Inside Policy Talks

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 Christian Leuprecht discussing his recent article "Coalition Strategic Cyber Campaigns: Functional Engagement as Cyber Doctrine for Middle Power Statecraft" Canada is on a downward trend in our influence in the cyber domain. "When we hear criticism...

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 Kevin Bardosh of Collateral Global on his work to understand the harms of Covid policy, the politicization of science throughout the pandemic, and the ways in which Covid policy represented an unprecedented departure from the prior consensus of the...

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 Michael Bonner on his new book, In defence of civilization: How the past can renew our present. Available here: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/in-defense-of-civilization/ "What makes the situation in Canada... troubling is that we have an...

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 Dr. Casey Babb.  "[UNRWA] was a noble organization with a clear, justifiable cause 75-or-so-years-ago. In the time since it has morphed into something far beyond that and has in a variety of ways made the situation much worse for Palest...

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 Ryan Alford on the decline in the rule of law in Canada.  "The key problem that we have is the notion that the boundaries for police enforcement are not consistent with uniform and neutral principles but rather that [the law] is being selectively e...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen in conversation with Darren McKee on his new book, Uncontrollable, The threat of artificial super intelligence and the race to save the world. Like, review, comment, share, subscribe!

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 Eric Kaufmann on the rise of immigration as a central issue shaping political alignment in Canada and across the Western world. Like, review, comment, share, subscribe!

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Marcus Kolga in conversation with prominent political commentator and author David Frum. Marcus and David discuss everything from the rise of antisemitism in Canada to the fading support for Ukraine in parts of the GOP, to populist movements across North America and the possibi...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Kaveh Shahrooz on the shifting sides in the battle for free speech.  "People need to understand why free speech is an important value. I would argue in fact that it is the most important value. It's the corrective to everything else that can g...

On November 14, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute launched a new DC based initiative: the Center for North American Prosperity and Security or CNAPS (pronounced, 'synapse').  The launch event was cohosted with the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. Learn more at: CNAPS.org

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Ryan Alford on the fraying foundations for free speech in Canada. Whether aimed at the Freedom Convoy or at pro-Hamas / pro-Palestine protestors, calls for censorship have come from actors across the political spectrum. Aaron and Ryan asks how...

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 Alexander Dalziel, and Henri Vanhanen on how Canada and other democratic nations should respond to the threat to critical undersea infrastructure from malicious global actors.  Read Alexander and Henri's article for Inside Policy here: https:/...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Christian Leuprecht on his and Jamie Ferrill's new book Dirty Money: Financial Crime in Canada. Available here: https://www.mqup.ca/dirty-money-products-9780228019053.php Find Inside Policy Talks on YouTube and wherever else you get your audio...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.  In this episode you'll hear Jonathan Berkshire Miller in conversation with Kaveh Shahrooz on Hamas' attack in Israel and the thread of antisemitism that runs from Iran to Hamas and other terrorist organizations. Kaveh's article in the Globe and Mail can be read here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opini...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Jon Hartley about his recent article for The Hub, Is the ‘New Ottawa Consensus’ killing our economy?. Find Inside Policy Talks on YouTube and wherever else you get your audio (Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon). Like, review, comment, share, subs...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Jonathan Berkshire Miller in conversation with Romanian Energy Minister, Sebastian Burduja. Romania serves as an energy hub for Ukraine, Moldova, and other partners, blunting Russia's capacity to use energy as a weapon.  Find Inside Policy Talks on YouTube and wherever else you...

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 Jonathan Berkshire Miller and Charles Burton about the recently announced public inquiry into foreign interference. Our expert panel analyses where the inquiry's mandate falls short and suggests how it might become effective in the task at han...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Patrice Dutil about his new book, Statesman, Strategists, and Diplomats: Canada's Prime Ministers and the making of foreign policy .  Find Inside Policy Talks on YouTube and wherever else you get your audio (Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon). Li...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.  In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen and Richard Shimooka discuss Canada's recent commitment to expand our enhanced forward presence in Latvia over the next 3 years. Even the 800 troops currently deployed are significantly straining our Armed Forces. It is unclear how Canada will effectively fulfill...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Jonathan Berkshire Miller and Balkan Devlen discuss the importance of NATO's upcoming summit in Vilnius. In their series of op-eds for the National post, Balkan and Jonathan layout three priorities for Canada to bring to the summit: a tangible roadmap for Ukraine's involvement...

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Malcolm Lavoie on his new book, Trade and Commerce: Canada's Economic Constitution. Find Inside Policy Talks with video on YouTube and wherever else you get your audio (Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon).  Like, review, comment, share, subscribe!

Welcome to Inside Policy talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. At the Macdonald-Laurier Institute we harness the power of Canada's brightest minds to tackle Canada's greatest challenges. In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen, Director of the transatlantic program at MLI, in conversation with MLI's senior fellow Alexander Lanoszka .  Balkan and Alexander discuss C...