Annex B: Virtual Expert Briefing Series
Guy Saint-Jacques
August 2020
China’s Expansion Strategy in the South and East China Seas
Mr. Guy Saint-Jacques, shared his in-depth knowledge and experience working with China throughout his career with Global Affairs Canada, which included serving as Canada’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in the People’s Republic of China from 2012 to 2016.
Robert D. Kaplan
September 2020
Tectonic Shifts: Global Order, Great Powers, and Implications for Canada
Mr. Kaplan (acclaimed expert in geopolitics and twice named one of the “Top 100 Global Thinkers”) provided senior officials from across the Government of Canada with his views on the present and future state of the tectonic shifts reshaping the global order, great power competition, and the implications for Canada.
Alice Pannier
September 2020
France’s Strategic Role in the World
Ms. Pannier (Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies) provided a briefing and led a round table discussion on France’s strategic interests and ambitions, its military and political strategy, President Macron’s priorities and doctrine, and Canada-France relations.
Christopher Sands and James Carafano
October 2020
The U.S. Return to Great Power Competition: Forging Canada’s Path Forward
Mr. Sands (Director, Wilson Center’s Canada Institute) and Mr. Carafano (Vice President, Heritage Foundation’s Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy) delivered an expert briefing and panel discussion on the US’ approach to great power competition and the implications for its Allies and partners.
John Mearsheimer
November 2020
The Future of Great Power Politics and Canada’s Role in the World
Mr. Mearsheimer (distinguished professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago) provided a brief on great power competition and the increasing multipolarity in the international system.
Valens Global
December 2020
“Like a Drop of Cyanide” – A Strategic Framework for Addressing Hateful Conduct and Radicalization in the CAF
The Valens Global team provided an overview of their recently published Framework for addressing hateful conduct in the CAF. They discussed the outcomes of this MINDS-funded project and provided recommendations on how to address, counter, and prevent hateful conduct in the CAF.
John Hemmings
November and December 2020
Evolving the Five Eyes: Challenges and Opportunities in the New Global Environment
Mr. Hemmings (Associate professor, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies) discussed a paper he prepared with officials from Canada and from key partner countries on Below Threshold Conflict activities in the technology, information and military, and economic domains.
Roland Paris
January 2021
What to Expect from a Biden Presidency – Implications for Canada
Roland Paris (founder of the Centre for International Policy Studies, and research associate at Chatham House) provided a brief on the Biden Administration’s expected foreign policy approach and its potential implications for Canada.
Center for Climate and Security
February 2021
A Climate Security Plan for Canada
John Conger (Director of the Center for Climate and Security) and Shiloh Fetzek (Senior Fellow for International Affairs at the Center) provided an overview of the study MINDS-funded on the impact of climate change on Canada’s geostrategic interests, peace support operations, and international disaster response. They also provided recommendations for the development of a Climate Security Action Plan for Canada.
Ewan Lawson, Thomas Mahnken and James Rolfe
March 2021
Below Threshold and Hybrid Warfare Conflicts
Ewan Lawson (Senior Research Fellow at the U.K.’s Royal United Services Institute) delivered a paper and presentation on the UK’s responses to Below Threshold activities and hybrid conflict. Thomas Mahnken (President and Chief Executive Officer of Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, in Washington DC) delivered a paper and presentation on China’s integrated strategy. James Rolfe (Senior Fellow, Victoria University of Wellington’s Center for Strategic Studies in New Zealand) delivered a paper and presentation on New Zealand’s armed forces experience with Below Threshold activities.
Aisha Ahmad
March 2021
Understanding Jihad in Africa
Aisha Ahmad (Director of the Islam and Global Affairs Initiative, Senior Researcher of the Global Justice Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, and Chair of the Board of Directors of Women in International Security-Canada) provided a briefing on the threat of jihad in Africa.
Dmitri Trenin
March 2021
From Pipelines to Pipe Dreams? The Future of Russo-German Relations
Dmitri Trenin (founding member of the Carnegie Moscow Center) delivered an expert briefing on the present, past, and future of Russo-German and Russo-European relations.
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