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2016 Halifax International Security Forum

2016 Halifax International Security Forum

Date
November 18-20, 2016
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Participants
300

Agenda & Speakers

Friday, November 18
Saturday, November 19
Sunday, November 20

Participants
  • Bayan Abdul Rahman
    Kurdistan Regional Government Representative in the United States
    Kurdistan Regional Government
  • Mohammed Abulahoum
    Head
    Justice and Building Party, Yemen
  • Rinat Akhmetshin
    Director
    International Eurasian Institute
  • Irakli Alasania
    Party Leader
    Free Democrats
  • Leila Alieva
    Academic Visitor
    St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
  • John Allen
    Co-Director, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence
    The Brookings Institution
  • Marc Allen
    President
    Boeing International
  • Rona Ambrose
    Leader of the Opposition
    House of Commons, Canada
  • Asger Andersen
    Deputy Head, Security Policy Department
    Danish Ministry of Defence
  • Antony Anderson
    Chief of Defence Staff
    Jamaica Defense Force
  • Gilberto Hernandez Andreu
    Official Chief of the Secretariat of National Defense
    Secretary of National Defense, Mexico
  • James Appathurai
    Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Joe Armstrong
    General Manager and Vice President
    CAE
  • Reona Aso
    International Policy Planning Section, J-5, Joint Staff
    Japan Self-Defense Force
  • Eden Attias
    President
    EATC-International
  • Michael Auslin
    Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
    Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
  • Maria Andrelita Austria
    Assistant Secretary for American Affairs
    Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippines
  • Shlomo Avineri
    Professor of Political Science
    Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Alyssa Ayres
    Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia
    Council on Foreign Relations
  • Luca Bader
    Chief of Office to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy
  • Seung Joo Baek
    Member, National Assembly
    South Korea
  • Joseph Bahout
    Visiting Scholar
    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • James Baker
    Director of the Office of Net Assessment
    United States Department of Defense
  • Falah Mustafa Bakir
    Head of Foreign Relations Department
    Kurdistan Regional Government
  • Rafael Barak
    Ambassador of Israel to Canada
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
  • James Barnes
    Director, Canada Global Marketing
    The Boeing Company
  • Rania Barrak
    Professor
    Military Staff College and Superior War College, Tunisia
  • John Barrasso
    Senator (R-WY)
    United States Senate
  • Christine Beerli
    Vice President
    International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Daniel Bekele
    Executive Director, Africa Division
    Human Rights Watch
  • Dawisson Belém Lopes
    Professor of International and Comparative Politics
    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Lincoln Bloomfield
    Chairman
    Stimson Center
  • Michael Bociurkiw
    Former Spokesperson
    OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
  • Greta Bossenmaier
    Chief
    Communications Security Establishment
  • Kahina Bouagache
    Lawyer, Human Rights and Women’s Rights Activist
    Manaar Legal Consultancy
  • S.J. Bowes
    Commander, Canadian Joint Operations Command
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Ralf Brauksiepe
    Parliamentary State Secretary
    Federal Ministry of Defense, Germany
  • Darrell Bricker
    Chief Executive Officer
    Ipsos Public Affairs
  • Ian Brodie
    Associate Director, Centre for Military, Strategic and Security Studies
    University of Calgary
  • Rosa Brooks
    Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
    Georgetown University Law Center
  • Haakon Bruun-Hanssen
    Chief of Defence
    Norway
  • Kerry Buck
    Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
    Joint Delegation of Canada to NATO
  • Alexandra Bugailiskis
    Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe, Middle East and Maghreb
    Global Affairs Canada
  • Bertrand Cadour
    Defence Attaché
    Embassy of France to Canada
  • Leslie Campbell
    Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa
    National Democratic Institute
  • Joyce Carter
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Halifax International Airport Authority
  • Gabriel Guerra Castellanos
    President and Director General
    Guerra Castellanos y Asociados
  • B.B. Cathcart
    Judge Advocate General
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Ömer Çelik
    Minister for European Union Affairs
    Republic of Turkey, Ministry for European Union Affairs
  • Wendy Chamberlin
    President
    Middle East Institute
  • Nicolas Chapuis
    Ambassador of France to Canada
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
  • Steve Chase
    Parliamentary Reporter
    The Globe & Mail
  • Jacobus Cilliers
    Chairperson, Head of African Futures and Innovation
    Institute for Security Studies
  • Lamine Cissé
    Former Chief of Defense Staff, Former Minister of Interior, Former UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), President of the Board, Partners
  • Tom Clark
    Chief Political Correspondent
    Global News
  • Steve Clemons
    Washington Editor-at-Large
    The Atlantic
  • Eliot Cohen
    Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies
    Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
  • Heather Conley
    Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia and the Arctic; Director, Europe Programs
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Christopher Coons
    Senator (D-DE)
    United States Senate
  • Marie-Thérèse Corbani
    Communication Analyst and Social Media Manager
    Lebanon
  • Gian Lorenzo Cornado
    Ambassador of Italy to Canada
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy
  • Michael Crowley
    Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent
    Politico
  • Glenn Davidson
    Former Ambassador of Canada to Afghanistan and Syria
    Global Affairs Canada
  • Howard Dean
    Former Governor of Vermont
    Former Chair, Democratic National Committee
    Senior Advisor, Dentons
  • Sławomir Dębski
    Director
    Polish Institute of International Affairs
  • Pavol Demeš
    Senior Non-Resident Fellow
    The German Marshall Fund
  • Haki Demolli
    Minister of the Ministry for the Kosovo Security Force
    Ministry for the Kosovo Security Force
  • Paul Dewar
    Fellow
    The Canadian Global Affairs Institute
  • Toni Dimovski
    Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia in Ottawa
    Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia in Ottawa
  • Lisa Disbrow
    Under Secretary of the Air Force
    United States Air Force
  • Paula Dobriansky
    Senior Fellow, The Future of Diplomacy Project
    Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
  • Peter Donolo
    Vice-Chairman
    Hill+Knowlton Canada
  • Oren Dorell
    Journalist
    USA Today
  • Dan Ephron
    Author
  • Süleyman Savaş Erdem
    CEO
    OYAK
  • Richard Fadden
    Former National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister
    Privy Council Office
  • Teuku Faizasyah
    Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia & Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
    Indonesia
  • Michael Fallon
    Secretary of State for Defence
    Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
  • Amr Farouk Farid
    Assistant Secretary General, Spokesman, and Chief of the International Relations Committee
    Al Wasat
  • David Fauvre
    Counsel
    Arnold & Porter
  • Dean Fealk
    Partner
    DLA Piper
  • Marian Fernet
    Former Chief of Staff
    Department of Justice, Canada
  • Andy Fillmore
    Member of Parliament for Halifax
    House of Commons, Canada
  • Brian Finlay
    President and CEO
    Stimson Center
  • Deb Fischer
    Senator (R-NE)
    United States Senate
  • Mark Fitzpatrick
    Executive Director, IISS-Americas
    The International Institute for Strategic Studies
  • Richard Florizone
    President and Vice-Chancellor
    Dalhousie University
  • Robert Fonberg
    Distinguished Fellow
    Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
  • John Forster
    Deputy Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • David Fraser
    Sergeant-at-Arms
    The Nova Scotia Legislature
  • Ralf Fücks
    President
    Heinrich Böll Stiftung
  • Mike Gallagher
    Member of Congress-Elect (R-WI)
    United States Senate
  • Petronila Garcia
    Ambassador of the Philippines to Canada
    Embassy of the Philippines
  • Ulf Gartzke
    Managing Partner
    Spitzberg Partners LLC
  • Steven Giegerich
    Consul General
    United States Consulate General, Halifax
  • Rob Gillies
    Canadian Bureau Chief
    Associated Press
  • John Githongo
    Chief Executive Officer
    Inuka Kenya Trust
  • John Glenn
    Policy Director
    U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
  • Joanisval Gonçalves
    Senior Counselor on Foreign Affairs and National Defense
    Federal Senate, Brazil
  • Rose Gottemoeller
    Deputy Secretary General
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
    President
    Republic of Croatia
  • Bill Graham
    Chancellor
    Trinity College at the University of Toronto
  • Michael Grant
    Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative
    Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
  • Jerrold Green
    President and CEO
    Pacific Council on International Policy
  • Maryscott Greenwood
    Principal
    Dentons
  • Paul Grod
    President, Ukrainian Canadian Congress
    Vice President, Ukrainian World Congress
  • Nathalie Guibert
    Journalist
    Le Monde
  • Mark Gwozdecky
    Assistant Deputy Minister, International Security and Political Affairs
    Global Affairs Canada
  • Marquis Hainse
    Canadian Military Representative to NATO
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Yalda Hakim
    Correspondent
    BBC World News
  • Joseph Hall
    Vice President
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Jens Hanefeld
    Head of International Policy
    Volkswagen
  • Hannes Hanso
    Minister of Defence
    Ministry of Defence, Estonia
  • Elizabeth Halliday
    Deputy High Commissioner
    New Zealand High Commission, Ottawa
  • Husain Haqqani
    Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
    Hudson Institute
  • Jürgen Hardt
    Member of the Bundestag
    German Bundestag
  • Tammy Harris
    Chief of Staff to the Chief of the Defense Staff
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Harry B. Harris, Jr.
    Commander
    United States Pacific Command
  • Allison Hart
    Executive Officer, Public Diplomacy
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Francois Heisbourg
    Chairman
    International Institute for Strategic Studies
  • Raymond Henault
    Strategic Executive Advisor and Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Board
    ADGA Group of Companies
  • Mark Hetfield
    President and CEO
    HIAS
  • Bruce Heyman
    United States Ambassador to Canada
    United States Department of State
  • Peter Hogan
    Vice President, Nova Scotia
