This blog is based on discussions at the Halifax International Security Forum, held mid-November 2017. For more details on the event click here.
A year after Donald Trump’s win in the U.S. presidential election, the United States is debating and re-orienting its global engagement. This has sparked concern among the U.S.’ allies about American leadership of the trans-Atlantic alliance. This formed the backdrop of the ninth edition of the Halifax International Security Forum, held last week in Halifax, a windy, rain-soaked town in Canada’s Nova Scotia province.
Inaugurating the forum, Harjit Singh Sajjan, Canadian minister of national defence, and Jens Stoltenberg, secretary …read more