Episode 4.17: Risks, Resiliency and Defence Tradeoffs

Welcome to a new episode of Battle Rhythm, with co-host Anessa L. Kimball, Ph.D., Professor at Université Laval; Steve Saideman and Anessa discuss new NATO financial commitments for Ukraine being discussed in Europe while Canada rejects the proposal, Quebec’s new Civil Security Emergency Response Reserve (RIUSC) and NATO resiliency along with drone defence capabilities ramping up on CAF bases. For today’s feature interview, Prof Anessa Kimball speaks with Federico Chaves Correa. They discuss Canada’s evolving relationship with Latin American countries in an era of constantly hemispheric security and defence issues. Federico Chaves Correa is a doctoral candidate in political science at Laval University under the supervision of Aurélie Campana and Pamela Colombo. He also holds a master’s degree in political science from Laval University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. He was a doctoral researcher on the FrameNet project, co-organized by several universities in Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom, funded by the Open Research Area (DFG, SSHRC, ESRC). He is currently a member of the Roméo Dallaire Chair in Leadership in Teaching Civil Conflict and Sustainable Peace. Webpage: https://www.conflits-et-paix.cle.ulaval.ca/en/team/federico-chaves-correa Article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcms.70079