The CGAI Podcast Network

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we sit down with BGen Christopher Horner to discuss Canada's plans for space, the creation and evolution of 3 Canadian Space Division (3CSD) and the future of Canadian space activity in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and Department of National Defence (DND). // Guest bios: BGen Christopher Warner is the Commander of 3 Canadian Space Division (3 CSD) and Joint Force Space Component Commander // Host bio: David Perry is President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Recommended Readings: - "Final Orbit" by Chris Hadfield // Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll Release date: 06 February 2026

On this special episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan discuss the interaction of energy and foreign policy in the Trump administration in 2026, including consideration of Iran, India, Russia, China, and Venezuela. // Donate to CGAI here: buy.stripe.com/28o29deEmeCH1ck8ww // - Kelly Ogle is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is VP, Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. // 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 #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Stewart Beck, Vina Nadjibulla, Ted Lipman and Hugh Stephens to discuss Prime Minister Carney's recent visit to China and it's implications for our relationship with China, the Indo-Pacific and Canadian foreign policy going forward. // Participants' bios: - Stewart Beck served as Canada’s High Commissioner to India and is the former as President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation. - Vina Nadjibulla is Vice-President, Research & Strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. - Ted Lipman is a career foreign service officer with assignments in Beijing, Consul General in Shanghai and as our Ambassador to Korea. - Hugh Stephens served at Canadian missions in Hong Kong, Beijing, Islamabad and Seoul and as Head of Mission in Taipei. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. // Reading Recommendations: - "What Carney’s China Trip Really Signalled" by Vina Nadjibulla - "Civilizations" by Laurent Binet - "Apple in China" by Patrick McGee - "How China Works" by Xiaohuan Lan - "He Did Not Conquer" by Madelaine Drohan // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll // Recording Date: January 20, 2026 Release date: February 3, 2026

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we sit down with Mike Greenley to discuss the next bound of space exploration, the emerging space economy, Canada's defence space needs and the opportunity to leverage Canadian defence industry in a space context. // Guest bios: Mike Greenley is the CEO of MDA Space // Host bio: David Perry is President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll Release date: 30 January 2026

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe talks with Rory Johnston about how oil flows are shifting given the political turmoil in Venezuela, Iran, and the U.S.-Europe relationship, and how it impacts Canada. // Guest Bio: - Rory Johnston is a CGAI Fellow and Founder of Commodity Context // Host Bio: - Joe Calnan is VP Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Reading recommendation: - "Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse: Inside the Collapse of Venezuela", by William Neuman: https://www.amazon.ca/Things-Never-That-They-Worse-ebook/dp/B092T93X6M - "Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety", by Eric Schlosser: https://www.amazon.ca/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788 // Interview recording Date: January 20, 2026 // 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 #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Mark Norman, Vincent Rigby, Howard Balloch and Paul Meyer to discuss NATO, Carney, Trump and Davos. // Participants' bios: - Mark Norman served as Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff. - Howard Balloch is a career foreign service officer and former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to China, Mongolia and North Korea. - Paul Meyer is a fellow in international security and adjunct Professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University, and a Director of the Canadian Pugwash Group. - Vincent Rigby is Slater Family Professor of Practice at McGill’s Max Bell School of Public Policy and former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. // Reading Recommendations: - "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" by Tim Weiner - "Quantum Of Menace" by Vaseem Khan - "The Mosquito: A Human History Of Our Deadliest Predator" by Timothy C. Winegard - "The Restless Wave" by James Stavridis // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll // Recording Date: January 23, 2026 Release date: January 27, 2026

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we sit down with Kristian Søby Kristensen to discuss the evolution of the relationship between Denmark and the United States from a military and strategic perspective, how that relationship includes Greenland and using this history to situate recent events with President Trump. // Guest bios: Kristian Søby Kristensen is the Head of the Strategy and War Studies Program, Royal Danish Defence Institute // Host bio: David Perry is President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll Release date: 23 January 2026

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe talks with Rob Huebert and Ron Wallace about their recent chapter in the Palgrave Handbook of Arctic Policy and Politics, and considerations for the interests of Russia and the United States in the Arctic. You can find the Palgrave Handbook of Arctic Policy and Politics here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-03031-3 // Guest Bio: - Rob Huebert is a CGAI Fellow, Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary, and Director of the Centre for Military Security and Strategic Studies - Ron Wallace is a CGAI Fellow and expert on Arctic resource development and regulation // Host Bio: - Joe Calnan is VP Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Reading recommendation: - "Churchill and Fisher: The titans at the Admiralty who fought the First World War", by Barry Gough: https://www.amazon.ca/Churchill-Fisher-titans-Admiralty-fought/dp/1459411366 - "So You Want to Own Greenland?", by Elizabeth Buchanan: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/817239/so-you-want-to-own-greenland-by-elizabeth-buchanan/ - "Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones", by James Clear: https://www.amazon.ca/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299 - "Freedom Fighter: John Diefenbaker's Battle for Canadian Liberties and Independence", by Bob Plamondon: https://www.amazon.ca/Freedom-Fighter-Diefenbakers-Liberties-Independence/dp/1069254509 // Interview recording Date: January 16, 2026 // 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 #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Frank Graves to discuss the upcoming challenges facing Canada in 2026. // Participants' bios Frank Graves is a CGAI Fellow and President and CEO of EKOS Research Associates Inc. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. // Reading Recommendations: - "Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber" by Wendy Brown // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll // Recording Date: January 15, 2026 Release date: January 19, 2026

