FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA – International participants in the 2021 Peace With Women Fellowship were pleased to meet today with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of National Defence Anita Anand to discuss this year’s extensive leadership curriculum. They were also joined by Canada’s Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security Jacqueline O’Neill. “Interest from…

2021 Forum to be held in person, November 19-21, in Halifax, Nova Scotia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – HFX today announced the release of the topical agenda for the 2021 Halifax International Security Forum that will be held in person November 19-21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “This past year was a trying one for…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC — HFX, the Washington, DC-based convener of the Halifax International Security Forum, is pleased to announce three new members of its Board of Directors. The Honorable Mark Lippert, a current Board member, has also been appointed as Board Vice Chair. The new Board members are: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, who was elected…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC–HFX today announced the 2021 class of its landmark Peace With Women Fellowship. The program, now in its fourth year, experienced the most competitive selection process to date with a record number of countries submitting applications. Accomplishments of the 2021 class include: The first woman to reach the Admiral ranks in…

July 21, 2021 Washington, DC — HFX, the Washington, DC-based convener of the prestigious Halifax International Security Forum, is proud to announce that it will hold its first major meeting in Asia in Taipei, Taiwan. HFX TAIPEI will happen on January 21-23, 2022 in association with Taiwan’s Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR). “HFX…

    Washington, DC — HFX, the Washington, DC-based convener of the prestigious Halifax International Security Forum, is proud to announce that it will hold its first major meeting in Asia in Taipei, Taiwan. HFX TAIPEI will happen on January 21-23, 2022 in association with Taiwan’s Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR). “HFX will…

The last week of May began with the dictator in Belarus hijacking a commercial passenger plane in Europe so he could imprison a young dissident journalist. The week ended with the dictator in China hijacking the courts in Hong Kong so he could imprison dissidents there. It might seem that it has been a bad…

  By chipping away at China’s sense of its own invincibility, we can gradually change the climate that also encourages Beijing to believe it can take hostages, like the two Michaels, with impunity. As China ramps up the pressure on democracies across the world—throwing in the recent Stalinist-era denunciation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC — HFX today invited President Biden and democratic leaders everywhere to endorse #StandTogetherOnChina, its new initiative that encourages all democracies to coordinate their efforts to meet the challenge from China. “Over the past little while, authoritarians have put forward alternative forms of government that, they say, are superior to democracy. …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – HFX today announced that the 13th Halifax International Security Forum will take place November 19-21, 2021 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Forum is the preeminent annual gathering of the world’s democratic decision-makers in the political, military, media and business spheres. “We have every confidence that the world’s democracies will…