Dov Zakheim, PhD, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former DoD comptroller, discusses takeaways from the 2017 Halifax International Security Forum, the State Department under President Donald Trump, the potential for an Arab-Israeli deal and more during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at this year’s event in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Andrew Tabler, Martin J. Gross fellow at in the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Program on Arab Politics, discusses the situation on the ground in Syria, the outlook for its future, Mideast politics, ISIS and more during an interview with Defense.& Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2017 Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Gen. Jarmo Lindberg, Finland’s chief of defense, discusses Russia, Moscow’s Zapad military exercise, Nordic cooperation and modernization with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Maj. Brian “Bear” Privette, USAF, and Capt. Matt “Rumble” Powell, USAF, of the 336th Fighter Squadron from Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., discuss the F-15E Strike Eagle mission in the fight against ISIS and operating in increasingly contested airspace with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the Dubai Airshow. Coverage was sponsored by FLIR Systems.
Capt. Dave Cooke, USAF, a pilot with the US Air Force’s 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron based at Tinker AFB, Okla., discusses the mission of the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the Dubai Airshow. Coverage was sponsored by FLIR Systems.
Peter MacKay, Canada’s former foreign affairs, defense and justice minister and founder of the Halifax International Security Forum who is now with the Baker McKenzie law firm, discusses the importance of the forum, US-Canada relations, causes he’s championing and his political future. MacKay spoke with the Defense & Aerospace Report at the 2017 Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bryan McGrath, the deputy director of the Center for American Seapower at the Hudson Institute and managing director of The FerryBridge Group consultancy, discusses the US Navy’s reports on incidents involving four warships including two collisions that killed 17 sailors.
Mikhail Kasyanov, Russia’s former prime minister who is now the leader of the People’s Freedom Party, discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin’s popularity and longevity, as well as the outlook for democracy in the country, with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Eliot Cohen, PhD, the director of the Strategic Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, discusses President Donald Trump’s first year in office, the administration’s strategy development and cuts to the State Department. Cohen spoke with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Amb. Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine negotiations and the executive director of Arizona State University’s McCain Institute for International Leadership, discusses Ukraine-Russia talks and Sen. John McCain’s legacy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada. This year, the HISF established the John McCain Prize for Courage in Public Service.