2019 Photo Gallery

Minister Harjit Sajjan (Minister of National Defence of Canada) gives an opening remark at the 2019 Forum.

Peter Van Praagh (President of Halifax International Security Forum) gives an opening remark at the 2019 Forum.

Peter Van Praagh (President of Halifax International Security Forum) presents the 2019 Builder Award to Nancy Southern (Chair and Chief Executive Officer, ATCO).

Halifax Forum display

Peter Van Praagh (President of Halifax International Security Forum) welcomes Lobsang Sangay
(President,
Central Tibetan Administration)

Peter Van Praagh (President of Halifax International Security Forum) shakes hands with General Peter Dawe (Commander, Canadian Special Operations Forces Command).

Peter Van Praagh (President of Halifax International Security Forum) welcomes Falah Mustafa Bakir (Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the President, Kurdistan Regional Government).

Peter Van Praagh (President of Halifax International Security Forum) welcomes Andy Fillmore (Member of Parliament of Halifax, Canada)

Peter Van Praagh (President of Halifax International Security Forum) welcomes David Smolansky (Envoy for Venezuelan Migration and Refugee Crisis, Organization of American States).

Peter Van Praagh (President of Halifax International Security Forum) greets Luis Rubio (Chairman, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations).

Peter Van Pragh (President of Halifax International Security Forum) greets Colonel Dr. Lale Bartoschek (Chief of Branch Recruitment, Federal Ministry of Defence, German Armed Forces).

Nancy Southern (Chair and Chief Executive Officer, ATCO), Lieutenant Colonel Joana Polekauskienė (Senior Instructor, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania), Tammy Harris (Former Deputy Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Armed Forces), and Paz Magat (Director of Peace With Women Fellows,
Halifax International Security Forum)

Bill McCaffrey (President of McCaffrey Enterprise) talks with Jonathan Weisstub (Founding Partner, CommonWealth).

Emily Lau (Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Democratic Party, Hong Kong)

Rachel Durbin (Director of Future Force Lifecycle Engineering, Royal Australian Navy) shakes hands with Rob Bauer
(Chief of Defence of the Netherlands Armed Forces).

Falah Mustafa Bakir (Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the President, Kurdistan Regional Government) shakes hands with Ahmet Çalik (Chairman, Çalik Holding).

Nancy Southern (Chair and Chief Executive Officer, ATCO) and Solène Le Floch (Human Resource Manager for Air Crews, 705th Airbase, French Air Force) participate in the 2019 Peace With Women Fellows.

Commodore Solveig Krey (Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations Section, Norwegian Armed Forces) speaks at the 2019 Peace With Women Fellows.

Jonathan Tepperman (Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Policy), Nancy Southern Nancy Southern (Chair and Chief Executive Officer, ATCO), Cindy McCain (Chair, McCain Institute for International Leadership)

US Senator Tim Kaine

General Jonathan Vance (Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces) and Minister Harjit Sajjan (Minister of National Defence of Canada)

US Senator Tim Kaine, US Senator Angus S King Jr., Eliot Cohen (Dean of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University), and US Senator John Barasso

Ambassador Isadora Zubillaga (Deputy Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, National Assembly) and Jeanne Meserve (Member of Homeland Security Experts Group) speak on “Revolutions of Our Time: Freedom Without US.”

Yascha Mounk (Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University) and Dr. Nancy Okail (Former Executive Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy) speak on “Revolutions of Our Time: Freedom Without US.”

Yascha Mounk (Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University), Dr. Nancy Okail (Former Executive Director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy), Steve Tsang (Director of China Institute, School for Oriental and African Studies, University of London), Ambassador Isadora Zubillaga (Deputy Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, National Assembly), and Jeanne Meserve (Member of Homeland Security Experts Group)

Gideon Rose (Editor, Foreign Affairs) speak on “Values Trade: Our Way or the Huawei.”

Admiral Karl Schultz (Commandant, United States Coast Guard)

Lady Pauline Neville-Jones
(Member of House of Lords, United Kingdom)

Emily Lau (Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Democratic Party, Hong Kong) and Admiral Karl Schultz (Commandant, United States Coast Guard) speak on “Values Trade: Our Way or the Huawei.”

US Senator James E. Risch and Robin Shephard (Vice President of Halifax International Security Forum) speak at Halifax Chat.

Minister Harjit Sajjan (Minister of National Defence of Canada) speaks with Robert O’Brien (US National Security Advisor).

US Senator James Risch

2019 Halifax Forum Program

2019 Halifax Forum Program

2019 Halifax Gift Coin

2019 Halifax Builder Award

Nancy Southern (Chair and Chief Executive Officer, ATCO) speaks at the 2019 Forum.

Jody Thomas (Deputy Minister of National Defence of Canada) and General Jonathan Vance (Chief of the Defence Staff of Canadian Armed Forces) recognize the 2019 class of Peace With Women Fellows.

2019 Peace With Women Fellows

A performance at the Forum's Gala Dinner

General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, (Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command) speaks with General Jonathan Vance (Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces).

