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2021 HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORUM
DATE
November 19-21, 2021
LOCATION
Halifax, Nova Scotia
PARTICIPANTS
300
AGENDA & SPEAKERS
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.
*Fresh air will be pumped in to the main hall during all plenary sessions.
*On-site testing is available throughout the weekend at our on-site testing facility.
Download Health & Safety Guidelines for the 2021 Forum as PDF
Health and Safety Protocol:
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
President, Halifax International Security Forum
Peter Van Praagh
Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America
Kurt Volker
Senior International Advisor, Advisory Board Member, BGR Group
W. Bruce Weinrod
Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
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
- 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
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Fatima Akilu
Executive Director, NEEM Foundation, Nigeria
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Farea Al Muslimi
Chairman and Co-Founder, Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies, Yemen
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Raed al-Saleh
Co-Founder and Director, Syria Civil Defence, Turkey
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Fauziya Ali
Founder and President, Women In International Security Kenya; Chair, Sisters without Borders, Kenya
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Anita Anand
Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
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Antony Anderson
Commissioner of Police, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Jamaica
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James Appathurai
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO, Canada
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John Aquilino
Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States
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Michael Arthur
President, Boeing International, United Kingdom
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Michael Auslin
Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow in Contemporary Asia, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, United States
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Tariq Shah Bahramee
Former Minister of Defense, Ministry of Defense, Afghanistan, Afghanistan
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James Baker
Director, Office of Net Assessment, United States Department of Defense, United States
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Falah Bakir
Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the President, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurdistan Region - Iraq
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Mustafa Barghouti
Secretary General and Co- Founder, Palestinian National Initiative, Palestine
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Lale Bartoschek
Chief of Branch Recruitment, Federal Ministry of Defence, German Armed Forces, Germany 2019 Peace With Women Fellow
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Rob Bauer
Chair of the Military Committee, NATO, Netherlands
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Oscar Becerra
Director, Global Due Diligence Program and Senior Manager, Citi Security and Investigative Services, Member, Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia, Mexico
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Benedetta Berti-Alberti
Head, Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General, NATO, Italy
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Peter Beyer
Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, Federal Foreign Office; Member, Bundestag, Germany
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Ajay Bisaria
High Commissioner of India to Canada, High Commission of India to Canada, India
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Biljana Blazheska
Colonel, Military Adjutant to the President of the Republic of North Macedonia, North Macedonia 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Peter Boehm
Senator for Ontario, Senate, Canada
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Elanor Boekholt- O'Sullivan
Major General, Netherlands Armed Forces, Netherlands 2019 Peace With Women Fellow
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Krista Bouckaert
Colonel, Director, Canadian Forces Grievance Authority, Department of National Defence, Canada 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Catherine Bourdès
Brigadier General, Deputy Director of French Higher Military Education Directorate for Higher Military Studies, France 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Derric Bowes-Lyon
Derric Bowes-Lyon
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Darrell Bricker
CEO, Ipsos Public Affairs, Canada
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Laura Bridge
Managing Director, HFX, United States
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Scott Brison
Vice-Chair of Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets, Canada
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Ian Brodie
Program Director, Canadian Global Affairs Institute and University of Calgary, Canada
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Katherine Brucker
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the United States in Ottawa, United States
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Matthew Bryza
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Din Patriciu Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council, United States
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Bettina Cadenbach
Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO, Germany
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Leslie Campbell
Senior Associate and Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa Programs, National Democratic Institute, Canada
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Gilles Carbonnier
Vice-President, International Committee of the Red Cross, Switzerland
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Scott Carpenter
Director, Policy and International Engagement, Jigsaw, United States
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Joyce Carter
President and CEO, Halifax International Airport Authority; Chair, Canadian Airports Council, Canada
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Nancy Chahwan
Senior Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
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Steven Chase
Senior Parliamentary Reporter, The Globe and Mail, Canada
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Byung-Ho Chung
Professor, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
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Richard Clarke
Commander, United States Special Operations Command, United States
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Eliot Cohen
Director, Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, United States
