Listen "The Global Exchange: Assessing Global Risks"
Episode Synopsis
For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Jonathan Fried and Kevin Nealer about the risks facing Canada and the wider world, and how we should think about mitigating them. //
Participants' bios
- Kevin Nealer is a principal at the Washington-based Scowcroft Group where he focuses on China and Southeast Asia. He previously served on President Obama’s Intelligence Advisory Board. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
- A foreign service officer, Jonathan Fried served as our ambassador to Japan and the World Trade Organization, as foreign policy advisor to the prime minister and as Canadian sherpa for the G20.
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Host bio:
Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson //
Read & Watch:",
- "James: A Novel by Percival Everett: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/item/Tjsi1wmychOLbSX2X8mBkQ
- "The Right Way to Deter China From Attacking Taiwan", by Ryan Haas: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/right-way-deter-china-attacking-taiwan
- The Logic: https://thelogic.co/
- "The Threshold of Dissent: A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism", by Marjorie N. Feld: https://nyupress.org/9781479829316/the-threshold-of-dissent/
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Recording Date: August 13, 2024.
Participants' bios
- Kevin Nealer is a principal at the Washington-based Scowcroft Group where he focuses on China and Southeast Asia. He previously served on President Obama’s Intelligence Advisory Board. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
- A foreign service officer, Jonathan Fried served as our ambassador to Japan and the World Trade Organization, as foreign policy advisor to the prime minister and as Canadian sherpa for the G20.
//
Host bio:
Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson //
Read & Watch:",
- "James: A Novel by Percival Everett: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/item/Tjsi1wmychOLbSX2X8mBkQ
- "The Right Way to Deter China From Attacking Taiwan", by Ryan Haas: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/right-way-deter-china-attacking-taiwan
- The Logic: https://thelogic.co/
- "The Threshold of Dissent: A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism", by Marjorie N. Feld: https://nyupress.org/9781479829316/the-threshold-of-dissent/
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Recording Date: August 13, 2024.
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