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November 15, 2016
“In Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is losing territory fast. The organization barely now controls 40 per cent of the 60,000 square kilometres it occupied in the region in October 2014. The disintegration of the caliphate installed on the land of the Sham —…
October 11, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2016 WASHINGTON, DC–Halifax International Security Forum, North America’s leading foreign affairs and defense conference, announces the release of its topical agenda for this year’s gathering in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 18-20. For the agenda click here. The Halifax International Security Forum’s annual agenda has earned…
July 28, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2016 Washington, DC—Senator Tim Kaine, Co-Chair of the Halifax International Security Forum’s annual Congressional Delegation, was confirmed Wednesday as the Democratic Party’s nominee for Vice President of the United States. Mr. Peter Van Praagh, President of the Halifax International Security Forum, today issued the following…
March 14, 2016
Peter Van Praagh March 14, 2016 published in The Chronicle Herald WASHINGTON, D.C. — Watching the bright red and white wave of Canadian flags that decorated this city’s downtown boulevards in honour of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s state visit last week was an exceptional experience. Now that the flags and…
January 13, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2016 WASHINGTON, DC – Halifax International Security Forum announced today that the 8th Halifax International Security Forum will take place November 18-20, 2016 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The annual Forum brings together democratic security leaders from more than 60 countries to address the most pressing…