SFG began its transformation from a South Asia oriented think-tank to a global think-tank with its report Shifting Sands: Instability in Undefined Asia providing scenarios post Iraq War.

SFG President was invited to speak at Davos meetings of the World Economic Forum for every year from 2003 to 2006 and also at the WEF Middle East summits. SFG President was made a member of the Council of 100 Leaders established by the World Economic Forum to foster good relations between religions, cultures, and civilizations.

SFG organised the first international roundtable on Constructing Peace, Deconstructing Terror in New Delhi.

SFG conceptualised a comprehensive methodology to measure costs of a conflict on a large number of parameters. The first Cost of Conflict report (on India-Pakistan) was published.

In one year, The Times of India, twice mentioned SFG in its main editorials.

Paul Martin, Canada's Prime Minister, invited SFG to be part of a select group of think-tanks to develop the concept of L-20, which eventually came to be known as G-20, now a major force in global governance.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the-then Prime Minister of Turkey (now President) invited SFG for private consultations on global issues, particularly West-Islam relations, and to consult with all senior Cabinet Ministers and Chairpersons of Parliamentary Committees of Turkey. The discussions focussed on the idea of a dialogue of civilizations. Before long, Turkish and Spanish Prime Ministers launched the UN Alliance of Civilizations.

Javier Solana, EU High Representative, and a number of world leaders invited SFG for private discussions on global issues.

SFG collaborated with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament and the League of Arab States to organise the Second International Roundtable on Constructing Peace, Deconstructing Terror. It was held in the European Parliament, Brussels. The third international roundtable followed in the same mould in 2006.

SFG President delivered Nelson Mandela Foundation Benefit Dinner Speech in Dubai, along with Bob Geldof, when he presented the concept of "An Inclusive World" attracting worldwide response ranging from former President Clinton of the United States to Sheikha Mozah, first lady of Qatar.

SFG conceptualised and executed scenarios for Malaysia's future, presented by Urban Forum Malaysia, with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Dato Najib (later Prime Minister), former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammed, and several other senior leaders.

SFG conceptualised a theory of terrorism as a phenomenon operating at the intersection of demand and supply with the supply curve shaped by democratic, developmental and dignity deficit. The Oxford Union debated the theory and voted 70:30 in its favour.

The Rt. Hon. Lord Alderdice convened a meeting of Parliamentarians and representatives of major institutions at the House of Lords to discuss SFG agenda of work in the Middle East. The idea of Inclusive and Semi-Permanent Conference on the Middle East was born.

SFG published its report on scenarios for Global Economy and Security to 2020. It listed financial system crisis as one of risks to watch out for.

President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, visited Mumbai to inaugurate the SFG conference on Responsibility to the Future.

SFG report Cost of Conflict in the Middle East was launched at the United Nations in Geneva and discussed by a panel of ministers at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in Istanbul. It was covered by leading media in over 50 countries around the world.

SFG began its engagement with trans-boundary water issue, under joint sponsorship of Governments of Sweden and Switzerland, with an international workshop at Montreaux, addressed by HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan.

SFG report on water security in the Eastern Himalayan river basins was launched at the opening of the Singapore International Water Week.

SFG conceptualised the Blue Peace framework to transform water into an instrument of peace, security and cooperation. Its report on Blue Peace in the Middle East was launched by Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of Switzerland, at an international press conference in Geneva and discussed with Ministers for Water in the Middle East.

SFG presented the first copy of its publication Big Questions of Our Time to Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister and former Prime Minister of Sweden. Bildt enjoyed it as his holiday reading.

SFG was invited by the Directorate General of Police of the Government of Maharashtra State in India to provide knowledge partnership for a national counter-terrorism programme.

SFG President received Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) of Symbiosis International University from President of India.

A High-Level Group chaired by HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal and comprising of former cabinet ministers of Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq was formed to steer the Blue Peace process in the Middle East.

The High-Level Group had a session at the House of Lords in the presence of ministers from UK Foreign Office and Department for International Development.

