On this latest episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Peter Van Praagh, the president of HFX, an organization that promotes democracy worldwide and annually convenes the signature Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, discuss the importance of putting democracy and human rights at the center of national security, the right approach to balancing principles and realpolitik in dealing with unsavory regimes, why the world must help Ukraine beat Russia ad reclaim all its territory from Russian occupation, a long-term approach to changing Russia, a global approach to deterring an authoritarian and increasingly assertive China, assessing the health of democracies and countering authoritarian sentiments worldwide, and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.