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Welcome to the Policy People Podcast. In this conversation, I discuss the current political crisis in Myanmar with Azeem Ibrahim. We discuss what the likely conclusion of the current standoff would be, how the Rohingya are faring amid the chaos, the international context of the crisis, the Biden administration’s response, China's Myanmar policy and its geopolitical interests in the country, and many more topics.
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Dr. Azeem Ibrahim is a Research Professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, and the Director of Special Initiatives at the Newlines Institute 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. He has advised over half a dozen world leaders on strategy and policy development, his most recent role being the Strategic Policy Advisor to the Chairman of Pakistan’s PTI party, Prime Minister Imran Khan. Azeem is an expert in genocide studies and in 2019, received the International Association of Genocide Scholars Engaged Scholar Award for his research on the Rohingya genocide. He is the author of several books, including “The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Genocide”, in which Azeem chronicles the events leading up to the current, final cleansing of the Rohingya population, and issues a clarion call to protect Myanmar’s vulnerable, little known Muslim minority. You can discover his work at newlinesinstitute.org, follow him on Twitter @AzeemIbrahim or follow his tank’s handle @NewlinesInst.
Policy People Podcast: Myanmar's Mayhem with Azeem Ibrahim