Peter Van Praagh
Peter Van Praagh is the founding President of Halifax International Security Forum. Peter has served as Senior Director for Foreign Policy at the Washington, DC-based German Marshall Fund of the United States, as Deputy Vice President of Programs at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, DC, and as Chief of Party for the National Democratic Institute both in the former Soviet Union and in Turkey. In 2006-07, Peter served as Policy Director to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada. Peter is a graduate of University College at the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics. He is married to Lena Van Praagh and has three children, Yasha, Sophia Joy, and Elizabeth.
Recent Works
Peter Van Praagh: COVID-19 is an opportunity to reform the international system
National Post, May 20, 2020
Interviews:
Halifax Forum’s Van Praagh on Key 2019 Takeaways, Democracy & New China Strategy Initiative
Defense and Aerospace Report, December 3, 2019
China’s ‘different world view’ major focus of Halifax security forum
The Canadian Press, November 25, 2019
Democracies on the verge of a nervous breakdown
POLITICO, November 25, 2019
As China pushes back at Washington, Halifax security forum honours Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement CBC
CBC, November 22, 2019
