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GLOBAL SECURITY FORUM
October 12–14, 2021
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Changing Dynamics of Global Security
The Global Security Forum (GSF), will take place from October 12–14, 2021, in Doha, Qatar. GSF 2021 is currently planned as a hybrid event: partially virtual and partially taking place in-person in Doha. However, should the need arise, format details may be adapted in line with the evolving impact of COVID-19 on events and gatherings.
COMING SOON
2021 AGENDA
2021 OVERVIEW
2020 FORUM

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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

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KEY SPEAKERS

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H.E. PAUL KAGAME

President of the Republic of Rwanda

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HON. SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
United States

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H.E. KOSTAS TSIARAS

Minister of Justice
Greece

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MR. KARIM A. A. KHAN QC

Prosecutor
International Criminal Court (ICC)

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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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H.E. TEO CHEE HEAN

Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security
Republic of Singapore

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HON. SHEIKH IMRAN ABDULLA

Minister of Home Affairs
Republic of Maldives

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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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H.E. LOLWAH RASHID AL-KHATER
Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
State of Qatar

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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. 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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