Plenary Sessions (On-the-Record) Revolutions of Our Time: Freedom Without US Values Trade: Our Way or the Huawei The World’s Democracies: The Importance of Being Allies Institution Evolution: International Law and Global Order End of the Earth: The Arctic 2020s Vision: Responsibility to Pro-Tech Security Solutions, Women’s Contributions Revolutions and their Remains Informal Sessions (Off-the-Record) Afghanistan…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC–Halifax International Security Forum, North America’s leading foreign affairs and defense convener, today released the topical agenda for its annual conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 22-24. Please see the agenda here. For over a decade, Halifax International Security Forum’s agenda has gained a reputation as a prescient guide to key global…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 June 2019 WASHINGTON, DC – Halifax International Security Forum is proud to present the 2019 class of the Halifax Peace With Women Fellowship: Colonel Doctor Lale Bartoschek, German Air Force Captain Rachel Durbin, Royal Australian Navy Brigadier General Lisa Ferris, New Zealand Army Commodore Solveig Krey, Royal Norwegian Navy Colonel Solène Le…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 January 2019 WASHINGTON, DC – Halifax International Security Forum announced today that the 2019 Forum will take place on November 22-24 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hosted by Canada’s Minister of National Defence, and featuring defense ministers and senior military leaders from democratic nations as well as a bipartisan Congressional Delegation from the United States,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC – Halifax International Security Forum is proud to announce the opening of the Call for Applications for the 2019 Halifax Peace With Women Fellowship. The Fellowship is a 3-week executive tour for senior active-duty female military officers that will take place in late October and November of…

Brussels has made clear its belief that Brexit was a mistake. But at this point, a clean break is probably for the best. With barely a mistake having gone unmade in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s handling of Brexit, it is perhaps understandable that many observers have allowed their lurid fascination with the chaos in…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Halifax, Nova Scotia – Halifax International Security Forum and Ipsos released this year’s Threat Index, a survey of citizens from 27 countries to gauge their perceptions of global affairs. “Political pundits and commentators make much these days of the apparent disconnect between the so-called elites and the wider public,” said Peter Van Praagh, President…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA — The Delegation from the U.S. Congress to the 2018 Halifax International Security Forum will hold a media availability at the conclusion of the second day of the Forum. Details are, as follows: Saturday, 17 November 2018 6:15 PM (AST) The Westin Nova Scotian Harbour Room A 1181 Hollis Street…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Halifax, Nova Scotia – Cindy McCain presented the inaugural John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service today to the people of Lesbos, Greece for their heroic support of refugees fleeing the Middle East and Africa. The prize was presented at the tenth annual Halifax International Security Forum – an event that Senator McCain…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Halifax, Canada – Peter Van Praagh, President of Halifax International Security Forum, today opened the 10th anniversary Forum by issuing a stark challenge to the assembled dignitaries from over 70 countries. “It is not enough to condemn populists as if they have arisen out of a vacuum. The challenge is to properly identify those issues…