Tribune News Network
Doha
Qatar will host the fifth Global Security Forum from Monday under the central theme of ‘Reshaping the Global Order: Conflict, Crises and Co-operation.’
Held under the patronage of Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, the event will run until March 15.
Heads of government and ministerial leaders will join security agency chiefs, senior government policy markets, prominent experts, academics, journalists and private sector leaders from across the US, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Indian Ocean and Far East, to address pressing issues facing global security today.
The forum will be opened by the Prime Minister, who is expected to reflect on new world security priorities from a Qatari perspective.
The main business agenda begins with a fire-side chat with Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, who is expected to provide valuable insights into his country’s experiences in post-conflict reconciliation and development, including fostering dynamic socio-economic progress, and on regional and international security dynamics that shape the nation’s diplomacy, development and defence priorities.
Meanwhile, with heightened US-China relations in the global spotlight, Teo Chee Hean, Singapore’s Senior Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security, will reflect on the changing dynamics on the global stage from the Lion City’s perspective, including the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on China and the Asia-Pacific region, the strategic competition between the US and China, and the importance of international co-operation and co-ordination.
The forum will include fire-side chats and expert panel sessions. It will witness fire-side chats with Musa Faki Mohamed, Chairman of the African Union Commission; Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy; Dr Joshua Geltzer, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Adviser, US National Security Council; HE Timmy T Davis, US Ambassador to Qatar; Larissa Knapp, Executive Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation among others.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict will be a forum highlight, with a dedicated session reflecting on the current state and future prospects following the one-year mark of the war. The session will see Ambassador Nathan Sales, TSC Senior Fellow; Dr Kacper Rekawke, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oslo Centre for Research on Extremism; and Dr Biljana Lilly, from Warsaw Security, explore the conflict’s traditional military dimensions as well as the role and impact of private military companies.
And, as the world looks back on the 20th year of the post-Iraq conflict, there will be a dedicated session, organised in partnership with the New American Foundation, focusing on the lessons learned from the conflict’s impacts and implications for contemporary global security, regional dynamics, emerging threats, and US influence.