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J. Michael Cole
Chief Editor and Research Fellow, The Prospect Foundation, Taiwan
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Maia Comeau
Founder, Keeper of the Commons, United States
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Hélène Conway-Mouret
Senator, Senate, France
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James Coomarasamy
Senior Presenter, BBC Radio and World Service, United Kingdom
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Chris Coons
Senator from Delaware, United States Senate, United States
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Alexander Dalziel
Director, Geopolitics and National Security Programme, Canada School of Public Service, Canada
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Arnaud Danjean
Vice-Chair, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats), European Parliament, France
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Rick Davis
Partner, Stonecourt Capital, United States
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Jennifer de Poorter
Colonel, G3 of the Operational Headquarters, Royal Marechaussee, Netherlands 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Andrew Desiderio
Congressional Reporter, POLITICO, United States
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Louise des Jardins
Group Captain, Director Joint Effects / J3E, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Paula Dobriansky
Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, United States
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Onno Eichelsheim
Chief of Defence, Netherlands Armed Forces, Netherlands
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Mai El-Sadany
Managing Director; Legal and Judicial Director, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, United States
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Erinç Evren Elmas
Colonel, Cost Analysis Commission Leader, Air Logistics Command, Turkish Air Force, Turkey 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Süleyman Savaş Erdem
CEO, OYAK, Turkey
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Joni Ernst
Senator from Iowa, United States Senate, United States
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Comfort Ero
Interim Vice President and Program Director, Africa, International Crisis Group, United Kingdom
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Norbert Eschborn
Director, Canada Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V., Canada
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Wayne Eyre
Acting Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
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Richard Fadden
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
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Paul Fagan
Director for Human Rights and Democracy Programs, McCain Institute for International Leadership, United States
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Renée Filiatrault
Former Director of Communications, Minister of National Defence; Advisory Board, Network for Strategic Analysis on Defence and Security, Canada
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Andy Fillmore
Member of Parliament for Halifax, House of Commons, Canada
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Andrew Fishbein
Head of Policy Relations, HFX, United States
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Richard Florizone
President and CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada
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Robert Fonberg
Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada
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Richard Fontaine
CEO, Center for a New American Security, United States
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Spencer Forgo
Member, Office of the Chair, ATCO, Canada
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Liam Fox
Member of Parliament, House of Commons , United Kingdom
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Bruce Friedman
Deputy Director, Office of Brazilian and Southern Cone Affairs, United States Department of State, United States
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Matthias Gebauer
Chief Correspondent, Der Spiegel, Germany
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Donika Gërvalla- Schwarz
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Republic of Kosovo, Republic of Kosovo
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Rob Gillies
Canada Bureau Chief, Associated Press, Canada
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John Glenn
Senior Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy, United States
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Mark Goldberg
Editor-in-Chief, UN Dispatch, United States
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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
4th President, Government of the Republic of Croatia, Republic of Croatia
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Katherine Graef
Colonel (retired), United States Special Operations Command, United States 2018 Peace With Women Fellow
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Michael Grant
Assistant Deputy Minister for the Americas, Global Affairs Canada, Canada
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Jerrold Green
President and CEO, Pacific Council on International Policy, United States
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Mike Greenley
CEO, MDA, Canada
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Gordan Grlić-Radman
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Government of the Republic of Croatia, Republic of Croatia
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Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Arnold Saltzman Professor of Practice, School of International and Public Affairs; Director, Kent Program on Conflict Resolution, Columbia University, France
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Yalda Hakim
Presenter, Impact, BBC World News, Afghanistan
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Patrick Hamilton
Head of Regional Delegation for the United States and Canada, International Committee of the Red Cross, United States
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Sharon Hardie
Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
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Jürgen Hardt
Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Bundestag, Germany
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Jane Harman
Former Director; Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center, United States
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Jan Havránek
Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces, Czech Republic
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Paul Hayes
Acting Manager for Advanced Manufacturing and Business Services, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
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France Hébert
