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2012 Halifax International Security Forum

2012 Halifax International Security Forum

Date
November 16-18, 2012
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Participants
300

Agenda & Speakers

Friday, November 16
Saturday, November 17
Sunday, November 18

Participants
  • Geneive Abdo
    Fellow, Stimson Center
  • Michael Abramowitz
    Director, Committee on Conscience, United States Holocaust Museum
  • Stéphane Abrial
    Former Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO
  • Sagal Abshir
    Independent Consultant
  • Mohammed Abu Lahoum
    Head, Justice and Building Party, Yemen
  • Prashant Agrawal
    Principal, Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai
  • Mobashar Jawed Akbar
    Editorial Director, India Today
  • Rinat Akhmetshin
    Director, IEI
  • Mohammad Al Abdallah
    Executive Director, Syria Justice & Accountability Center
  • Mohammad Al Ajlouni
    Chairman, ABS Network TV
  • Rafat Al-Akhali
    Chairman, Resonate! Yemen
  • Chris Alexander
    Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence
  • Ali Alfoneh
    Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
  • Antony Anderson
    Chief of Defence Staff, Jamaica Defence Force
  • Dewi Anwar
    Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs to the Vice President, State Secretariat, Indonesia
  • Michael Ashar
  • Madeleine Ashe
  • Derrick Ashong
    Former Host of The Stream, Ashong Ventures LLC
  • Carlos Augusto de Sousa
    Head of Strategic Affairs, Brazilian Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ministry of Defense, Brazil
  • Michael Auslin
    Resident Scholar, Columnist, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and the Wall Street Journal
  • Shlomo Avineri
    Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Kenneth Baer
    Managing Director, The Harbour Group
  • James Baker
    Principal Deputy Director, Joint Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy, United States Department of Defense
  • Yaprak Baltacıoğlu
    Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Transport Canada
  • Shukria Barakzai
    Defence Commission Chief, National Assembly of Afghanistan
  • Wim Bargerbos
    Director of General Policy Affairs, Ministry of Defence, The Netherlands
  • John Barrasso
    Senator, United States
  • Jennifer Barrett
    Office of Senator Mark Udall
  • Stuart Beare
    Commander, Canadian Joint Operations Command
  • Dawisson Belem Lopes
    Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Jean Betermier
    Advisor to the President and CEOs, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
  • Adam Blackwell
    Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Organization of American States
  • Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr.
    Chairman, Stimson Center
  • Peter Boehm
    Ambassador of Canada to the Federal Republic of Germany, Embassy of Canada
  • David Bosco
    Contributing Writer, Foreign Policy
  • James Boutilier
    Asia-Pacific Advisor, Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters, Canada
  • Richard Bradlow
    Partner, Penfund
  • Darrell Bricker
    Chief Executive Officer, Ipsos Public Affairs
  • Laura Bridge
    Manager, External Relations, Halifax International Security Forum
  • Yves Brodeur
    Permanent Representative to NATO, Canada
  • Ian Brodie
    Strategic Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Pete Brodnitz
    Principal, Benenson Strategy Group
  • Shlomo Brom
    Senior Research Fellow and Director, Program on Israel-Palestinian Relations, Institute for National Security Studies
  • Christian Brose
    Foreign Policy and National Security Advisor, Office of Senator John McCain
  • Nancy Bui-Thompson
    President, SMUD Board of Directors, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
  • Sharon Burke
    Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, United States Department of Defense
  • Mark Cameron
    Director, Global Public Policy, Research in Motion Ltd.
  • Cansu Çamlibel
    Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Hürriyet Daily
  • Leslie Campbell
    Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, The National Democratic Institute
  • Cengiz Çandar
    Journalist, Radikal Daily
  • João Castro Neves
    Latin America Analyst, Eurasia Group
  • Blaise Cathcart
    Judge Advocate General, Canadian Armed Forces
  • Nick Childs
    Defense and Security Correspondent, BBC World Service
  • Fotini Christia
    Assistant Professor of Political Science, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Campbell Clark
    Ottawa Reporter, The Globe and Mail
  • Tom Clark
    Chief Political Correspondent, Global National News
  • Steve Clemons
    Editor-at-Large, The Atlantic
  • Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
    W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, Hoover Institution
  • Eliot Cohen
    Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • David Collenette
    Senior Counsellor – Public Affairs
  • Nusret Cömert
    Advanced Leadership Fellow, Harvard University
  • Heather Conley
    Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
  • Irwin Cotler
    MP, Mount Royal
  • Ronald Covais
    President, Advanced Technology Group, Détente Group
  • Michael Day
    Director General, International Security Policy, Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Antonio Jorge da Rocha
    Professor of International Relations, University of Brasilia
