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!
Jul 25, 2024•26 min•Ep. 40
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 Canada's announcements at the NATO Summit and the governments tendency to substitute policy press release...
Jul 17, 2024•57 min•Ep. 39
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 unwillingness to fulfill its commitments to the alliance which guarantees our security in an increasingly danger...
Jul 12, 2024•29 min•Ep. 38
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-enhanced-forward-presence-battlegroup-toms-rostoks-alexander-lanoszka/ Like, share, subscribe, downl...
Jul 11, 2024•51 min•Ep. 37
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-Pacific. https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/hard-constraints-the-supply-and-demand-of-nato-in-the-indo-paci...
Jul 04, 2024•47 min•Ep. 36
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!
Jun 28, 2024•44 min•Ep. 35
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-north-the-geopolitics-of-russia-and-china-in-the-arctic/ The Macdonald-Laurier Institute gratefully...
Jun 20, 2024•44 min•Ep. 34
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!
Jun 13, 2024•32 min•Ep. 33
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.
Jun 06, 2024•47 min•Ep. 32
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!
May 30, 2024•19 min•Ep. 31
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, review, comment, share, subscribe!
May 23, 2024•22 min•Ep. 30
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 recent article for MLI here: https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/an-urgent-agenda-for-canada-in-a-cold-war-2-0...
May 16, 2024•46 min•Ep. 29
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.
May 09, 2024•24 min•Ep. 28
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/goodbye-globalization/ The Macdonald-Laurier Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of Konrad-Adena...
May 02, 2024•36 min•Ep. 27
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!
Apr 25, 2024•27 min•Ep. 26
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.
Apr 18, 2024•31 min•Ep. 25
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-canadian-human-rights-tribunal-has-no-business-policing-hate-speech Like, review, comment, share, subsc...
Apr 02, 2024•23 min•Ep. 24
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://nationalpost.com/opinion/canadas-clueless-immigration-policy-will-not-end-well Like, review, comm...
Mar 28, 2024•29 min•Ep. 23
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 criticisms of Canada not doing enough, cyber space is one of those [areas]... there is an opportunity for Can...
Mar 14, 2024•28 min•Ep. 22
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 global health community. "There is an astronomical amount of academic research on the negative impa...
Feb 29, 2024•18 min•Ep. 21
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 entire class of people, an elite, governing class, who seem to really believe that the way out of h...
Feb 22, 2024•32 min•Ep. 20
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 Palestinians and Israeli's alike." Like, review, comment, share, subscribe!
Feb 20, 2024•27 min•Ep. 19
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 enforced based on political considerations." - Ryan Alford Like, review, comment, share, subscribe!...
Feb 15, 2024•19 min•Ep. 18
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!
Dec 14, 2023•45 min•Ep. 17
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!
Dec 07, 2023•28 min•Ep. 16
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 possibility of a Trump re-election in 2024. Like, review, comment, share, subscribe!
Nov 30, 2023•23 min•Ep. 15
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 go wrong in a society, you can fix anything else so long as you can talk about it," notes Kaveh. Read ...
Nov 23, 2023•26 min•Ep. 14
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
Nov 17, 2023•35 min•Ep. 13
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 we can establish lines that maximize freedom of expression but still protect individuals with legit...
Nov 17, 2023•29 min•Ep. 12
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://macdonaldlaurier.ca/undersea-under-threat/ Find Inside Policy Talks on YouTube and wherever else you...
Nov 10, 2023•38 min•Ep. 11
