The CGAI Podcast Network

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 C...

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-polic...

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 Presiden...

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 Pr...

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...

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:...

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 f...

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...

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 t...

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...

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...

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we’re featuring a fireside chat from our November 27th 2025 conference, Creating Pan-Domain Continental Defence, with Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), The Honourable Stephen Fuhr. 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 w...

On this episode of #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Sofie Lilli Stoffel to discuss her latest study, "When Your Ally Turns Narcissistic: A Self-Help Manual for Europe Navigating Transatlantic Relations". 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, plea...

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe and Kelly talk with Monica Gattinger about recently released polling from Positive Energy and Nanos Research about shifting Canadian attitudes toward growing international energy exports and the shifts resulting from the Canada-Alberta MoU. Polls discussed: - https://www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/positive-energy/publications/canadians-...

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we’re featuring a panel discussion from our November 27th 2025 conference Creating Pan-Domain Continental Defence, that was focused on “Integrated Air and Missile Defence”. It featuring CGAI Fellows Col (ret’d) Dr. Al Stephenson, Peter Bates and Dr. James Fergusson, as well as Peggy Mason, the President of the Rideau Institute. Thank you the Department of...

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe and Kelly talk with Jack Mintz about the competitiveness implications of the Canada-Alberta MoU for oil CCUS and export, in relation to his recent article for the Financial Post: https://financialpost.com/opinion/jack-mintz-alberta-getting-pipeline-or-sold-pipe-dream // For the intro segment, Kelly and Joe discuss the impacts of American an...

On this episode of #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Raymond Blake to discuss his latest success, Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity. This coming Tuesday, 2nd December, is 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 d...

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, we sit down with Dr. Julie Kim, to discuss her new paper, “From Intelligence Gathering to Financial Gain: Countering DPRK Cyber Operations.”. This coming Tuesday, 2nd December, is 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: https://www.cgai.ca/s...

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe and Kelly talk with Andrew Rae // For the intro segment, Kelly and Joe discuss the MoU between Alberta and the Federal Government, energy and development in Africa, and the risks surrounding American military action in Venezuela. // Guest Bio: - Andrew Rae is a retired maritime pilot with decades of experience with maritime risks and hazard...

On this episode of #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Ken Frankel and Eric Miller to discuss the latest paper from the Canadian Council for the Americas paper, "Beyond the Build: A New Canadian Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean". // Participants' bios - Ken Frankel is president of the Canadian Council for the Americas. - Eric Miller is a CGAI Fellow and President and CEO...

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry sits down with Dr. Paul Mitchell, to discuss professional military education in Canada, looking at the current state of student preparation in the CAF, the hiring of the department with the budgetary expansion and Canada’s unique approach to military education. // Guest bios: Dr. Paul Mitchell is the Deputy Chair of the Department of Military P...

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature the audio from three segments from the CGAI Energy Security Forum Conference, "Canada's Next Chapter in the Indo-Pacific", featuring Hafiz Zubir of PETRONAS Canada, David Nikolejsin of McCarthy Tetrault, and Mark Maki of the Trans Mountain Corporation. // Guest Bio: - Hafiz Zubir is Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS Canada - David...

On this episode of #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with John Meehan to discuss his recently released book, "Chrétien and the World", co-edited with Jack Cunningham. // Participants' bios John Meehan is director of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at the University of Toronto’s Trinity College, an affiliated faculty at the Munk School and a Senior Fellow o...

In this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry sits down with with Philippe Lagassé, to further discuss the new budget and reflecting on the government's direction so far on defence policy and some of the initial parts of the forthcoming Defence Industrial Strategy. // Guest bios: Philippe Lagassé is a CGAI Fellow and an associate professor and Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of...

On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, we feature the audio from two segments from the CGAI Energy Security Forum Conference, "Canada's Next Chapter in the Indo-Pacific", featuring MP Ellis Ross and the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan's Jun Nishizawa. // For the podcast's intro section, Joe and Kelly discuss some of the key line items in the Budget with implications for Canadia...