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2021 Halifax International Security Forum

2021 Halifax International Security Forum

Date
November 19-21, 2021
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Participants
300

Agenda & Speakers

Friday, November 19
Saturday, November 20
Sunday, November 21

 

 

Health & Safety

Your safety is our top priority.

The 2021 Halifax International Security Forum is a fully vaccinated event.

Health and Safety Protocol:

*Proof of Vaccination is required.

*Masks and hand sanitizer will be available throughout the hotel.

*Fresh air will be pumped in to the main hall during all plenary sessions.

*Wearing a mask is mandatory at all times in public places unless actively eating or drinking or speaking during a session.

*On-site testing is available throughout the weekend at our on-site testing facility.

Download Health & Safety Guidelines for the 2021 Forum as PDF

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, Senior Advisor for Asia, Halifax International Security Forum, Payson J. Treat Fellow in Contemporary Asia, Hoover Institute, Stanford University

Alyssa Ayres, Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University

Ian Brodie, Program Director, Canadian Global Affairs Institute and University of Calgary

Rosa Brooks, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy, Georgetown University Law Center

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

Dean Fealk, Chair, Global Strategy & Innovation, Halifax International Security Forum, Managing Partner, DLA Piper

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

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

Heather Hurlburt, Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America

Rachel Kleinfeld, Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

François Lafond, Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Republic of North Macedonia

Paz Magat, Director, Peace With Women Fellowship, Halifax International Security Forum

C. Dixon Osburn, Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Roland Paris, Professor of International Affairs, University of Ottawa

Luis Rubio, Member of the Board of Directors, HFX;Chairman, Mexico-Evalua;Former Chairman, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations

Chris Sabatini, Senior Fellow for Latin America, Chatham House

Randy Scheunemann, Strategic Counselor, Halifax International Security Forum

Robin Shepherd, Vice President, Halifax International Security Forum

Janice Stein, Chair of the Board of Directors, Halifax International Security Forum, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

Peter Van Praagh, President, Halifax International Security Forum

Kurt Volker, Senior International Advisor, Advisory Board Member, BGR Group

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

Topical Agenda

Plenary Sessions

  • After the Fall –
  • The Next 9/11: From Kabul or From California (or from some lab we haven’t heard of yet)?
  • W.W.J.M.D? (What would John McCain do?)
  • #StandTogetherOnChina
  • Post-Pandemic: Heed Expectations, Heal Globalization
  • Fires and Landslides and Droughts, Oh My!
  • China’s Quantum Leap Backward
  • –Keep the Faith

 

Informal Sessions

  • Afghanistan: Why?
  • The African Century
  • Arctic Allies: Warm Up
  • At the Summit of Democracy
  • Battlespace: Tech
  • Belarus Hijacked
  • Caribbean Matters
  • Climate, Climate, Blah, Blah, Blah: Dealing with Bad Faith Actors
  • Corruption: Corrosive
  • Culture Change: Making Militaries Stronger
  • Forward Defense: Ameri-can or Ameri-can’t 
  • France + Aukus = Fracas
  • Geopolitics Today: Toward Tech Mate
  • The Importance of Indo-Pacom
  • Iran and its Proxies of Evil 
  • NATO’s Winning, Russia’s Whining
  • Private Space
  • Quad: Join the Q
  • Refugees: Lessons from “None is Too Many”
  • Supply Chain Solutions: Rare Earth Recycled
  • Taiwan Strong
  • Taliban’s Survival, Global Jihad’s Revival 
  • Tracking Hacking: AI, Quantum and Whatever Else Comes Next
  • Ukraine: Liberty on the Line
  • Without Merkel: Europe and the Future of Transatlantic Relations 
  • Xinjiang: Genocide 2022

 

Download 2021 Topical Agenda as PDF

Program Book

Check out the 2021 Forum Program in English and French.

