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2013 Halifax International Security Forum

2013 Halifax International Security Forum

Date
November 22-24, 2013
Participants
300

Agenda & Speakers

Friday, November 22
Saturday, November 23
Sunday, November 24

Participants
  • Niels Abrahamsen
    Danish Ambassador to Canada
    Embassy of Denmark, Canada
  • Stéphane Abrial
    Advisor to the President and CEO
    Safran
  • Mohammed Abu Lahoum
    Head, Justice and Building Party, Yemen
  • Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay
    Founder
    Stop Child Executions
  • Sergio Aguirre
    Fellow
    Brookings Institution
  • M. J. Akbar
    Editor-in-Chief
    Sunday Guardian
  • Rinat Akhmetshin
    Director
    International Eurasian Institute
  • Mariam Al-Khawaja
    Acting President
    Bahrain Center for Human Rights
  • John Allen
    Distinguished Fellow
    The Brookings Institution
  • Farea Al-Muslimi
    Yemen’s Colleague
    Resonate! Yemen
  • Alejandro Alvargonzález San Martin
    Secretary General for Defense Policy
    Ministry of Defense, Kingdom of Spain
  • Simon Ancona
    Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy)
    Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
  • Eleftherios Anghelopoulos
    Ambassador of Greece to Canada
    Embassy of Greece in Canada
  • James Appathurai
    Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Siavosh Arasteh
    Managing Director
    AgFlow
  • Kelli Arena
    Executive Director, Global Center for Journalism and Democracy
    Sam Houston State University
  • Derrick Ashong
    Host
    D.N.A.
  • Terry Audla
    President
    Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
  • Michael Auslin
    Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
    Columnist, Wall Street Journal
  • Tuncay Babali
    Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey
    Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, Canada
  • Craig Baines
    Special Advisor to the Chief of Defence Staff
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • John Baird
    Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada
  • James Baker
    Principal Deputy Director, Joint Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy
    US Department of Defense
  • Shukria Barakzai
    Defense Commission Chief
    National Assembly of Afghanistan
  • Berend Willem Bargerbos
    Principal Director of General Policy Affairs
    Ministry of Defense, Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • John Barrasso
    Senator
    United States
  • Espen Barth Eide
    Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Norway
  • Scott Bates
    President
    Center for National Policy
  • Stuart Beare
    Commander
    Canadian Joint Operations Command
  • Christine Beerli
    Permanent Vice-President
    International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Henry Bensurto, Jr.
    Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs
    West Philippine Sea Center, Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines
  • Jean Bétermier
    President
    Forum du Futur
  • David Black
    Director, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
    Dalhousie University
  • Steven Blaney
    Minister of Public Safety
    Department of Public Safety, Canada
  • Eric Block
    Partner
    McCarthy Tetrault
  • Yvan Blondin
    Commander
    Canadian Royal Air Force
  • Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr.
    Chairman
    Stimson Center
  • Frederik Boisvert
    Deputy Chief of Staff
    Department of National Defense, Canada
  • Jason Bordoff
    Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs
    Director, Center on Global Energy Policy
  • Scott Borg
    Director and Chief Economist
    United States Cyber Consequences Unit
  • Darrell Bricker
    Chief Executive Officer
    Ipsos Public Affairs
  • Laura Bridge
    Manager, External Relations
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Yves Brodeur
    Permanent Representative of Canada to NATO
    Joint Delegation of Canada to NATO
  • Ian Brodie
    Research Director, School of Public Policy
    University of Calgary
  • Pete Brodnitz
    Principal
    Benenson Strategy Group
  • Rosa Brooks
    Schwarts Senior Fellow and Professor
    New America Foundation and Georgetown
  • Christian Brose
    Foreign Policy Advisor
    Senator John McCain
  • Kerry Buck
    Assistant Deputy Minister of International Security, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada
  • Mark Cameron
    Director, Global Public Policy
    BlackBerry
  • Leslie Campbell
    Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs
    National Democratic Institute
  • Cengiz Çandar
    Journalist
    Radikal Daily
  • Scott Carpenter
    Deputy Director
    Google Ideas
  • James Cartwright
    Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Wendy Chamberlin
    President
    Middle East Institute
  • Rajiv Chandrasekaran
    Senior Correspondent and Associate Editor
    The Washington Post
  • Asif Chaudhry
    Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations
    Unites States Navy
  • Rebecca Chavez
    DASD, WHA
    Department of Defense
  • Sarah Chayes
    Senior Associate, Democracy and Rule of Law Program and South Asia Program
    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Derek Chollet
    Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
    US Department of Defense
  • Joseph Cirincione
    President
    Ploughshares Fund
  • Lamine Cissé
    Former Chief of Defense Staff, Former Minister of Interior, UN Coordinator SSR Guinea
    Senegalese Armed Forces
  • Tom Clark
    Chief Political Correspondent
    Global News
  • Steve Clemons
