Peter Van Praagh

Van 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]

Van Praagh is married with three children.^[13][2]