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CAE
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MDA
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Ekagrata Inc.
Participants
Executive Director,
NEEM Foundation,
Nigeria
Fatima Akilu
Chairman and Co-Founder,
Sana'a Center for Strategic
Studies,
Yemen
Farea Al Muslimi
Co-Founder and Director,
Syria Civil Defence,
Turkey
Raed al-Saleh
Founder and President,
Women In International
Security Kenya;
Chair, Sisters without Borders,
Kenya
Fauziya Ali
Minister of National Defence,
Department of National
Defence,
Canada
Anita Anand
Commissioner of Police,
Jamaica Constabulary Force,
Jamaica
Antony Anderson
Deputy Assistant Secretary
General for Emerging Security
Challenges,
NATO,
Canada
James Appathurai
Commander,
United States Indo-Pacific
Command,
United States
John Aquilino
President,
Boeing International,
United Kingdom
Michael Arthur
Payson J. Treat Distinguished
Research Fellow in
Contemporary Asia,
Hoover Institution, Stanford
University,
United States
Michael Auslin
Former Minister of Defense,
Ministry of Defense,
Afghanistan,
Afghanistan
Tariq Shah Bahramee
Director, Office of Net
Assessment,
United States Department of
Defense,
United States
James Baker
Senior Foreign Policy Adviser
to the President,
Kurdistan Regional
Government,
Kurdistan Region - Iraq
Falah Bakir
Secretary General and Co-
Founder,

