HFG Participates in the Paris Peace Forum November 7, 2025 [Photo Credit: Paris Peace Forum] The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation was pleased to support the eighth edition of the Paris Peace Forum, which took place from October 29 to October 30 in Paris, France under the theme “New Coalitions for Peace, People and the Planet.” The forum brought together thousands of leaders from governments, international organizations, businesses, civil societies, and academic institutions around the world to discuss preventing and resolving conflicts, defending democracy, and other pressing topics. The Foundation also co-organized the panel “From Local to Global: How Polarization Challenges the International Order,” which brought together the following experts: Comfort Ero, president and chief executive officer of International Crisis Group Nils Gilman, senior vice president of programs at the Berggruen Institute Shamil Idriss, chief executive officer of Search for Common Ground Arancha González Laya, dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris and former minister of foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Spain. “Most times when polarization is discussed it’s usually seen exclusively in terms of its domestic effects,” said HFG’s president Daniel F. Wilhelm, who moderated the session. “But there’s another aspect to polarization and that is how it affects the conduct of states.” HFG’s support of The Paris Peace Forum is part of our continued commitment to the creation and dissemination of knowledge against violence in the United States and around the world.
