2024 GLOBAL SECURITY FORUM
20-22 MAY 2024
20-22 MAY 2024
Strategic Competition: The Complexity of Interdependence
The 2024 Global Security Forum will take place from May 20-22 in Doha, Qatar. The theme of this year’s forum is Strategic Competition: The Complexity of Interdependence. The conference will address today’s global security challenges within the context of strategic competition while assessing both risks and opportunities that result from complex interdependence. This year’s forum will include discussions on topics such as: supply chain management; climate change as a threat multiplier; energy security; essential technologies such as high-end semiconductors; food insecurity; and the practice of hostage-taking by state and non-state actors; among other related topics.
HEADS OF STATE & GOVERNMENT
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H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
State of Qatar
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H.E. PAUL KAGAME
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H.E. Mohammed Shia Al Sudani
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H.E. K. Shanmugam
Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law
Republic of Singapore
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H.E. Ali Ihusaan
Minister of Homeland Security and Technology
Republic of Maldives
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H.E. Robert Dussey
Minister of Foreign Affairs
African Integration and Togolese Abroad
Republic of Togo
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Amb. Ahmed Abubakar
Director General
National Intelligence Agency
Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Mr. Paul Abbate
Deputy Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
United States
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Ms. Christine Abizaid
Director
National Counterterrorism Center
United States
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Amb. Roger Carstens
Special Presidential Envoy
for Hostage Affairs
United States
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Mr. Andhika Chrisnayudhanto
Deputy for International Cooperation
National Counter-Terrorism Agency
Republic of Indonesia
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Mr. Mohammed Sahib Al-Daraji
Advisor to the Prime Minister
Republic of Iraq
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Hon. AMBASSADOR Timmy T. Davis
U.S. Ambassador to
the State of Qatar
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Dr. Thanos Dokos
National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Greece
Hellenic Republic
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H.E. MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT
The African Union Commission
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Mr. Martin Griffiths
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
United Nations
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Mr. Armen Grigoryan
Secretary
Security Council of Armenia
The Republic of Armenia
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Mr. Rajiv Maan
Director
Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell (FBI)
United States
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Ms. Anjana Rajan
Assistant National Cyber Director
The White House
United States
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Dr. Julie Sunday
Assistant Deputy Minister, Consular, Security and Emergency Management, and Senior Official for Hostage Affairs
Canada
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Ms. Rebecca Weiner
Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism
New York City Police Department
United States
SPEAKERS
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Dr. Ahmad Antar
Founder and Executive Director
Digital Emissions
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Ms. Mina Al-Oraibi
Editor-In-Chief
The National
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Dr. Adejoké Babington-Ashaye
Senior Research Fellow
The Soufan Center
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Hon. Djibril Bassolé
Former Foreign Minister
Burkina Faso .
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Mr. Peter Bergen
Vice President of Global Studies and Fellows at New America;
CNN National Security Analyst
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Dr. Ronen Bergman
Staff Writer
The New York Times
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Hon. Marshall Billingslea
Senior Fellow
Hudson Institute
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Dr. Anneli Botha
Extraordinary Professor of Practice
North-West University
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Ms. Diana Buttu
Lawyer and Legal Analyst
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Ms. Naureen Chowdhury Fink
Executive Director
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
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Dr. Colin P. Clarke
Director of Policy and Research
The Soufan Group
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Mr. Steve Clemons
Host and political commentator
The Bottom Line
Al Jazeera English
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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
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Ms. Jessica Davis
Senior Visiting Fellow
The Soufan Center
& Insight Threat Intelligence
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Mr. Adam Goldman
Journalist
The New York Times
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Ms. Karen J. Greenberg
Director, Center on National Security
Fordham University
and Senior Visiting Fellow, The Soufan Center
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Mr. Steven Hill
Executive Secretary
The International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law
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Dr. Amira Jadoon
Assistant Professor
Clemson University, College of Behavioral
Social, and Health Sciences
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Dr. Marc O. Jones
Associate Professor
College of Humanities and Social Science
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
(HBKU)
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Dr. Thomas Juneau
Associate Professor
University of Ottawa
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H.E. Hekmat Karzai
Chairman
Center for Conflict and Peace Studies
Former Deputy Foreign Minister
Afghanistan
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Amb. Bilahari Kausikan
Chairman, Middle East Institute
National University Singapore
and former Ambassador-at-Large
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Singapore
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Ms. Brianna Keilar
Co-Anchor
“CNN News Central”
CNN
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Dr. Elisabeth Kendall
The Mistress of Girton College
University of Cambridge
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Mr. Rami Khouri
Director of Global Engagement, American
University of Beirut
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Dr. Carolyn Kissane
Assistant Dean
NYU Center on Global Affairs
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Dr. Lyla Kohistany
Senior Fellow
The Soufan Center
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Mr. Ioannis “Gianni” Koskinas
Chief Executive Officer
Hoplite Group
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Mr. Idriss Mounir Lallali
Deputy Director and Acting (Interim)
Director, African Centre for the Study and Research on _Terrorism (ACSRT)
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Mr. Gideon Levy
Columnist and Member of Editorial Board
Haaretz
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Jonathan Lord
Senior Fellow and Director
Middle East Security Program
Center for a New America
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Mr. Mark Mazzetti
Washington Investigative Correspondent
New York Times
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General Austin S. Miller (ret.)
Senior Fellow
Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point
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Mr. John Miller
Chief of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst, CNN, Board Of Directors, The Soufan Center
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Ms. Ornella Moderan
Independent Researcher for Sahel and West Africa
Global Initiative Expert Network
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Mr. Wassim Nasr
Journalist, FRANCE 24 and
Senior Research Fellow at
The Soufan Center
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Ms. Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali
Victim Advocate
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Ambassador Robert O'Brien
Former National Security Advisor
Co-Founder & Chairman, United States
American Global Strategies
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Dr. Andrew L. Oros
Professor of Political Science and International Studies
Director, International Studies Program Washington College
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Mr. Bradley Peniston
Executive Editor
Defense One
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Amb. J. Peter Pham
Atlantic Council
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Dr. Ilan Pappe
Director
European Centre for Palestine Studies
University of Exeter
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Dr. Neil Quilliam
Associate Fellow
Middle East and North Africa Programme
Chatham House
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Ms. Heidi Crebo-Rediker
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Center for Geoeconomic Studies
Council on Foreign Relations
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Dr. Thomas Renard
Director
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
The Hague
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Mr. Max Rose
Former Congressman
from New York
United States
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AMB. nathan sales
Senior Fellow
The Soufan Center
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Dr. David Scharia
Director and Chief of Branch
United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
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Ms. Mariam Shahin
Director, writer and documentary film maker
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Ms. Folly Bah Thibault
Principal Presenter
Al Jazeera English
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Dr. Ali Vaez
Senior Advisor to the President & Project Director Iran
International Crisis Group
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Mr. Ali Velshi
Host of “Velshi” and Chief Correspondent
MSNBC
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Ms. LORI WACHS
Director
Board of Directors
The Soufan Center
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Mr. Ali Wyne
Senior Research and Advocacy Advisor
U.S.-China, International Crisis Group
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Ms. Helen Zhang
Director
International Strategy Forum