In the 23rd episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve discuss the CDSN’s Covid Response Conference held online this week, the new NSA ie Network for Strategic Analysis and CAF readiness. Stef speaks with Year Ahead presenter Ashley A. Mattheis [25:00] about the use of online platforms to promote and mainstream extremist ideologies. For our Feature Interview this week Steve catches up with WIIS Chair and security scholar extraordinaire Aisha Ahmad [38:00]. In this week’s R&R segment Steve recommends 1.Where Eagles Dare 2.Community 3.Run Silent, Run Deep. Mentioned: Stephanie Carvin & Jessica Davis’ Broadening Canada’s security mandate to include health could create more problems than it solves, making unfounded assumptions and duplicating work; Anessa Kimball’s Impossible to Predict; CDAI’s Vimy Paper