Palestinian National Initiative,
Palestine
Mustafa Barghouti
Chief of Branch Recruitment,
Federal Ministry of Defence,
German Armed Forces,
Germany
2019 Peace With Women Fellow
Lale Bartoschek
Chair of the Military
Committee,
NATO,
Netherlands
Rob Bauer
Director, Global Due Diligence
Program and Senior Manager,
Citi Security and Investigative
Services,
Member, Colectivo de Análisis
de la Seguridad con Democracia,
Mexico
Oscar Becerra
Head, Policy Planning,
Office of the Secretary General,
NATO,
Italy
Benedetta Berti-Alberti
Coordinator of Transatlantic
Cooperation, Federal Foreign
Office;
Member, Bundestag,
Germany
Peter Beyer
High Commissioner of India to
Canada,
High Commission of India to
Canada,
India
Ajay Bisaria
Colonel, Military Adjutant to the
President of the Republic
of North Macedonia,
North Macedonia
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Biljana Blazheska
Senator for Ontario,
Senate,
Canada
Peter Boehm
Major General,
Netherlands Armed Forces,
Netherlands
2019 Peace With Women Fellow
Elanor Boekholt- O'Sullivan
Colonel, Director, Canadian
Forces Grievance Authority,
Department of National
Defence,
Canada
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Krista Bouckaert
Brigadier General, Deputy
Director of French Higher
Military Education
Directorate for Higher Military
Studies, France
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Catherine Bourdès
Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the Canadian Army
Derric Bowes-Lyon
CEO,
Ipsos Public Affairs,
Canada
Darrell Bricker
Managing Director,
HFX,
United States
Laura Bridge
Vice-Chair of Investment and
Corporate Banking,
BMO Capital Markets,
Canada
Scott Brison
Program Director,
Canadian Global Affairs
Institute and University of
Calgary,
Canada
Ian Brodie
Deputy Chief of Mission,
Embassy of the United States
in Ottawa,
United States
Katherine Brucker
Non-Resident Senior Fellow,
Din Patriciu Eurasia Center,
Atlantic Council,
United States
Matthew Bryza
Assistant Secretary General
for Political Affairs and
Security Policy,
NATO,
Germany
Bettina Cadenbach
Senior Associate and Regional
Director, Middle East and
North Africa Programs,
National Democratic Institute,
Canada
Leslie Campbell
Vice-President,
International Committee of the
Red Cross,
Switzerland
Gilles Carbonnier
Director, Policy and
International Engagement,
Jigsaw,
United States
Scott Carpenter
President and CEO, Halifax
International Airport
Authority;
Chair, Canadian Airports
Council,
Canada
Joyce Carter
Senior Associate Deputy
Minister of National Defence,
Department of National
Defence,
Canada
Nancy Chahwan
Senior Parliamentary Reporter,
The Globe and Mail,
Canada
Steven Chase
Professor,
Hanyang University,
Republic of Korea
Byung-Ho Chung
Commander,
United States Special
Operations Command,
United States
Richard Clarke
Director, Philip Merrill Center
for Strategic Studies,
Paul H. Nitze School of
Advanced International
Studies, Johns Hopkins
University, United States
Eliot Cohen
Chief Editor and Research
Fellow,
The Prospect Foundation,
Taiwan
J. Michael Cole
Founder,
Keeper of the Commons,
United States
Maia Comeau
Senator,
Senate,
France
Hélène Conway-Mouret
Senior Presenter,
BBC Radio and World Service,
United Kingdom
James Coomarasamy
Senator from Delaware,
United States Senate,
United States
Chris Coons
Director, Geopolitics and
National Security Programme,
Canada School of Public
Service,
Canada
Alexander Dalziel
Vice-Chair, Group of the
European People's Party
(Christian Democrats),
European Parliament,
France
Arnaud Danjean
Partner,
Stonecourt Capital,
United States
Rick Davis
Colonel, G3 of the Operational
Headquarters,
Royal Marechaussee,
Netherlands
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Jennifer de Poorter
Congressional Reporter,
POLITICO,
United States
Andrew Desiderio
Group Captain, Director Joint
Effects / J3E,
Royal Australian Air Force,
Australia
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Louise des Jardins
Fellow,
The Paul E. Singer Foundation,
United States
Morgan Dively
Senior Fellow, Future of
Diplomacy Project,
Harvard Kennedy School,
Belfer Center for Science and
International Affairs,
United States
Paula Dobriansky
Chief of Defence,
Netherlands Armed Forces,
Netherlands
Onno Eichelsheim
Managing Director; Legal and
Judicial Director,
The Tahrir Institute for Middle
East Policy,
United States
Mai El-Sadany
Colonel, Cost Analysis
Commission Leader, Air
Logistics Command,
Turkish Air Force,
Turkey
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Erinç Evren Elmas
