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The Global Security Forum Overview and findings reports

The Global Security Forum’s Overview and Findings Report compiles key insights from the conference, drawing from the rich and diverse expertise on offer each year. These reports provide an overview, as well as a strategic assessment of the security matters and policy recommendations discussed to meet the range of security challenges addressed each year. The findings and recommendations fostered by discussions at the Global Security Forum have been presented to key stakeholders at prestigious international meetings and events from across the globe, including before the United Nations, European Union (EU), Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), the Global Coalition Against ISIS, among others.

The Global Security Forum

The Global Security Forum is an annual international gathering hosted by The Soufan Center. For several years it has brought together an international network of senior officials and experts, and consistently included ministers, heads of security agencies, and prominent experts, academics, and journalists, and thousands of attendees. This invitation-only event provides a unique dynamic platform for international stakeholders to convene and address the international community’s leading security challenges.

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Organizers

Each year, the Global Security Forum is organized by The Soufan Center (TSC) and the Qatar International Academy for Security Studies (QIASS). Based in New York City, The Soufan Center is an independent non-profit center offering research, analysis, and strategic dialogue on global security challenges and foreign policy issues. Based in Doha, the Qatar International Academy for Security Studies (QIASS) is a professional institute serving to raise security standards, knowledge, and cooperation within the Gulf Region and across the globe.

Partners

The Global Security Forum works with a diverse range of local and international partners. Partners over the years have included: the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), New America Foundation, Defense One, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Georgetown University in Qatar, Qatar University, the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, the Alliance for Securing Democracy, the Airey Neave Trust, and Qatar Airways.