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2018 Halifax International Security Forum

2018 Halifax International Security Forum

Date
November 16-18, 2018
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Participants
300

Agenda & Speakers

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

Participants
  • Jules Adams
    Deputy Chief of Staff
    Australian Defence Force Headquarters
  • Hulusi Akar
    Minister of National Defense
    Ministry of National Defense, Turkey
  • Lara Alameh
    President
    Safadi Foundation USA
  • Izabela Albrycht
    Chair
    Kosciuszko Institute
  • Leila Alieva
    IFK Fellow, IFK International Research Center for Cultural Studies
    Senior Common Room Member, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford
  • Marc Allen
    President
    Boeing International
  • Leona Alleslev
    Member of Parliament for Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill
    House of Commons, Canada
  • Farea Al Muslimi
    Chairman and Co-Founder
    Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies
  • Raed al-Saleh
    Co-Founder and Director
    Syria Civil Defence
  • Marios Andriotis
    Lesbos, Greece
  • James Appathurai
    Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Joe Armstrong
    Vice President and General Manager
    CAE Canada
  • Zita Astravas
    Chief of Staff to Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Alyssa Ayres
    Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia
    Council on Foreign Relations
  • Seung-Joo Baek
    Member of the National Assembly of Republic of Korea
    Saenuri Party
  • Craig Baines
    Commander Joint Task Force Atlantic and Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Robert Baines
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    NATO Association of Canada
  • James Baker
    Director of the Office of Net Assessment
    United States Department of Defense
  • Falah Mustafa Bakir
    Minister Head of the Department of Foreign Relations
    Kurdistan Regional Government
  • Molly Ball
    National Political Correspondent, TIME
    Political Analyst, CNN
  • Mustafa Barghouti
    Secretary General and Co-Founder
    Mubadara
  • Nimrod Barkan
    Ambassador of Israel to Canada
    Embassy of Israel in Canada
  • Jim Barnes
    Director – Germany & Canada Fighters
    International Sales for Defense, Space & Security, Boeing
  • Kevin Baron
    Executive Editor
    Defense One
  • Rania Barrak
    Professor in Military Higher Education
    Military Staff College and Superior War College
  • Bryan Bender
    Defense Editor and National Security Reporter
    POLITICO
  • Rrustem Berisha
    Minister of the Kosovo Security Force
    Ministry for the Kosovo Security Force
  • Geneviève Bernatchez
    Judge Advocate General
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Richard Berry
    Special Assistant
    United States Indo-Pacific Command
  • Peter Beyer
    Member, German Bundestag
    Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, Federal Foreign Office
  • James Bezan
    Member of Parliament for Selkirk, Interlake and Eastman
    House of Commons, Canada
  • Marc-André Blanchard
    Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations
    Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
  • Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr.
    Chairman Emeritus
    Stimson Center
  • Peter Boehm
    Senator
    Senate of Canada
  • John Boozman
    Senator from Arkansas
    United States Senate
  • Greta Bossenmaier
    National Security and Intelligence Advisor
    Privy Council Office, Canada
  • Stephen Bowes
    Canadian Armed Forces Senior Advisor
    Veterans Affairs Canada
  • Darrell Bricker
    Chief Executive Officer
    Ipsos Public Affairs
  • Ian Brodie
    Graduate Program 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
  • Christian Brose
    Staff Director
    United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • David Brown
    Chairman
    Department of National Defence Departmental Audit Committee
  • Shelly Bruce
    Chief
    Communications Security Establishment
  • R. Nicholas Burns
    Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics
    Harvard Kennedy School
  • Bonnie Butlin
    Co-Founder and Executive Director
    Security Partners’ Forum
  • Micael Bydén
    Supreme Commander
    Swedish Armed Forces
  • Stephen Cadden
    Commander Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre Headquarters
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Bertrand Cadour
    Defence Attaché
    Embassy of France to Canada
  • Ahmet Çalik
    Chairman
    Çalik Holding
  • Leslie Campbell
    Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa
    National Democratic Institute
  • Scott Carpenter
    Managing Director
    Jigsaw
  • Lamine Cissé
    Former Chief of Defense Staff, Senegalese Armed Forces
    Former Minister of Interior
    President of the Board, Partners West Africa-Senegal
  • Eliot Cohen
    Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies
    Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • J. Michael Cole
    Senior Fellow, China Policy Institute
    University of Nottingham
  • Heather Conley
    Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; Director, Europe Program
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • James Coomarasamy
    Senior Presenter
    BBC Radio and World Service
  • Chris Coons
    Senator from Delaware
    United States Senate
  • Scott Cooper
    Director, National Security Outreach
    Human Rights First
  • Marie-Thérèse Corbani
    Digital Communication Consultant
  • Kelly Craft
    Ambassador of the United States to Canada