    Editor-at-Large
    The Atlantic
  • Susan Collins
    Senator
    United States
  • Marshall Conley
    President
    Conley-International
  • Karen Courington
    Military Legislative Aide
    Senator Tim Kaine
  • Missy Cummings
    Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Bill Dalson
    Corporate International Business Development, The Americas
    Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Arnaud Danjean
    Chair, Subcommittee on Security and Defense
    European Parliament
  • Mikheil Darchiashvili
    Deputy Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Georgia
  • Premvir Das
    Member, Executive Council
    Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses
  • Glenn Davidson
    Former Ambassador of Canada to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  • Howard Dean
    Former Governor of Vermont
    Senior Strategic Advisor, McKenna Long Aldridge LLP
  • Paul Dewar
    Member of Parliament, Ottawa Centre
    House of Commons, Canada
  • Jackson Diehl
    Deputy Editorial Page Editor
    The Washington Post
  • Yoram Dinstein
    Professor Emeritus of International Law and President
    Tel Aviv University, Israel and UN Association of Israel
  • Paula Dobriansky
    Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
    Harvard University
  • Gary Doer
    Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America
    Embassy of Canada to the United States
  • Lyse Doucet
    Presenter
    BBC World Service
  • Howard Drake
    British High Commissioner to Canada
    British High Commission, Canada
  • David Ellis
    Rabbi-at-Large
    The Atlantic Jewish Council
  • Mieke Eoyang
    Director of the National Security Program
    Third Way
  • Philippe Errera
    Director, Strategic Affairs
    Ministry of Defense, France
  • Golnaz Esfandiari
    Senior Correspondent, Blogger
    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  • Richard Fadden
    Deputy Minister
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Dean Fealk
    Partner and Group Chair
    DLA Piper
  • Marian Fernet
    Chief of Staff
    Department of Justice, Canada
  • Dexter Filkins
    Foreign Correspondent
    The New York Times
  • Kristian Fischer
    Deputy Permanent Secretary of State
    Ministry of Defence, Denmark
  • Helga Flores Trejo
    Principal External Relations Advisor
    Inter-American Development Bank
  • Stephen Flynn
    Professor of Political Science & Director, Center for Resilience Studies
    Northeastern University
  • Chris Fomunyoh
    Senior Associate and Regional Director for Central and West Africa
    National Democratic Institute
  • Robert Fonberg
    Special Advisor to the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
    Privy Council Office
  • Johanna Mendelson Forman
    Senior Associate
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Liam Fox
    Member of Parliament for North Somerset
    House of Commons, United Kingdom
  • Bruce Friedman
    Deputy Director, Office of Brazilian and Southern Cone Affairs
    US Department of State
  • Tidiane Gadio
    President
    Pan-African Institute of Strategy
  • Ulf Gartzke
    Managing Partner and Founder
    Spitzberg Partners LLC
  • John Gastright
    Vice President, Government Relations
    DynCorp International
  • Leslie Gatan
    Ambassador of the Philippines to Canada
    Embassy of the Philippines, Canada
  • Jennifer Gearey
    Director of Communications
    Ministry of Justice, Canada
  • Matthias Gebauer
    Chief Correspondent
    DER SPIEGEL
  • Neil Gershenfeld
    Director, The Center for Bits and Atoms
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Jay Ghazal
    President
    Ghazal & Associates, LLC
  • Amos Gilad
    Head of the Political-Military and Policy Bureau
    Ministry of Defense, Israel
  • Rob Gillies
    Canadian Bureau Chief
    Associated Press
  • John Glenn
    Policy Director
    US Global Leadership Coalition
  • Walter Goodfellow
    Justice (Ret.)
    Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
  • David Gough
    Chair, Atlantic Chapter
    American Chamber of Commerce in Canada
  • Ladislav Grabar
    Defense Attaché
    Embassy of Slovenia to the United States
  • Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
    Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Camille Grand
    Director
    The Foundation for Strategic Research
  • Mike Greenley
    Director
    Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries
  • Maryscott Greenwood
    Executive Director
    Canadian American Business Council
  • Robert Gruendel
    Partner and Global Chair, Energy Sector
    DLA Piper
  • Jakub Grygiel
    George H.W. Bush Senior Associate Professor of International Relations
    John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
  • François Guimont
    Deputy Minister
    Public Safety Canada
  • Chuck Hagel
    Secretary of Defense
    US Department of Defense
  • Marquis Hainse
    Commander
    Canadian Army
  • Joseph Hall
    Vice President
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Aleqa Hammond
    Premier
    Government of Greenland
  • Fen Hampson
    Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Global Security Program
    The Centre for International Governance Innovation
  • Husain Haqqani
    Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
    Hudson Institute
  • Jane Harman
    Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer
    Woodrow Wilson Center
  • Allison Hart
    Special Advisor, Public Diplomacy
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Sasha Havlicek
    Chief Executive Officer
    Institute for Strategic Dialogue
  • Laurie Hawn
    Co-Chair
    Canada-US Joint Board of Defense