CEO,
OYAK,
Turkey
Süleyman Savaş Erdem
Senator from Iowa,
United States Senate,
United States
Joni Ernst
Interim Vice President and
Program Director, Africa,
International Crisis Group,
United Kingdom
Comfort Ero
Director, Canada Office,
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
e.V.,
Canada
Norbert Eschborn
Acting Chief of the Defence
Staff,
Canadian Armed Forces,
Canada
Wayne Eyre
Chair of the Strategic Advisory
Council, AGDA Group;
Senior Advisor, Capital Hill Group;
Senior Fellow, Graduate School of
Public and International Affairs,
University of Ottawa,
Canada
Richard Fadden
Director for Human Rights and
Democracy Programs,
McCain Institute for
International Leadership,
United States
Paul Fagan
Former Director of
Communications, Minister of
National Defence;
Advisory Board, Network for
Strategic Analysis on Defence
and Security,
Canada
Renée Filiatrault
Member of Parliament for
Halifax,
House of Commons,
Canada
Andy Fillmore
Head of Policy Relations,
HFX,
United States
Andrew Fishbein
President and CEO,
International Institute for
Sustainable Development,
Canada
Richard Florizone
Distinguished Fellow,
Munk School of Global Affairs,
University of Toronto,
Canada
Robert Fonberg
CEO,
Center for a New American
Security,
United States
Richard Fontaine
Member, Office of the Chair,
ATCO,
Canada
Spencer Forgo
Member of Parliament,
House of Commons ,
United Kingdom
Liam Fox
Deputy Director, Office of
Brazilian and Southern Cone
Affairs,
United States Department of
State,
United States
Bruce Friedman
Chief Correspondent,
Der Spiegel,
Germany
Matthias Gebauer
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Government of the Republic of
Kosovo,
Republic of Kosovo
Donika Gërvalla- Schwarz
Canada Bureau Chief,
Associated Press,
Canada
Rob Gillies
Senior Director, International
Forum for Democratic Studies,
National Endowment for
Democracy,
United States
John Glenn
Editor-in-Chief,
UN Dispatch,
United States
Mark Goldberg
4th President,
Government of the Republic of
Croatia,
Republic of Croatia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Colonel (retired),
United States Special
Operations Command,
United States
2018 Peace With Women Fellow
Katherine Graef
Assistant Deputy Minister for
the Americas,
Global Affairs Canada,
Canada
Michael Grant
President and CEO,
Pacific Council on International
Policy,
United States
Jerrold Green
CEO,
MDA,
Canada
Mike Greenley
Fellow,
The Paul E. Singer Foundation,
United States
Dylan Walker Gresik
Minister of Foreign and
European Affairs,
Government of the Republic of
Croatia,
Republic of Croatia
Gordan Grlić-Radman
Arnold Saltzman Professor of
Practice, School of International
and Public Affairs; Director, Kent
Program on Conflict Resolution,
Columbia University,
France
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Presenter,
Impact, BBC World News,
Afghanistan
Yalda Hakim
Head of Regional Delegation
for the United States and
Canada,
International Committee of the
Red Cross,
United States
Patrick Hamilton
Vice President,
Booz Allen Hamilton
Sharon Hardie
Foreign Policy Spokesman,
CDU/CSU Parliamentary
Group,
Bundestag,
Germany
Jürgen Hardt
Former Director; Distinguished
Fellow and President Emerita,
Wilson Center,
United States
Jane Harman
Deputy Minister for Defence
Policy and Strategy,
Ministry of Defence and
Armed Forces,
Czech Republic
Jan Havránek
Acting Manager for Advanced
Manufacturing and Business
Services,
Atlantic Canada Opportunities
Agency,
Canada
Paul Hayes
Vice-President and General
Manager,
CAE Defence and Security
Canada,
Canada
France Hébert
Deputy Commissioner,
Operations,
Canadian Coast Guard,
Canada
Chris Henderson
White House Fellow,
United States Coast Guard,
United States
Victoria Hermann
President and CEO,
HIAS,
United States
Mark Hetfield
Ambassador of Canada to the
United States,
Embassy of Canada in the
United States,
Canada
Kirsten Hillman
President and Founder,
Bondi Partners;
25th Ambassador of Australia
to United States,
Australia
Joseph Hockey
Event Manager,
HFX,
United States
Sarí Houston
Premier,
Nova Scotia,
Canada
Tim Houston
Deputy Secretary-General,
National Security Council,
Taiwan
Szu-chien Hsu
Director, New Models of Policy
Change,
New America,
United States
Heather Hurlburt
Founder and CEO,
Pro-Health International,
Nigeria
Iko Ibanga
President,
World Uyghur Congress,
Germany
Dolkun Isa
Permanent Representative of
Japan to the United Nations,
United Nations,
Japan
Kimihiro Ishikane
Publisher and Editor, Die Zeit;
