On Defence and Security is a podcast series that examines defence and military affairs both in Canada and internationally. Bridging the gap between academic research and policy is crucial, especially in areas as complex and important as military and defense affairs. By providing a platform for informed discussions, Conversations on Defence and Security can help policymakers make more well-informed decisions and enable the public to better understand these critical issues. It likely serves as a resource for scholars, policymakers, military personnel, and anyone interested in defense and security matters, both in Canada and globally.
Episode 7 | November 25, 2024
On Maximum Canada
Guest Speaker: Tim Martin
Host Katherine Rossy (CIDP Deputy Director of Research) is joined by author Tim Martin as they discuss his most recent book "Unwinnable Peace: Untold Stories of Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan".
Bio for Tim Martin: A career diplomat, he has served as Ambassador to Colombia and Argentina. He was the last Representative of Canada in Kandahar, Afghanistan (RoCK). Leading a joint Canadian/US provincial reconstruction team of over 100 civilian and military personnel, Tim was responsible for delivering governance, development, humanitarian assistance, prison reform and police training alongside the NATO military mission in Kandahar— homeland of the Taliban.
Episode 6 | October 23, 2024
Indigenous Engagement in The Canadian Armed Forces
Guest Speakers: Federica Caso, Grazia Scoppio | Guest Host: Daniel Brant
Guest Host Daniel Brant, Daniel J. Brant & Associates (Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, ON) is joined by our two guest speakers, Federica Caso, Lecturer - La Trobe University and Grazia Scoppio, Professor - RMC Canada. Federica and Grace discuss their latest research and recent article “Indigenous participation in the Canadian Armed Forces: Efforts towards Reconciliation?”.
Federica Caso was born in Sardegna, a Mediterranean island belonging to Italy, where she developed intimate familiarity with questions of militarism and cultural self-determination. She researches the relationship between Defence and settler colonialism which she gathers under the concept of ‘settler military politics’.
Grazia Scoppio is a Professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and is cross-appointed in the Queen’s University Department of Political Studies. Her interdisciplinary research areas include: diversity and gender in military organizations, indigenous people and the military, organizational culture, migration & military education.
Episode 5 | September 25, 2024
On The NATO Summit and WPS Research
Guest Speaker: Stéfanie von Hlatky
Stéfanie von Hlatky joins our host Katherine Rossy to discuss her recent trip to the NATO Washington Summit and how WPS research fits into NATO's policies going forward.
Stéfanie von Hlatky is the Canada Research Chair in Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces and Full Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on NATO, gender and the armed forces, military interventions, and defence policy.
Episode 4 | August 23, 2024
A Conversation with the CIDP Director
Guest Speaker: Howard Coombs
Host Katherine Rossy (CIDP Deputy Director of Research) is joined by the Centre's director Howard Coombs, where they discuss Howard's trajectory to the CIDP and all things related to the Centre.
DR. HOWARD G. COOMBS is an Associate Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada and Director of the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy, both in Kingston, Ontario. He is also a part-time Canadian Army reservist with the Canadian Defence Academy, also located in Kingston.
Episode 3 | June 24, 2024
Cold War 2.0 / Technologies & Geopolitics
Guest Speaker: George Takach
CIDP Fellow & Former Director Kim R. Nossal hosts today's episode. Joining him is George Takach, who shares details from his new book "Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the new Battle Between China, Russia, and America".
George S. Takach is a graduate of the University of Toronto (including IEP, Aix-en-Provence) (BA), the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (MA), and the Faculty of Law University of Toronto.
Episode 2 | May 24, 2024
"Good Soldiers" & Military Sexual Violence
Guest Speaker: Megan MacKenzie
Host Yolande Bouka (Assistant Professor, Political Studies, Queen's University) is joined by guest Megan MacKenzie to discuss her book "Good Soldiers Don't Rape"
Megan MacKenzie is a feminist scholar interested in war, security studies, post-conflict recovery and reconstruction, and military culture. Her work is broadly focused on the ways that gender matters in understanding war and insecurity and the ways that experiences of war and insecurity are shaped by gendered norms and sexism.
Episode 1 | April 22, 2024
Corpse Politics: A Conversation
Guest Speaker: Jessica Auchter
Host Yolande Bouka (Assistant Professor, Political Studies, Queen's University) is joined by guest Jessica Auchter to discuss her book "Global Corpse Politics: The Obscenity Taboo".
Jessica is a Full Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Université Laval, her research is on visual culture and politics. Her current research program is on the visual representation of atrocity and corpses and human rights in international studies.