  • Cho Hee-yong
    Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Canada
    Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Canada
  • Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
    Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Steven Heydemann
    Vice President of the Center for Applied Research on Conflict
    US Institute of Peace
  • Rodrigo Hinzpeter
    Minister of National Defense
    Ministry of National Defense, Chile
  • Christine Hogan
    Foreign Defence Policy Advisor
    Office of the Prime Minister, Canada
  • Peter Hogan
    Vice President
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Matthew Mark Horn
    Government Relations & Policy Advisor
    MMH Global Strategies, LLC
  • Andrew House
    Chief of Staff
    Public Safety Canada
  • John Hudson
    Staff Writer, National Security
    Foreign Policy
  • Heather Hurlburt
    Senior Advisor
    National Security Network
  • Herman Öm Ingólfsson
    Director General
    Directorate for International Security Affairs
  • Wolfgang Ischinger
    Chairman
    Munich Security Conference
  • Farahnaz Ispahani
    Public Policy Scholar
    The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • Oscar Izurieta
    Undersecretary of Defense
    Ministry of National Defense, Chile
  • Bruce Jackson
    Founder and President
    Project on Transitional Democracies
  • Charles Jacoby
    Commander
    United States Northern Command, North American Aerospace Defense Command
  • Roman Jakič
    Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Republic of Slovenia
  • Jackson Janes
    President
    American Institute for Contemporary Studies
  • Cesar Jaramillo
    Program Officer
    Project Ploughshares
  • Said Jawad
    Chief Executive Officer
    Capitalize LLC
  • Daniel Jean
    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
  • Josef Joffe
    Editor
    Die Zeit
  • Matthew Johnson
    Project Director, Ships Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Major Initiatives and Projects Office, Nova Scotia
  • Tim Kaine
    Senator
    United States
  • Matthew Kaminski
    Member, Editorial Board
    The Wall Street Journal
  • Eiichi Katahara
    Director, Regional Studies Department
    National Institute for Defense Studies
  • John Kavanagh
    Manager, Entrepreneurship and Business Skills Development
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Madonna Kent
    Director General, Advocacy & Industrial Benefits
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Adam Kinzinger
    Member of the House of Representatives
    United States
  • Suat Kınıklıoğlu
    Executive Director of STRATIM, Former Member of Parliament
    Center for Strategic Communication (STRATIM)
  • Richard Kirkland
    Vice President, Corporate International Business Development
    Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Rachel Kleinfeld
    Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
    President Emeritus, Truman National Security Project
  • Martin Klingst
    Washington Bureau Chief
    Die Zeit
  • Kathleen Koch
    Author, Journalist
  • Kemal Köprülü
    Publisher
    Turkish Policy Quarterly
  • Matej Kováč
    Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Parliament
    Christian Democratic Party, Germany
  • David Kramer
    President
    Freedom House
  • Ivan Krastev
    Chairman of the Board, Programme Director, Political Research
    Centre for Liberal Strategies
  • Mirjam Krull
    Director
    Orr Associates, Inc.
  • Tomoko Kurokawa
    Visiting Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program
    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
    Fellow
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • Ron L’Esperance
    President
    Group ATN Consultants
  • Francois Lafond
    Executive Director
    Europanova
  • Evan Laksmana
    Fulbright Presidential PhD Scholar
    Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta
  • Karin Landgren
    Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia
    United Nations
  • Isabelle Lasserre
    Associate Editor
    Le Figaro
  • Thomas Lawson
    Chief of Defence Staff
    Canadian Forces
  • Paul LeBlanc
    President
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Pierre Lellouche
    Deputy for the 1st District of Paris
    French National Assembly
  • Lauri Lepik
    Permanent Representative of Estonia
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Kadri Liik
    Head of Wider Europe Programme
    European Council on Foreign Relations
  • Nancy Lindborg
    Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance
    USAID
  • Linas Linkevičius
    Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Lithuania
  • Klaus Linsenmeier
    Executive Director
    Heinrich Böll Foundation – North America
  • Natalia Loukacheva
    First Visiting Nansen Professor of Arctic Studies
    University of Akureyri
  • Jawed Ludin
    Former Deputy Foreign Minister
    Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  • Gal Luft
    Co-Director
    Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
  • Brian Macdonald
    Legislative Secretary for Military Affairs
    Government of New Brunswick
  • John MacDonell
    Partner
    Stewart McKelvey
  • Geoffrey Machum
    Chair, Board of Directors
    Halifax Port Authority
  • Peter MacKay
    Minister of Justice and Attorney General
    Ministry of Justice, Canada
  • Macha MacKay
    Member
    Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
  • Mona Makram-Ebeid
    Member of Advisory Council
    Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Egypt
  • Peter Mansbridge
    Chief Correspondent and Anchor of The National
    Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Anja Manuel
