-us/our-organization/deputy-minister/simon-kennedy Host biography Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/David_Perry Recording Date: 10 Jan 2024 and 29 Nov 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

On this special episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan discuss major events in global and Canadian energy security in 2023, and what to watch for into the future. Host Bios: - Kelly Ogle is CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Clip Guest Bios 1:02 - Kent Fellows, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and Fellow-in-Residence at the C.D. Howe Institute 8:46 - Michelle Bockmann, Senior Analyst at Lloyd's List Intelligence 16:40 - Morgan Bazilian, Director of the Payne Institute of Policy at the Colorado School of Mines 25:00 - Yves Giroux, Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer 34:55 - Joe Ingram, CGAI Fellow 41:10 - Amrita Sen, Co-Founder and Director of Research at Energy Aspects 49:00 - Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Vice Chairman at S&P Global What is Joe reading? 1. "The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War", by Robert J. Gordon: https://www.amazon.ca/Rise-Fall-American-Growth-Standard/dp/0691147728 2. "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World", by Niall Ferguson: https://www.amazon.ca/Ascent-Money-Financial-History-World/dp/0143116177 What is Kelly reading? 1. "The Appollo Murders", by Chris Hadfied: https://www.amazon.ca/The-Apollo-Murders/dp/0316264539 2. "The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada", by John Ibbitson: https://www.amazon.ca/Duel-Diefenbaker-Pearson-Making-Modern-ebook/dp/B0BZC4CL15 3. "Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada", by Stephen Bown: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/690690/dominion-by-stephen-r-bown/9780385698726 Recording Date: January 10, 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 Joseph Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson is joined by Bob Plamondon and Peter Donolo to discuss the career of Jean Chretien as the former Canadian Prime Minister approaches his 90th birthday. Find Colin's previous conversations with former Prime Minister Jean Chretien 2020: https://www.cgai.ca/jean_chretien_on_its_a_very_different_world_that_were_living_at_this_time 2021: https://www.cgai.ca/in_conversation_with_the_hon_jean_chretien Participants' bios - Peter Donolo is a CGAI Fellow. He served as Mr. Chretien’s director of Communications and later as Canada's Consul General in Milan - Bob Plamondon is the author of many books on Canadian political history including The Shawinigan Fox: How Jean Chretien Defied the Elites and Reshaped Canada. He is currently working on a new book looking at the Chretien leadership style. 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 Lincoln Project", Showtime Documentary Series: https://www.sho.com/the-lincoln-project - "The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World", by John Dickie: https://www.amazon.ca/Craft-Freemasons-Made-Modern-World/dp/161039867X Recording Date: January 8, 2023. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs) and Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, Kate Todd discusses developments in the Red Sea with David Perry and Noah Bonis-Charancle. Then, David Perry chats with Simon Page, Assistant Deputy Minister Defence and Marine Procurement at Public Services and Procurement Canada from our November 29th, 2023 Procurement Conference. This conference was made possible thanks to the support of the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program, our strategic sponsors Lockheed Martin Canada, General Dynamics, Irving Shipbuilding and Hanwha Defence; Gold Sponsor Raytheon Technologies, Silver Sponsors CAE, L3Harris Technologies, and Seaspan; and Bronze Sponsors Thales and Microsoft. Guest bios: Noah Bonis-Charancle is a Toronto-based lawyer at Gardiner Roberts and is a former Navigation Officer for The Royal Canadian Navy – https://grllp.com/profile/NoahBonis-Charancle Simon Page is the Assistant Deputy Minister Defence and Marine Procurement at Public Services and Procurement Canada – https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/corporate/transparency/briefing-materials/2023-minister-transition-book-1/biographies.html#a11 Host bio Kate Todd is CGAI's 2023-24 Women in Defence and Security Fellow – https://www.cgai.ca/katherine_todd Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/David_Perry Recording Date: 4 Jan 2024/ 29 Nov 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

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan talk with Sun Ryung Park about her recent paper for the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, "An Entrepreneurial State in Green Transition: Korea’s Energy Security and Canada-ROK Co-operation". You can find Sun's paper here: https://www.cgai.ca/an_entrepreneurial_state_in_green_transition_koreas_energy_security_and_canada_rok_co_operation Guest Bio: - Sun Ryung Park is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of British Columbia Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle in the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Reading recommendations: - "I May Be Wrong", by Björn Natthiko Lindeblad: https://www.amazon.co.uk/May-Be-Wrong-Wisdoms-Forest/dp/1526644827 Interview recording Date: December 13, 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.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Sunghwah Ko about what South Korea is doing to effectively deter North Korean escalation. This episode is part of a series on Canada-Korea relations funded by the Korea Foundation. Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. Guest bio: Sunghwah Ko is a PhD Candidate at Hankuk School of Foreign Affairs Host biography Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/David_Perry Recording Date: 13 Dec 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

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan talk with Ryan Berg about the current political situation between Guyana and Venezuela, and what it could mean for resource politics in Latin America. Guest Bio: - Ryan Berg is director of the Americas Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle in the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Reading recommendations: - "Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests", by Agathe Desmerais: https://www.amazon.ca/Backfire-Sanctions-Reshape-Against-Interests/dp/0231199902 Interview recording Date: December 19, 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.

On this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson is joined by Dan LIvermore and Pam Isfeld to discuss a recent report of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, "More Than a Vocation: Canada's Need for a 21st Century Foreign Service". You can find the report here: https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/441/AEFA/Reports/AEFA_ForeignServiceReport_Final_E.pdf Participants' bios - Dan Livermore is a former Canadian diplomat and an Honourary Senior Fellow at the University of Ottawa - Pam Isfeld is the President and Chair of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers 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 Negotiators" podcast from Foreign Policy Magazine: https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/negotiators/ - "Camelot and Canada: Canadian-American Relations in the Kennedy Era", by Asa McKercher: https://www.amazon.ca/Camelot-Canada-Canadian-American-Relations-Kennedy/dp/0190605057 - "The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada", by John Ibbitson: https://www.amazon.ca/Duel-Diefenbaker-Pearson-Making-Modern/dp/0771003269 Recording Date: December 19, 2023. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs) and Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry speaks to Daniel Jacinto about integration of emerging technology in the South Korean military and potential cooperation with Canada. This episode is part of a series founded by the Korea Foundation. To read the papers and hear the podcasts, visit: https://www.cgai.ca/2023_canada_korea_series Guest bio Daniel Jacinto is a PhD Student at McGill University Host bio: Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/David_Perry What Daniel is reading: Great Powers and Outlaw States by Gerry Simpson – https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/great-powers-and-outlaw-states/D5494BD19BB33F0DECD62B9C3C4B16DB Recording Date: 13 Dec 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