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On Defence and Security – is a podcast series that examines defence and military affairs both in Canada and internationally. Bridging the gap between academic research and policy is crucial, especially in areas as complex and important as military and defense affairs. By providing a platform for informed discussions, Conversations on Defence and Security can help policymakers make more well-informed decisions and enable the public to better understand these critical issues. It likely serves as a resource for scholars, policymakers, military personnel, and anyone interested in defense and security matters, both in Canada and globally.
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CIDP Associate Director and host of today's episode Amarnath Amarasingam is discussing Genocide, the crime of crimes, with guest Mark Kersten, assistant Professor in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia.Mark Kersten is an Assistant Professor in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, and a Senior Consultant at the Wayamo Foundation in Berlin, Germany. He has a law degree from McGill University (2022) and a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics (2014). Mark is the author of numerous academic articles and the book, Justice in Conflict. He runs a blog by the same name. From 2023-2024, Mark worked as a legal researcher for the Office of the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, focusing on the application of international criminal law and human rights law, the primary areas of his expertise and research.sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp
Host Michael P.A. Murphy is joined by our guests Asa McKercher, Steven K. Hudson Research Chair at St Francis Xavier University, and Leah Sarson, Director, Centre for the Study of Security and Development, Dalhousie University. Both Asa and Leah are editors at International Journal.Founded in 1946, International Journal (IJ) is Canada’s pre-eminent journal of global policy analysis. Published in conjunction with the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History (CCIH), it combines brief, policy-relevant articles with longer, peer-reviewed, scholarly assessments of interest to foreign policy makers, analysts and academics in Canada and around the world. International Journal: https://thecic.org/research-publications/ij/sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp
CIDP Fellow and host of today's episode H. Christian Breede is joined by our guest Commander Peter MacNeil (Commanding Officer, HMCS Ville de Québec) to discuss his experience on the sea, what leadership means to him, and the influence technology has on strategy and planning. Commander Peter MacNeil grew up in a small town in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces as a Naval Warfare Officer in August 2001. Upon completion of the Fleet Navigating Officer(FNO) course, Commander MacNeil served as Navigating Officer in HMCS Montréal, Weapons Officer and Combat Officer in HMCS Halifax, and Combat Officer in HMCS Iroquois for her final Tiered Readiness Programme to High Readiness, including Iroquois' final Standard Missile firing in 2012. In 2018 Commander MacNeil received his first command, in HMCS Glace Bay. This was followed by an appointment as Executive Officer and then Commanding Officer of HMCS Charlottetown, and in 2024, he was appointed Commanding Officer of HMCS Ville de Québec, a position he still holds today.sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-list Visit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp
Host Michael P.A. Murphy is joined by our guests Simon J. Smith and Christoph Harig, both associate professors at the Royal Danish Defence College. Simon is the Editor in Chief at the Defence Studies journal and Christoph is Chief Editor at the Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies.Defence Studies:https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fdef20/about-this-journal#aims-and-scopeScandinavian Journal of Military Studies (SJMS):https://sjms.nu/sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp
Host Col Nicolas Gauthier is joined by today’s guest and CIDP Fellow H. Christian Breede. What role does the leader character play in the profession of arms? Nick and Christian discuss the role of leadership as central to the creation of healthy, high-performance teams. sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp
Host Katherine Rossy joins guest and CIDP Director Michael Murphy to discuss his trajectory to the role of director, new research paths (including the importance of quantum technology in security and defence) and plans for the centre over the next year and beyond.sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp
Visiting Defence Fellow and host of today's episode LTC Drew Lanier is joined by CIDP Fellow Grace Scoppio to discuss her research team’s project on collecting stories of immigrant military service members and sharing insights and opportunities for the Canadian Armed Forces.sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp
CIDP Fellow and host of today's episode H. Christian Breede is joined by our guest Major-General Greg Smith (Director General, International Security Policy, Department of National Defence) to discuss Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy, and, as a former CIDP visiting defence fellow, reminisce on his experience in the role at the Centre.sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-listVisit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp
Host Pierre Jolicoeur is joined by our guest Keir Giles (Researcher in Russian Power Projection) to discuss his latest book “Who Will Defend Europe?”, where he talks Trump/Putin parallels, and given the rhetoric around the 51st state ponders the question “who will defend Canada?”sign up for our newsletter : https://www.queensu.ca/cidp/mailing-list Visit us at https://www.queensu.ca/cidp
Host Amar Amarasingam is joined by guest Kacper Rekawek, Senior Research Fellow and Programme Lead at The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), as they discuss Russia, Ukraine and the second Trump term.Book: https://www.routledge.com/Foreign-Fighters-in-Ukraine-The-Brown-Red-Cocktail/Rekawek/p/book/9781032043982?srsltid=AfmBOop_80Z5RcbqGjuLOcwnIBIy81kdqmpma1TKuA0jVKOmB6V-M1zMPublication: https://icct.nl/publication/people-are-still-fighting-lack-change-foreign-fighters-ukraine
At the 2025 Pedagogy Symposium in Toronto, ON host Yolande Bouka (Political Studies, Queen's University) met up with Dr. Leigh Spanner to discuss her research on military families in the CAF and her applied teaching methods.this episode is brought to you by the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security. visit them at https://www.rnwps.ca
Host Katherine Rossy (CIDP Deputy Director of Research) is joined by author Tim Martin as they discuss his most recent book "Unwinnable Peace: Untold Stories of Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan".Purchase the book with promo code: IDPC2024 https://www.tidewaterpress.ca/unwinnable-peace/
Guest Host Daniel Brant, Daniel J. Brant & Associates (Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario) is joined by our two guest speakers today, Federica Caso, Lecturer - La Trobe University and Grazia Scoppio, Professor - RMC Canada. Federica and Grace discuss their latest research and recent article “Indigenous participation in the Canadian Armed Forces: Efforts towards Reconciliation?”.
Stéfanie von Hlatky joins our host Katherine Rossy to discuss her recent trip to the NATO Washington Summit and how WPS research fits into NATO's policies going forward.
Host Katherine Rossy (CIDP Deputy Director of Research) is joined by the Centre's director Howard Coombs, where they discuss Howard's trajectory to the CIDP and all things related to the Centre.
CIDP Fellow & Former Director Kim R. Nossal hosts today's episode. Joining him is George Takach, who shares details from his new book "Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the new Battle Between China, Russia, and America"
George S. Takach is a graduate of the University of Toronto (including IEP, Aix-en-Provence) (BA), the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (MA), and the Faculty of Law University of Toronto.
Host Yolande Bouka (Assistant Professor, Political Studies, Queen's University) is joined by guest Megan MacKenzie to discuss her book "Good Soldiers Don't Rape"
Megan MacKenzie is a feminist scholar interested in war, security studies, post-conflict recovery and reconstruction, and military culture. Her work is broadly focused on the ways that gender matters in understanding war and insecurity and the ways that experiences of war and insecurity are shaped by gendered norms and sexism.
Host Yolande Bouka (Assistant Professor, Political Studies, Queen's University) is joined by guest Jessica Auchter to discuss her book "Global Corpse Politics: The Obscenity Taboo".
Jessica is a Full Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Université Laval, her research is on visual culture and politics. Her current research program is on the visual representation of atrocity and corpses and human rights in international studies.
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