    Principal
    RiceHadleyGates LLC
  • Mikk Marran
    Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defense
    Estonian Ministry of Defense
  • RJ Martin
    Strategist/Planner, Commander’s Initiatives Group
    US Northern Command, North American Aerospace Defense Command
  • Vivek Maru
    Chief Executive Officer
    Namati Innovations in Legal Empowerment
  • Bill McCaffrey
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    MEG Energy Corporation
  • John McCain
    Senator
    United States
  • Audrey McLaughlin
    Election Observer
    National Democratic Institute
  • Membathisi Mdladlana
    High Commissioner to Canada
    South African High Commission
  • David Merkel
    Senior Fellow
    John Hopkins Center for Transatlantic Relations
  • Imad Mesdoua
    Political Analyst
  • Jeanne Meserve
    Senior Fellow
    George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute
  • Ayman Mhanna
    Executive Director
    Samir Kassir Foundation
  • Vladimir Milov
    President
    Institute of Energy Policy
  • Don Moe
    Vice President, Supply and Marketing
    MEG Energy Corporation
  • Duane Monea
    Vice President, Public Relations
    MEG Energy Corporation
  • Heba Morayef
    Egypt Director, Middle East and North Africa Division
    Human Rights Watch
  • Pedro Morenés
    Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Spain
  • Mouaz Moustafa
    Executive Director
    The Syrian Emergency Task Force
  • John Mueller
    Woody Hayes Chair Emeritus of National Security Studies
    Mershon Center of Political Science
  • Yusuf Muftuoglu
    Advisor to the President
    Republic of Turkey
  • Jeff Mullen
    Director of Enterprise Development
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Maureen Murphy
    Chief of Staff to the Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Andrew Murrison
    Minister for International Security Strategy
    Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
  • Dato Mustappa
    Deputy Minister of Defense
    Brunei
  • Walter Natynczyk
    President
    Canadian Space Agency
  • Mary Naylor
    Legislative Director
    Senator Tim Kaine
  • Pauline Neville-Jones
    Special Representative to Business on Cybersecurity
    House of Lords, United Kingdom
  • John Newton
    Commander
    Maritime Forces Atlantic and Joint Task Force Atlantic
  • Robert Nicholson
    Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Masashi Nishihara
    President
    Research Institute for Peace and Security
  • Mark Norman
    Commander
    Royal Canadian Navy
  • Elizabeth O’Bagy
    Foreign Policy Advisor
    Senator John McCain
  • Jacqueline O’Neill
    Director
    The Institute for Inclusive Security
  • Dixon Osburn
    Director, Law and Security Program
    Human Rights First
  • Mashbat Otgonbayar
    Strategic Policy Advisor to the Minister
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia
  • Timothy Page
    President
    Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries
  • Jean-Paul Paloméros
    Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Roland Paris
    Director, Centre for International Policy Studies
    University of Ottawa
  • Sameer Patil
    Associate Fellow in National Security
    Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations
  • Benjamin Pauker
    Managing Editor
    Foreign Policy
  • William Pentney
    Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General, Canada
  • Frederic Pesme
    Executive Assistant to the Commander Allied Command Transformation
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Mike Pompeo
    Member of the House of Representatives
    United States
  • Nikola Poposki
    Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Macedonia
  • Fabrice Pothier
    Head of Policy Planning for the Office of the Secretary General
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Esa Pulkkinen
    Director General, Defense Policy Department
    Ministry of Defense, Finland
  • Diana Quintero Cuello
    Deputy Minister of Defense for Strategy and Planning
    Ministry of Defense, Columbia
  • Dejan Radunic
    Personal Assistant
    Minister’s Cabinet, Slovenia
  • Bob Rae
    Mediator, former Premier of Ontario and federal Liberal leader
  • Celina Realuyo
    Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
    National Defense University
  • Edward Rees
    Senior Adviser
    Building Markets
  • Roy Rempel
    Policy Advisor
    Office of the Prime Minister, Canada
  • Daniel Restrepo
    Senior Fellow
    Center for American Progress
  • Stephen Rigby
    National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister
    Privy Council Office
  • Richard Riley
    Consul General
    US Consulate General, Halifax
  • Sheila Riordon
    Minister (Political)
    Embassy of Canada, Washington
  • Julia Rivard
    Senior Partner
    Norex
  • Carla Robbins
    Adjunct Senior Fellow
    Council on Foreign Relations
  • Colin Robertson
    Vice President
    Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute
  • Genaro Robles Casillas
    Defense Attaché
    Embassy of Mexico, Canada
  • Joshua Rogin
    Senior Correspondent
    Newsweek Daily Beast
  • Rafal Rohozinski
    Principal and CEO
    The SecDev Group
  • Gideon Rose
    Editor
    Foreign Affairs
  • Todd Rosenblum
    Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security
    US Department of Defense
  • Kevin Rudd
    Member of Parliament
    Commonwealth of Australia
  • Daniel Runde
    Director, Project on Prosperity and Development
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Laurent Ruseckas
    Senior Advisor
    IHS
  • Tom Ruth
