2023 GLOBAL SECURITY FORUM
2023 GLOBAL SECURITY FORUM
Reshaping the Global Order: Conflict, Crises, and Cooperation
The 2023 Global Security Forum took place from March 13-15, in Doha, Qatar. The 2023 Global Security Forum theme was Reshaping the Global Order. The conference focused on international approaches to conflict, crises, and cooperation and included discussions on topics such as: the global energy crisis and approaches to strengthening sustainable economies; great power competition, shaped by the war in Ukraine; the evolution of global terrorism and emerging threats; violent far-right extremist networks and financing; and the disinformation-terrorism nexus.
H.E. SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN ABDULRAHMAN AL-THANI
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
State of Qatar
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
State of Qatar
H.E. PAUL KAGAME
H.E. Teo Chee Hean
Minister for National Security,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Republic of Singapore
H.E. MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT
The African Union Commission
HON. SHEIKH IMRAN ABDULLA
Republic of Maldives
H.E Amb. Dr. Monica Juma
Republic of Kenya
MR. JOSHUA GELTZER
Deputy Assistant to the President and
Deputy Homeland Security Advisor
U.S. National Security Council
H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi
Assistant Foreign Minister
for Regional Affairs
State of Qatar
MR. CHRISTOPHER MILLER
Former Acting Secretary of Defense
United States
H.E. Hassan Al Thawadi
Secretary General of the Supreme
Committee for Delivery and Legacy,
State of Qatar
Hon. djibril bassolé
Former Minister of Security
Burkina Faso
AMB. ROBERT C. O’BRIEN
American Global Strategies, LLC;
former U.S. National Security Advisor
Ms. souad abderrahim
Mayor
City of Tunis
Mr. Kevin Baron
Executive Editor
Defense One
Mr. Peter Bergen
Vice President
for Global Studies & Fellows
New America
Mr. Jason M. Blazakis
The Soufan Center
Dr. Jean-Yves Camus
Special Counsel of Department
of International Relations
City of Paris
Amb. Roger Carstens
Special Presidential Envoy
for Hostage Affairs
United States
Dr. Colin P. Clarke
Director of Policy and Research
The Soufan Group
Mr. Steve Clemons
Founding Editor-at-large,
Semafor
Col. Chris Costa (RET)
Executive Director,
International Spy Museum
and former Special Assistant to
the President & Senior Director for Counterterrorism,
U.S. National Security Council
Dr. Laura Courchesne
Future of Conflict Fellow
International Crisis Group
Hon. AMBASSADOR Timmy T. Davis
U.S. Ambassador to
the State of Qatar
Ms. Jessica Davis
Senior Visiting Fellow
The Soufan Center
& Insight Threat Intelligence
Hon. Frank Fannon
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary
of State for Energy Resources
United States
Mr. Dexter Filkins
Staff Writer
The New Yorker
Ms. Rachel Fielden
International Campaigns Manager
Moonshot
Ms. Naureen Chowdhury Fink
Executive Director
The Soufan Center
Diane M. Foley
President & Founder
James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
ms. Simona Foltyn
Special Correspondent
PBS NewsHour
Major General Michel Friedling
Former Commander of
French Space Command
French Republic
Ms. Karen J. Greenberg
Director, Center on National Security
Fordham University
and Senior Visiting Fellow, The Soufan Center
Mr. Bobby Ghosh
Bloomberg Opinion Editor
Bloomberg
mr. Sam Goodwin
Advisory Board Member
James. W. Foley Legacy Foundation
Dr. Tore Refslund Hamming
Director
Refslund Analytics
Ms. Dina Hussein
Global Head of Policy Development &
Expert Partnerships
Meta (Facebook)
Mr. Michael Isikoff
Chief Investigative Correspondent
Yahoo! News
Dr. Amira Jadoon
Assistant Professor
Clemson University Department
of Political Science
dr. bethan johnson
Ernest May Fellow
Harvard University
H.E. Hekmat Karzai
Chairman,
Center for Conflict and Peace Studies
Former Deputy Foreign Minister
Afghanistan
Amb. Bilahari Kausikan
Chairman, Middle East Institute
National University Singapore
and former Ambassador-at-Large
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Singapore
Dr. Carolyn Kissane
Assistant Dean,
New York University
Center for Global Affairs
Ms. Fawzia Koofi
Former Deputy Speaker of Afghan Parliament
and Leading women’s rights activist
Mr. Ioannis Koskinas
Chief Executive Officer
Hoplite Group
Ms. Larissa L. Knapp
Executive Assistant Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
United States
Mr. Idriss Lallali
Acting Director
African Centre for the Study
and Research on Terrorism
Ms. Amy Larsen
Director of Strategy and
Business Management
Microsoft
Dr. Bilyana Lilly
Chair of the Resilience Track,
Warsaw Security Forum
Mr. Gregory D. LoGerfo
Deputy Coordinator for Regional
and Multilateral Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Mr. priyank mathur
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Mythos Lab
Mr. Michael G. Masters
President
The Soufan Center
Mr. Mark Mazzetti
Washington Investigative Correspondent
New York Times
ms. Tanya mehra
Senior Research Fellow & Programme Lead
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
Mr. Scott Modell
Chief Executive Officer
Rapidan Energy Group
Mr. Omar mohammed
Founder
“Mosul Eye”
mr. Saad Mohseni
Co-Founder & Chairman
MOBY Media Group
ms. maya mirchandani
Senior Fellow
Observer Research Foundation
Dr. Daisy Muibu
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama Department
of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Ms. vina nadjibulla
Adjunct Professor
University of British Columbia
Mr. Wassim Nasr
Journalist
FRANCE 24
Mr. Sebastian Neave
Trustee
Airey Neave Trust
MR. AARON NUUTINEN
Director for South and Central Asia and the Middle East
U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Counterterrorism
Dr. Damilola Olawuyi
Professor & UNESCO Chair on Environmental
Law & Sustainable Development,
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
mr. Christopher O’Leary
Director of Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dr. Kacper Rekawek
Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Oslo
Center for Research on Extremism
Mr. Eric Rosand
Executive Director
Strong Cities Network
and Senior Visiting Fellow
The Soufan Center
Mr. Max Rose
Former Congressman
from New York
United States
Mr. Irfan Saeed
Head of Anti-Terrorism, Organization
of Security and Cooperation in Europe
AMB. nathan sales
Senior Fellow
The Soufan Center
Mr. Malik Samuel
Researcher
Institute for Security Studies Africa
Dr. David Scharia
Chief of Branch
UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism
Executive Directorate (CTED)
Mr. Zachary Schwitzky
Co-Founder
Limbik
Ms. anjana rajan
Assistant National Cyber Director for Technology Security
The White House
Mr. Ali Velshi
Host of “Velshi”
and Chief Correspondent,
MSNBC
mr. Paul Wallace
Middle East Energy & CommoditiesBloomberg
ms. rebecca weiner
Assistant Commissioner
for Intelligence Analysis
New York City Police Department
Ms. Lori Wachs
Partner
Springboard Growth Capital
Amb. Dr. Fareed Yasseen
Former Advisor to the Prime Minister
on Climate Change and Sustainable Development,
Republic of Iraq
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