2021

2021 GLOBAL SECURITY FORUM

Cooperation or Competition?
Changing Dynamics of Global Security

The 2021 Global Security Forum took place from October 12-14, 2021, in Doha, Qatar and adopted a hybrid approach for virtual participants. As states vie for power and resources in a rapidly evolving geopolitical climate, the 2021 Global Security Forum addressed the theme ‘Cooperation or Competition? Changing Dynamics of Global Security.’ Conversations focused on the imperative of balancing cooperation and competition in ensuring security and addressing critical challenges in governance and development. 

OPENING CEREMONY
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H.E. SHEIKH KHALID BIN KHALIFA BIN ABDULAZIZ AL THANI
Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
State of Qatar

KEY SPEAKERS
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H.E. PAUL KAGAME
President of the Republic of Rwanda

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H.E. SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN ABDULRAHMAN AL-THANI
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
State of Qatar

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HON. SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
United States

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H.E. TEO CHEE HEAN
Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security
Republic of Singapore

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H.E. KOSTAS TSIARAS
Minister of Justice
Greece

Minister Imran Abdulla

HON. SHEIKH IMRAN ABDULLA
Minister of Home Affairs
Republic of Maldives

RT HON. DAMIAN HINDS MP
Minister of State, Minister for Security and Borders
United Kingdom

MR. KARIM A. A. KHAN QC
Prosecutor
International Criminal Court (ICC)

PARTICIPANTS
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Director General Ahmed Rufai Abubakar

National Intelligence Agency
Nigeria

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Dr. Fatima Akilu

Executive Director
Neem Foundation

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Mr. Jeppe Albers

Executive Director
Nordic Safe Cities

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Commissioner General Boy Rafli Amar

Head of the National Counter
Terrorism Agency
Indonesia

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Dr. Majed Al Ansari

President
Qatar International Academy for Security Studies (QIASS)

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Mr. Kevin Baron

Founding Executive Editor
Defense One
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Mr. Bryan Bender

Senior National Correspondent
Politico
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Mr. Peter Bergen

Vice President for Global
Studies and Fellows
New America
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Dr. Karima Bennoune

United Nations Special Rapporteur
in Cultural Rights

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AMB. Umej Bhatia

Permanent Representative to the United
Nations Offices in Geneva and Vienna
Singapore

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Mr. Jason M. Blazakis

Senior Research Fellow
The Soufan Center
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Ms. Laila Bokhari

Former Deputy Minister/State Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office and Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway
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Mr. John Brennan

Former Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency
United States

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Dr. Colin P. Clarke

Director of Policy and Research
The Soufan Group

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Mr. Steve Clemons

Editor-at-Large
The Hill
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Ms. Michele Coninsx

Assistant Secretary-General
Executive Director
United Nations Counter- Terrorism
Committee Executive Directorate

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Col. Chris Costa (RET)

Former Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Counterterrorism
Executive Director
International Spy Museum

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Senator Joseph Donnelly

Former United States Senator
from Indiana
United States

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Ms. Josie Ensor

US Correspondent
The Telegraph
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Amb. Edmund Fitton-Brown

Coordinator
United Nations Analytical Support and
Sanctions Monitoring Team

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Mr. Dexter Filkins

Journalist and Author
The New Yorker

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Dr. Audrey Kurth Cronin

Director of the Center for Security,
Innovation & New Technology
American University

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Ms. Naureen Chowdhury Fink

Executive Director
The Soufan Center

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Mr. Joshua Geltzer

Deputy Assistant to the President
& Deputy Homeland Security Advisor
National Security Council
United States

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Mr. Bobby Ghosh

Editor
Bloomberg
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Mr. Alex Gibney

Award-Winning Director

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Mr. John Godfrey

Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Acting Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism
United States
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Ms. Karen J. Greenberg

Director
Fordham Law’s
Center on National Security

 

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Commissioner Mohamed Hameed

Commissioner of Police
Maldives

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Dr. Ahmad M. Hasnah

President
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Member of Qatar Foundation

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Dr. Bruce Hoffman

Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism & Homeland Security
Council on Foreign Relations

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Ms. Dina Hussein

Counterterrorism and Dangerous
Organisations Policy Head for EMEA
Facebook
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Prince Zeid Al Hussein

President and CEO
International Peace Institute (IPI)
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Mr. Michael Isikoff

