4th Conference of Global Intelligence & Security Chiefs:
The National Security Advisor (NSA) of India hosted the 4th Conference of Global Intelligence and Security Chiefs which was organized by India’s external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), along with the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS).
- The event witnessed the participation of intelligence officials from over 20 countries including the chiefs of the Five Eyes Alliance.
- Conference of Intelligence and Security Chiefs is a high-level annual security dialogue organized as part of the Raisina Dialogue which is organised by the Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with think-tank Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
- It was held for the first time in 2022.
- It is modeled on the lines of the annual Munich Security Conference and Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue.
- It is a strategic platform for intelligence and security officials to discuss emerging threats, collaborative security frameworks, and contemporary geopolitics and geo-strategies.
- The 2025 conference focused on counterterrorism, transnational crimes, intelligence-sharing mechanisms, immigration and extradition, along with Indo-Pacific cooperation and measures to combat terror financing and the narcotics trade.
