Peter Van Praagh is a Canadian[1] foreign and security policy advisor. He is the president of the Halifax International Security Forum, which he founded in 2009 within the German Marshall Fund. Since 2011, the forum is independent as HFX, a Washington, D.C.–based non-profit organization.
Education
editVan Praagh graduated from the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics.[2]
Career
editVan Praagh was director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI)[1] in Azerbaijan[3][4] and Turkey.[2] He also served as a senior director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States,[5][6][7] and as deputy vice president of the National Endowment for Democracy.[1] From 2006 to 2007,[2] Van Praagh was a senior policy advisor to Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay.[1]
In 2009, Van Praagh established the Halifax International Security Forum, an annual summit for international government and military officials, politicians and experts, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[8][9] Van Praagh coined CRINK, an acronym that stands for the authoritarian states China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, at the 2023 Halifax International Security Forum.[8][10][11]
Van Praagh is on the Board of Directors of Temple Micah in Washington, D.C.[12]
Private life
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Canadian Press Features IRI's Jamie Tronnes". International Republican Institute. February 24, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Peter Van Praagh". HFX. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "Committee Report No. 6 - FAIT (37-1)". House of Commons of Canada. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "Marshall Fund`s regional group plans entry to Azerbaijan". Azernews.Az. July 16, 2008. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "Enhancing Democracy Assistance" (PDF). Columbia University. January 2008. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "The burden of victory". The Economist. July 26, 2007. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "US offers Georgia road map for deeper ties". San Diego Union-Tribune. January 10, 200. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ a b "Holidays with the CRINKs, Not a Lot of Fun". National Defense Magazine. December 22, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "The Halifax Security Forum's Window on the World". Policy Magazine. November 24, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "Fear and gloating about US at top democracy gathering". Politico. November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "HFX2023: The Takeaways from This Year in Halifax". Policy Magazine. November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "Our team". Temple Micah. July 19, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
- ^ "Temple Micah Board Welcomes Two New Members". Temple Micah. September 5, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.