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Matthew Mark Horn
    Government Relations Advisor: Defense, National Security, Foreign Affairs & Strategic Planning
    MMH Global Strategies, LLC
  • Nadim Houry
    Director, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Programs
    Human Rights Watch
  • Bob Howse
    Editor-in-Chief
    The Chronicle Herald
  • Heather Hurlburt
    Director, New Models of Policy Advocacy Project
    New America Foundation
  • Jose Luis Vergara Ibarra
    Admiral
    Secretariat of the Navy, Mexico
  • Toshiro Iijima
    Ambassador in charge of Policy Planning and International Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
  • Hiroshi Ito
    Deputy Director General, J-5, Joint Staff
    Japan Self-Defense Force
  • Cesar Jaramillo
    Executive Director
    Project Ploughshares
  • Said Jawad
    Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chief Executive of Afghanistan
    The Office of the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  • Andy Jazwick
    Vice President, Washington Operations, Defense and Security
    CAE
  • Daniel Jean
    National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister
    Privy Council Office, Canada
  • Josef Joffe
    Publisher-Editor
    Die Zeit
  • Zoran Jolevski
    Minister of Defence
    Ministry of Defence, Republic of Macedonia
  • William Jones
    Senior Associate Deputy Minister
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Manoj Joshi
    Distinguished Fellow
    Observer Research Foundation
  • Jen Judson
    Reporter
    Defense News
  • Tim Kaine
    Senator (D-VA)
    United States Senate
  • Matake Kamiya
    Professor of International Relations, National Defense Academy of Japan
    Adjunct Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs
  • W. Robert Kang
    Managing Partner
    Blue Whale Materials
  • Mikhail Kasyanov
    Former Prime Minister of Russia
    Co-Leader, Republican Party of People’s Freedom
  • John Kavanagh
    Economic Development Manager
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Kai Michael Kenkel
    Visiting Researcher
    GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies
  • Colin Kenny
    Senator, Province of Ontario
    Senate of Canada
  • Madonna Kent
    Director General, Advocacy and Industrial Benefits
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Atul Khare
    Under-Secretary-General for Field Support
    United Nations Secretariat
  • Adam Kinzinger
    Representative (R-IL)
    United States House of Representatives
  • James Kirchick
    Fellow
    Foreign Policy Institute
  • Michael Klare
    Professor, Program in Peace and World Security Studies
    Hampshire College
  • Rachel Kleinfeld
    Senior Associate, Democracy and Rule of Law Program
    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
    Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
    Government of Ukraine
  • Kathleen Koch
    Author, Journalist, and Founder
    LeadersLink
  • Yoji Koda
    Vice Admiral (Ret.)
    Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
  • Ante Kotromanović
    Former Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Croatia
  • David Kramer
    Senior Director for Human Rights and Democracy
    The McCain Institute for International Leadership
  • Stephen Kukucha
    Principal
    Wazuku Advisory Group
  • Hervé Ladsous
    Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
    United Nations
  • François Lafond
    President
    Blue Networks and Opportunities
  • Eli Lake
    Columnist
    Bloomberg View
  • C.A. Lamarre
    Director of Staff, Strategic Joint Staff
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Isabelle Lasserre
    Associate Editor
    Le Figaro
  • Jean-Yves Le Drian
    Minister of Defence
    Ministry of Defence, France
  • Seongmin Lee
    Student
    Columbia University
  • Lotte Leicht
    Advocacy Director/Director
    European Union, Human Rights Watch
  • Joseph Lengyel
    Chief
    United States National Guard Bureau
  • Justin Ling
    Canadian Features Reporter
    VICE News
  • María Victoria Llorente
    Executive Director
    Fundación Ideas para la Paz
  • Gal Luft
    Co-Director
    Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
  • Brian Macdonald
    Member of the Legislative Assembly
    New Brunswick Legislature
  • John MacDonell
    Partner
    Spiteri & Ursulak LLP
  • Peter MacKay
    Partner
    Baker & McKenzie LLP, Toronto
  • Paul MacKinnon
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Portfolio Affairs and Communications Branch
    Public Safety Canada
  • David MacNaughton
    Ambassador of Canada to the United States
    Global Affairs Canada
  • Ram Madhav
    National General Secretary, BJP
    Director, India Foundation
  • Tim Mak
    Senior Congressional Correspondent
    The Daily Beast
  • Lotfi Maktouf
    Founder and President
    Almadanya
  • Mohsen Marzouk
    Secretary-General
    Machrou Tounes Party, Tunisian Republic
  • Bill McCaffrey
    President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
    MEG Energy Corp.
  • John McCain
    Senator (R-AZ)
    United States Senate
  • John McKay
    Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Cameron McKenzie
    Vice-President, Business Development and Sales
    Canadian Commercial Corporation
  • Brian McKeon
    Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
    United States Department of Defense
  • Herbert McMaster
    Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center and Deputy Commanding General, Futures
    U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
  • Membathisi Mdladlana
    South Africa High Commissioner to Canada
    South Africa
  • Walter Russell Mead