    United States Embassy to Canada
  • Arnaud Danjean
    Member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defense, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
    European Parliament
  • Philip Davidson
    Commander
    United States Indo-Pacific Command
  • Tony Davies
    Vice Chief of Defence Force
    New Zealand Defence Force
  • Sławomir Dębski
    Director
    Polish Institute of International Affairs
  • Ron Deibert
    Director, The Citizen Lab
    Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
  • Cristián de la Maza
    Vice Minister of Defense
    Ministry of National Defense, Chile
  • Pavol Demeš
    Senior Non-Resident Fellow
    German Marshall Fund, Bratislava
  • Abigail Denburg
    International Government Affairs
    Boeing International
  • Karen DeYoung
    Associate Editor
    Washington Post
  • Janine di Giovanni
    Senior Fellow Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
    Yale University
  • Claudiu Dobocan
    Deputy Chief of Special Operations Forces Command
    Ministry of National Defense, Romania
  • 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
  • Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.
    Chairman
    United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Süleyman Savaş Erdem
    CEO
    OYAK
  • Comfort Ero
    Program Director, Africa
    International Crisis Group
  • Peter Esser
    Head of Government Affairs
    NXP Semiconductors USA
  • Richard Fadden
    Former National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister
    Privy Council Office, Canada
  • Paul Fagan
    Director for Human Rights and Democracy Programs
    The McCain Institute for International Leadership
  • Teuku Faizasyah
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia to Canada
  • Dean Fealk
    Partner
    DLA Piper
  • Andy Fillmore
    Member of Parliament for Halifax
    House of Commons, Canada
  • Brian Finlay
    President and CEO
    Stimson Center
  • Deb Fischer
    Senator from Nebraska
    United States Senate
  • Darren Fisher
    Member of Parliament for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour
    House of Commons, Canada
  • Richard Florizone
    President and Vice-Chancellor
    Dalhousie University
  • Robert Fonberg
    Distinguished Fellow
    Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
  • Christian Forstner
    Executive Director
    Hanns Seidel Foundation
  • Benedikt Franke
    Chief Operating Officer
    Munich Security Conference Foundation
  • Colin Fraser
    Member of Parliament for West Nova
    House of Commons, Canada
  • Bruce Friedman
    Deputy Director, Office of Brazilian and Southern Cone Affairs
    United States Department of State
  • Ivan Gale
    International Communications Manager
    Boeing International
  • Mike Gallagher
    United States Representative from Wisconsin
    United States House of Representatives
  • Rob Gillies
    Canada Bureau Chief
    Associated Press
  • Andrew James Gilmour
    Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
    Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Chaitanya Giri
    Gateway House Fellow, Space and Ocean Studies
    Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations
  • Ingrid Gjerde
    Spokesperson for the Chief of Defence
    Ministry of Defence, Norway
  • John Glenn
    Policy Director
    US Global Leadership Coalition
  • Diba Nigâr Göksel
    Turkey Project Director
    International Crisis Group
  • Rose Gottemoeller
    Deputy Secretary General
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Joe Gould
    Staff Reporter
    Defense News
  • Katherine Graef
    Logistics Director, Special Operations Command Africa
    United States Special Operations Command
  • Robbie Gramer
    Diplomacy and National Security Reporter
    Foreign Policy
  • Roble Arturo Granados Gallardo
    Deputy Secretary of National Defense
    Office for National Defense
  • Jerrold Green
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Pacific Council on International Policy
  • Paul Grod
    President, Ukrainian Canadian Congress
    Vice President, Ukrainian World Congress
  • Gabriel Guerra Castellanos
    President and Director General
    Guerra Castellanos y Asociados
  • Nathalie Guibert
    Defense Correspondent
    Le Monde
  • Mehmet Ertuğrul Gürler
    Deputy Chairman
    Çalik Holding
  • Mark Gwozdecky
    Assistant Deputy Minister, International Security and Political Affairs
    Global Affairs Canada
  • Yalda Hakim
    Presenter
    Impact, BBC World News
  • Chris Hall
    National Affairs Editor and Host, The House
    CBC
  • Peter Hammerschmidt
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Husain Haqqani
    Director and Senior Fellow, South and Central Asia
    Hudson Institute
  • Jürgen Hardt
    Foreign Policy Spokesman
    CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag
  • Allison Hart
    Executive Officer, Public Diplomacy
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • François Heisbourg
    Chairman, International Institute for Strategic Studies
    Special Advisor, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
  • Raymond Henault
    Chair of the Advisory Council and Chief Strategic Advisor
    ADGA Group Consultants Inc.
  • Chris Henderson
    Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Affairs
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Mark Hetfield
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    HIAS
  • Richard Javad Heydarian
    Fellow
    Stratbase-ADR Institute
  • Yukinari Hirose
    President
    National Institute for Defense, Japan
  • Matthew Mark Horn
    Managing Director, International Affairs and Government Relations