  • Arnaud Danjean
    Chair, Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament
  • Rup Narayan Das
    Senior Fellow, Cluster Coordinator (China and East Asia), Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
  • Premvir Das
    Executive Council, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses
  • Glenn Davidson
    Ambassador of Canada to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Embassy of Canada in Afghanistan
  • Francis Delon
    Secretary General for Defence and National Security, Office of the Prime Minister, France
  • Neelam Deo
    Director, Gateway House, Indian Council on Global Relations
  • Raghida Dergham
    Columnist and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Al Hayat
  • Peter John Devlin
    Chief of the Land Staff, Canadian Armed Forces
  • David Dewitt
    Vice President of Programs, Centre for International Governance Innovation
  • Robbie Diamond
    Founder, President and CEO, Securing America’s Future Energy
  • Yoram Dinstein
    Professor Emeritus of International Law, Tel Aviv University
  • Safeen Dizayee
    Kurdistan Democratic Party Leadership Member, Kurdistan Democratic Party – KDP
  • Paula Dobriansky
    Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
  • Gary Doer
    GaAmbassador of Canada to the United States of America, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
  • Marcela Donadio
    Executive Secretary, The Security and Defense Network of Latin America
  • Richard Downie
    Director, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University
  • Michael Dubie
    Deputy Commander, United States Northern Command
  • Dan Dugas
    Director General, Communications and Marketing, Transport Canada
  • David Ellis
    Rabbi at Large, The Atlantic Jewish Council
  • Mieke Eoyang
    National Security Director, Third Way
  • Jacques Fauteux
    Chief of Staff to the Associate Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence and Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Dean Fealk
    Partner and Group Chair, DLA Piper
  • Marian Fernet
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Eamonn Fingleton
    Author, The American Conservative
  • Helga Flores Trejo
    Principal External Relations Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Jamie Fly
    Executive Director, The Foreign Policy Initiative
  • Stephen Flynn
    Professor, Founding Co-Director, George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security, Northeastern University
  • Robert Fonberg
    Deputy Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Johanna Mendelson Forman
    Senior Associate, Center for Strategic & International Studies
  • John Forster
    Chief, Communications Security Establishment
  • Joshua Foust
    Fellow, American Security Project
  • Liam Fox
    MP, British Parliament
  • Lisa Friedman
    Deputy Editor, ClimateWire
  • Dave Gardam
    Commander, Maritime Forces Atlantic/Joint Task Force Atlantic
  • Ulf Gartzke
    Director, Washington Office, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation
  • John Gastright
    Vice President, Government Relations, DynCorp International
  • John Gaventa
    Director, The Coady Institute, St. Francis Xavier University
  • Jennifer Gearey
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • François Géré
    Director, French Institute for Strategic Analysis
  • Rob Gillies
    Canada Bureau Chief, Associated Press
  • John Glenn
    Policy Director, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
  • Misha Glenny
    Broadcaster and Author
  • Jean-Franćois Godbout
    Major, Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Diba Nigar Göksel
    Editor-in-Chief, Turkish Quarterly
  • Blake Goldring
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AGF Management Limited
  • Joanisval Gonçalves
    Senior Counselor on Foreign Affairs and Defense, Senate of Brazil
  • Maggie Goodlander
    Advisor, National Security and Foreign Affairs, Office of Senator Joseph Lieberman
  • Marc Goodman
    Founder, Future Crimes Institute, Chair for Policy & Law, Singularity University
  • David Gough
    Chair, Atlantic Chapter, American Chamber of Commerce in Canada
  • Heather Grabbe
    Director, EU Affairs, Open Society Foundations
  • Sebastian Gräfe
    Program Director for Foreign & Security Policy and Transatlantic Issues, Heinrich Böll Foundation
  • Bill Graham
    Chairman, The Atlantic Council of Canada
  • Camille Grand
    Executive Director, The Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Jerrold Green
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Council on International Policy
  • Mike Greenley
    Vice President, General Dynamics Canada Limited
  • Maryscott Greenwood
    Executive Director, Canadian American Business Council
  • François Guimont
    Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada
  • Joseph Hall
    Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum
  • Philip Hammond
    Secretary of State for Defence, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
  • Louise Hand
    Australian High Commissioner to Canada
  • Andrew House
    Chief of Staff, Public Safety Canada
  • Husain Haqqani
    Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute
  • Allison Hart
    Information Officer, US & Canada, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO
  • Doug Hattaway
    President, Hattaway Communications
  • Jan Havranek
    Deputy Director for Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic
  • Kerry Healey