Chief Investigative Correspondent
Yahoo News
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Dr. Shashi Jayakumar

Senior Fellow and Head Centre of Excellence for National Security
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
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Dr. Marc Owen Jones

Assistant Professor
Hamad bin Khalifa University

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AMB. Bilahari Kausikan

Former Permanent Secretary of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Singapore
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Mr. Gilles de Kerchove

Former Counter-Terrorism Coordinator
Council of the European Union

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Ms. Deeyah Khan

Filmmaker and Founder
of Fuuse
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Mr. Rami G. Khouri

Director of Global Engagement, Adjunct Professor of Journalism, and Journalist-in-Residence American University of Beirut

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Mr. Ioannis Koskina

Senior Fellow
International Security Program
New America

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Mr. Qudus Malik, Esq

Executive Director
Global Lawyers for Refugees

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Mr. Michael G. Masters

President
The Soufan Center

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Mr. Mark Mazzetti

Washington Investigative Correspondent
The New York Times

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Mr. Saad Mohseni

Co-Founder & Chairman
Moby Group

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Mr. Omar Mohammed

Host, “Mosul and the Islamic State” Podcast Series
Lecturer, Sciences Po University
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Dr. Asfandyar Mir

Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford Center for International
Security and Cooperation
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Ms. Maya Mirchandani

Senior Fellow
Observer Research
Foundation
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Dr. Ahmad El-Muhammady

Associate Fellow at the International
Centre for Counter-Terrorism
The Hague
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H.E. Geraldine Byrne Nason

Permanent Representative
to the United Nations
Ireland

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Dr. Peter Neumann

Professor
King’s College London

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Amb. Jacqueline O'Neill

Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security
Canada

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Dr. Oluwole Ojewale

ENACT Regional Organised Crime
Observatory Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
Senegal
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Ms. Irene Poetranto

Senior Research Officer
The Citizen Lab
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Mr. Matthew Pottinger

Former Deputy National Security Adviser
United States
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Mr. Mark Power

Deputy Ambassador
British Embassy Israel
United Kingdom Foreign Office

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The Right Honourable Mark Pritchard MP

Member of Parliament
United Kingdom

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H.E. Dr. Mutlaq Bin Majed Al Qahtani

Special Envoy Of The Foreign Minister Of The State Of Qatar For Counterterrorism And Mediation Of Conflict Resolution
State of Qatar

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Mr. Nicholas J. Rasmussen

Executive Director
Global Internet Forum to Counter
Terrorism (GIFCT)

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Dr. Kacper Rekawek

Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Oslo Center for Research
on Extremism (C-REX)

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Ms. Vidhya Ramalingam

CEO and Founder
Moonshot

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Mr. Eric Rosand

Senior Associate Fellow
Royal United Services Institute

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Mr. Max Rose

Former Congressman
from New York
United States

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Mr. Irfan Saeed

Acting Deputy Coordinator, Department
of State Bureau of Counterterrorism
United States
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Ms. May Salem

Program Manager, DDR & Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism, The Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution

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AMB. Nathan Sales

Former Under Secretary for Civilian Security,
Democracy, and Human Rights (acting), Department of State
United States
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Mr. David Scharia

Chief of Branch
United Nations Counter-Terrorism
Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)

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Mr. Zachary Schwitzky

Founder & CEO
Limbik

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Dr. W.P.S. Sidhu

Professor
Center for Global Affairs, School of Professional Studies
New York University

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Mr. Mohamed Sinan Siyech

, Associate Fellow
Observer Research Foundation
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Mr. Charles Spencer

Assistant Director of the International Operations Division,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States

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Ms. Meredith Stricker

Senior Fellow
The Soufan Center

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H.E. Hassan Al Thawadi

Secretary General of the Supreme
Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC)
State of Qatar

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Dr. Gina Vale

Senior Research Fellow, International Center
for the Study on Radicalisation (ICSR)
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Mr. Ali Velshi

Host of “Velshi”
MSNBC

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Ms. Lori Wachs

Partner
Springboard Growth Capital

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Mr. David Wells

Head of Research and Analysis, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)
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Dr. Tim Wilson

Trustee
Airey Neave Trust
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Mr. Lawrence Wright

Author & Staff Writer
The New Yorker

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Ms. Robin Wright

Columnist
The New Yorker

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