Threatscape - Mapping global risks in a changing world

In this episode, we sit down with Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Senior Fellow at the Montreal Institute for Global Security, to explore the growing security importance of critical infrastructure, particularly undersea cables and their role in economic resilience. Jonathan discusses why infrastructure once seen as purely commercial is now increasingly viewed through a national security lens, highlight...

In this episode, we sit down with Alex Dalziel, Senior Fellow at the Montreal Institute for Global Security,  to discuss the future of subsea connectivity and the strategic importance of Arctic infrastructure in an evolving security landscape. Alex explores how hybrid threats and grey-zone tactics complicate the protection of subsea cables, particularly in regions shaped by climate change, increas...

In this episode, we sit down with Benoit Hardy-Chartrand, Senior Lecturer at Temple University Japan and Adjunct Professor at the United Nations University Tokyo, to examine Japan’s evolving security outlook amid an increasingly complex geopolitical environment in the Indo-Pacific. Benoit discusses recent shifts in Japan’s defence posture, including increased spending and updated strategic framewo...

In this episode, we sit down with Athena Tong, Visiting Researcher at the University of Tokyo and a Research Associate & Programme Lead at the China Strategic Risks Institute, to explore the strategic importance of submarine cables as critical infrastructure within today’s geopolitical competition. Athena explains why these systems have become increasingly vulnerable, particularly in regions s...

In this episode, we sit down with Farlina Said, Fellow and Team Lead in the Cyber and Technology Policy programme at Institute of Strategic and International Studies (Malaysia) to explore all things cyber security, including how we should distinguish between cyber security and cyber stability. Ms. Said discusses the cyber security landscape in 2025, including the challenges that countries face whe...

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Alicia Hennig, interim professor of business ethics at the Technical University of Dresden in Germany, who brings extensive professional experience in China from both business and academia. Dr. Hennig guides us through understanding China's political system, exploring the role of the Chinese Communist Party in daily life and the philosophical foundations that...

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Nanae Baldauff, Senior Associate Fellow at the NATO Defense College, to explore Japan’s evolving national defence strategy and its growing role in regional and global security. Dr. Baldauff discusses Japan’s defence build-up, its alliance with the United States, and its expanding partnerships across the Indo-Pacific — including strategic ties with Canada and N...

In this timely conversation, political scientist Stephen R. Nagy (Professor at International Christian University, Tokyo) explores the evolving dynamics of security and defence in the Indo-Pacific — a region at the centre of global strategic competition. Drawing on his extensive expertise in regional geopolitics, Dr. Nagy discusses the challenges and opportunities facing Canada as it deepens its e...

In this episode, we sit down with Karsten Friis, Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), to explore the evolving security landscape in the Arctic. As great power competition intensifies and climate change opens new strategic frontiers, the region’s importance for both European and Canadian defense policy is growing rapidly. Friis discusses how NATO allies...

In this episode, MIGS Fellow Elizabeth Anderson speaks to Charles "Duff" Sullivan about Canada's Arctic sovereignty and defense. They also delve into Canada's relationship to countries in the Indo-Pacific. Charles S. “Duff” Sullivan is a former general officer and senior military commander who has served at the highest levels of operational command and leadership. He entered the private sector in...

In today's episode, Elizabeth Anderson speaks to Andrew Leslie, who is a former Member of Parliament for Orleans, and retired ‘Left-tenant’ General of the Canadian Forces. He joins me today in his capacity as a Senior Fellow at The Macdonald-Laurier Institute. They discuss cognitive warfare, NATO, Artic security and Canadian defence investment under Prime Minister Carney

In this episode, we talk to Rachel Gilmore about Canadian politics and disinformation, both foreign and domestic. Rachel Gilmore is an award-winning journalist with extensive experience reporting on federal politics, disinformation, and extremism. She uses her experience and platforms to explains and debunk online disinformation. We talk about the state of journalism and how traditional media coul...

Entrevue avec le journaliste à Radio-Canada, Nicholas de Rosa, au sujet de l'influence étrangère et la désinformation au Canada, particulièrement sur des plateformes et réseaux tels que TikTok, youTube, WeChat, WhatsApp mais aussi sur X maintenant la compagnie est gérée par Elon Musk. Nous discutons aussi du Rapport de la Commission sur l'influence étrangère.  Cet épisode fait partie d’un projet s...

