Policy Talks

Episode 41 - Fleeing Venezuela: A Country in Economic Free Fall

Guest: Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNHCR representative in Canada

Episode 40 - Mexican Presidential Election 2018: A Follow-Up to AMLO's Victory

Guest: Dr. Michael Lettieri, Senior Research Fellow for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Episode 39 - Producer Perspectives: The G7 Charlevoix Summit, A Review

Producers Jyotsna Venkatesh and Kenneth Boddy summarize the commitments made by the G7 members at this year's summit that took place on June 8 - June 9, 2018 in Charlevoix, Quebec.

Episode 38 - The Iran Nuclear Deal: U.S. Withdrawal and Implications for the E.U and other Countries

Guest:  Dr. Simon Palamar, Research Fellow of Global Security and Politics at the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Episode 37 - Chemical Weapons and a Rules-Based Order

Guest: Dr. Jez Littlewood, Assistant Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs with expertise in proliferation and counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and counter-terrorism, international security, and intelligence.

Episode 36 - Disposition of Despots: Political Change in South Africa and Zimbabwe

Guest: Dr. Linda Freeman, a former professor of political science at Carleton University, and an expert on political affairs in South Africa and Zimbabwe. 

Episode 35 - China in Southeast Asia: Chinese Foreign Policy in the South China Sea

Guest: Dr. Paul Evans, Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia

Episode 34 - NAFTA Negotiations: Current Status and the Way Forward

Guest: Dr. Meredith Lilly, Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, and former international trade advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Episode 33 - Yemen: A Forgotten Crisis

Guests: Hamzeh Hadad and Alexandra Dufour, Graduate students at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs

Episode 32, Part II - Returning Foreign Fighters: Issue, Context and Policy Approaches

Guest: Dr. Amarnath Amarasingam, Post-Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Waterloo