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
Ian Brodie, Research Director, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Rosa Brooks, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation and Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Leslie Campbell, Senior Associate and Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute
Helga Flores Trejo, Principal External Relations Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank
John K. Glenn, Policy Director, US Global Leadershp Coalition
Camille Grand, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research
Joseph Hall, Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum
Sasha Havlicek, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Heather Hurlburt, Director, New Models of Policy Change Project, New America
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
Peter Van Praagh, President, Halifax International Security Forum
Dixon Osburn, Executive Director, Center for Justice and Accountability
Randall Scheunemann, President, Orion Strategies
Robin Shepherd, Publisher, The Commentator
Julianne Smith, Senior Vice President, Beacon Global Strategies LLC; Former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President
Janice Gross Stein, Director, Munk School of Global Affairs; Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
Jonathan Tepperman, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
Kurt Volker, Executive Director, The McCain Institute for International Leadership
W. Bruce Weinrod, Senior Advisor, Global Impact, Inc.
Michael Werz, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
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