{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/684c7e9c6770b65af405168c/6a85382839e73ea8f3167cae?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What Are We Fighting For? ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/684c7e9c6770b65af405168c/1787115126048-18eab1c9-9493-4042-9571-9d59db7a995b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Season 2 wraps with a look at what the future could hold for a middle power alliance and what Canada’s role might be in it.</p><p><br></p><p>The people applauding Carney’s Davos speech were the same people who built and ran the system that led to Brexit, Trump, and more. How can middle powers win without returning to globalization and the same old system? How can they not just gain power but exert that power, and to what ends? These questions and more are considered by guests Alastair Campbell, a longtime British politico who served in the Tony Blair administration and now co-hosts The Rest Is Politics podcast; historian Rutger Bregman, author of Utopia For Realists and head of The School for Moral Ambition; and Julianne Smith, former United States Permanent Representative to NATO.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Featuring (in order of appearance): <a href=\"https://globalaffairs.org/research/experts/julianne-smith\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Julianne Smith</a>, <a href=\"https://alastaircampbell.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Alastair Campbell</a>, <a href=\"https://rutgerbregman.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rutger Bregman</a></p><p><br></p><p>Also visit our website—<a href=\"https://www.gloves-off.ca/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">gloves-off.ca</a>—for more research behind the issues from the Canadian Shield Institute including: <a href=\"https://canadianshieldinstitute.ca/updates/canadas-2026-sovereignty-obsession-is-unprecedented\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a linguistic analysis of how the concept of \"sovereignty\" has changed over time, based on how it has been used in the House of Commons since 1900</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@Gloves-OffPod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a> where you can watch our aftershow Cross Check that drops each Thursday with <a href=\"https://canadianshieldinstitute.ca/team\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vass Bednar</a> and <a href=\"https://socialcapitalpartners.ca/jon-shell/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Shell</a></p><p><br></p><p>Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts and/or e-mail us info@glovesoffpodcast.ca.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Gloves Off with Stephen Marche "}