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

In the 20th episode of Battle Rhythm, Steve and our guest co-host this week, Anessa Kimball, fellow co-director of the CDSN and lead of the Security theme recap CDSN events and discuss governance under COVID, changes in the CAF leadership and finding creative ways to connect with students with social distancing. Our Emerging Scholar interview features CDSN Capstone Laureate, David Hofmann [39:30], Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick, who presented his paper at the last Gregg Centre Annual Conference. This week’s Peeve is on hiatus as we provide more info on our upcoming Summer Institute. Mentioned: Graham Allison’s Destined for War; Todd Sanders’ Global Collective Action.