    Professor, Distinguished Fellow, The Hudson Institute
    James Clarke Chace Professor, Bard College
    Editor-At-Large, The American Interest
  • Al Meinzinger
    Deputy Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Denis Mercier
    Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Mauricio Meschoulam
    Professor
    Universidad Iberoamericana
  • Imad Mesdoua
    Political Risk Analyst
    Africa Matters Limited
  • Jeanne Meserve
    Senior Fellow, Homeland Security Policy Institute
    George Washington University
  • Ayman Mhanna
    Director
    Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)
  • Tom Middendorp
    Chief of Defence
    Netherlands
  • Hong Chul Min
    Member, National Assembly
    Republic of Korea
  • Don Moe
    Senior Vice President, Supply & Marketing
    MEG Energy Corp.
  • Bessma Momani
    Associate Professor of Political Science
    University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs
  • Duane Monea
    Vice President, Public Relations
    MEG Energy Corp.
  • Kenjiro Monji
    Ambassador of Japan to Canada
    Embassy of Japan, Ottawa
  • Mouaz Moustafa
    Executive Director
    Syrian Emergency Task Force
  • Jeff Mullen
    Director of Enterprise Development
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Yousef Munayyer
    Executive Director
    U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
  • Alaa Murabit
    Founder and President, The Voice of Libyan Women
    Commissioner UN WHO
    The Global Goals Advocate Advisor
  • Vago Muradian
    Host
    Defense & Aerospace Report
  • Maureen Murphy
    Principal
    Maureen Murphy and Associates
  • Farea Al-Muslimi
    Non Resident Scholar
    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Murithi Mutiga
    East Africa Correspondent
    The Guardian
  • Brian Nault
    President
    BlueWater Federal
  • Tony Negus
    Australian High Commissioner to Canada
    Australian High Commission, Canada
  • Pauline Neville-Jones
    Chair, Cyber Security Advisory Panel
    Bank of England
  • J.F. Newton
    Commander, Joint Task Force Atlantic; Commander, Martitime Forces Atlantic
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Masashi Nishihara
    President
    Research Institute for Peace and Security, Japan
  • M.A.G. Norman
    Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Jacqueline O’Neill
    Director
    The Institute for Inclusive Security
  • Tolu Ogunlesi
    Special Assistant to the President on Digital and New Media
    Government of Nigeria
  • Japheth Omojuwa
    Columnist
    The Punch Newspaper, Leadership Newspaper and Naij.com
  • Librado Orozco Zapata
    Deputy Minister for Defence Policy
    Ministry of Defence of Peru
  • Dixon Osburn
    Executive Director
    Center for Justice and Accountability
  • Paul Owens
    Manager, Special Initiatives
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Sung Bae Park
    Director General of Foreign Intelligence
    Korea Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Petr Pavel
    Chairman of the Military Committee
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Stuart Peach
    Chief of Defence Staff
    Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
  • Floriano Peixoto
    Fellow
    Igarapé Institute
  • Marina Pendes
    Minister of Defence
    Ministry of Defence, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Smadar Perry
    Middle East Senior Editor
    Yediot Ahronot
  • J. Peter Pham
    Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director, Africa Center
    Atlantic Council
  • Ilya Ponomarev
    Founder
    Trident Acquisitions
  • Fabrice Pothier
    Senior Associate
    Rasmussen Global
  • Vadym Prystaiko
    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief of Staff of the Ministry
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
  • Margaret Purdy
    President
    Margaret Purdy Consulting Inc.
  • Celina Realuyo
    Professor of Practice
    National Defense University
  • Sheila Riordon
    Minister of Political Affairs
    Embassy of Canada, Washington
  • Carla Anne Robbins
    Senior Fellow
    Council on Foreign Relations
  • Colin Robertson
    Vice President
    Canadian Global Affairs Institute
  • Antonio Rodiles
    Director
    Estado de SATS
  • Heather Roff
    Senior Research Fellow
    Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
  • Michael Rogers
    United States Navy, Commander, United States Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service
  • Josh Rogin
    Columnist
    Washington Post
  • Rafal Rohozinski
    Chief Executive Officer
    SecDev Group
  • Gideon Rose
    Editor
    Foreign Affairs
  • Trudy Rubin
    Foreign Affairs Columnist
    The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Luis Rubio
    Chairman
    Center of Research for Development
  • Laurent Ruseckas
    Senior Advisor
    IHS Energy
  • Christopher Sabatini
    Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
    Founder and Editor, LatinAmericaGoesGlobal.org
  • Harjit Singh Sajjan
    Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence
  • Feridun Sinirlioğlu
    Turkish Ambassador to the UN
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
  • Paul Salem
    Vice President for Policy and Research
    Middle East Institute
  • Lobsang Sangay
    Sikyong
    Central Tibetan Administration
  • Andrei Sannikov
    Leader
    European Belarus Civil Campaign
  • Ben Sasse
    Senator (R-NE)
    United States Senate
  • Nadia Schadlow
    Senior Program Officer, International Security and Foreign Policy
    Smith Richardson Foundation
  • Randy Scheunemann
    President
    Orion Strategies
  • Karl Schultz
    Commander
    United States Coast Guard Atlantic Area
  • Hugh Segal
    Master
