Policy Talks

Episode 61- Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: The Good, The Bad, and The Missing

In this episode of Policy Talks, Sharon Zhengyang Sun discusses the Canadian Government's newly released Indo-Pacific Strategy and its economic implications for Canada. She also analyzes the impact on Canada-China relations, as well as Canada's hopes to improve relations with Indo-Pacific nations.

Episode 60 - Effective Stakeholder and Communication Management in an International Environment

In this episode of Policy Talks, Diana DeVivo talks about stakeholder management and communication in a crisis, the crisis management toolbox, applying it specifically to ongoing events such as the Russia-Ukraine war. She also discusses what a career path would look like for those interested in such work, and about her time as a Fellow with the German Marshall Fund.

Episode 59 - The European Union: Current Challenges and Future Developments

In this episode of Policy Talks, Dr. Zachary Paikin meets with Hadi Wess to discuss recent challenges facing Europe and the impact of the Russia/Ukraine conflict on the European Union, as well as explore current and future developments in Europe related to geopolitics, security, foreign policy, international order, and more.

Episode 58 - The Role of International Institutions in Global Environmental Politics

In this episode of Policy Talks, Dr. Michael Manulak meets with Hadi Wess to explore the role of international institutions in addressing climate challenges and coordinating environmental action, as well as discuss his recent publication on the Change in Global Environmental Politics.

Episode 57 - Issues of the Middle East and the Arab World

In this episode of Policy Talks, Professor Nour El Kadri meets with Hadi Wess to discuss the politics of the Arab world, analyze the issues of the Middle East, and explore Canada’s role towards the region in a shifting global order.

Episode 56 - Ukraine and the China-Russia Relationship

In this episode of Policy Talks, Dr. Leigh Sarty meets with Michael Aronoff to discuss the history and origins of China-Russia relationship, the factors bringing and holding them together today, where their foreign policy goals converge and diverge, and what the Ukraine Crisis means for their relationship. They conclude by discussing broader implications and lessons learned from the Ukraine Crisis for Taiwan.

Episode 55 - The Impact of the Ukraine Crisis on the Indo-Pacific and Canada’s Role in the Region

Jonathan Berkshire Miller, senior fellow at the Japan Institute on International Affairs and Director and Senior Fellow of the Indo-Pacific Program at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, meets with Michael Aronoff to discuss the concept of the Indo-Pacific, the impact of the current Ukraine Crisis on the region, and how Canada fits into this regional architecture. 

 

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Episode 54 - An Analysis of China’s Thousand Talents Program

In Episode 54 of Policy Talks, we meet with Dr. David Zweig, an expert on Chinese politics and political risk, China’s international and political economy, Chinese foreign policy, and US-China relations. Dr. Zweig discusses China’s Thousand Talent Program, its implications for US security, and how the US government has responded to alleged espionage through its controversial China Initiative. This episode concludes with a brief analysis of US-China relations moving ahead in the future, the Uighur question, and how China may proceed with its claims on Taiwan.      

Episode 53 - Examining Foreign Policy in the Biden Era and What It Means for Canada and the World

 

This episode of the Policy Talks podcast dives into what post-Trump American foreign policy has been, and what’s at stake for Canada and for the contemporary liberal international order at large in this shift. Professor Aaron Ettinger discusses what the Biden administration campaigned on in 2020 and later embraced in office when it comes to foreign policy. Analysis of Biden administration’s policy reveals that nuances make it so that foreign policy choices cannot be chalked up to a “business-as-usual”, pre-Trump era approach, and the consequences of these nuances for Canada are discussed using historical Canada-U.S. relations as a framework. Later discussion talks about the emergence of progressive politics in recent years and its influence on American foreign policy and the current liberal international world order at large, ending with contemplations about what this could mean for foreign policy and international relations in the near future.

Episode 52 - Lloyd Axworthy on the Transformation of Canadian Foreign Policy

On March 25, the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University hosted former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lloyd Axworthy for a conversation on how COVID19, climate change and rising nationalism are changing Canadian foreign policy. In this special episode, we bring you excerpts from that event. You’ll also hear from Rebecca Tiessen, professor at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa and Richard Nimijean, professor at the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University.  The event was moderated by Dr. David Carment, professor at Carleton University and editor of the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal.