The 2021 Global Security Forum took place from October 12-14, 2021, in Doha, Qatar. As states vie for power and resources in a rapidly evolving geopolitical climate, conversations focused on the theme ‘Cooperation or Competition? Changing Dynamics of Global Security.’ Session: This panel, hosted by the Global Research Network, focused on emerging trends and dynamics in global terrorism, touching upon a range of issues, including repatriation and reintegration, justice and accountability, drivers of radicalization, and various CVE approaches and strategies. - May Salem, Program Manager, DDR & Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism, The Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping & Peacebuilding (CCCPA) - Gina Vale, Senior Research Fellow, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) - Mohamed Sinan Siyech, Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation - Omar Mohammed, Historian; Founder of Mosul Eye; Research Fellow, Program on Extremism, George Washington University; and Lecturer, Sciences Po - [moderator] Mr. David Scharia, Chief of Branch, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) For more information, please visit https://globalsecurityforum.com/ #GSF2021

EVENT DETAILS Join us as we welcome Mohammed Sinan Siyech as we discuss “Climate Change and its Security Implications“. This programme will be face to face and streamed online. We will be streaming the programme live on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/sicmtv If you would like to recite Qur’an during the programme, please do let us know: email us: info@sicm.org.uk SPEAKER Mohammed Sinan Siyech is a PhD Candidate at the Islamic and Middle East Studies Department at the School of Language, Literature and Culture in Edinburgh Univerisity. He is also a Senior Analyst at the International Centre for Political Violence & Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Sinan holds an MSc in International Relations from RSIS, NTU. He was granted the Terrorism Analyst Study Award by RSIS in 2015 to pursue his Masters while conducting research with ICPVTR. Prior to joining RSIS, Sinan pursued an Arabic Language Diploma from Summit Academy in Mukalla, Yemen. His research at RSIS focusses on insurgency, civil war and terrorism in Yemen and India. He has written various articles on Al Qaeda and the Islamic State and foreign policy pertaining to these countries. Additionally, Sinan also works on combatting violent extremism. He studies Hindutva and Salafism apart from extremism in the online sphere.

An interview with Mohammed Sinan Siyech (Ph D candidate, University of Edinburgh)