A High-Level Group chaired by HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal and comprising of former cabinet ministers of Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq was formed to steer the Blue Peace process in the Middle East.

The High-Level Group had a session at the House of Lords in the presence of ministers from UK Foreign Office and Department for International Development.

Former Ministers and Water Commissioners of Israel meet with Palestinian and Jordanian experts to initiate Blue Peace track between the three countries.

Iraqi and Turkish leaders established the Tigris Consensus for exchange and harmonisation of data on the Tigris River by establishing compatible monitoring stations in the border areas. When completed, 30 million people in the Tigris basin would benefit.

Ministers of West African countries came together to launch the first edition of Water Cooperation Quotient. Senegal River Basin Organisation (OMVS) topped in the ranking.

Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace was launched in Geneva, co-convened by 15 countries from all parts of the world and chaired by Danilo Turk, former President of Slovenia and former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations.

SFG worked with UNSC Member States to convene the first ever meeting of the UN Security Council in the history of the UN, on water, peace and security. The UNSC Session 7818 on 22nd November 2016 was convened under the chairmanship of Senegal. SFG President was invited to address it in the beginning, along with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Chairman of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace, Danilo Turk. The special session of the UNSC was attended by 69 Member countries of the United Nations.

SFG cooperated with the Brazzaville Foundation, President of the Republic of Congo and other stakeholders to conceive the Congo Basin Blue Fund.

The final report of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace was launched in Geneva.

The SFG Water Cooperation Quotient 2017, was launched in Ottawa, by John Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada.

SFG, Geneva Water Hub and the Government of Switzerland had a joint meeting with Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations.

SFG launched the Global Terror Threat Indicant in Brussels.

SFG collaborated with the Government of the Region Normandy, to launch the Normandy Manifesto for World Peace. The signatories included Mohamed ElBaradei (Nobel Peace Laureate), Leymah Gbowee (Nobel Peace Laureate), Anthony Grayling (Master of New College of Humanities), Denis Mukwege (Nobel Peace Laureate), Jody Williams (Nobel Peace Laureate) and Sundeep Waslekar (President of SFG).

SFG celebrated a decade of Blue Peace at the House of Lords, London with an international conference.

A World without War, a book by SFG President, Sundeep Waslekar was published by HarperCollins.

SFG, Geneva Centre for Security Policy and Region Normandy launched the P5 initiative on Catastrophic Risks. An international roundtable of experts was convened in Caen, Normandy.

SFG and Geneva Centre for Security Policy convened a historic track two dialogue on nuclear risk reduction with participation in person of strategic experts from US, Russia, China, UK and France. This was a rare P5 meeting on the background of the ongoing Ukraine war.

The meetings continued on a periodic basis in Geneva, until December 2024.

A World without War was translated and published in French as Entre Guerre et Paix by CNRS Editions. It was launched at the Normandy Forum for Peace by Stefan Lofven (former Prime Minister of Sweden), Jody Williams (Nobel Peace Laureate), Oleksandra Matviichuk (Nobel Peace Laureate) and others.

SFG President gave the Annual Lecture for the New Zealand Centre of Global Affairs in Auckland. Universities in Auckland and Christchurch hosted discussions on the book- A World without War.

Entre Guerre et Paix was discussed by the French Foreign Ministry at Quai d’Orsay. SIPRI, Oxford University and Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto discussed the book.

Future of Life Institute (FLI) and SFG published Framework for Responsible Use of AI in the Nuclear Domain.

A World without War was published in Spanish as Un Mundo Sin Guerra by Nola Editores, jointly with Tec de Monterrey. It was launched at various events in Madrid, Andorra, Monterrey and Mexico City.

A World without War was published in Marathi as Yuddh Nakarnare Jag by Rajhans Prakashan.

SFG publication India’s AI Gambit: Navigating the Global Race was launched in New Delhi by the Chairman of the Prime Minister’s National Security Advisory Board.

Future of Life Institute and SFG initiated a process to structure convergence on the governance of Artificial Intelligence extreme risks beginning with an international workshop of senior experts and government leaders at UNESCO in Paris.