Inside Policy Talks

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode, Alex Dalziel sits down with Alan Bersin, a former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security and Commissioner of the US Customs and Border Protection, to explore modern border management between the U.S. and Canada. They discuss how a trilateral, technology-driven approach to border securi...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode, Peter Copeland, Deputy Director of MLI's Domestic Program, interviews Christine Van Geyn, Litigation Director for the Canadian Constitution Foundation, on the growing impact of regulatory creep on free expression in Canada: How are professional regulators limiting freedoms? What are the...

Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West. In this episode, MLI senior fellows Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Marcus Kolga, and Alexander Lanoszka discuss their experience in Prague at a premier global security forum, GLOBESEC.  The Macdonald-...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks , the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode, Alex Dalziel sits down with Dr. Todd Hataley to discuss the growing threat of transnational organized crime in Canada, the fentanyl crisis, and how Canada can better secure its border with the U.S. Find Inside Policy Talks on YouTube and wherever else you get your audio. Like, review, co...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen in conversation with Dr. Artis Pabriks, Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia, to discuss Canada-Latvia relations, with a focus on cooperation in the development of defence technologies, including drones.  Find Inside Policy Talks on YouTube and...

Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West. In this episode, Benjamin Tallis joins Senior Fellow Balkan Devlen to discuss neo-idealism, an ideological framework by which western democratic nations can promote the fundamental values of freed...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Alexander Dalziel in conversation with Heather Exner-Pirot on the geopolitical implications of energy security, focusing on Canada's strategic position as a major energy producer and exporter. Find Inside Policy Talks on YouTube and wherever else you get your audio. Like, revie...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Alexander Dalziel in conversation with Christian Leuprecht on the rise of financial crime in Canada and what our government should be doing about it.  Find Inside Policy Talks on YouTube and wherever else you get your audio. Like, review, comment, share, subscribe!

Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West. In this episode you'll hear transatlantic program director Balkan Devlen in conversation with MLI Senior Fellows Alexander Lanoszka and Richard Shimooka. Devlen, Lanoszka and Shimooka unpack Canad...

In this special episode of Inside Policy Talks, Balkan Devlen sits down with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's managing director Brian Lee Crowley and the Center for North American Prosperity and Security's (CNAPS') executive director Jamie Tronnes to discuss their experiences and impressions at the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. In sum, Canada was chastised for its freeriding and an unwillingnes...

On this episode of Inside Policy Talks, MLI's Balkan Devlen and Alexander Lanoszka are joined by Toms Rostoks, director of the Centre for Security and Strategic Research at the National Defense Academy of Latvia, to discuss their recent MLI report:  Success assured? Appraising the Canadian-led Enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup in Latvia https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/success-assured-canada-latvia...

Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West. In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen in conversation with Alexander Lanozska and Jonathan Berkshire Miller on their recent paper, Hard constraints – The supply and demand of NATO in the Indo-...

On this episode of Inside Policy Talks, MLI senior fellows Alexander Dalziel, Balkan Devlen, and Jonathan Berkshire Miller walk through the NSICOP report on foreign interference, weighing in on where Canada needs to go from here.  Like, share, subscribe, download!

Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West. In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen in conversation with Alex Dalziel on his new paper Eurasian North: The Geopolitics of Russia and China in the Arctic. https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/eurasian...

Jüri Seilenthat, the director general for trade policy from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, joined Alex Dalziel,  MLI's National Security program lead, to discuss how Estonia is responding to Russia and China's threat to energy security. Like, share, subscribe, download!

On May 8, 2024, CNAPS senior fellows Jonathan Berkshire Miller and Balkan Devlen joined AEI senior fellow Colin Dueck to discuss the rift in Canada-US relations and areas Canada could step up to the plate as a partner and ally.

On this episode of Inside Policy Talks special guest Hillel Neuer (executive director, UN Watch) joins MLI senior fellow Casey Babb to discuss the desperate and unbalanced state of the U.N. after the October 7 attacks, anti-Israel prejudice in major institutions, and the global rise of antisemitism.  Like, share, subscribe, download!

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Sydney Greenspoon, Jewish student leader within the University of Windsor's Law School, on the trials faced by Jewish students since the Oct. 7 terror attacks.  Find Inside Policy Talks on Apple, Spotify, or wherever else you get your audio. Like,...

Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West. In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen in conversation with George Takach on his book COLD WAR 2.0 Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle Between Russia, China, and America. Read George's re...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Jonathan Berkshire Miller in conversation with Stephen Nagy on his new book Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific Construct: https://novapublishers.com/shop/southeast-asia-and-the-indo-pacific-construct/ Find Inside Policy Talks on Apple, Spotify, or wherever else you get your audio.

Welcome to Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West. In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen in conversation with Elisabeth Braw on her book Goodbye Globalization: The return of a divided world. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300272277/goodby...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Mia Hughes on her research documenting how WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) undermined medical science.  Like, review, comment, share, subscribe!

Introducing Double Trouble, a special foreign policy focused podcast series within MLI's Inside Policy Talks, to address the growing challenge of the Sino-Russian axis of authoritarianism facing the West.  The Macdonald-Laurier Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Canada. Find Inside Policy Talks on Apple, Spotify, Google, or wherever else you get your audio. 

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with David Thomas, former chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and author of a recent National Post op-ed entitled: I chaired the Human Rights Tribunal. It has no business policing 'hate speech' . https://nationalpost.com/opinion/david-thomas-can...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Siavash Safavi. "You come here for better opportunities. Why? Why is Canada able offer better opportunities for you?... it is because of these ideals that [Canada] has been built around," said Siavash. Siavash's article for the National Post: https...