Don't miss the chance to hear from the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, H.E.
@gervallaschwarz
at our upcoming event, moderated by
@AzeemIbrahim
! Learn about the Western Balkans’ prospects for security & stability in light of the Russia-Ukraine War.
RSVP:
It is with great sadness and shock that we announce the loss of our good friend and colleague Dr. Husham Al-Hashimi. Dr. Al-Hashimi dedicated his career to advocating for a peaceful and prosperous Iraq. He will be sorely missed.
"In his speeches, Khan calls for unfettered democracy and true parliamentary government—revolutionary enough in a country as stratified and military-dominated as
#Pakistan
." writes
@AzeemIbrahim
in his latest publication for
@ForeignPolicy
.
#ImranKhan
#BREAKING
new
@NewlinesInst
report shows evidence that
#China
bears State responsibility for breaches of the 1948
#Genocide
Convention.
Dozens of experts collaborated on this groundbreaking report, establishing China's genocidal intent. Full report here:
Elizabeth Tsurkov has been kidnapped in Iraq where she was conducting fieldwork for her PhD at Princeton. She is a Nonresident Fellow at the New Lines Institute. Our thoughts are with Elizabeth and her family during this difficult time and we hope for her prompt release.
"It affects whole communities, the generation living through the atrocities and subsequent generations." On
#GenderingGeopolitics
, Dr.
@EwelinaUO
describes the generational impacts of sexual violence & trauma in the Tigray genocide
#TigrayCantWait
In this Ep of
#GenderingGeopolitics
,
@eepreylove
speaks w Ethiopian journalist Lucy Kassa on the war in
#Tigray
.
“What I have come to understand from the reactions to my stories, is that the civilians who are suffering are a commodity." says
@berhe_lucy
With 6% of the US defense budget, Ukrainian forces have destroyed more than 50% of Moscow’s military capabilities. “That’s a pretty sound investment to me," Amb.
@JohnEdHerbst
says.
Tune in:
“A lot of Sudanese families were opening their homes & taking in Tigrayan refugees. Those cross-border links resulted in people being more generous & willing to help than the global community.”
@CNN
's
@nimaelbagir
on
#GenderingGeopolitics
#TigrayGenocide
Read our groundbreaking
#UyghurReport
that concludes that China bears state responsibility for committing
#genocide
against the Uyghurs in breach of the 1948 Genocide Convention:
"If supporting democratic societies is a US foreign policy priority then supporting a fledgling but dynamic democracy like
#Armenia
against military aggression by a dictatorship should be an unquestionable choice." Read our latest piece by
@NeilPHauer
Nevertheless, with a Ukrainian counter-offensive looming on the horizon, "the
#Gepard
could be called upon to play a very active role in protecting the advance of the troops." — says
@jeff_hawn
in this
@FRANCE24
interview.
Read here:
#RussiaUkraine
"Zelenskyy has been an extremely effective advocate for his country in its time of greatest need."
@JimmySecUK
wades through heavy weapons shipments to
#Ukraine
to determine what Kyiv still wants, needs and is using.
#UkraineRussianWar
Over the yrs, the Taliban have established partnerships w/ various actors which were key in aiding their rapid takeover of Afghanistan. However,
@AntonioGiustoz2
explains there is also growing dissatisfaction amongst these partners w/ the
#Taliban
today
BREAKING:
@UKParliament
passes motion to recognize
#UyghurGenocide
.
Almost every speaker cited
@NewlinesInst
report as the definitive study on this topic.
Find our Uyghur Genocide report here:
We are extremely excited to announce that
@RashaAlAqeedi
has joined the Center for Global Policy as a Senior Analyst and head of the Nonstate Actors program within our Human Security unit. Great to have you on board, Rasha!
"The policy & practice of
#China
toward the
#Uyghurs
is inseparable from 'the intent to destroy'."
Read
@NewlinesInst
’s latest groundbreaking report, done in cooperation with
@TheRWCHR
, which provides the evidence needed to designate genocide:
Details of the relationship between a French far-right NGO and a pro-Assad militia in
#Syria
accused of war crimes are explored in our latest report by journalists
@inesdaif
and
@stephanekenech
.
A political settlement to Turkey’s “Kurdish question” provides the best chance of preserving long-term stability in northeastern Syria and addressing major outstanding issues in U.S.-Turkey relations, write
@CalvinWilder
and Meghan Bodette.
"Turkey has made impressive progress in the last 15 yrs, moving from being the world’s 3rd-biggest receiver of weapons to the 14th-biggest arms exporter." In this
#TerrainAnalysis
,
@AliBakeer
discusses
#Turkey
's domestic defense industry
BREAKING: "New evidence from Chinese government documents and media reports shows that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority laborers in
#Xinjiang
are being forced to pick cotton by hand,"
Read
@adrianzenz
's full intelligence brief for
@CGPdc
here:
"She was told by one of the people who raped her that their problem w/ her was her womb. 'A Tigrayan woman should never give birth' they said."
@EwelinaUO
shares Tigrayan women's experiences of SV as a weapon of war in the
#TigrayGenocide
#TigrayCantWait
“[Khan] wants the Pakistani army to be his army, he wants the generals to be at his beck and call, he is a classic fascist.”
@NajamSethi
w/
@KamranBokhari
&
@NicholasAHeras
to explain how
#Pakistan
’s ousted PM seeks to takeover the state.
Join us tomorrow for a virtual conference with some of the best and brightest minds in the open-source world discussing topics related to
#OSINT
research and training. There will be individual presentations in addition to a Q&A.