Distinguished Visiting Fellow,
Hoover Institution,
Germany
Josef Joffe
Senator from Virginia,
United States Senate,
United States
Tim Kaine
CEO,
Blue Whale Materials,
United States
W. Robert Kang
Founder and CEO,
Alethea Group,
United States
Lisa Kaplan
Vice President,
Free Russia Foundation,
Russia
Vladimir Kara-Murza
Chief of the Cabinet and
Representative on Foreign
Affairs,
Office of Sviatlana
Tsikhanouskaya,
Belarus
Valery Kavaleuski
Ambassador of Japan to
Canada,
Embassy of Japan in Ottawa,
Japan
Yasuhisa Kawamura
National Security Adviser to
the President of Latvia;
Secretary, National Security
Council,
Latvia
Jānis Kažociņš
Assistant Deputy Minister,
Public Affairs,
Department of National
Defence,
Canada
Laurie-Anne Kempton
Member,
Bundestag,
Germany
Roderich Kiesewetter
Visiting Fellow,
The Brookings Institution,
United States
James Kirchick
Senior Fellow,
Center for Applied Turkey
Studies,
Turkey
Suat Kınıklıoğlu
Female Tactical Platoon Lead
Advisor,
United States Army,
United States
Mary Kolars
Correspondent, National
Security and the Pentagon,
NBC News,
United States
Courtney Kube
Board Member, Atlantic
Council of Georgia;
Next Generation Leader
Fellow, The McCain Institute
for International Leadership,
Georgia
Batu Kutelia
Special Adviser, Ministry of
Public Administration and
Local Self-Government,
Republic of Serbia,
France
François Lafond
Vice President, International
Business Development,
Boeing,
United States
Maria Laine
President,
ATCO Frontec,
Canada
Eli Lake
Chief of Executive Staff,
Federal Ministry of Defence,
Germany
Nico Lange
Adjunct Professor, University
of Sydney;
Senior Fellow (non-resident),
United States Studies Centre,
Hudson Institute,
Australia
John Lee
Colonel, Assistant Chief of
Army (Delivery),
New Zealand Defence Force,
New Zealand
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Katherine Lee
COO and Co-Founder,
Strider,
United States
Eric Levesque
CEO and Co-Founder,
Strider,
United States
Greg Levesque
The Paul E. Singer Foundation,
United States
Jenna Lifhits
CEO,
Institute for National Defense
and Security Research,
Taiwan
Chen-wei Lin
Freelance Journalist,
Canada
Justin Ling
Head of Government Affairs
and Public Policy, YouTube Asia
Pacific;
Senior Advisor (Non-resident) and
Korea Chair, Center for Strategic
and International Studies,
United States
Mark Lippert
Ambassador of the Czech
Republic to Canada,
Embassy of the Czech
Republic in Ottawa,
Czech Republic
Bořek Lizec
Brigadier General, Director,
Integrated Resilience
Headquarters United States
Air Force
United States
2019 Peace With Women Fellow
Debra Lovette
Co-founder and President,
Heart of Asia Society,
Afghanistan
Jawed Ludin
CEO,
Ocean’s Supercluster,
Canada
Kendra MacDonald
President and CEO,
Northwood University,
Canada
Kent MacDonald
Partner,
Spiteri & Ursulak LLP,
Canada
John MacDonell
Senior Advisor,
Deloitte Canada,
Canada
Peter MacKay
Senior Fellow,
Foundation for Defense of
Democracies,
United States
Aaron MacLean
National General Secretary,
Bharatiya Janata Party;
Member of the Governing
Board, India Foundation,
India
Ram Madhav
Director, Peace With Women
Fellowship,
HFX,
United States
Paz Magat
Vice-President, Nova Scotia,
Atlantic Canada Opportunities
Agency,
Canada
Chuck Maillet
Vice President, Boeing Global Services Business Development,
United States
Michael Manazir
Vice President, Mexican
Council on Foreign Relations;
Professor of Law, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de
México,
Mexico
Solange Márquez
Colonel, Director, RCAF Professional
Development,
2nd Canadian Air Division,
Royal Canadian Air Force,
Canada
2019 Peace With Women Fellow
Lysane Martel
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
Roman Mashovets
President and CEO,
Maritime Launch Services Ltd.,
Canada
Steve Matier
Director, Government
Transformation,
Amazon Web Services,
United Kingdom
Liam Maxwell
Parliamentary State Secretary
for the Interior, Building, and
Community,
Bundestag,
Germany
Stephan Mayer
President,
McCaffrey Enterprises,
Canada
Bill McCaffrey
Ambassador,
United Nations Agencies for
Food and Agriculture,
United States
Cindy McCain
Deputy Director for
Commonwealth Integration,
Defence Intelligence Agency,
Australia
Michelle McGuinness
Vice President,
Communication and Corporate
Affairs,
Maritime Launch Services Ltd.,
Canada
Sarah McLean
Ravenel B. Curry III
Distinguished Fellow in
Strategy and Statesmanship,
Hudson Institute,
United States
Walter Russell Mead
Chief of Defence Staff,
Jamaica Defence Force,
Jamaica
