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