    Vogel Bach & Horn, LLP
  • Heather Hurlburt
    Director, New Models of Policy Change
    New America
  • Clare Hutchinson
    Special Representative for Women, Peace, and Security
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Esther Ibanga
    Pastor, Jos Christian Missions International
    Executive Director, Women without Walls Initiative
  • Kimihiro Ishikane
    Ambassador of Japan to Canada
    Embassy of Japan, Ottawa
  • Ray Ivany
    Director
    Bank of Canada
  • Igor Janke
    Chairman
    Freedom Institute
  • Andrew Jazwick
    Vice President, Washington Operations, Defense and Security
    CAE
  • Ben Jessome
    Member of the Legislative Assembly
    Hammonds Plains-Lucasville
  • Josef Joffe
    Publisher and Editor, Die Zeit
    Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution
  • Manoj Joshi
    Distinguished Fellow
    Observer Research Foundation
  • Derek Joyce
    Director General International Security Policy
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Tim Kaine
    Senator from Virginia
    United States Senate
  • Matthew Kaminski
    Global Editor
    POLITICO
  • Matake Kamiya
    Professor of International Relations, National Defense Academy of Japan
    Director & Senior Principal Research Fellow, Japan Forum on International Relations
  • Insun Kang
    Washington D.C. Bureau Chief
    Chosun Ilbo
  • Vladimir Kara-Murza
    Vice Chairman
    Open Russia
  • Mara Karlin
    Professor, Strategic Studies Program
    Johns Hopkins School of International and Advanced Studies
  • Raimundas Karoblis
    Minister of National Defence
    Ministry of National Defence, Lithuania
  • John Kavanagh
    Economic Development Manager
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Rose King
    Chief of Staff, Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand
    New Zealand Defence Force
  • Pavlo Klimkin
    Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
  • Tetsuo Kotani
    Senior Fellow
    Japan Institute of International Affairs
  • Xenofon Koukoutas
    Lesbos, Greece
  • Courtney Kube
    National Security & Military Reporter
    NBC News
  • Vehbije Kuti
    Section Head/Deputy Director, Albania General Staff
    Albanian Armed Forces
  • Suat Kınıklıoğlu
    Visiting Academic, Middle East Center of St. Antony’s College
    University of Oxford
  • François Lafond
    Special Adviser, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs
    Government of Macedonia
  • Eli Lake
    Columnist
    Bloomberg View
  • Karin Landgren
    Executive Director
    Security Council Report
  • Jim Landon
    Senior Vice President and General Manager, Frontec
    ATCO
  • Jean-Marc Lanthier
    Commander, Canadian Army
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Isabelle Lasserre
    Deputy Editor
    Le Figaro
  • John Lee
    Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
    Adjunct Professor, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
  • Soo Hyuck Lee
    Member of the National Assembly of Republic of Korea
    Democratic Party
  • Won-ik Lee
    Director-General of International Policy Bureau
    Ministry of National Defence, Republic of Korea
  • Mark Lennon
    Managing Partner
    Gartner Inc.
  • Steve LeVine
    Future Editor, Axios
    Future Tense Fellow, Atlantic Council
    Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
  • Ariel Levite
    Nonresident Senior Associate, Nuclear Policy Program
    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Tod Lindberg
    Senior Fellow
    Hudson Institute
  • Mark Lippert
    Vice President, International Government Affairs
    Boeing International
  • Martin Loken
    Minister of Political Affairs
    Embassy of Canada to the United States, in Washington
  • Yeh-chung Lu
    Associate Professor, Department of Diplomacy, National Cheng-chi University
    Vice President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
  • Hans-Dieter Lucas
    Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany on the North Atlantic Council
    Federal Foreign Office, Germany
  • Derek Macaulay
    Commander 5th Canadian Division
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Peter MacDougall
    Ambassador of Canada to Jordan
    Global Affairs Canada
  • Peter MacKay
    Partner
    Baker & McKenzie
  • Paul MacKinnon
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Program Policy
    Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
  • Tomohiko Madono
    Deputy Director General, Defense Plans and Policy Department (J5), Joint Staff
    Ministry of Defense, Japan
  • Stew Magnuson
    Editor-in-Chief
    National Defense Magazine
  • Chuck Maillet
    Vice-President, Nova Scotia
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Lotfi Maktouf
    Founder & President
    Almadanya
  • Rita Manchanda
    Research Director
    South Asia Forum for Human Rights
  • Jill Marrack
    CAF Special Advisor to Sexual Misconduct Response Centre
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Diana Marrero
    Vice President, Strategic Development
    Foreign Policy
  • Bill Matthews
    Senior Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Tim McBride
    Senior Vice President, Government Relations
    United Technologies Corporation
  • Bill McCaffrey
    President
    McCaffrey Enterprises
  • Cindy McCain
    Chair
    The McCain Institute for International Leadership
  • Francis P. McGuire
    President
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Rocky Meade
    Chief of Defence Staff
    Jamaica Defence Force
  • A.D. Meinzinger
    Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force
    Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Mauricio Meschoulam