    Massey College, University of Toronto
  • Peter Semneby
    Former Ambassador of Sweden to Afghanistan
    Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
  • Richard Sendall
    Senior Vice President, Strategy and Government Relations
    MEG Energy Corp.
  • Jeanne Shaheen
    Senator (D-NH)
    United States Senate
  • Andrew Shearer
    Senior Advisor on Asia Pacific Security
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Danjuma Sheni
    Permanent Secretary Ambassador
    Ministry of Defence, Nigeria
  • Robin Shepherd
    Senior Advisor
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Philip Shetler-Jones
    Programme Lead, International Security
    World Economic Forum
  • Andriy Shevchenko
    Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
  • Paul Shinkman
    National Security Reporter
    U.S. News & World Report
  • Ian Shugart
    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Global Affairs Canada
  • Vasil Sikharulidze
    Chairman
    Atlantic Council of Georgia
  • David Smolansky
    Mayor
    Municipality of El Hatillo
  • Milan Solár
    Vice-President and CEO
    GLOBSEC
  • Nancy Southern
    Chair, President & Chief Executive Officer
    ATCO
  • J.J.P. St-Amand
    Deputy Commander, North American Aerospace Command
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Janice Gross Stein
    Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs
    University of Toronto
  • Gerald Steinberg
    President
    NGO Monitor
  • Constanze Stelzenmüller
    Robert Bosch Senior Fellow
    The Brookings Institution
  • Edison Stewart
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Affairs
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Dan Sullivan
    Senator (R-AK)
    United States Senate
  • Tsuyoshi Sunohara
    Secretary-General for U.S.-Japan Project
    Japan Center for Economic Research
  • Michael Svetlik
    Vice President, Programs
    International Foundation for Electoral Systems
  • Tomasz Szatkowski
    Undersecretary for National Defence
    Ministry of National Defence of Poland
  • Andrew Tabler
    Martin J. Gross Fellow
    Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  • Yasmin Tadjdeh
    Staff Writer
    National Defense Magazine
  • Jonathan Tepperman
    Managing Editor
    Foreign Affairs
  • Sue Mi Terry
    Managing Director, Korea
    BowerGroupAsia
  • Jody Thomas
    Commissioner
    Canadian Coast Guard
  • Alioune Tine
    Regional Director for West and Central Africa
    Amnesty International
  • Hideshi Tokuchi
    Senior Fellow
    National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
  • Francisco Toro
    Executive Editor
    Caracas Chronicles
  • Ira Trivedi
    Author
  • Selçuk Ünal
    Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Canada
    Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Canada
  • Alon Ushpiz
    Political Director
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs of State of Israel, Jerusalem
  • Henk van der Zwan
    Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Canada
    Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Canada
  • Peter Van Praagh
    President
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Jonathan Vance
    Chief of the Defence Staff
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Gordon Venner
    Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy)
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Nirmal Verma
    Chief of Naval Operations Distinguished International Fellow
    U.S. Naval War College
  • John Vinocur
    Senior Correspondent
    International Herald Tribune
  • Ricardo Visaya
    Chief of Staff
    Armed Forces of the Philippines
  • Kurt Volker
    Executive Director
    The McCain Institute for International Leadership
  • Tsuneo Watanabe
    Director of Foreign and Security Policy Research
    The Tokyo Foundation
  • Bruce Weinrod
    Senior Counsel
    Global Impact
  • Jonathan Weisstub
    Founding Partner, Common Wealth
    Chairman of the Board, Halifax International Security Forum
    Senior Resident, Massey College, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Łukasz Weremiuk
    First Counsellor and Charge d’affaires a.i
    Embassy of the Republic of Poland
  • Kathryn White
    President and CEO
    United Nations Association in Canada
  • Alexis Wichowski
    Press Secretary and Senior Advisor for Communications
    NYC Department of Veterans
  • Taylor Wilson
    Nuclear Physicist
    University of Nevada, Reno
  • Tamara Cofman Wittes
    Senior Fellow, Director of the Center for Middle East Policy
    The Brookings Institution
  • Werner Wnendt
    Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada
    Federal Foreign Office, Germany
  • Andrew Wood
    Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme
    Chatham House
  • P.F. Wynnyk
    Commander, Canadian Army
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Moshe Ya’alon
    Former Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Israel
  • Amos Yadlin
    Director
    The Institute for National Security Studies
  • Noboru Yamaguchi
    Professor of International Relations
    International University
  • Cesar B. Yano
    Undersecretary for Defence Operations
    Department of National Defense, Philippines
  • Bohdan Yaremenko
    Chairman of the Board
    Maidan of Foreign Affairs
  • Tomonori Yoshizaki
    Director for Policy Simulation
    NIDS Japan
  • Martin Zablocki
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Canadian Commercial Corporation
  • Dov Zakheim
    Senior Advisor
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
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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

Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

Ian Brodie, Associate Director, Centre for Military, Strategic and Security Studies, 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

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

Camille Grand, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research

Jerrold Green, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Council on International Policy

Joseph Hall, Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum

Heather Hurlburt, Director, New Models of Policy Advocacy Project, New America

Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

David J. Kramer, Senior Director for Human Rights and Democracy, The McCain Institute for International Leadership

Francois Lafond, President, Blue Networks and Opportunities

Jacqueline O’Neill, Director, The Institute for Inclusive Security

C. Dixon Osburn, Executive Director, Center for Justice & Accountability

Luis Rubio, Chairman, Center of Research for Development

Christopher Sabatini, Executive Director, Global Americans and Lecturer of International Affairs and Public Policy, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs

Paul Salem, Vice President for Policy and Research, Middle East Institute

Randy Scheunemann, President, Orion Strategies

Robin Shepherd, Senior Advisor, Halifax International Security Forum

Janice Gross Stein, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Founding 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, The McCain Institute for International Leadership

W. Bruce Weinrod, Senior Counsel, Global Impact

Halifax Papers
Make Democracy Great Again
Robin Shepherd
The Superpower’s Enduring Priorities: Trade, Justice and the American Way
Michael Auslin
Great Continent, Great Responsibility: Finding China’s Role
Tsuneo Watanabe
Because Syria: I’m Your Friendly Neighborhood Terrorist
Isabelle Lasserre
NATO: Necessary
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Climate Security, Energy Security and the Politics of Slow Moving Threats
Peter Tertzakian
Spies Love Us: Protecting Information in the Age of Openness
Heather M. Roff
Return of the Nation State
Walter Russell Mead

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