    President, Friends of the Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan
  • Joshua Hersh
    Reporter, Foreign Policy and State Department, The Huffington Post
  • Peter Hogan
    Vice President, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Nova Scotia
  • Matthew Government Relations Advisor
    Government Relations Advisor
  • Nadim Houry
    Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch
  • Peter Hughes
    Executive Director, The Potsdam Foundation
  • Rex Hughes
    Visiting Fellow, Cyber Security, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
  • Heather Hurlburt
    Executive Director, National Security Network
  • Ravic Huso
    Policy Advisor to Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO
  • Karl Inderfurth
    Senior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Wolfgang Ischinger
    Global Head, Government Relations, Allianz SE
  • Farahnaz Ispahani
    Media Adviser to the PPP Co-Chairman, Pakistan Peoples Party
  • Jeremy Issacharoff
    Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
  • Bruce Jackson
    Founder and President, Project on Transitional Democracies
  • David Jacobson
    United States Ambassador to Canada, Embassy of the United States, Ottawa
  • Jackson Janes
    President, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
  • Tom Jarmyn
    Counsellor to the Minister, Public Safety Canada
  • Barbara Jensen
    Director of International Affairs and Policy Development, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Said Jawad
    Chief Executive Officer, Capitalize LLC
  • Peter Jennings
    Executive Director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
  • Josef Joffe
    Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit
  • Matthew Kaminski
    Member, Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal
  • Athena Katsoulos
    Director, Press and Policy Outreach – European and Eurasian Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  • Jonathan Kay
    Columnist, National Post
  • John Kelly III
    Founder and Chief Scientist, Morningside Analytics
  • Kai Michael Kenkel
    Assistant Professor, Institute of International Relations, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
  • Madonna Kent
    Director, Industrial Benefits, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • David Keyes
    Executive Director, Advancing Human Rights
  • Persis Khambatta
    Fellow, Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • James Kitfield
    Senior Correspondent, National Journal
  • Suat Kınıklıoğlu
    Director, Center for Strategic Communications
  • Martin Klingst
    Washington Bureau Chief, Die Zeit
  • Kathleen Koch
    Author, Journalist
  • Richard Koo
    Chief Economist, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
  • Zenon Kosiniak-Kamysz
    Ambassador of Poland to Canada, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Canada
  • David Kramer
    President, Freedom House
  • Irina Krasovskaya
    President, We Remember Foundation
  • Chad Kreikemeier
    Defense and Foreign Policy Advisor, Senator Jeanne Shaheen
  • Hilary Krieger
    Krieger
  • Ján Kubiš
    Special Representative for Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
  • David Kurtz
    Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief, Talking Points Memo
  • Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
    Senior Fellow Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • Adam Kushner
    Deputy Editor, National Journal
  • Ron L’Esperance
    Principal, CFN Consultants
  • Elise Labott
    Foreign Affairs Reporter, CNN
  • Francois Lafond
    Executive Director, Aspen Institute France
  • Miroslav Lajčák
    Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovak Republic
  • F. Stephen Larrabee
    Distinguished Chair in European Security, RAND Corporation
  • Amer Latif
    Visiting Fellow, Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Michel Lavigne
    Military Assistant to the Minister of National Defence, Office of the Minister of National Defence, Canada
  • Peter Lavoy
    Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, United States Department of Defense
  • Thomas Lawson
    Chief of Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces
  • Paul LeBlanc
    President, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Ariel Levite
    Nonresident Senior Associate, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Leonard Lidov
    President, Co-Founder and CEO, Morningside Analytics
  • Klaus Linsenmeier
    Executive Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation North America
  • Graham Lintott
    Defence, Naval, and Air Attaché, Embassy of New Zealand in Washington
  • Shalom Lipner
    Special Coordinator for Public Diplomacy, Office of the Prime Minister, Israel
  • Gal Luft
    Co-Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
  • Brian Macdonald
    Legislative Secretary, Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
  • John MacDonell
    Chief of Staff to the Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
  • César Macnamera
    Deputy Chief of Defense Staff, Chilean Armed Forces
  • Geoffrey Machum
    Chair, Board of Directors, Halifax Port Authority
  • Macha MacKay
    Member, Pugwash Peace Exchange
  • Peter MacKay
    Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
  • George MacLean
    Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba
  • Paul Maddison
    Commander, Royal Canadian Navy
  • Ashok Malik
    Columnist, Deccan Chronicle
  • Ilgar Mammadov