    Director, Mexico Research Center for Peace
    Professor of International Relations, Universidad Iberoamericana
    Analyst and Columnist, El Universal
  • Jeanne Meserve
    Member
    Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group
  • Ia Meurmishvili
    News Anchor, Washington Today
    Voice of America, Georgia
  • Ayman Mhanna
    Executive Director, Samir Kassir Foundation
    SKeyes Center
  • Vladimir Milov
    Economic Advisor
    Campaign of Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny
  • Bessma Momani
    Professor of Political Science
    University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs
  • Jeff Mullen
    Director of Enterprise Development
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Vago Muradian
    Editor
    Defense & Aerospace Report
  • Kansuke Nagaoka
    Deputy Assistant Minister, Foreign Policy Bureau and Ambassador in Charge of Policy Planning and International Security Policy
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
  • Pauline Neville-Jones
    Chair of the Advisory Board
    Cyber Security Challenge
  • Andreas Nick
    Member of the Bundestag
    German Bundestag
  • Masashi Nishihara
    President
    Research Institute for Peace and Security
  • Jacqueline O’Neill
    Global Fellow, Canada Institute
    Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
  • Tolu Ogunlesi
    Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Digital and New Media
    Government of Nigeria
  • Nancy Okail
    Executive Director
    The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
  • Japheth Omojuwa
    Founder and Chief Strategist
    Alpha Reach & Omojuwa Foundation
  • Róbert Ondrejcsák
    State Secretary
    Ministry of Defence, The Slovak Republic
  • Keng Yong Ong
    Executive Deputy Chairman
    S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
  • Dixon Osburn
    Executive Director
    Center for Justice & Accountability
  • Paul Owens
    Manager, Special Initiatives
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Alexander Panetta
    Editor
    POLITICO Pro Canada
  • Roland Paris
    Professor of International Affairs
    University of Ottawa
  • Guy Parmelin
    Minister of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
    Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Switzerland
  • Stuart Peach
    Chairman of the Military Committee
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Oana Popescu
    Director
    GlobalFocus Center
  • Vadym Prystaiko
    Permanent Representative of Ukraine to NATO
    Mission of Ukraine to NATO
  • Alexander Radwan
    Member of the Finance Committee, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
    German Bundestag
  • Kenan Rahmani
    Advocacy Manager
    The Syria Campaign
  • Rrahman Rama
    Commander of Kosovo Security Force
    Kosovo Security Force
  • Antonio Ramalho da Rocha
    Professor of International Relations
    University of Brasilia
  • Emily Rauhala
    Staff Writer, Foreign Affairs
    Washington Post
  • Jason Rezaian
    Global Opinions Writer
    Washington Post
  • Peter Ricketts
    President and Vice-Chancellor
    Acadia University
  • Kareen Rispal
    Ambassador of France to Canada
    Ministry for European and Foreign Affairs, France
  • Veronique Roger-Lacan
    Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France
    Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
  • David Rohde
    Executive Editor
    NewYorker.com
  • Rafal Rohozinski
    Principal
    The SecDev Group
  • Norbert Röttgen
    Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs
    German Bundestag
  • Mike Rounds
    Senator from South Dakota
    United States Senate
  • Barnett Rubin
    Associate Director, Senior Fellow
    Center for International Cooperation
  • Joachim Rühle
    Deputy Inspector General of the Armed Forces
    German Federal Ministry of Defense
  • Laurent Ruseckas
    Executive Director, Global Gas
    IHS Markit
  • Harjit Singh Sajjan
    Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Paul Salem
    President
    Middle East Institute
  • Lobsang Sangay
    President
    Central Tibetan Administration
  • Andrei Sannikov
    Chairman
    European Belarus Foundation
  • Rana Sarkar
    Consul General of Canada in San Francisco, United States
    Global Affairs Canada
  • Kenichiro Sasae
    President and Director General
    The Japan Institute of International Affairs
  • Mike Savage
    Mayor
    City of Halifax
  • Kori Schake
    Deputy Director-General
    International Institute for Strategic Studies
  • Randy Scheunemann
    President
    Orion Strategies
  • Nick Schifrin
    Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent
    PBS NewsHour
  • Nicole Schilling
    Branch Chief, Recruiting, Federal Ministry of Defense
    German Armed Forces
  • Christian Schmidt
    Member of the Bundestag
    German Bundestag
  • Henri Schricke
    General Officer in Charge of International Military Affairs
    French Forces Joint Staff
  • Karl Schultz
    Commandant
    United States Coast Guard
  • Grazia Scoppio
    Dean of Continuing Studies and Professor in the Department of Defence Studies
    Royal Military College of Canada
  • Nick Sealy-Thompson
    Director, Planning and Coordination
    ATCO
  • Daouda Sembene
    Former Executive Director
    International Monetary Fund
  • Peter Semneby
    Special Envoy of Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of Sweden for Yemen and Libya
    Embassy of Sweden
  • Vance Serchuk
    Executive Director
    KKR Global Institute
  • Jeanne Shaheen
    Senator from New Hampshire
    United States Senate
  • Andrew Shearer
    Deputy Director-General