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we sit down with Michael Petric to discuss his latest paper, “Opportunities for Canadian Generative AI in the Indo-Pacific”. We examine the opportunities for Canadian AI in the Indo-Pacific, and what both government and industry can do to pursue them. // Guest bios: Michael Petric is an Advisor - Defence and Public Procurement at Bondy & Associates and a CGAI Fellow. // Host bio: David Perry is President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Recommended Readings: - "Opportunities for Canadian Generative AI in the Indo-Pacific" by Michael Petric - "The Finest Hotel in Kabul" by Lyse Doucet // Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll Release date: 16 January 2026

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe talks with David Mares about the American intervention in Venezuela, what it means for the Venezuelan people and energy industry, and what would need to happen to build a better future for Venezuelans. You can find David's book "Resource Nationalism and Energy Policy" here: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/resource-nationalism-and-energy-policy/9780231202947/ // Guest Bio: - David R. Mares is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Institute of the Americas Endowed Chair for Inter-American Affairs Emeritus at the University of California San Diego's Department of Political Science, as well as the Baker Institute Scholar for Latin American Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University // Host Bio: - Joe Calnan is VP Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Reading recommendation: - "The Grey Wolf: A Novel", by Louise Penny: https://www.amazon.ca/Grey-Wolf-Novel-Inspector-Gamache-ebook/dp/B0CQHLDW2T - "The Black Wolf: A Novel", by Louise Penny: https://www.amazon.ca/Black-Wolf-Novel-Inspector-Gamache-ebook/dp/B0DPJ5W41H // Interview recording Date: January 9, 2026 // 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 #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with The Honourable Perrin Beatty and The Honourable John Manley to look at Canada, the world in 2026 and the world in 2026 in the context of the Carney government’s foreign policy review. // Participants' bios - The Honourable Perrin Beatty is a former Minister of National Defence, former President and CEO of CBC and former President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. - The Honourable John Manley is a former Finance and Industry Minister and served as the eighth Deputy Prime Minister to Canada. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. // Reading Recommendations: - "Autocracy Inc." by Anne Applebaum - "He Did Not Conquer" by Madelaine Drohan - "James Madison" by Garry Wills - "Canada Rising: From Crisis to Renewal" by The Honourable Perrin Beatty and Fen Olser Hampson // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll // Recording Date: January 12, 2026 Release date: January 13, 2026

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we sit down with Bibi Imre-Millei to discuss her research, specifically her latest paper, "Canada's Drone Use and Ethics Program". // Guest bios: Bibi Imre-Millei is a PhD student at the Department of Political Science at Lund University in Sweden, researching drone operator identity and community from a critical perspective. // Host bio: David Perry is President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Recommended Readings: - "Canada's Drone Use and Ethics Program" by Bibi Imre-Millei - "Play Nice" by Rachel Harrison - "After The Clearances" by Alison Leyland // Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll Release date: 09 January 2026

On this special episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan discuss Venezuela, as well as major events in global and Canadian energy security in 2025. // Donate to CGAI here: buy.stripe.com/28o29deEmeCH1ck8ww // Guests: - Trevor Tombe, Professor at the University of Calgary's Department of Economics and the Director of Fiscal and Economic Policy at The School of Public Policy - Brad Setser, Whitney Shepardson senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations - Heather Exner-Pirot, Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute - Mark Maki, Chief Executive Officer of Trans Mountain Corporation - Jack Mintz, Canadian Economist // - Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is VP, Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. // Reading recommendations: - "President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier", by CW Goodyear: https://www.amazon.ca/President-Garfield-Radical-CW-Goodyear/dp/1982146915 - "The Gold: The real story behind Brink’s-Mat: Britain’s biggest heist", by Neil Forsyth and Thomas Turner: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-gold-the-real-story-behind-brinks-mat-britains-biggest-heist/9781529149548.html - "The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume I: The Ancient World and Christendom", by James Hankins and Allan C. Guelzo: https://www.amazon.ca/Golden-Thread-Ancient-World-Christendom/dp/1641773995 // 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 #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Dr. Ian Brodie and Darrell Bricker to discuss their takeaways from the Halifax Security Forum as they look into the coming year. Thank you to everyone who donated to us this Giving Tuesday, an important day for registered charities like the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. If you wish to support us, please click the link here: www.cgai.ca/support All donations will receive a 100% CRA charitable donation tax receipt. Thank you in advance for your consideration. // Participants' bios - Darrell Bricker is CEO at Ipsos Public Affairs and co-author of a new book, Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk. - Dr. Ian Brodie is the Program Director at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and Professor at the University of Calgary. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. // Reading Recommendations: - "Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk" by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson -"Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times" by Richard J. Gwyn -"Why We Drive" by Matthew B. Crawford // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll // Recording Date: January 05, 2026 Release date: January 06, 2026

