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The global security landscape has deteriorated sharply in the past decade, with nearly 15% of the world's population now living in conflict-affected areas.
As these conflicts combine with climate and technological risks, as well as the re-emergence of threats of nuclear proliferation, what can leaders do to stem the breakdown of longstanding security norms and institutions and bolster long-term comprehensive collective security?
Speakers:
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Affairs
Comfort Ero, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Crisis Group (ICG)
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Abdulhamid Al Dabiba, Prime Minister of Libya, Office of the Prime Minister of Libya
Meghan O'Sullivan, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
This session was developed as a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and Foreign Affairs.
The global security landscape has deteriorated sharply in the past decade, with nearly 15% of the world's population now living in conflict-affected areas.
As these conflicts combine with climate and technological risks, as well as the re-emergence of threats of nuclear proliferation, what can leaders do to stem the breakdown of longstanding security norms and institutions and bolster long-term comprehensive collective security?
Speakers:
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Affairs
Comfort Ero, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Crisis Group (ICG)
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Abdulhamid Al Dabiba, Prime Minister of Libya, Office of the Prime Minister of Libya
Meghan O'Sullivan, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
This session was developed as a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and Foreign Affairs.