    Office of National Assessments, Australia
  • Robin Shepherd
    Senior Advisor
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Andriy Shevchenko
    Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada
    Embassy of Ukraine to Canada
  • Yohei Shimizu
    International Policy Planning Section (J5), Joint Staff
    Ministry of Defense, Japan
  • Paul Shinkman
    National Security Correspondent
    U.S. News & World Report
  • Ian Shugart
    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Global Affairs Canada
  • Vasil Sikharulidze
    Chairman
    Atlantic Council of Georgia
  • Jill Sinclair
    Canadian Representative, Ukrainian Defence Reform Advisory Board, Strategic Joint Staff
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Kevin Skillin
    Consul General
    United States Consulate General, Halifax
  • David Smolansky
    Mayor in Exile, El Hatillo Municipality, Venezuela
    Visiting Scholar, Georgetown University
  • Nancy Southern
    Chair and Chief Executive Officer
    ATCO
  • Sabine Sparwasser
    Ambassador of Germany to Canada
    Federal Foreign Office, Germany
  • Henning Speck
    National Security Advisor
    CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag
  • Sven Spengemann
    Member of Parliament
    House of Commons, Canada
  • Cassandra Steer
    Consultant
    Space Strategies Consulting Ltd
  • Janice Gross Stein
    Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Founding Director
    Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
  • Gerald Steinberg
    Professor of Political Studies; President and Founder
    Bar Ilan University
  • Mercedes Stephenson
    Host, The West Block
    Global News
  • Eugeniu Sturza
    Minister of Defense
    Ministry of Defense, Republic of Moldova
  • Yun Sun
    Co-Director, East Asia Program
    The Stimson Center
  • Hideo Suzuki
    Director General for International Affairs, Bureau of Defense Policy
    Ministry of Defense, Japan
  • Michael Svetlik
    Vice President, Programs
    International Foundation for Electoral Systems
  • Giannis Svoros
    Lesbos, Greece
  • Dennis Swanson
    Vice President
    International Sales for Defense, Space & Security, Boeing
  • Vikas Swarup
    High Commissioner of India to Canada
    High Commission of India to Canada
  • Andrew Tabler
    Martin J. Gross Fellow
    Washington Institute for Near East Policy
  • Ahmet Taçyildiz
    Chairman
    Gap İnşaat
  • Nicolas Tenzer
    Editor and Director, Le Banquet
    Founding President, Center for the Study and Reflection of Political Action
  • Jody Thomas
    Deputy Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Emre Timurkan
    Chief Executive Officer
    Almatis GmbH, Germany
  • Vasile Toader
    Deputy Chief of Defense for Operations and Training
    Ministry of National Defense, Romania
  • Hideshi Tokuchi
    Senior Fellow
    National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
  • Ira Trivedi
    Author
    Foreign Affairs
  • Yaroslav Trofimov
    Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent
    Wall Street Journal
  • Mike Turner
    United States Representative from Ohio
    United States House of Representatives
  • Daniel Twining
    President
    International Republican Institute
  • Selçuk Ünal
    Ambassador of Turkey to Canada
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
  • Peteris Ustubs
    European Union Ambassador to Canada
    Delegation of the European Union to Canada
  • Tomas Valášek
    Director of Carnegie Europe
    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Jonathan Vance
    Chief of the Defence Staff
    Canadian Armed Forces
  • Peter Van Praagh
    President
    Halifax International Security Forum
  • Gordon Venner
    Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence
    Department of National Defence, Canada
  • Nirmal Verma
    Chief of Naval Operations Distinguished International Fellow
    United States Naval War College
  • Kurt Volker
    Executive Director
    The McCain Institute for International Leadership
  • Jim Walsh
    Senior Research Associate, Security Studies Program
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Alexander Ward
    Staff Writer, International Security
    Vox
  • Tsuneo Watanabe
    Senior Fellow
    The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
  • W. Bruce Weinrod
    Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service
    Georgetown University
  • Jonathan Weisstub
    Founding Partner, Common Wealth
    Senior Resident, Massey College, University of Toronto
  • Paul Wells
    Political Editor
    Maclean’s
  • Christine Whitecross
    Commandant
    NATO Defense College
  • Geoffrey Whitehall
    Department Head, Department of Politics
    Acadia University
  • Roger Wicker
    Senator from Mississippi
    United States Senate
  • Janet Wolfenbarger
    General
    United States Air Force
  • Andrew Wood
    Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme
    Chatham House
  • Peter Wright
    Economic Development Officer
    Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
  • Thomas Wright
    Director of the Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy
    Brookings Institution
  • Amos Yadlin
    Executive Director
    Institute for National Security Studies
  • Noboru Yamaguchi
    Advisor,The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
    Professor, International University of Japan
  • Richard Young
    Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
    Teranga Gold Corporation
  • Dov Zakheim
    Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies
    Senior Fellow, CNA Corporation
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Agenda Working Group