Cindy McCain (Chair, McCain Institute for International Leadership) presents the John McCain Prize.

Figo Chan (Civil Human Rights Front, Hong Kong), Cindy McCain (Chair, McCain Institute for International Leadership), Emily Lau (Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Democratic Party, Hong Kong)

Cindy McCain (Chair, McCain Institute for International Leadership), Emily Lau (Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Democratic Party, Hong Kong), and Figo Chan (Civil Human Rights Front, Hong Kong) with the John McCain Prize

Emily Lau (Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Democratic Party, Hong Kong) and Figo Chan (Civil Human Rights Front, Hong Kong) speak at the 2019 Forum.

Philip Davidson (Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command) and Lyse Doucet (Chief International Correspondent, BBC) speak at Halifax Chat.

Philip Davidson (Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command) speaks at Halifax Chat.

US Senator Angus S. King, Jr. speaks alongside US Representative Jim Banks, Cindy McCain (Chair, McCain Institute for International Leadership), US Senator John Barrasso, and US Senator James E. Risch.

US Senator John Barrasso speaks alongside US Representative Jim Banks, Cindy McCain (Chair, McCain Institute for International Leadership), US Senator Angus S. King, Jr. and US Senator James E. Risch.

Members of the Halifax Police Force

Members of the Halifax Police Force

Tom Clark
(Chair, Public Affairs and Communications, Global Public Affairs) speaks on “The World’s Democracies: The Importance of Being Allies.”

Ambassador Keng Yong Ong (Executive Deputy Chairman of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University) speaks on “ The World’s Democracies: The Importance of Being Allies.”

General Rajmund Andrzejczak (Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces), Sir Michael Arthur (President of Boeing International), US Senator Tim Kaine, Ambassador Keng Yong Ong (Executive Deputy Chairman of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University), Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir (Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Kurdistan Regional Government), and Tom Clark (Chair of Public Affairs and Communications, Global Public Affairs)

US Senator Tim Kaine speaks on “The World’s Democracies: The Importance of Being Allies.”

General Rajmund Andrzejczak (Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces) speaks on “The World’s Democracies: The Importance of Being Allies.”

Iko Ibanga
(Founder and CEO, Pro-Health International, Nigeria), Tolu Ogunlesi
(Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Digital and New Media), Jacqueline O'Neill
(Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security, Canada), and Japheth Omojuwa
(Founder and Chief Strategist, Alpha Reach)

Michael Arthur (President of Boeing International) talks with Peter Van Praagh (President of Halifax International Security Forum).

Peter Maurer (Former President of International Committee of the Red Cross) speaks on “Institution Evolution: International Law and Global Order.”

Nancy Lindborg (President of the United States Institute of Peace), Peter Maurer (Former President of International Committee of the Red Cross), Dr. Lassina Zerbo (Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization), and Mr. Jonathan Tepperman (Editor-in-Chief of Foreign Policy Magazine)

Peter Van Praagh (President of Halifax International Security Forum) shakes hands with Andrew Scheer (Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada).

Nancy Lindborg (President and CEO, United States Institute of Peace) speaks on “Institution Evolution: International Law and Global Order.”

Dr. Lassina Zerbo (Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-TestBan Treaty Organization, Burkina Faso) speaks on “Institution Evolution: International Law and Global Order.”

Robert O’Brien (United States National Security Advisor) and Nick Schifrin
(Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour) speak at Halifax Chat.

Robert O’Brien (United States National Security Advisor) speaks at Halifax Chat.

Robert O’Brien (United States National Security Advisor)

Lyse Doucet (Chief International Correspondent, BBC) speaks on “2020S Vision: Responsibility to Pro-Tech” along with (left to right) Shelly Bruce (Chief, Communications Security Establishment),
Golnaz Esfandiari (Senior Correspondent, Radio Free Europe), James Appathurai (Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO) and Minister Andrii Zagorodniuk (Minister of Defence of Ukraine).

James Appathurai (Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO)

Golnaz Esfandiari (Senior Correspondent, Blogger, Radio Free Europe) speaks on “2020S Vision: Responsibility to Pro-Tech.

James Appathurai
(Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO)
and Minister Andrii Zagorodniuk
(Minister of Defence of Ukraine)

General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy (Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command)

Tammy Harris (Former Deputy Commander of Royal Canadian Air Force) speaks on “End of the Earth: The Arctic.”

Espen Barth Eide (Member of Parliament, The Storting, Norway) speaks on “End of the Earth: The Arctic.”

Richard V.
Spencer (Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy) and Luiza Savage (Editorial Director, Cross-Platform Content and Executive Director, Canada, POLITICO) speak on “End of the Earth: The Arctic.”

Petro Poroshenko (5th President of Ukraine) speaks at Halifax Chat.

Sunday morning 5k run around Halifax Harbour

Sunday morning 5k run around Halifax Harbour

Minister Harjit Sajjan (Minister of National Defence of Canada) with the 2019 Peace With Women Fellows

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