Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation
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The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit research and policy institute based out of offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and Brussels. The CGCC works to improve multilateral counterterrorism programming and awareness through regional, sub-regional and issue-area projects throughout the world.
, 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 CGCC was established 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
.
. Before taking up his position at the CGCC, Cockayne was a Senior Fellow at the International Peace Institute
.
The CGCC's staff include a number of scholars and practitioners with expertise in the fields of counterterrorism and multilateral diplomacy. Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara
, a Distinguished Non-resident Fellow with the CGCC, 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 CGCC, is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice
. Carrie Lemack, a Visiting Fellow at the CGCC, is co-founder of Families of September 11
, and executive producer of the Oscar-nominated documentary, "Killing in the Name
." The film won Best Documentary at the L.A.Shorts Fest
.
CGCC staff have been quoted by, and featured in, numerous national and international media outlets.
, 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.
History
The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCC) is a project of the Fourth Freedom ForumFourth Freedom Forum
The Fourth Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan, nonprofit operating foundation that seeks to provide discussion, development, and dissemination of ideas focused on solutions to global security threats...
, 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 CGCC was established 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
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
and teaches graduate level courses at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
and the Elliott School of International Affairs
Elliott School of International Affairs
The Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University is a professional school in international relations. It is located in the heart of Washington, D.C...
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
United States Department of State
The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
.
Staff
Currently, the CGCC is co-directed by Millar, and James Cockayne, the former Director of the Transnational Crime and Extradition units for the Office of the Attorney-General of AustraliaAttorney-General of Australia
The Attorney-General of Australia is the first law officer of the Crown, chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Australia and a minister of the Crown. The Attorney-General is usually a member of the Federal Cabinet, but there is no constitutional requirement that this be the case since the...
. Before taking up his position at the CGCC, Cockayne was a Senior Fellow at the International Peace Institute
International Peace Institute
The International Peace Institute is an independent non-profit research and policy development institution based in New York. IPI specializes in multilateral approaches to peace and security issues, working closely with the Secretariat and membership of the United Nations...
.
The CGCC's staff include a number of scholars and practitioners with expertise in the fields of counterterrorism and multilateral diplomacy. Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara
Thomas E. McNamara
Thomas E. "Ted" McNamara is a United States diplomat and State Department official.-Biography:Thomas E. McNamara was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1940. He was educated at Manhattan College, graduating with a B.A. in 1962. He then attended the University of Notre Dame, receiving an M.A.In...
, a Distinguished Non-resident Fellow with the CGCC, 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 CGCC, is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a senior college of the City University of New York in Midtown Manhattan, New York City and is the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice and forensic focus in the United States. The college offers programs in Forensic Science and Forensic...
. Carrie Lemack, a Visiting Fellow at the CGCC, is co-founder of Families of September 11
Families of September 11
Families of September 11, Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded in October 2001 by families of those who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Membership is open to anyone affected by the events of September 11, 2001, be they family members, survivors, responders, or others as well as...
, and executive producer of the Oscar-nominated documentary, "Killing in the Name
Killing in the Name (film)
Killing in the Name is a 2010 documentary film on Islamic terrorism. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 83rd Academy Awards on January 25, 2011 but lost to Strangers No More....
." The film won Best Documentary at the L.A.Shorts Fest
LA Shorts Fest
Robert Arentz founded the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival AKA LA Shorts Fest in 1997. LA Shorts Fest is among the largest short film festivals in the world with more 250 film screenings per annual festival...
.
CGCC staff have been quoted by, and featured in, numerous national and international media outlets.
Projects
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 NationsUnited Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, 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
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development is an eight-country regional development organization in East Africa. Its headquarters are located in Djibouti City....
'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
General assembly
General assembly may refer to an official meeting of the members of a trade union, church, association, or similar organization, or of their representatives, in particular:-Governing bodies of international organizations:*The United Nations 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 CGCC Advisory Council includes a number of international dignitaries, academics and policy practitioners. Its members include:- Richard BarrettRichard Barrett (counter-terrorism expert)Richard Barrett is a former British diplomat and intelligence officer who heads the Al-Qaida/Taliban Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the United Nations 1267 Security Council Committee. Mr...
, former UK overseas counterterrorism chief and coordinator of the UN 1267 Monitoring Team - Frank J. Ciluffo, Associate Vice President and Director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at the George Washington UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityThe George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
- Professor Rosemary Foot, Professor of International Relations, and the John Swire Senior Research Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford University
- Ambassador Richard N. GardnerRichard N. GardnerRichard Newton Gardner served as the United States Ambassador to Spain and the United States Ambassador to Italy. He is currently a professor of law at Columbia Law School.-Education:...
, former US Ambassador to Italy and Spain, professor of law at Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the... - Sir Jeremy GreenstockJeremy GreenstockSir Jeremy Q. Greenstock, GCMG is a retired British diplomat, active from 1969-2004.-Life and career:Greenstock was born in Harrow on the Hill, north-west London, the son of Ruth Margaret and John Wilfred Greenstock. He was educated at the Harrow School and Worcester College, University of...
, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations (1998–2003) - Brian JenkinsBrian Michael JenkinsBrian Michael Jenkins, born in 1942 in Chicago, is an expert on terrorism and transportation security. During his nearly four decades of analysis, Jenkins has advised governments, private corporations, the Catholic Church, the Church of England, and many other international organizations on...
, Senior Adviser at the RAND Corporation - Dr. Bruce D. JonesBruce D. JonesBruce D. Jones, Ph.D. is an academic, an author and policy analyst. He is Director and Senior Fellow of both the Center on International Cooperation at New York University and of the Managing Global Order project, a joint initiative between CIC and the Brookings Institution. Jones’ research...
, Director and Senior Fellow of the Center on International CooperationCenter on International CooperationThe Center on International Cooperation is a foreign policy think tank based at New York University that works to enhance multilateral responses to global problems, including: conflict, humanitarian crises, and recovery; international security challenges, including weapons proliferation and the...
at New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan... - Dr. Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, Associate Vice President, of the Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program at the United States Institute of PeaceUnited States Institute of PeaceThe United States Institute of Peace was created by Congress as a non-partisan, federal institution that works to prevent or end violent conflict around the world...
- Dr. Peter R. Neuman, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence at King’s CollegeKing's College LondonKing's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
- Ambassador Farooq SobhanFarooq SobhanFarooq Sobhan is a former Bangladeshi diplomat and civil society leader. He served in various capacities in the Bangladesh government and foreign service as one of the leading diplomats of the country...
, former Bangladeshi diplomat and President and Chief Executive of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute
Donors and funding
The CGCC receives financial support from a number of public and private donors, including national governments.Related external publications
- James Cockayne, and Adam Lupel, eds., Peace Operations and Organized Crime (New York: Routledge, 2011).
- James Cockayne, et. al., Beyond Market Forces: Regulating the Global Security Industry (New York: International Peace Institute, 2009).
- 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.