THE GLOBAL EXCHANGE PODCAST

October 12, 2021

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Joe Ingram about the lessons from Afghanistan.

Participant Biography:

• Since August 2013, Joseph Ingram has served as Senior Advisor and Chairman of Capitalis Investment Advisors, a South African-based equity group developing projects and structuring  financing for investments in alternative energy and agriculture in Africa. During this same period, he has been associated with the Global Growth Dialogue, a US-based group of prominent academics and senior public officials, dedicated to identifying best-policy options that sustain more inclusive economic growth. He has also advised the Trudeau government in Canada on a number of policy initiatives related to the Western Balkans. Mr. Ingram was recently named a 2020 Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Host Biography:

• Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Read Joseph Ingram’s piece on Afghanistan, "Afghanistan: Looking Back to Move Forward" and his 2020 op-ed in The Hill Times, "Canada needs foreign policy for the 21st century".

R&R

• "Value(s)" by Mark Carney 
• "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein
• "Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century" by Augusto Lopez-Claros, Arthur L. Dahl, and Maja Groff