Security Engagement Practice Group
Civic groups and state security actors rarely are in direct contact in hybrid regimes and conflict-affected states. The distance can reinforce misperceptions and undermine opportunities for constructive engagement and policy dialogue. The Security Engagement Practice Group (SEPG) works to close this gap through research and practice.
Comprised of a distinguished group of retired senior state security officials, civil-military relations specialists, security sector reform experts, and civic diplomats, IFIT’s Security Engagement Practice Group aims to 1) support and provide practical analysis and advice to local civic and state security actors in identifying and acting on opportunities for trust-building and dialogue between them, and 2) advance knowledge in the field through innovative research.
The SEPG builds on IFIT’s extensive experience engaging with civic and state security actors through its in-country work as well as its comparative research, including a groundbreaking multiyear study on Dialogue with State Security Actors in Hybrid Regimes: Recommendations for Constructive Engagement.