In this first episode of Defence Deconstructed for 2026, we feature our most popular episode from 2025, "Inflection Point: Canadian Army Modernization" with Lieutenant-General Michael Wright, Commander of the Canadian Army. David Perry sits down with Lieutenant-General Wright to discuss the Canadian Army's most ambitious transformation in decades. This transformation includes shifting the Army’s four divisions to a mission-first, effect-driven model. It is a generational change in how the Army is structured, equipped, and trained. The Evolving Canadian Army will ensure it is ready for the challenges of a new era characterized by global instability. // Guest bios: Lieutenant-General Michael Wright is the Commander of the Canadian Army // Host bio: - David Perry is President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Recommended Readings: - "White Sun War" by Major General (Ret'd) Mick Ryan - "The Evolving Canadian Army" by The Canadian Army // Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll Release date: 2 January 2026

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we’re featuring a fireside chat from our November 27th 2025 conference, Creating Pan-Domain Continental Defence, with the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet. Thank you the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program and all our sponsors who made the conference, and this episode, possible. We’d also like to thank everyone who donated to the Institute on Giving Tuesday, your support is incredibly important in helping us deliver our programming. If you didn’t have a chance to donate, but still want to support the Institute or podcast, you can still do so through the support link on our website. // Guest bios: - Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet is the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force // Host bio: - David Perry is President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll Release date: 26 December 2025

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we’re featuring the second panel from our November 12th 2025 Defence Procurement Conference, with Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee and Lieutenant-General Michael Wright. Thank you the Department of National Defence’s MINDS program and all our sponsors who made the conference, and this episode, possible. We’d also like to thank everyone who donated to the Institute on Giving Tuesday, your support is incredibly important in helping us deliver our programming. If you didn’t have a chance to donate, but still want to support the Institute or podcast, you can still do so through the support link on our website – if you do before the end of the year you’ll be eligible for a 100% CRA charitable donation tax credit for 2025. // Guest bios: - Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet is the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force - Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee is the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy - Lieutenant-General Michael Wright is the Commander of the Canadian Army // Host bio: - David Perry is President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Defence Deconstructed was brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll Release date: 19 December 2025

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe and Kelly talk with Shannon Joseph about her recent paper for CGAI "Waiting for Canada to 'Build, Baby, Build'". Discussed in the podcast: - https://www.cgai.ca/pp_waiting_for_canada_to_build_baby_build - https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-the-budget-is-done-start-building-baby // Guest Bio: - Shannon Joseph is Chair of Energy for a Secure Future and a Fellow with CGAI // Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute - Joe Calnan is VP Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute // Reading recommendation: - "A Tale Of Two Cities", by Charles Dickens: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/a-tale-of-two-cities/9780141439600.html // Interview recording Date: December 12, 2025 // 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 #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Julia Bentley and Phil Calvert to discuss the intricacies of Taiwan and China. Thank you to everyone who donated to us this Giving Tuesday, an important day for registered charities like the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. If you wish to support us, please click the link here: www.cgai.ca/support All donations will receive a 100% CRA charitable donation tax receipt. Thank you in advance for your consideration. // Participants' bios - Julia Bentley is a former Canadian diplomat who served in both Beijing and Taipei. She is affiliated with the University of Toronto, York and National Taiwan University, and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. - Phil Calvert is a CGAI Fellow, former Canadian diplomat and Senior Fellow at the University of Alberta and Associate at the University of Victoria Center for Asia Pacific Initiatives. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. // Reading Recommendations: - "Reimagining China Studies: Taiwan as a Platform for Engaging with the Sinosphere" by Julia Bentley - "The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West" by Amitav Acharya - "The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collection" translated by Christopher Rea and Bruce Rusk - "There are Rivers in the Sky" by Elif Shafak - "The Conscience of the Party" by Robert L. Suettinger // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Jordyn Carroll // Recording Date: December 10, 2025 Release date: December 15, 2025