Rocky Meade
Minister of Defense,
Government of the Republic of
Kosovo,
Republic of Kosovo
Armend Mehaj
Managing Director,
Merit House,
Canada
Jonathan Meretsky
Lieutenant Colonel, Senior
Advisor,
Defense Policy Group, Ministry
of National Defense,
Lithuania
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Monika Mertinaitė
Founder and Director,
Mexico Research Center for
Peace,
Mexico
Mauricio Meschoulam
Security Analyst, Canada's
CTV News;
Member, Homeland Security
Experts Group; Transatlantic
Commission on Election
Integrity, United States
Jeanne Meserve
Senior Editor,
Voice of America, Georgia,
United States
Ia Meurmishvili
Executive Director,
Samir Kassir Foundation,
Lebanon
Ayman Mhanna
Director General, International
Security Policy,
Government of Canada,
Canada
Suneeta Millington
Economist,
Libertres,
Mexico
Manuel Molano
Senator,
University of Calgary,
Canada
Duane Monea
Lieutenant Colonel, Senior
Advisor to the Minister of
National Defense,
Ministry of National Defense,
Portugal
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Diana Morais
Executive Director,
Syrian Emergency Task Force,
United States
Mouaz Moustafa
Director, Enterprise
Development,
Atlantic Canada Opportunities
Agency,
Canada
Jeff Mullen
Founder and Editor-in-Chief,
Defense & Aerospace Report,
United States
Vago Muradian
Member, House of Lords;
Patron, Cyber Security
Challenge,
United Kingdom
Pauline Neville-Jones
Director General for
International Affairs, Defense
Policy Bureau,
Ministry of Defense,
Japan
Yasushi Noguchi
Ambassador for Women,
Peace, and Security,
Government of Canada,
Canada
Jacqueline O'Neill
Special Assistant to the
President of Nigeria on Digital
and New Media,
Government of Nigeria,
Nigeria
Tolu Ogunlesi
Visiting Scholar,
Center for Democracy,
Development, and the Rule of
Law, Stanford University,
United States
Nancy Okail
Founder, Alpha Reach;
Author, Digital: The New Code
of Wealth,
Nigeria
Japheth Omojuwa
President,
Republic of Kosovo
Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu
Manager, Special Initiatives,
Atlantic Canada Opportunities
Agency,
Canada
Paul Owens
Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for European Integration
Anatolii Petrenko
Professor of Public and
International Affairs, University
of Ottawa;
Associate Fellow, Chatham
House,
Canada
Roland Paris
Senior Editor for Middle East
Affairs,
Yediot Ahronot,
Israel
Smadar Perry
Distinguished Fellow, Africa
Center, Africa Atlantic Council;
Former Special Envoy for the
Sahel Region of Africa, US
Department of State,
United States
J. Peter Pham
Senior Government Affairs
Manager,
General Atomics -
Aeronautical Systems,
United States
MaryLee Pollitt
5th President of Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko
Director, Customer Mission
Executive,
MDA,
Canada
Robert Quinn
Director of Trust and Safety,
Google,
United States
Ben Renda
Global Opinions Writer,
The Washington Post,
United States
Jason Rezaian
President and Vice-Chancellor,
Acadia University,
Canada
Peter Ricketts
Partner, National Leader,
Defence,
Deloitte,
Canada
Thomas Riisom
Senator from Idaho,
United States Senate,
United States
Jim Risch
Vice President and Fellow,
Canadian Global Affairs
Institute,
Canada
Colin Robertson
Director, National Security,
Amazon Web Services,
United States
Sean Roche
CEO,
The MSRogers Group LLC,
United States
Mike Rogers
Columnist,
The Washington Post,
United States
Josh Rogin
Co-Founder and Principal,
The SecDev Group,
Canada
Rafal Rohozinski
Chairman, Mexico-Evalua;
Former Chairman, Mexican
Council on Foreign Relations
Mexico
Luis Rubio
Senior Fellow for Latin
America,
Chatham House,
United States
Christopher Sabatini
Former President,
Central Tibetan
Administration,
Tibet
Lobsang Sangay
Chairman,
European Belarus Foundation,
Belarus
Andrei Sannikov
Commander, Joint Task Force
Atlantic,
Canadian Armed Forces,
Canada
Brian Santarpia
Co-Founder, Technical Advisor,
Research Institute for Women,
Peace and Security,
Afghanistan
Friba Sabrina Saqeb
Executive Director, Editorial
Initiatives,
POLITICO,
United States
Luiza Savage
Mayor,
City of Halifax,
Canada
Mike Savage
Strategic Counselor, HFX;
Vice Chairman, International
Republican Institute,
United States
Randy Scheunemann
Foreign Affairs and Defense
Correspondent,
PBS NewsHour,
United States
Nick Schifrin
Senior Director,
Counter Extremism Project,
Germany
Hans-Jakob Schindler
Member,
Bundestag,
Germany
Christian Schmidt
Senior Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute,
United States