    Chairman, Republicanist Alternative (REAL) Movement, Azerbaijan
  • John Manley
    President and CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
  • Sergio Mantilla
    Commander of the Army, Military Forces of Colombia
  • Bruno Marescaux
    Advisor for International and Strategic Affairs, Office of the Secretary General for National Defense, France
  • Elisa Massimino
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Human Rights First
  • Djerdj Matkovic
    Foreign Policy Advisor to the First Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Serbia
  • Bill McCaffrey
    President and CEO, MEG Energy Corporation
  • John McCain
    Senator, United States
  • Jon McKenzie
    Chief Financial Officer, Irving Oil
  • Alan Mendoza
    Co-Founder and Executive Director, Henry Jackson Society
  • Jeanne Meserve
    Homeland Security Correspondent, CNN
  • Ayman Mhanna
    Executive Director, Samir Kassir Foundation
  • Leo Michel
    Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
  • Fred Midgette
    Military Advisor to the Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security
  • Barbara Mikulski
    Senator, United States
  • James Miller
    Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, United States Department of Defense
  • Wess Mitchell
    President, Center for European Policy Analysis
  • Saad Mohseni
    Director, MOBY Group
  • Duane Monea
    Vice President, Public Relations, MEG Energy Corporation
  • Yusuf Muftuoglü
    Advisor to the President, Republic of Turkey
  • Jeff Mullen
    Director of Enterprise Development, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Vago Muradian
    Host, Defense News
  • Felipe Nasser
    Second Secretary, Embassy of Brazil
  • Walter Natynczyk
    Former Chief of Defence Staff, Canadian Forces
  • Pauline Neville-Jones
    Patron to Cyber Security Challenge and Special Government Representative to Business on Cyber Security, House of Lords, United Kingdom
  • Kevin Newman
    Anchor, Question Period, CTV News
  • Natalie Nougayréde
    Diplomatic Correspondent, Le Monde
  • Jamie O’Gilvie
    Staff Officer, Strategy and Planning, Jamaica Defence Force
  • Jacqueline O’Neill
    Director, The Institute for Inclusive Security
  • Charles Dixon Osburn
    Director, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First
  • Russell Page
    Australian Defence Adviser to Canada, High Commission of Australia to Canada
  • Timothy Page
    President, Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries
  • Ana Palacio
    Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale
  • Jean-Paul Paloméros
    Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO
  • Roland Paris
    University Research Chair in International Security and Governance, University of Ottawa
  • Jay Paxton
    Director of Communications for the Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Tom Perriello
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress Action Fund
  • Smadar Perry
    Middle East Senior Editor, Yediot Aharonot Daily
  • Ted Piccone
    Senior Fellow, Deputy Director for Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
  • Livia Plaks
    President, Project on Ethnic Relations
  • Dana Priest
    Reporter, The Washington Post
  • Margaret Purdy
    Research Associate, Center for International Relations, The University of British Columbia
  • Jibril Rajoub
    Director, Palestinian Center for Security Studies
  • Albert Ramdin
    Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States
  • Ahmed Rashid
    Journalist and Author
  • Alison Redford
    Premier, Alberta, Canada
  • Stephen Rigby
    National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Privy Council Office, Canada
  • Richard Riley
    Consul General, US Consulate General, Halifax
  • Sheila Riordon
    Minister (Political), Embassy of Canada in Washington
  • Carla Robbins
    Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Colin Robertson
    Vice President, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
  • Corin Robertson
    Deputy High Commissioner, British High Commission, Ottawa
  • Joshua Rogin
    Staff Writer, Foreign Policy Magazine
  • Rafal Rohozinski
    Principal and Chief Executive Officer, The SecDev Group
  • Gideon Rose
    Editor, Foreign Affairs
  • Morris Rosenberg
    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
  • Henri Rothschild
    President and Chief Executive Officer, International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada Inc.
  • Craig Rowsell
    Senior Associate, Hill and Knowlton Canada
  • Luis Rubio
    Chairman, Center of Research for Development
  • Daniel Runde
    Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Tom Ruth
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Halifax International Airport Authority
  • Oussama Safa
    Strategic Consultant, Independent
  • Sven Sakkov
    Undersecretary for Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Estonia
  • Amrullah Saleh
    Former Intelligence Chief, Afghanistan
  • David Sanger
    Chief Washington Correspondent, New York Times
  • Samir Saran
    Senior Fellow & Vice President, Observer Research Foundation
  • Jo-Anne Scharf
    Regional Director, Nova Scotia Public Safety
  • Randy Scheunemann
    Foreign Policy and National Security Policy Analyst
  • Christian Schmidt
    Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defense, Germany
  • Christian Schmidt
    Military Aide to the Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defense, Germany
