In the 29th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve discuss the CDSN’s teaching workshop, CAF Info Ops, John Ibbitson’s piece in the Globe & Mail and the CAF’s Hateful conduct policy. Our Feature Interview this week is with Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé [23:20], Associate Professor at Bishop’s University. This week’s RnR segment [52:00], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions. This week’s RnR picks are: 1. No Man’s Land 2. Old Guard 3. Ethnic Groups in Conflict by Donald Horowitz. Mentioned: David Pugliese’s Canadian Forces 'information operations' pandemic campaign quashed after details revealed to top general; John Ibbitson’s Canadian gothic: A bleak world has left our foreign policy out of step with the times; Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé’s Evaluating Peacekeeping Missions: A Typology of Success and Failure in International Interventions; Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé’s The Power Politics of United Nations Peace Operations. Martin-Brûlé, S., Pingeot, L., & Pouliot, V. (2019). The Power Politics of United Nations Peace Operations. In WIVEL A. & PAUL T. (Eds.), International Institutions and Power Politics: Bridging the Divide (pp. 149-166).

Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé has a Ph.D. in Political Science from McGill University. Her research focuses on peace operations and security issues related to fragile states. Her doctoral dissertation strived to understand the conditions under which peace operations succeeded or failed. She studied the cases of Somalia, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Her fieldwork was completed in West Africa, Ethiopia (Ogaden region) and South Africa, where she interviewed military commanders, rebel leaders, refugees and experts. Her most recent publications include “Evaluating Peacekeeping Missions: A Typology of Success and Failure in International Interventions”, (Routledge, 2016). Her recent research projects focus on peacekeeping intelligence. She is an associate faculty member of the Center for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS), the Montreal Center for International Studies (CERIUM), the Réseau des Opérations de la paix (ROP) and the Interuniversity Consortium for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (ICAMES).

In the 28th episode of Battle Rhythm, Stef and Steve discuss the Rideau Hall incursion, Hong Kong international security law, Russia in Afghanistan and Kosovo peace talks. Our Feature Interview this week is with H. Christian Breede [19:00], Deputy Director of CIDP @ Queen’s. This week’s RnR segment [54:00], where we will provide some levity in these trying times with entertainment reviews and suggestions. This week’s RnR picks are 1. They Shall Not Grow Old  2. The Floor is Lava 3. George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy Mentioned: H. Christian Breede’s Culture and the Soldier: Identities, Values, and Norms in Military Engagements; Stéfanie von Hlatky & H. Christian Breede ’s Going to War?: Trends in Military Interventions; H. Christian Breede, Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger and Stéfanie von Hlatky’s Transhumanizing War: Performance Enhancement and the Implications for Policy, Society, and the Soldier

H. Christian Breede is an Associate Professor of Political Science at RMC and cross-appointed with Political Studies and the Deputy Director of the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen’s University. He is also the Associate Chair of RMC’s Public Administration programme. Christian holds a PhD in War Studies from RMC and has published on the topics of foreign and security policy with a research focus on societal cohesion and technology. He has deployed experience with the Canadian Army in Haiti and Afghanistan.