Vice-President and General Manager, CAE Defence and Security Canada, Canada
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Chris Henderson
Deputy Commissioner, Operations, Canadian Coast Guard, Canada
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Victoria Hermann
White House Fellow, United States Coast Guard, United States
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Mark Hetfield
President and CEO, HIAS, United States
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Kirsten Hillman
Ambassador of Canada to the United States, Embassy of Canada in the United States, Canada
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Joseph Hockey
President and Founder, Bondi Partners; 25th Ambassador of Australia to United States, Australia
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Sarí Houston
Event Manager, HFX, United States
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Tim Houston
Premier, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Szu-chien Hsu
Deputy Secretary-General, National Security Council, Taiwan
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Heather Hurlburt
Director, New Models of Policy Change, New America, United States
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Iko Ibanga
Founder and CEO, Pro-Health International, Nigeria
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Dolkun Isa
President, World Uyghur Congress, Germany
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Kimihiro Ishikane
Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, United Nations, Japan
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Josef Joffe
Publisher and Editor, Die Zeit; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Germany
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Tim Kaine
Senator from Virginia, United States Senate, United States
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W. Robert Kang
CEO, Blue Whale Materials, United States
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Lisa Kaplan
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Vice President, Free Russia Foundation, Russia
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Valery Kavaleuski
Chief of the Cabinet and Representative on Foreign Affairs, Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus
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Roderich Kiesewetter
Member, Bundestag, Germany
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James Kirchick
Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution, United States
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Suat Kınıklıoğlu
Senior Fellow, Center for Applied Turkey Studies, Turkey
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Mary Kolars
Female Tactical Platoon Lead Advisor, United States Army, United States
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Correspondent, National Security and the Pentagon, NBC News, United States
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Batu Kutelia
Board Member, Atlantic Council of Georgia; Next Generation Leader Fellow, The McCain Institute for International Leadership, Georgia
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Eli Lake
President, ATCO Frontec, Canada
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Nico Lange
Chief of Executive Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
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John Lee
Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney; Senior Fellow (non-resident), United States Studies Centre, Hudson Institute, Australia
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Katherine Lee
Colonel, Assistant Chief of Army (Delivery), New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Eric Levesque
COO and Co-Founder, Strider, United States
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Greg Levesque
CEO and Co-Founder, Strider, United States
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Chen-wei Lin
CEO, Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Taiwan
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Justin Ling
Freelance Journalist, Canada
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Mark Lippert
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
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Bořek Lizec
Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Canada, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa, Czech Republic
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Debra Lovette
Brigadier General, Director, Integrated Resilience Headquarters United States Air Force United States 2019 Peace With Women Fellow
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Jawed Ludin
Co-founder and President, Heart of Asia Society, Afghanistan
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Kendra MacDonald
CEO, Ocean’s Supercluster, Canada
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Kent MacDonald
President and CEO, Northwood University, Canada
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John MacDonell
Partner, Spiteri & Ursulak LLP, Canada
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Peter MacKay
Senior Advisor, Deloitte Canada, Canada
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Aaron MacLean
Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, United States
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Ram Madhav
National General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party; Member of the Governing Board, India Foundation, India
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Paz Magat
Director, Peace With Women Fellowship, HFX, United States
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Chuck Maillet
Vice-President, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
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Michael Manazir
Vice President, Boeing Global Services Business Development, United States
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Solange Márquez
Vice President, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of Law, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
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Lysane Martel
Colonel, Director, RCAF Professional Development, 2nd Canadian Air Division, Royal Canadian Air Force, Canada 2019 Peace With Women Fellow
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Roman Mashovets
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
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Steve Matier
President and CEO, Maritime Launch Services Ltd., Canada
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Liam Maxwell
Director, Government Transformation, Amazon Web Services, United Kingdom
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Stephan Mayer
Parliamentary State Secretary for the Interior, Building, and Community, Bundestag, Germany
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Bill McCaffrey
President, McCaffrey Enterprises, Canada
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Cindy McCain
Ambassador, United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, United States