  • Andrew Schwartz
    Senior Vice President, External Relations, Center for Strategic & International Studies
  • Peter Semneby
    Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
  • Richard Sendall
    Senior Vice President, Strategy and Government Relations, MEG Energy Corporation
  • Vance Serchuck
    Senior Advisor for National Security and Foreign Affairs, Office of Senator Joseph Lieberman
  • Robin Shepherd
    Director, International Affairs, Henry Jackson Society
  • Mohammed Shtayyeh
    Minister, Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction
  • Vasil Sikharulidze
    Chairman, Atlantic Council of Georgia
  • Péter Siklósi
    Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy and Planning, Ministry of Defence, Hungary
  • Jill Sinclair
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Lokman Slim
    Director, Hayya Bina
  • Julianne Smith
    Deputy National Security Advisor, Office of the Vice President of the United States of America
  • Eugeniusz Smolar
    Senior Fellow, Polish Institute of International Affairs
  • Carsten Søndergaard
    Permanent Ambassador of Denmark to NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Frits Stam
  • Barbara Stegemann
    Founder, The 7 Virtues Communications Group
  • Janice Stein
    Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
  • Mercedes Stephenson
    Reporter, CTV News
  • Yasushi Sukegawa
    Senior Fellow, Government and Law Studies Division, The National Institute for Defense Studies
  • Michael Svetlik
    Vice President, Programs, IFES
  • Jane Taber
    Senior Political Writer, The Globe and Mail
  • Andrew Tabler
    Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  • Nobushige Takamizawa
    President, National Institute for Defence Studies
  • Nobuo Tanaka
    Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
  • Andris Teikmanis
    State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
  • Jonathan Tepperman
    Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
  • Ishaan Tharoor
    Writer and Editor, Time Magazine/Global Spin
  • Guy Thibault
    Chairman, Inter-American Defense Board
  • Eirik Thorshaug
    Eneken
  • Eneken Tikk-Ringas
    Post Doctoral Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs
  • Vic Toews
    Minister of Public Safety, Public Safety Canada
  • Russel Trood
    Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney
  • Mark Udall
    Senator, United States
  • Tomas Valasek
    Director of Foreign Policy and Defence, Centre for European Reform
  • Bernard Valcourt
    Associate Minister of National Defence and Minister of State, Department of National Defence and Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Jonathan Vance
    Director of Staff, Strategic Joint Staff, Canada
  • Peter Van Praagh
    President, Halifax International Security Forum
  • Joseph Varner
    Director of Policy, Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Robert Vass
    Secretary General, Slovak Atlantic Commission
  • Julian Ventura
    Undersecretary for North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
  • Rogerio Verissimo
    Air and Defence Attaché to Canada, Brazilian Air Force
  • John Vinocur
    Columnist, International Herald Tribune
  • Kurt Volker
    Executive Director, McCain Institute
  • Aleksandar Vučić
    First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defense, Republic of Serbia
  • Alexandre Vulic
    Minister Counsellor, Embassy of France in Canada
  • Abdul Hai Waheed
    Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  • Bruce Wallace
    Editor, Policy Options Magazine, Institute for Research on Public Policy
  • Pamela Wallin
    Chair, National Security and Defence Committee
  • Abdul Rahim Wardak
    Senior Defense Advisor and Former Minister of Defense, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  • W. Bruce Weinrod
    Senior Advisor, Global Impact, Inc.
  • Jonathan Weisstub
    Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Infrastructure Ontario, and, Chairman of the Board, Halifax International Security Forum
  • Margaret Wente
    Columnist, The Globe and Mail
  • Christian U.S. Correspondent, Süddeutsche Zeitung
    U.S. Correspondent, Süddeutsche Zeitung
  • Michael Werz
    Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
  • Kathryn White
    Executive Director, United Nations Association in Canada
  • Joseph Whited
    Congressional Liaison, United States Department of Defense
  • Marc Whittingham
    President and CEO, Canadian Commercial Corporation
  • Alexis Wichowski
    Media Analyst, United States Mission to the United Nations, United States Department of State
  • Andi Widjajanto
    Head of Undergraduate Programme, International Relations, University of Indonesia
  • Taylor Wilson
    Student and Nuclear Physicist, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Bogusław Winid
    Deputy Foreign Minister, Republic of Poland
  • Joseph Wood
    Senior Resident Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
  • Mona Yacoubian
    Senior Advisor, Middle East, The Stimson Center
  • Kazuyuki Yamazaki
    Ambassador for Policy Planning and International Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
  • Chris Yonke
    Owner, International Options and Trade
  • Dov Zakheim
    Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies and CNA’s Center for Naval Analyses
  • Markus Ziener
    Editorial Page Editor, Handelsblatt
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Agenda Working Group

