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Global Security
Forum 20-22 May 2024

2024 forum included discussions on topics such as: supply chain management; climate change as a threat multiplier; energy security; essential technologies

2024 Global Security Forum

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. 2024 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.

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Strategic Competition: The Complexity of Interdependence

2024 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 topic

2023 Global Security Forum

The 2023 Global Security Forum took place from March 13-15, in Doha, Qatar, and addressed the central theme of Reshaping the Global Order. The conference focused on international approaches to conflict, crises, and cooperation and included discussions on topics such as the global energy crisis and approaches to strengthening sustainable economies; great power competition, shaped by the war in Ukraine; the evolution of global terrorism and emerging threats; violent far-right extremist networks and financing; and the disinformation-terrorism nexus.

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.
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.

HEADS OF STATE & GOVERNMENT

H.E. K. SHANMUGAM

Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for law
Republic of Singapore

H.E.All 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

H.E. K. SHANMUGAM

Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for law
Republic of Singapore

H.E.All IHUSAAN

Minister of Homeland Security and Technology
Republic of Maldives

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Minister of Foreign Affairs African Integration and Togolese Abroad
Republic of Togo

global powers on trade, security, and diplomacy.

Critical Minerals & Resource Scarcity: The growing competition for lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements essential for technology.
Global Health & Pandemic Preparedness: The long-term lessons from COVID-19 and responses to emerging diseases.
Economic Resilience & Inflation: The response of global markets to inflation, debt, and economic instability.
Space as a Strategic Domain: The militarization and commercialization of space, including satellite security and lunar exploration.