This year’s Halifax International Security Forum paid honor to the 100th anniversary of the terminate of World War One, but inwards its terminal plenary session, Present Tense: Our World inwards Ten, the attending shifted to the future. How volition the issues discussed throughout this year’s Forum play out over the side past times side decade? Will democratic states endure able to defend their values in addition to institutions from growing threats similar peachy ability politics in addition to cyber-warfare? This various ready of panelists spoke confidently in addition to optimistically well-nigh the resilience of democracies to withstand this challenge.
Former Ambassador to NATO, R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy in addition to International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School spoke well-nigh the take away for democratic states to save their collective self-confidence, in addition to their values in addition to institutions, inwards the confront of ascension authoritarianism from Communist People's Republic of China in addition to Russia.
Mr. Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vice Chairman of Open Russia, urged participants to challenge the perception of President Vladimir Putin’s invincibility inside Russia, citing examples from Russian history that demonstrate the country’s capacity for in addition to inclination towards leadership change.
Pastor Esther Ibanga, Executive Director of Women Without Walls Initiative in addition to General (Ret) Amos Yadlin, Executive Director of the Institute for National Security Studies, provided sobering outlooks on Africa in addition to the Middle East respectively, but both pointed to the passion in addition to potential of the coming generation to serve every bit a catalyst for positive alter inwards these regions inwards the future. The plenary provided participants amongst of import questions to reverberate upon every bit they exit Halifax, in addition to a path towards achieving the goals ready out at this year’s Forum of ensuring the forcefulness in addition to prosperity of liberal values in addition to democracy.
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