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Azeem Ibrahim OBE

AZEEM IBRAHIM OBE

BSc. MSc (Econ). MBA. MPhil. DLitt (Hon). FRSA. FRGS. PhD (Cambridge)

BIOGRAPHY

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Dr. Azeem Ibrahim is a Research Professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, and a Director at the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge after which he completed fellowships at the universities of Oxford, Harvard and Yale.

 

Over the last two decades, Dr Ibrahim has advised a number of world leaders and governments on policy development and strategy. In the United Kingdom, his most notable roles include advisor to the 2021 Integrated Defence and Security Review and member of the 2021 G7 Leader’s Panel on Economic Resilience. He served as Team Leader on Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Social Mobility Task Force, and was a founding member of the UK’s Commission for Countering Extremism. In the USA, Dr Ibrahim served as a Foreign Policy Advisor to the Biden for President Campaign, and regularly delivers briefings to the White House, Congress, Senate, State Department, Pentagon and many other US agencies. In the developing world, he has taken up senior advisory roles, such as serving in Pakistan as Director of Strategic Policy Development for Prime Minister Imran Khan, pioneering policies on tackling corruption and reducing illiteracy. 

Dr. Ibrahim is also the author of the seminal books: “The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Genocide” (Hurst 2016), “Radical Origins: Why We Are Losing the War Against Islamic Extremism” (Pegasus 2017) and “Authoritarian Century: Omens of a Post-Liberal Future” (Hurst 2022). He is a Columnist at Foreign Policy magazine and has written hundreds of pieces for publications including in the New York Times, Washington Post, (London) Daily Telegraph, The Times (UK), Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Newsweek, The National Interest, Yale Global and many others.
 

Outside academia, Dr. Ibrahim has been a reservist in the IV Battalion Parachute Regiment (the UK’s elite airborne infantry reserve) and a multi-award-winning entrepreneur. He was ranked as a Top 100 Global Thinker by the European Social Think Tank and named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and in 2010 was Commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Steve Beshear. In 2019 he received the International Association of Genocide Scholars Engaged Scholar Award for his research on the Rohingya genocide and in 2022, Dr Ibrahim was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, for his services to foreign policy.

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

MEDIA

Russia's Actions in Ukraine and the Crime of Genocide
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United States Institute of Peace

Russia's Actions in Ukraine and the Crime of Genocide

More than seven months into Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces have established a clear pattern of targeting civilians and civilian spaces. Russian tactics include executing or forcibly deporting civilians in occupied territories, indiscriminately shelling populated areas, and bombing bus stations, hospitals and theaters. This pattern has continued even in the Russian retreat from eastern Ukraine, with Russian forces shelling public utilities as they move out of the region. This conduct likely constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity but the question of whether it constitutes genocide remains open. Central to answering this question is establishing whether Russia has the intent to destroy Ukrainians as a national group, either in whole or in part. On September 20, USIP hosted a discussion of Russia’s crimes in Ukraine and whether they amount to genocide. The conversation featured newly appointed Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin on his first official trip to Washington, as well as experts on atrocity crimes. For more information about this event, and to join the live audience Q&A, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/russias-actions-ukraine-and-crime-genocide Speakers: Lise Grande, opening remarks President and CEO, United States Institute of Peace Azeem Ibrahim Director of Special Initiatives, New Lines Institute Andriy Kostin Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ambassador Clint Williamson Senior Director for International Justice, Georgetown Center for National Security; Lead Advisor, Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group Ambassador William B. Taylor, moderator Vice President, Russia and Europe, U.S. Institute of Peace; Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Connect with us! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=usinstituteofpeace Twitter: https://twitter.com/USIP Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usinstituteofpeace/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usipeace/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/united-states-institute-of-peace Newsletters: http://www.usip.org/sign-usip-updates Podcasts: https://www.usip.org/podcasts The United States Institute of Peace is a national, nonpartisan, independent institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical and essential for U.S. and global security. In conflict zones abroad, the Institute works with local partners to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict. To reduce future crises and the need for costly interventions, USIP works with governments and civil societies to build local capacities to manage conflict peacefully. The Institute pursues its mission by linking research, policy, training, analysis and direct action to support those who are working to build a more peaceful, inclusive world. Learn more about USIP: https://www.usip.org/about
Azeem Ibrahim: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide
01:02:06
World Affairs

Azeem Ibrahim: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide

This past August marked the 30th anniversary of Myanmar’s pro-democracy uprising in 1988. At the same moment, accusations of “ethnic cleansing” against the Rohingya Muslims and widespread human rights abuses across the Southeast Asian nation have prompted the United States to impose new sanctions, specifically on four military and police commanders and two army units. These recent actions by government forces taking place in Rohingya communities within Myanmar suggest that the promises of democracy have been betrayed. The responsibility, according to Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, rests on Nobel Peace Prize winner and defacto leader of the country, Aung San Suu Kyi and her party as much as anyone else. Come hear this startling story. Dr. Ibrahim’s global analytical work has been praised by the likes of Secretary Madeleine Albright and former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and has previously been appointed an International Security Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a World Fellow at Yale University. Outside academia, Dr. Ibrahim has been a reservist in the IV Battalion Parachute Regiment (UK’s elite airborne infantry reserve) and a multi-award winning entrepreneur. He was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. SPEAKER: Azeem Ibrahim Research Professor, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College; Author of Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Genocide MODERATOR: Beth Van Schaack Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights, Stanford Law School For more information about this event please visit: http://worldaffairs.org/event-calendar/event/1903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldAffairsCouncil/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_affairs Website: http://www.worldaffairs.org
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