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, Williams-Griffis Fellow in Contemporary Asia, Hoover Institute, Stanford University

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

Ian Brodie, Graduate Program Director, Centre for Military, Strategic and Security Studies, University of Calgary

Rosa Brooks, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation; Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Georgetown Law

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

Dean Fealk, Partner, DLA Piper

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

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

Joseph Hall, Advisor to the President, Halifax International Security Forum

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

Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Associate, Democracy and Rule of Law Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

David Kramer, Senior Fellow, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, Florida International University

François Lafond, Special Adviser, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Government of Macedonia

Jacqueline O’Neill, Global Fellow, Canada Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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

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

J. Peter Pham, Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives; Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council

Peter Van Praagh, President, Halifax International Security Forum

Luis Rubio, Chairman, Center of Research for Development

Chris Sabatini, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs; Founder and Editor, Columbia University; Global Americans, LatinAmericaGoesGlobal.org

Paul Salem, President, The Middle East Institute

Randy Scheunemann, President, Orion Strategies

Robin Shepherd, Senior Advisor, Halifax International Security Forum

Janice Gross Stein, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

Kurt Volker, Executive Director, The McCain Institute for International Leadership

W. Bruce Weinrod, Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Halifax Papers
100 Years On: Are We Tired of Winning?
Rosa Brooks
Present Tense: Treachery in Tech, Trouble in Trade
Janice Gross Stein
Asia Values: A Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Keng Yong Ong
Inclusive Security: Playing the Winning Team
Paz Magat
Beijing’s Cravings, Kremlin’s Gremlins: Freedom’s Foes
Kori Schake
Migration Aggravation: Failing States Flooding Borders
David Smolansky
UN-specific: Aging Institutions, Modern Solutions
Karin Landgren
Future Tense: Our World in Ten
Darrell Bricker and Robin Shepherd

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