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Halifax International Airport Authority
  • George Sabra
    President
    Syrian National Council
  • Baba Salah
    Singer and Guitarist
  • Sana Saleem
    Activist Blogger
    The Guardian
  • Richard Sanders
    Chargé d’Affaires
    Embassy of the United States, Canada
  • Sabrina Saqeb
    Co-Founder
    Institute for Rethinking Policies, Research Institute for Women, Peace and Security
  • Mike Savage
    Mayor
    Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Bente Scheller
    Director, Middle East Office Beirut
    Heinrich Böll Stiftung
  • Randy Scheunemann
    President
    Orion Strategies
  • Peter Semneby
    Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
    Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
  • Michael Semple
    Visiting Professor, Institute for Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
    Queen’s University Belfast
  • Richard Sendall
    Senior Vice President, Strategy and Government Relations
    MEG Energy Corporation
  • Baek Seung Joo
    Vice Minister of National Defense
    Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Korea
  • Jacob Shavit
    Chief Executive Officer
    Discovery Air
  • Robin Shepherd
    Director, International Affairs
    Henry Jackson Society
  • Makita Shimokawa
    Deputy Director-General, the Asian and Oceania Affairs Bureau
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
  • Newton Shortliffe
    Acting Director General, Intelligence Assessments
    Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • Vasil Sikharulidze
    Chairman
    Atlantic Council of Georgia
  • Donald Sinclair
    Director General
    Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
  • Jill Sinclair
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Randa Slim
    Research Fellow, National Security Studies Program
    The New America Foundation
  • Vaclav Smil
    Distinguished Professor Emeritus
    University of Manitoba
  • Milan Solár
    Deputy Secretary General/Program Director
    Slovak Atlantic Commission
  • Nancy Southern
    Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
    ATCO Ltd.
  • Matthew Spence
    DASD ISA
    Department of Defense
  • Janice Stein
    Director, Munk School of Global Affairs
    University of Toronto
  • Edison Stewart
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Affairs
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Karen Stewart
    Political Advisor to SACT
    Allied Command Transformation
  • Yohanes Sulaiman
    Lecturer
    Indonesian National Defense University
  • Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson
    Minister for Foreign Affairs
    Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland
  • Jane Taber
    Atlantic Bureau Chief
    The Globe and Mail
  • Andrew Tabler
    Senior Fellow
    Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  • Jonathan Tepperman
    Managing Editor
    Foreign Affairs
  • Sue Mi Terry
    Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute
    Columbia University
  • Ljuben Tevdovski
    Ambassador of Macedonia to Canada
    Embassy of Macedonia in Canada
  • Alioune Tine
    Chairman, Human Rights Commission
    Senegal
  • Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili
    President
    Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies
  • Kenneth Tovo
    Deputy Commander
    US Southern Command
  • Peter Van Praagh
    President
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Joseph Varner
    Director of Policy
    Department of Justice, Canada
  • Robert Vass
    Secretary General
    Slovak Atlantic Commission
  • Hubert Védrine
    President
    François Mitterrand Institute
  • Nirmal Kumar Verma
    High Commissioner of India to Canada
    High Commission of India, Ottawa
  • Alexander Vershbow
    Deputy Secretary General
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Cindy Vestergaard
    Senior Researcher
    Danish Institute for International Studies
  • John Vinocur
    Former Executive Editor
    International Herald Tribune
  • Kurt Volker
    Executive Director
    McCain Institute
  • Christoph von Marschall
    Chief Diplomatic Correspondent
    Der Tagesspiegel
  • Alexandre Vulic
    Deputy Head of Mission
    Embassy of France in Canada
  • Nicolai Wammen
    Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Denmark
  • W. Bruce Weinrod
    Senior Advisor
    Global Impact Inc.
  • Jonathan Weisstub
    Chairman of the Board, Halifax International Security Forum
  • Jim Wellons
    Executive Officer to the Commander United States Southern Command
  • Michael Werz
    Senior Fellow
    Center for American Progress
  • Joseph Whited
    Chief of Congressional Liaison
    United States Department of Defense
  • Marc Whittingham
    President & CEO
    Canadian Commercial Corporation
  • Alexis Wichowski
    Media Analyst, United States Mission to the United Nations
    US Department of State
  • Einat Wilf
    Senior Fellow
    The Jewish People Policy Institute
  • Taylor Wilson
    Nuclear Physicist
    University of Nevada, Reno
  • Werner Wnendt
    Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
    Federal Foreign Office
  • Peter Wright
    Development Officer
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Harry Wu
    Founder and Executive Director
    Laogai Research Foundation
  • Moshe Ya’alon
    Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Israel
  • Hasan Kemal Yardimci
    Deputy Minister of National Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Republic of Turkey
  • Chris Yonke
    Owner
    International Options and Trade
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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.

