Inside Policy Talks

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...

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...