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Michelle McGuinness
Deputy Director for Commonwealth Integration, Defence Intelligence Agency, Australia
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Sarah McLean
Vice President, Communication and Corporate Affairs, Maritime Launch Services Ltd., Canada
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Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson Institute, United States
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Rocky Meade
Chief of Defence Staff, Jamaica Defence Force, Jamaica
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Armend Mehaj
Minister of Defense, Government of the Republic of Kosovo, Republic of Kosovo
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Jonathan Meretsky
Managing Director, Merit House, Canada
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Monika Mertinaitė
Lieutenant Colonel, Senior Advisor, Defense Policy Group, Ministry of National Defense, Lithuania 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Mauricio Meschoulam
Founder and Director, Mexico Research Center for Peace, Mexico
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Jeanne Meserve
Security Analyst, Canada's CTV News; Member, Homeland Security Experts Group; Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity, United States
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Ia Meurmishvili
Senior Editor, Voice of America, Georgia, United States
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Ayman Mhanna
Executive Director, Samir Kassir Foundation, Lebanon
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Suneeta Millington
Director General, International Security Policy, Government of Canada, Canada
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Manuel Molano
Economist, Libertres, Mexico
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Duane Monea
Senator, University of Calgary, Canada
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Diana Morais
Lieutenant Colonel, Senior Advisor to the Minister of National Defense, Ministry of National Defense, Portugal 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Mouaz Moustafa
Executive Director, Syrian Emergency Task Force, United States
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Jeff Mullen
Director, Enterprise Development, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
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Vago Muradian
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Defense & Aerospace Report, United States
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Pauline Neville-Jones
Member, House of Lords; Patron, Cyber Security Challenge, United Kingdom
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Yasushi Noguchi
Director General for International Affairs, Defense Policy Bureau, Ministry of Defense, Japan
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Jacqueline O'Neill
Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security, Government of Canada, Canada
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Tolu Ogunlesi
Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Digital and New Media, Government of Nigeria, Nigeria
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Nancy Okail
Visiting Scholar, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, United States
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Japheth Omojuwa
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Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu
President, Republic of Kosovo
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Paul Owens
Manager, Special Initiatives, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
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Anatolii Petrenko
Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for European Integration
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Roland Paris
Professor of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa; Associate Fellow, Chatham House, Canada
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Smadar Perry
Senior Editor for Middle East Affairs, Yediot Ahronot, Israel
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J. Peter Pham
Distinguished Fellow, Africa Center, Africa Atlantic Council; Former Special Envoy for the Sahel Region of Africa, US Department of State, United States
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MaryLee Pollitt
Senior Government Affairs Manager, General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems, United States
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President Petro Poroshenko
5th President of Ukraine
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Robert Quinn
Director, Customer Mission Executive, MDA, Canada
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Ben Renda
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Jason Rezaian
Global Opinions Writer, The Washington Post, United States
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Peter Ricketts
President and Vice-Chancellor, Acadia University, Canada
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Thomas Riisom
Partner, National Leader, Defence, Deloitte, Canada
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Jim Risch
Senator from Idaho, United States Senate, United States
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Colin Robertson
Vice President and Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Canada
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Sean Roche
Director, National Security, Amazon Web Services, United States
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Mike Rogers
CEO, The MSRogers Group LLC, United States
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Josh Rogin
Columnist, The Washington Post, United States
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Rafal Rohozinski
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Luis Rubio
Chairman, Mexico-Evalua; Former Chairman, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations Mexico
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Christopher Sabatini
Senior Fellow for Latin America, Chatham House, United States
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Lobsang Sangay
Former President, Central Tibetan Administration, Tibet
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Andrei Sannikov
Chairman, European Belarus Foundation, Belarus
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Brian Santarpia
Commander, Joint Task Force Atlantic, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada
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Friba Sabrina Saqeb
Co-Founder, Technical Advisor, Research Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Afghanistan
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Luiza Savage
Executive Director, Editorial Initiatives, POLITICO, United States
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Mike Savage
Mayor, City of Halifax, Canada
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Randy Scheunemann
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Nick Schifrin
Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, United States