Michael Auslin Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and Columnist, Wall Street Journal

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

Helga Flores Trejo Foreign Policy Fellow, The Brookings Institution

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

Joseph Hall Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum

Heather Hurlburt Executive Director, National Security Network

Rachel Kleinfeld Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; President Emeritus, Truman National Security Project

David J. Kramer President, Freedom House

Jacqueline O’Neill Director, The Institute for Inclusive Security

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

Roland Paris Director of Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa

Tom Perriello President & CEO, Center for American Progress Action Fund; Counselor, Center for American Progress

Paul Salem Director, Carnegie Middle East Center

Randall Scheunemann President, Orion Strategies

Robin Shepherd Director, International Affairs, Henry Jackson Society

Julianne Smith Senior Vice President, Beacon Global Strategies LLC; Former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Janice Gross Stein Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, University of Toronto

Jonathan Tepperman Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs

Peter Van Praagh President, Halifax International Security Forum

Kurt Volker Executive Director, McCain Institute for International Leadership

W. Bruce Weinrod Senior Advisor, Global Impact, Inc.

Michael Werz Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Halifax Papers
The West Today: Calculated Power or Complete Paralysis?
Robin Shepherd
Bloody Autocracy, Religious Kleptocracy, Unstable Democracy: In Search of Better Choices for the Middle East (And Beyond)
Leslie Campbell
If Democracies Won't, Alternative Will: Reviving Global Responsibility
Ivan Krastev
From India to the Americas: The Trials & Tribulations of a New Pacific Order
MJ Akbar
Robot Wars: The Technology Strikes Back
Mary (Missy) Cummings
Arctic Encounters: Hot Commodities, Cold War
Natalia Loukacheva
Free Radicals (With Return Tickets): Boston, Nairobi, and the Future of Terrorism
John Mueller
WMD: Whose Moral Dilemma?
Shlomo Avineri

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