PANEL - The Proliferation of and Growing Strength of Non-State Actors

Theme: The Proliferation of and Growing Strength of Non-State Actors

From private military companies to proxy groups, non-state actors have proliferated across the globe and are used by states to accomplish foreign policy objectives under a veneer of plausible deniability. This panel will focus on the spread and growth of non-state actors, analyzing Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance,’ the Wagner Group, and a range of other terrorists, insurgents, and militias, assessing the increasingly prominent role they have assumed in modern statecraft and geopolitics.

Moderator: Dr. Colin P. Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, The Soufan Center

Ambassador Nathan Sales, Former Acting Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, US Department of State; Senior Fellow, The Soufan Center

Dr. Thomas Renard, Director, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) – The Hague

The Hon. Marshall Billingslea, Former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the United States Department of the Treasury; Senior Fellow, The Hudson Institute

Dr. Amira Jadoon- Assistant Professor, Clemson University, College of Behavioral, Social, and Health Sciences

The 2024 Global Security Forum addressed the theme 'Strategic Competition: The Complexity of Interdependence.'

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