Middle Power Leadership: From Opportunity to Action

On this episode of #TheGlobalExchange, Colin Robertson sits down with Lawrence Herman, Martha Hall Findlay, and Thomas D’Aquiino to discuss their most recent work "Middle Power Leadership: Seizing the Business Opportunity". // Guest bios: - Lawrence Herman is an international trade lawyer and frequent contributor on public policy issues. - Martha Hall Findlay is the director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. - Thomas D’Aquino is founding chief executive of the Business Council of Canada and a member of the Order of Canada. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. // Recommended Readings: - "The Prime Ministers: Canada's Leaders and the Nation They Shaped" byJ.D.M. Stewart: https://www.amazon.ca/Prime-Ministers-Canadas-Leaders-Nation/dp/1998365778/ - "The Dollar a Year Men: How the Best Business Brains in Canada Helped to Win the Second World War" by Allan Levine: https://www.amazon.ca/Dollar-Year-Men-Business-Brains-ebook/dp/B0FS86WLXQ - "38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia" by Philippe Sands: https://www.amazon.ca/38-Londres-Street-Impunity-Patagonia/dp/0593319753 - "A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II" by Sonia Purnell: https://www.amazon.ca/Woman-No-Importance-Untold-American/dp/073522529X // Music Credit: Drew Phillips | Producer: Judy Alomari // Recording Date: August 14, 2026 Release date: August 17, 2026