The Halifax International Security Forum invites subject experts with significant practical experience to volunteer their time throughout the summer months to discuss and debate ideas to be addressed head-on at Halifax in November. The guidance provided by the Agenda Working Group ensures that Halifax International Security Forum plays its part in shaping the coming year’s global security agenda.

Halifax International Security Forum is proud that the agenda presented to its participants each year is acutely relevant and reflects conversations that are happening in capitals around the world. In the cases where these issues are not yet top-of-mind for decision makers, Halifax International Security Forum is pleased to create those conversations that will gain attention and inspire international action.

In building the 2012 agenda for the November Forum, Halifax International Security Forum works to keep its finger on the pulse of international events that shaped the world in the past year. The Agenda Working Group meets throughout the summer months to discuss and debate ideas to be addressed head-on at Halifax in November. In so doing, Halifax International Security Forum endeavors to play its part in shaping next year’s international security agenda. Please join us by being an active participant.

Michael Auslin, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute and Columnist, Wall Street Journal

Leslie Campbell, Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, The National Democratic Institute

Helga Flores Trejo, Principal External Relations Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank

John Glenn, Policy Director, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition

Joseph Hall, Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum

Heather Hurlburt, Executive Director, National Security Network

Bruce Jackson, Founder and President, Project on Transitional Democracies

David Kramer, President, Freedom House

Dixon Osburn, Director, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First

Roland Paris, University Research Chair in International Security and Governance, University of Ottawa

Robin Shepherd, Director, International Affairs, Henry Jackson Society

Janice Stein, Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

Jonathan Tepperman, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs

Peter Van Praagh, President, Halifax International Security Forum

Kurt Volker, Executive Director, McCain Institute, ASU

Bruce Weinrod, Senior Advisor, Global Impact, Inc.

Michael Werz, Senior Fellow, National Security Team, Center for American Progress

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A Crisis of Confidence: It would be a fateful mistake for the West to abandon the ideas and institutions that delivered prosperity and stability in previous decades, says Carl Bildt @carlbildt bit.ly/2JZfO2h

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