Global Center on Cooperative Security

Global Center on Cooperative Security

Global Center on Cooperative Security
Abbreviation	Global Center
Motto	Building stronger partnerships for a more secure world.
Formation	2004
Type	International non-profit research and policy institution
Location	New York, Washington, D.C., London
Executive Director	Eelco Kessels
Website	http://www.globalcenter.org

The Global Center on Cooperative Security is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit research and policy institute based out of offices in New York, Washington D.C., and London. The Global Center works to improve multilateral security cooperation through policy research and issue-area projects throughout the world.

History

The Global Center on Cooperative Security (Global Center) was originally founded in 2004 by Alistair Millar as a project of the Fourth Freedom Forum^[1] in order to promote cooperative international measures against terrorism, and has since established itself as a standalone organization. Millar is a long-time government consultant on counterterrorism and non-proliferation issues, President of the Fourth Freedom Forum^[2], and an adjunct professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs^[3] at The George Washington University.

Staff

Currently, Eelco Kessels serves as the Executive Director of the Global Center.

The Global Center's staff include a number of scholars and practitioners with expertise in multilateral security policy.^[4] Founder Alistair Millar is now a Howard S. Brembeck Fellow and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Global Center. Richard Barrett, a Senior Fellow for the Global Center (UK), is the Director of The Global Strategy Network^[5], a former British diplomat and intelligence officer who led the UN monitoring team concerning al-Qaida and the Taliban, and Director of Global Counter Terrorism Operations in the United Kingdom. Peter Romaniuk, a Senior Non-resident Fellow at the Global Center, is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.^[6]

Programing

The Global Center focuses on four thematic areas of programming and engagement: multilateral security policy^[7]; countering violent extremism^[8]; criminal justice and the rule of law^[9]; financial integrity and inclusion^[10]. Across these areas, the Global Center prioritizes partnerships with national and regional stakeholders and works to ensure respect for human rights and empower those affected by transnational violence and criminality to inform international action.

The Global Center's multilateral security policy efforts focus on building stronger partnerships among intergovernmental organizations, civil society, and national institutions to address transnational threats and underlying sources of insecurity through collaborative, multidisciplinary research and policy analysis and implementation. Through its countering violent extremism platform, the Global Center works with local, regional, and international partners to promote holistic, preventative responses to violent extremism that underscore the critical importance of human rights, the rule of law, and community engagement. The Global Center’s criminal justice programming works to strengthen the capacity of justice and security providers—and those who hold them accountable—to provide for community security, human rights, and the rule of law. Finally, through its programming on financial integrity and inclusion, the Global Center develops and delivers capacity development support, conducts innovative research, and provides independent policy advice to advance interlinked development, security, and financial integrity and transparency aims.

Advisory Council

The Global Center's Advisory Council includes a number of international dignitaries, academics and policy practitioners.^[11] Its members include:

• Frank J. Ciluffo, Associate Vice President and Director of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at the George Washington University
• Professor Rosemary Foot, Professor of International Relations, and the John Swire Senior Research Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford University
• Ambassador Richard N. Gardner, former US Ambassador to Italy and Spain, professor of law at Columbia University
• Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations (1998–2003)
• Brian Jenkins, Senior Adviser at the RAND Corporation
• Dr. Bruce D. Jones, Director and Senior Fellow of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University
• Dr. Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, Associate Vice President, of the Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program at the United States Institute of Peace
• Dr. Peter R. Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence at King’s College London.
• Ambassador Farooq Sobhan, former Bangladeshi diplomat and President and Chief Executive of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute

Donors and funding

The Global Center receives financial support from a number of public and private donors, including national governments.^[12][13]

References

Related external publications

• Eelco Kessels, "Managing, Rehabilitating, and Reintegrating Terrorism Offenders," Global Terrorism Index 2017 (November 2017) 92-94.
• Alistair Millar, "Multilateral Counterterrorism: Harmonizing Political Direction and Technical Expertise," The Stanley Foundation: Policy Analysis Brief (December 2010).
• Alistair Millar, "Developing Regional Counterterrorism Cooperation in South Asia," CTC Sentinel 2, no. 12 (December 2009) 18-21.
• Alistair Millar and Eric Rosand, Allied Against Terrorism (New York: The Century Foundation, 2006).
• Peter Romaniuk, Multilateral Counter-Terrorism: The global politics of cooperation and contestation (New York: Routledge, 2010).
• Eric Rosand, Alistair Millar and Jason Ipe, "Enhancing counterterrorism cooperation in eastern Africa," African Security Review 17, no. 2 (June 2009) 93-106.
• Matthew Schwartz, Liat Shetret and Alistair Millar, "Rethinking International Counterterrorism Assistance to the Greater Horn of Africa: Toward a Regional Risk Reduction Strategy," Perspectives on Terrorism vol 7, no 6 (December 2013) 100-112.

External links

• Global Center on Cooperative Security
• Fourth Freedom Forum