Gary Schmitt
Commandant,
United States Coast Guard,
United States
Karl Schultz
Director, Disaster and
Emergency Management,
ATCO Frontec,
Canada
Nick Sealy-Thompson
Non-Resident Fellow,
Center for Global
Development,
Senegal
Daouda Sembene
Special Envoy of Foreign
Ministry of the Kingdom of
Sweden for Yemen and Libya,
Embassy of Sweden,
Sweden
Peter Semneby
Executive Director and
Managing Director,
KKR Global Institute,
United States
Vance Serchuk
Senator from New Hampshire,
United States Senate,
United States
Jeanne Shaheen
Captain, Assistant Head, Defence
Logistic Operations and Plans,
Defence Support Operations,
British Royal Navy,
United Kingdom
2019 Peace With Women Fellow
Fiona Shepherd
Vice President,
HFX,
United Kingdom
Robin Shepherd
CEO and Founder,
Kaweyan Group of Companies,
Afghanistan
Kamila Sidiqi
Chairman,
Atlantic Council of Georgia ,
Georgia
Vasil Sikharulidze
President,
mPedigree,
Ghana
Bright Simons
Colonel, Head of Division CIMIC
and Arms Control (ACOS J9),
Joint Forces Command, HQ,
Stockholm,
Sweden
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Anna Siverstig
First Vice-President,
GLOBSEC,
Slovak Republic
Milan Solár
Chair and CEO,
ATCO Ltd. and Canadian
Utilities Limited,
Canada
Nancy Southern
Fellow,
The Paul E. Singer Foundation,
United States
Madison Sparber
Ambassador of the Federal
Republic of Germany to
Canada,
Embassy of the Federal
Republic of Germany in
Ottawa, Germany
Sabine Sparwasser
National Security Advisor,
CDU/CSU Parliamentary
Group,
Germany
Henning Speck
Belzberg Professor of Conflict
Management and Founding
Director,
Munk School of Global Affairs,
University of Toronto,
Canada
Janice Stein
President and Founder,
Institute for NGO Research;
Professor, Political Studies, Bar
Ilan University,
Israel
Gerald Steinberg
Fritz Stern Chair and Senior
Fellow,
The Brookings Institution,
Germany
Constanze Stelzenmüller
President,
Saint Mary's University,
Canada
Robert Summerby- Murray
Director, China Program;
Senior Fellow and Co-Director,
East Asia Program,
Stimson Center,
China
Yun Sun
Vice President, Programs,
International Foundation for
Electoral Systems,
United States
Michael Svetlik
Chairman, Center for the
Study and Research on
Political Decision;
Editor, Le Banquet,
France
Nicolas Tenzer
Commodore, Deputy Director
People,
British Royal Navy,
United Kingdom
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Judith Terry
Deputy Minister of National
Defence,
Department of National
Defence,
Canada
Jody Thomas
Vice Chief of Space
Operations,
United States Space Force,
United States
David Thompson
CEO,
Almatis GmbH, Germany,
Turkey
Emre Timurkan
President, Research Institute
for Peace and Security;
Visiting Professor, National
Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies,
Japan
Hideshi Tokuchi
Technology Correspondent,
Defense One,
United States
Patrick Tucker
Global Senior Advisor,
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.,
Australia
Malcolm Turnbull
President,
International Republican
Institute,
United States
Daniel Twining
President,
HFX,
United States
Peter Van Praagh
Government Affairs Manager,
General Atomics -
Aeronautical Systems,
United States
Ella Vanderzyl
President,
GLOBSEC,
Slovak Republic
Róbert Vass
Ambassador of Venezuela to
United States,
National Assembly,
Venezuela
Carlos Vecchio
Member of the Board of
Directors,
Conference of Defence
Associations Institute,
Canada
Gordon Venner
Distinguished Fellow, CEPA;
Senior International Advisor,
BGR Group,
United States
Kurt Volker
National Security Reporter,
POLITICO,
United States
Alex Ward
Project Manager,
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung,
Canada Office,
Germany
Annika Weikinnis
Adjunct Professor, School of
Foreign Service,
Georgetown University,
United States
W. Bruce Weinrod
Walter P. Stern Distinguished
Fellow,
Hudson Institute,
United States
Kenneth Weinstein
Senator from Mississippi,
United States Senate,
United States
Roger Wicker
Colonel, Commander,
93d Air Ground Operations
Wing,
United States
2021 Peace With Women Fellow
Danielle Willis
Nuclear Physicist,
University of Nevada, Reno,
United States
Taylor Wilson
Development Officer,
Aerospace and Defence,
Atlantic Canada Opportunities
Agency,
Canada
Peter Wright
Senior Adviser, Center for
Strategic and International
Studies;
Senior Fellow, CNA
Corporation,
United States
Dov Zakheim
Deputy Minister for Foreign
Affairs,
Interim Government of
Venezuela,
Venezuela
Isadora Zubillaga

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