The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), founded in 1921, is a United States nonprofit think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. It is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. Its membership, which numbers 4,900, has included senior politicians, more than a dozen secretaries of state, CIA directors, bankers, lawyers, professors, and senior media figures.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulator of the securities and commodity market in India owned by the Government of India. It was established in 1992 and given Statutory Powers on 12 april 1992 through the SEBI Act, 1992.
The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City.
Asaduzzaman Noor is a Bangladeshi actor, politician and activist. He has been a Jatiya Sangsad member from Nilphamari-2 constituency since 2001 and served as the Cultural Affairs Minister during 2014–2019.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Indian armed forces. The President of India is the ceremonial commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the country. The Ministry of Defence provides policy framework and resources to the armed forces to discharge their responsibility in the context of the defence of the country. The Indian Armed Forces and Indian Coast Guard under the Ministry of Defences are primarily responsible for ensuring the territorial integrity of the nation.
Ronald Pofalla is a German politician of the CDU and a German manager. He was the Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery and a Federal Minister for Special Affairs from 2009 to 2013, in the second coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Since 2017, he is the CEO of the infrastructure department of Deutsche Bahn.
Kevin R. Johnson is an American businessman and software engineer who has been the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Starbucks Coffee Company since 2017. Succeeding Howard Shultz as CEO, Johnson previously served as the company's president and chief operating officer from 2015 to 2017.
Julian Richard Smith is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2019 to 2020 under Boris Johnson. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon since 2010. He also served as Government Chief Whip from 2017 to 2019 under Theresa May.
The National Security Council (NSC) of the United Kingdom is a Cabinet Committee tasked with overseeing all issues related to national security, intelligence coordination, and defence strategy. The terms of reference of the National Security Council are to consider matters relating to national security, foreign policy, defence, cyber security, resilience, energy and resource security.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, abbreviated MIA (შსს), is a state law enforcement agency of Georgia. Its main office is in Tbilisi. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia is the Head of which (Minister) is a member of the Government. The Ministry is accountable to the Government and fulfills the tasks imposed by it or the Prime Minister. Since November 13, 2017 the Minister of Internal Affairs is Mr. Giorgi Gakharia.
The Cabinet Committee on National Security (CCNS or C2NS), previously known as the Defence Committee of Cabinet, is the principal federal institution and consultative forum used by the people-elected Prime Minister of Pakistan for concerning matters of state's national security, geopolitical, geostrategic, and foreign policy matters with the Prime minister's chief military advisers, senior government advisers and senior Cabinet ministers.
The National Security Committee (NSC), also known as National Security Committee of Cabinet, is the peak decision-making body for national security and major foreign policy matters in the Australian Government. It is a committee of the Cabinet of Australia though decisions of the NSC do not require the endorsement of the Cabinet itself.
Madat Guliyev Gazanfar oghlu is colonel general of the Azerbaijani armed forces and State Security Service of The Republic of Azerbaijan from 2015 to 2019.
The Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) is an organisation responsible for fostering coordination and enabling prioritisation across the different branches of the Indian Armed Forces. It is composed of representatives from the Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, Ministry of External Affairs, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Finance. The IDS is headed by Chief of Integrated Defence Staff along with Deputy Chiefs of Integrated Defence Staff. The body advises and assists the Chief of Defence Staff. On December 24, 2019 the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) established the post of Chief of Defence Staff, a four-star general, a tri-service Chief, that shall lead the defence forces as well as play the role of head of the Department of Military Affairs.
The Defence Cyber Agency (DCA) is a tri-service command of the Indian Armed Forces. Headquartered in New Delhi, the agency is tasked with handling cyber security threats. The DCA draws personnel from all three branches of the Armed Forces. The head of the DCA is an officer of two-star rank, and reports to the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) through the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS).
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is the professional service chief, head of the Indian Armed Forces, the senior-most uniformed military advisor to the Government of India, and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India and the head of Department of Military Affairs under the Ministry of Defence.
Julia Nesheiwat is an American national security adviser currently serving as the 10th Homeland Security Advisor in the Donald Trump Administration.
Asaduzzaman Mia is the 33rd Police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and the incumbent chief executive officer of National Security Affairs Cell under the Cabinet Division.
National Committee on Security Affairs (NCSA) is the highest policy-making authority on national security of the Government of Bangladesh. Headed by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, the committee was formed in March 2019 after 'the National Defence Policy-2018' was approved by the Cabinet of Bangladesh. The committee consists of 27 members.
