GLOBAL SUMMIT ON TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE
SEPTEMBER 12-13 2024 - NEW YORK, NY
The inaugural Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence, hosted by The Soufan Center, took place from September 12 to 13 in New York, New York. This invitation-only event brought together leaders from the United States government, intelligence community, international organizations, academia, media, and other key sectors to discuss emerging security challenges and enhance counterterrorism efforts. The Global Summit underscored the urgent need to prevent the United States from regressing to a pre-September 11, 2001, state of unpreparedness in the face of a rapidly evolving terrorist threat landscape. Over two days of programming, the gathering addressed the complex and evolving threat matrix, highlighting the dangers posed by domestic and international terrorism, political violence, non-state actors, technological advancements, and intense geopolitical competition and challenges.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
THE HONORABLE ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
SPEAKERS
Ms. Christine Abizaid
Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
Mr. Javed Ali
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Ms. Deborah Amos
Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence, Princeton University
Ms. Racheal Atley
Head of Political Analysis and Research , United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
Mr. Peter Bergen
Vice President of Global Studies & Fellows, New America
Dr. Mia Bloom
International Security Fellow, New America
Senator Richard Blumenthal
U.S. Senator for Connecticut
Commissioner (Ret.) William Bratton
Chair, Homeland Security Advisory Council
Mr. Tim Brown
Former Firefighter for the New York City Fire Department; 9-11 Survivor
Amb. Roger Carstens
Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, United States Department of State
Mr. Adam Ciralsky
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, P3 Media
Mr. Cliff Chanin
Director & Executive Vice President, the 9/11 Memorial Museum
Dr. Julie Chernov Hwang
Associate Professor , Department of Political Science and International Relations, Goucher College
Ms. Naureen Chowdhury Fink
Executive Director, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Mr. August Cole
Managing Partner, Useful Fiction
Colonel (Ret.) Liam Collins PhD
Executive Director of the Viola Foundation and Madison Policy Forum
Dr. Ben Connable
Independent Research Leader and Consultant, and Professor
Colonel (ret.) Christopher Costa
ormer Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Counterterrorism, U.S. National Security Council
Dr. Kim Cragin
Director of the Center for Strategic Research, National Defense University
Ms. Jessica Davis
Visiting Senior Fellow, The Soufan Center
Dr. Austin Doctor
Head of Counterterrorism Research Initiatives, National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center, University of Nebraska Omaha
Mr. Brian Dodwell
Executive Director, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Mr. Brett Eagleson
President, 9-11 Justice
Dr. Julia Ebner
Leader of the Violent Extremism Lab, University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Mr. Greg Ehrie
Chief Security Officer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Mr. Dennis Fitzpatrick
Senior Legal Advisor, The Soufan Group, Partner, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP, Former Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia
Mr. Dexter Filkins
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Ms. Diane Foley
President and Founder, James W. Foley Legacy Foundation
Professor Chuck Freilich
Former Deputy Israeli National Security Advisor, Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University and Senior Fellow at the institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.
Ms. Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali
Hostage Advocate
Professor Karen Greenberg
Director, Center on National Security, Fordham School of Law
Mr. Alex Gibney
President, Jigsaw Productions
Mr. Adam Goldman
National Security Reporter, The New York Times
Mr. Michael Isikoff
Investigative Reporter and Author, The Washington Post, Newsweek, ABC News and Yahoo News
Dr. Amira Jadoon
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Clemson University
Mr. Brian Jenkins
Director, RAND Corporation
Mr. Daryl Johnson
Founder, DT Analytics
Colonel Jason Johnston
United States Army Special Operations Command
Dr. Kenneth Katzman
Senior Fellow, The Soufan Center
Dr. Michael Kenney
Director of the Matthew B. Ridgway Center, and Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburg
Mr. Rami Khouri
Distinguished Public Policy Fellow, Issam Fares Institute, American University of Beirut
Mr. Robert Kissane
Special Agent in Charge of the Counterterrorism Division of the New York Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dr. Lyla Kohistany
Senior Fellow, The Soufan Center
Dr. Matthew Levitt
Senior Fellow and Director of the Program on Counterterrorism, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Mr. Marc Levin
Executive Producer and Director, Blowback Productions
Mr. Rajiv Maan
Director of Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Mark Mazzetti
Washington Investigative Correspondent, The New York Times
Dr. Barak Mendelsohn
Professor of Political Science, Haverford College
Mr. John Miller
Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst, CNN
General (ret.) Austin S. Miller
Former Commander, Joint Special Operations Command, Senior Fellow, Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point
Dr. Assaf Moghadam
Dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy, Reichman University
The Honorable Lisa Monaco
Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice
Ms. Sarah Moriarty
Fellow, Future Security Program, New America
Dr. Daisy Muibu
Assistant Professor of Security Studies, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Ms. Elizabeth Neumann
Former Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism, Department of Homeland Security, Chief Strategy Officer, Moonshot
Mr. John P. O’Neill Jr.
Victims Advocate, Internal Enterprise Investigations Manager, Bank of America
The Honorable Matthew G. Olsen
Assistant Attorney General for National Security, United States Department of Justice
Ms. Farah Pandith
Former Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Former Chair of the task force on countering violent extremism, Department of Homeland Security’s Advisory Council, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Mr. Marc Polymeropoulos
Former Senior Intelligence Service, CIA, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Ms. Vidhya Ramalingam
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Moonshot
Mr. Nicholas Rasmussen
Counterterrorism Coordinator, United States Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Don Rassler
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
Mr. Barak Ravid
Foreign Policy and National Security Correspondent, Axios
Mr. Eric Rosand
Executive Director, Strong Cities Network
Mr. Charlie Savage
Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
Dr. David Scharia
Director And Chief Of Branch United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
Mr. David J. Scott
Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
United States Homeland Security Advisor, The White House
Mr. Phillip Smyth
Researcher on Iranian Proxies and Shia Militias
Ms. Terry Strada
National Chair, 9/11 Families United
Mr. James Tarasca
Former Special Agent in Charge, Field Office of Detroit, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Director, Secure Community Network
Mr. Ali Velshi
Host of ``Velshi`` and MSNBC Chief Correspondent, MSNBC
Mr. Jacob Ware
Research Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Ulam Weiner
Deputy Commissioner, Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau, New York Police Department
Mr. Robert Wells
Executive Assistant Director of the National Security Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
ABOUT THE SOUFAN CENTER (TSC)
The Soufan Center (TSC) is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering research, analysis, and strategic dialogue on foreign policy challenges with a particular focus on global security, conflict prevention and resolution, and the rule of law.
CONTACT
In-person attendance is by invitation only. The Global Summit is open to media coverage by invited members of the press. For credentials, interview requests, media inquiries, and any further information for journalists, please contact the media coordinator: Gaby.Tejeda@thesoufancenter.org.