Abbreviation Global Center Executive Director Alistair Millar | Formation 2004 | |
Motto Building stronger partnerships for a more secure world. Type International non-profit research and policy institution Location New York, Washington, D.C., London, Goshen, IN | ||
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.
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History
The Global Center on Cooperative Security (Global Center), formerly known as the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCC), is a project of the Fourth Freedom Forum, a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation founded in 1982 by international businessman, Howard Brembeck, that focuses on international cooperation and promotion of policy based on the rule of law.
The Global Center was established as CGCC in 2004 by Alistair Millar in order to promote cooperative international measures against terrorism. Millar, also the President of the Fourth Freedom Forum, is a long-time government consultant on counterterrorism and non-proliferation issues, is a Senior Fellow at the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University and teaches graduate level courses at Johns Hopkins University and the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Eric Rosand, who began as a Senior Fellow at CGCC, later served as its Co-Director until returning to the Office of the Counter Terrorism Coordinator at the United States Department of State.
In March 2014, the organization changed its name from the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation to the Global Center on Cooperative Security to reflect "the broadening scope of the organization’s work and partnerships and a conviction that complex international security challenges require holistic, integrative responses."
Staff
Currently, Alistair Millar 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. Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, a Distinguished Non-resident Fellow with the Global Center, is a career diplomat who served as a senior official in the United States Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 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.
Current and former staff have been quoted by, and featured in, numerous national and international media outlets.
Projects as the CGCC
The Global Center, as the CGCC, has organized a number of workshops, and published numerous reports and recommendations that focus on regional counterterrorism policy implementation. It has also conducted assessments on the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the Asia-Pacific; Southern Africa; East Africa; Latin America and Caribbean; South Asia; North Africa; and, West Africa. It has engaged in a number of projects in partnership with the United Nations, donor governments, foundations and regional organizations to assist with strengthening inter-governmental cooperation capacity across numerous sectors, for the purposes of counterterrorism. In recent years, the CGCC has partnered with the Danish Government and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) Capacity Building Programme Against Terrorism (ICPAT) to engage in a number of projects in East Africa focused on strengthening a regional law enforcement network and safeguards to counter terrorist financing. Further, in partnership with the UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), the CGCC has organized a series of workshops meant to bolster a sustained platform for dialogue to strengthen regional cooperation for combating terrorism and organized crime in South Asia.
The CGCC is also active in a number of issue-oriented projects meant to improve mechanisms for international cooperation; and, the roles of the UN, the G8 and other governmental institutions and civil society organizations, in developing collaborative approaches in combating the threat of terrorism. Coinciding with the General Assembly's review of the UN Global Counter Terrorism Strategy in September 2010, the CGCC released an independent strategic assessment of the Strategy along with a number of recommendations for consideration. In January 2011, the CGCC partnered with the CTITF Working Group on Countering the Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes, and their host, the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing on role of the internet in countering radicalization. The CGCC is also working on a series of projects on supporting victims of terrorism in partnership with CTITF and the Global Survivors Network.
Advisory Council
The Global Center's Advisory Council includes a number of international dignitaries, academics and policy practitioners. Its members include:
Donors and funding
The Global Center receives financial support from a number of public and private donors, including national governments.