Journalist|Broadcaster|Author
The Middle East at War: Yemen’s Story
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder, Women Journalists Without Chains
Moderator: Kimberly Dozier, CNN Global Affairs Analyst
Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/bo1L7TmvURo
Not One Centimetre: Europe’s Defence Strategy
Baiba Braže, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia General
Ingo Gerhartz, Commander of NATO Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum
Carlo Masala, Chair for International Politics at Bundeswehr University Munich
Hanno Pevkur, Minister of Defence of Estonia
Robert Wilkie, Chairman, Chair for American Security at the America First Policy Institute, 10th Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Moderator: Kimberly Dozier, Global Affairs Analyst at CNN
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzID4kLA5lw
Strategic Faultlines: Managing Conflict and Building Resilience in Europe’s Eastern Periphery
Thanos Dokos,
Secretary General for National Security, Presidency of the Government, Hellenic Republic,
Armen Grigoryan,
Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, Security Council, Armenia
Stanislav Secrieru,
National Security Advisor, Presidency, Republic of Moldova
Kimberly Dozier, CHAIR
, CNN Global Affairs Analyst
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4QOZanmh_I
America First, Negotiation Room for Others?
Mohamed Beavogui, Former Prime Minister of Guinea
Carmenza Jamillo, Chair, IPDAL Institute for the Promotion of Latin
America and the Caribbean
Puneet Talwar, Former Ambassador of the United States of
America to Morocco
Led by: Kimberly Dozier, CNN Global Affairs Analyst
Video: https://ad.policycenter.ma/ad-web-tv/plenary-viii-america-first-negotiation-room-others
Weaponization of Everything: From Bytes to Bots to Beliefs
Fonteh Akum, Executive Director, Institute for Security Studies
Juan Battaleme, Secretary for International Defense Affairs, Ministry of
Defense of Argentina
Manjeet Kripalani, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Gateway House
Hubert Védrine, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France
Led by: Kimberly Dozier, CNN Global Affairs Analyst
Video: https://ad.policycenter.ma/ad-web-tv/plenary-xi-weaponization-everything-bytes-bots-beliefs
Fireside chat with European Commission Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaX8UgTzq5o
Interview with Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1KqIqjq02o
David Petraeus, Partner; Chairman of the Global Institute & Chairman of KKR Middle East, KKR
Moderator: Kim Dozier, Global Affairs Analyst, CNN
Agenda: https://helsinkisecurityforum.fi/hsf-2025/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJXIcvLTMSc&list=PLkBf6yBJNlVPUlcyrsv6sZeirdZ27eHMJ&index=13
Ukraine’s Security Future: Between Guarantees, Alliances, and Self-Reliance
Margus Tsahkna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia
Ana Tinca, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
Heather A. Conley, National Security Executive
Oleksii Reznikov, Former Minister of Defence of the Ukraine
Sir Richard Shirreff, Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO
Led by: Kim Dozier, Global Affairs Analyst, CNN
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXVaUYM0ayU
Moderated multiple panels. Agenda here: https://ksf.openukraine.org/en/forums/ksf/ksf2025
If America retreats, will Europe step up – or fall behind?
Dr. Mika AALTOLA, Member of the European Parliament, Finland
Marketa GREGOROVA, Member of the European Parliament, Czech Republic
Ivars IJABS, Member of the European Parliament, Latvia
Radan KANEV, Member of the European Parliament, Bulgaria
Ivanna KLYMPUSH-TSINTSADZE, Chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee
on Ukraine’s integration to the European Union
Amb. Fredrik LOJDQUIST, Director of the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
Perpetual standoff: Can Europe coexist with Putin’s Russia?
Highlighted Dialogue
Mr. Garry KASPAROV (online), Chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative
Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER, Member of the European Parliament, Austria
Rasa JUKNEVICIENE, Member of the European Parliament, Lithuania
Minister of Defense of Lithuania (2008-12)
Marco MICHELSON, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
Ostap SEMERAK, First Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Ukraine’s integration to the European Union (2014-16)
Can the United States remain the backbone of the free world—while redefining its role on the world stage?
Dr. Evelin FARKAS, Executive Director, McCain Institute
Amb. Paul JONES, Distinguished Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
William MONAHAN, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
Can Ukraine, the EU, and the U.S. maintain their unity?
Natalie JARESKO (online), Member of the KSF Security Council, Chairperson of the Aspen Institute Kyiv Supervisory Board, Minister of Finance of Ukraine in 2014-16
Amb. William TAYLOR, Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2006-09 & 2019-20)
Amb. Steven PIFER, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000)
Amb. Alexander VERSHBOW, Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council, Deputy Secretary General of NATO (2012-16)
Amb. Michael CARPENTER, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (2015-17), U.S. Ambassador to OSCE (2021-24)
Night Owl/Chatham House: US Elections Ahead: Implications for the Atlantic
Rita Faden, President of the Executive Council, Luso-American Development Foundation
Ettore Greco, Executive Vice President Istituto Affari Internazional
Ian Lesser, Vice President, German Marshall Fund
Mohammed Loulichki, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South
Bruno Tertrais, Deputy Director, Foundation for Strategic Research
NATO and BRICS Enlargements: From Ambiguities to Realpolitik
Jorge Castañeda, Global Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies, New York University
Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, President, NATO Defense College Foundation
Understanding Europe’s priorities in the Middle East
Speakers
: Kimberly Dozier, Global Affairs Analyst, CNN
; Dr Taha Ozhan, Director of Ankara Institute and Former Chairman of Foreign Affairs Commission of Turkish Parliament;
Dr Thomas Volk, Head of Middle East and North Africa Department, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
; H.E. Ahmed Alattar, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Federal Republic of Germany
Chair: Bronwen Maddox, Director and Chief Executive, Chatham House
Agenda here: https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/special-event/europes-strategic-choices-2024