AZEEM IBRAHIM OBE

Yhe New Lines Institute and the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center hosted a report launch and discussion of the institute’s report “Multilateral Asset Transfer: A Proposal for Ensuring Reparations for Ukraine.” The event convened top experts to illuminate the legal power that nation-states can exercise through their own domestic law to transfer $350 billion of frozen Russian assets toward reconstruction in Ukraine.

The New Lines Institute hosted a launch of its groundbreaking report presenting extensive evidence concluding that the Russian Federation’s has commissioned genocide in Ukraine. Leading scholars and practitioners discussed this evidence along with the implication of the report for the future of atrocity prevention efforts.

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 spoke to CGTN on the Rohingya crisis. Ibrahim is Director of the Center for Global Policy.

To achieve regional security, Asia's nuclear programs must be viewed in the context of regional identity politics and dynamics. Understanding the complex and shifting cultural underpinnings of the region's nuclear programs provides a useful roadmap for those working in cultural diplomacy to build trust and confidence for regional security and world peace.

Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, Executive Chairman, The Scotland Institute; Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago speaking at the 2015 Herzliya Conference

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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