Episode 3.20: Development - Security Nexus

In episode 20 of Battle Rhythm's third season, Steve travels to Pennsylvania, discussion on campaign spending ensues. Co-host Thomas Hughes, Assistant Professor at Mt. Allison University and Steve also discuss New Brunswick's recent election, Canada-India relations, North Korean - Russian military cooperation and the escalation risk of US troops in Israel. Today's feature interview is with Rhonda Gossen, a former diplomat with Global Affairs Canada. The Year Ahead Event: https://www.cdsn-rcds.com/network-events/save-the-date-cdsn-year-ahead-writing-canadas-foreign-policy Rhonda Gossen is a former diplomat with Global Affairs Canada, assigned to Philippines, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Ghana. She is currently a senior consultant with UNDP, working on early recovery, forced displacement and refugee response, resilience, stabilization, development solutions to internal displacement and strategic planning. She worked as development advisor to the humanitarian coordinator for the Rohingya Crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh and to UNHCR Lebanon on the Syrian refugee crisis. In addition to UNDP, she has undertaken assignments with the World Bank, UNICEF, UNHCR, in Pakistan, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria, South Sudan, Southern Africa, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan Afghanistan, and Iran. She is the author of an upcoming book with McGill-Queens University Press.