In this podcast episode, we speak to Katherine Leung, Policy Advisor for Hong Kong Watch. The Hong Kong national security police recently issued a new wave of arrest warrants against six overseas Hong Kong rights defenders in the UK and Canada. We speak to Katherine about growing transnational repression against Hong Kongers in Canada and how that impacts the ability of community members to fully...

Today on the podcast, we speak to Iranian human rights activist Maryam Shafipour about Iranian-Canadians who say they are being threatened and monitored by affiliates of the Iranian regime in Canada.  Following seven months of pre-trial detention in Evin Prison, Maryam was sentenced to seven years in prison in March 2014. She was released after 2 years and found refuge in North America where she c...

In this episode of Human Rights Talks, we talk to Samuel Woolley, the Dietrich Endowed Chair in Disinformation Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Samuel talks about the role of encrypted messaging apps in spreading mis-and disinformation, how it impacts diaspora communities in particular and democracy more generally, and how some organizations are fighting back. Samuel Woolley is a writer an...

In this episode of Human Rights Talks, we talk to Samuel Cooper about how the Chinese government and Chinese officials and proxies engage n transnational repression in Canada Sam Cooper is an award-winning investigative journalist and best-selling author, who has presented his anti-corruption findings to Canadian law enforcement agencies, officials in the Pentagon, financial and legal professional...

In this episode of Human Rights Talks, Shelly Ghai Bajaj (University of Waterloo) talks about the use of chat apps by diaspora communities in Canada. Shelly explores the flow, spread, and transfer of mis/disinformation on private chat and closed direct messaging apps among ethnocultural diasporic communities. Whether its about public health or politics, transnational disinformation creates multipl...

Dans cette discussion avec Fanny Tan, journaliste techno et chercheure à l'Observatoire des conflits multidimensionnels à la Chaire Raoul Dandurand de l'Uqam, nous parlons de la repression transnational et des campagnes de manipulation étrangère au Canada. Ce balado se fait dans le cadre d'un projet soutenu par Patrimoine Canada intitulé "Initiative des défenseurs du numérique".  Veuillez noter qu...

In the lead up to the Montreal International Security Summit on China and the Indo-Pacific, which will take place on 16-17 October, MIGS hosted a X Spaces discussion with Maria Shagina (Diamond-Brown Senior Research Fellow, IISS) and Dr Justyna Szczudlik (Head of Asia Pacific Programme, PISM). This is a podcast episode version of the discussion. 

In the lead up to the Montreal International Security Summit, which will take place on 16-17 October, MIGS hosted a X Spaces discussion on China and the Indo-Pacific with Michael Caster (Asia Digital program Manager, Article 19). 

In the lead up to the Montreal International Security Summit, which will take place on 16-17 October, MIGS is hosting a series of X Spaces discussions on China and the Indo-Pacific. We spoke to EU MEP Reinhard Bütikofer (the Greens) and Canadian MP John McKay (Liberal Party) about the APT31, a China-nexus cyber espionage group behind a large-scale cyber espionage campaign against parliamentarians...

In the lead up to the Montreal International Security Summit, which will take place on 16-17 October, MIGS is hosting a series of X Spaces discussions on China and the Indo-Pacific.  In this discussion, we speak with Laura Harth (Digital Defenders) and Luke de Pulford (Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China) about the Chinese government's transnational repression around the globe and what democrati...

In the lead up to the Montreal International Security Summit, which will take place on 16-17 October, MIGS is hosting a series of X Spaces discussions on China and the Indo-Pacific. On 24 April, MIGS hosted Chinese-Canadian journalist and human rights activist Sheng Xue and Canadian journalist Sam Cooper to discuss China's foreign interference campaigns in Canada. The discussion was moderated by K...

MIGS, in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Canada, hosted a X/Twitter Spaces discussion titled  “Is Tiktok a Security Threat?” featuring Charles Burton (Senior Fellow, Sinopsis), Conor Healy (Director of Government Research, IPVM), and Chung Ching Kwong (Senior Analyst, IPAC). Tune in to this great episode.