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Hans-Jakob Schindler
Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project, Germany
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Christian Schmidt
Member, Bundestag, Germany
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Gary Schmitt
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, United States
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Karl Schultz
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, United States
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Nick Sealy-Thompson
Director, Disaster and Emergency Management, ATCO Frontec, Canada
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Daouda Sembene
Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development, Senegal
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Peter Semneby
Special Envoy of Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of Sweden for Yemen and Libya, Embassy of Sweden, Sweden
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Vance Serchuk
Executive Director and Managing Director, KKR Global Institute, United States
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Jeanne Shaheen
Senator from New Hampshire, United States Senate, United States
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Fiona Shepherd
Captain, Assistant Head, Defence Logistic Operations and Plans, Defence Support Operations, British Royal Navy, United Kingdom 2019 Peace With Women Fellow
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Robin Shepherd
Vice President, HFX, United Kingdom
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Kamila Sidiqi
CEO and Founder, Kaweyan Group of Companies, Afghanistan
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Vasil Sikharulidze
Chairman, Atlantic Council of Georgia , Georgia
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Bright Simons
President, mPedigree, Ghana
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Anna Siverstig
Colonel, Head of Division CIMIC and Arms Control (ACOS J9), Joint Forces Command, HQ, Stockholm, Sweden 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Milan Solár
First Vice-President, GLOBSEC, Slovak Republic
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Nancy Southern
Chair and CEO, ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited, Canada
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Sabine Sparwasser
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa, Germany
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Henning Speck
National Security Advisor, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, Germany
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Janice Stein
Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada
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Gerald Steinberg
President and Founder, Institute for NGO Research; Professor, Political Studies, Bar Ilan University, Israel
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Constanze Stelzenmüller
Fritz Stern Chair and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Germany
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Robert Summerby- Murray
President, Saint Mary's University, Canada
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Yun Sun
Director, China Program; Senior Fellow and Co-Director, East Asia Program, Stimson Center, China
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Michael Svetlik
Vice President, Programs, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, United States
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Nicolas Tenzer
Chairman, Center for the Study and Research on Political Decision; Editor, Le Banquet, France
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Judith Terry
Commodore, Deputy Director People, British Royal Navy, United Kingdom 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Jody Thomas
Deputy Minister of National Defence, Department of National Defence, Canada
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David Thompson
Vice Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force, United States
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Emre Timurkan
CEO, Almatis GmbH, Germany, Turkey
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Hideshi Tokuchi
President, Research Institute for Peace and Security; Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
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Patrick Tucker
Technology Correspondent, Defense One, United States
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Malcolm Turnbull
Global Senior Advisor, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Australia
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Daniel Twining
President, International Republican Institute, United States
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Peter Van Praagh
President, HFX, United States
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Ella Vanderzyl
Government Affairs Manager, General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems, United States
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Róbert Vass
President, GLOBSEC, Slovak Republic
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Carlos Vecchio
Ambassador of Venezuela to United States, National Assembly, Venezuela
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Gordon Venner
Member of the Board of Directors, Conference of Defence Associations Institute, Canada
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Kurt Volker
Distinguished Fellow, CEPA; Senior International Advisor, BGR Group, United States
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Alex Ward
National Security Reporter, POLITICO, United States
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Annika Weikinnis
Project Manager, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Canada Office, Germany
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W. Bruce Weinrod
Adjunct Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, United States
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Kenneth Weinstein
Walter P. Stern Distinguished Fellow, Hudson Institute, United States
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Roger Wicker
Senator from Mississippi, United States Senate, United States
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Danielle Willis
Colonel, Commander, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing, United States 2021 Peace With Women Fellow
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Taylor Wilson
Nuclear Physicist, University of Nevada, Reno, United States
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Peter Wright
Development Officer, Aerospace and Defence, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada
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Dov Zakheim
Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Senior Fellow, CNA Corporation, United States
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Isadora Zubillaga
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Interim Government of Venezuela, Venezuela