Zoom link:
"Turkish govts have subjected the Kurdish people who make up nearly 20% of Turkey’s pop., to massacres, systemic oppression & forced assimilation." Meghan Bodette explains the Turkish-Kurdish conflict & the successes of the
#Kurdish
women’s mvmt.
@_____mjb
“If there is any resistance in
#Afghanistan
, that’s definitely the women of Afghanistan. That puts a moral responsibility on my shoulders to continue to fight & amplify local voices of Afghan women.” says
@FereshtaAbbasi
in this
#GenderingGeopolitics
Ep:
The
#Maghreb
is strategically crucial for commerce, energy, and U.S. national security, but Washington’s allies in the
#Persian
Gulf are increasingly taking advantage of instability in the region to further their own aims, write
@sabinajh3
&
@MezranK
🔗
“The Taliban have been manufactured & created to intrude by force so they are attempting to rule by force. I don’t think the conversation of governance plays a role in their capacity.”
@minasharif
on the Taliban in
#Afghanistan
on
#GenderingGeopolitics
"The most likely outcome of Baku’s current maximalist approach is to push the region toward renewed full-scale warfare."
@NeilPHauer
discusses how
#Azerbaijan
has begun to further escalate tensions in the region with a military push into
#Armenia
proper.
Recent developments, including a partial cease-fire declared by the PKK and the prospect of a new government in Turkey, present a rare opportunity for U.S. diplomacy to de-escalate the Kurdish-Turkish conflict.
Newlines Institute is excited to announce our two newest Non-Resident Fellows, Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff & Munira Mustaffa.
@SSiminoff
@MuniraMustaffa
Read about them here:
"There was a lack of respect of human life and that happened even before the invasion; up until this day,
#Iraq
is looked at almost like a geographic space. The population is rarely mentioned." ICYMI, Newlines'
@RashaAlAqeedi
's interview on
@frontlinepbs
:
"Zelenskyy has been an extremely effective advocate for his country in its time of greatest need."
@JimmySecUK
wades through heavy weapons shipments to
#Ukraine
to determine what Kyiv still wants, needs and is using.
#UkraineRussianWar
Join us on Tuesday, July 11 for a conversation on the Turkish-Kurdish conflict through a gendered lens with
@kalliemitchell0
,
@HafzaGrdp
,
@_____mjb
, and Amina Ose. Register here:
#Turkey
's shift to a hard power approach occurred when Erdoğan won the 2014 presidential election.
@AliBakeer
writes on the regional vacuum, the rise of radicalism and terrorism, & interference of foreign powers that put hard power into action.
We are pleased to announce that
@MylesCaggins
will join our
#HumanSecurity
Unit focusing on information warfare, and
#US
drawdowns. Previously he served as the spokesperson for Global Coalition to Defeat
#ISIS
in
#Iraq
&
#Syria
and much more, welcome!
"All the conflict’s powerbrokers, including the Assad regime, Russia, Turkey, and Iran, have strategically taken steps for years to push the U.S. out of Syria," write Col. (Ret.)
@MylesCaggins
and Carolyn Moorman.
Our newly released intel brief provides extensive, never before reported details on how Iranian-linked militias are taking advntge of the vacuum caused by ISIS's collapse to build security/social/political/&economic structures to dominate this area of Iraq
"Another reason why there is little attention on the situation in Ethiopia, is the usual - it is happening in Africa."
@EwelinaUO
describes the weak int'l response to atrocity crimes in Tigray and Africa as a whole
#GenderingGeopolitics
w/
@eepreylove
Tomorrow! Sir Geoffrey Nice QC will deliver the
@TribunalUyghur
’s judgment at 9 am GMT, followed by a press conference. More information in the link below.
#Gendering
Geopolitics w/ Kallie Mitchell:
@amnaappi
, a Pakistani police officer and international woman of courage award nominee, discusses gender-responsive law enforcement and women's access to justice in Pakistan and globally.
Join us Wednesday at 1:30 pm for the launch of our report concluding that the Russian Federation has commissioned genocide in Ukraine featuring
@AzeemIbrahim
,
@SarahTTeich
,
@JohnEdHerbst
, Amb. David Scheffer, and
@Kristina__Hook
.
Register here:
Join us and
@KurdishPeaceOrg
on May 9th for a timely discussion on Turkey’s upcoming elections, and their implications for U.S. policy on the broader Turkish-Kurdish conflict in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
Register here:
The New Lines Institute is proud to welcome
@Karam__Shaar
as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow where he will produce work on illicit narcotic flows in the Middle East as a part of New Lines' recently launched Special Project on the
#Captagon
Trade.
New growth in
#Greece
’s defense industry signals a potential sea change. Greece’s defense industry has emerged as a growing player in the EU and abroad, writes
@PlakoudasSpyros
in this
#TerrainAnalysis
.
Satellite imagery shows Iran’s military space program is coming closer to intercontinental ballistic missile capability, writes
@john_krzyzaniak
in our latest
#TerrainAnalysis
What does
#China
's inevitable rise to super power status mean for the
#US
? Join
@CGlobalPolicy
's
@AzeemIbrahim
, on Dec.17th, in asking questions to General
@Robert_Spalding
, to understand how the US miscalculated and mismanaged US-China relations.
"In less than a century, Iraq has had 9 flags, 5 national anthems, 10 constitutions, & countless controversial national days – a historical process that tells the story of Iraq’s lost national identity," writes former Iraqi minister Dr.
@AL_Khatteeb
With the U.S.-Jordan relationship poised to deepen, the kingdom’s Hashemite monarchy is facing obstacles to its stability both from within and without. Read our latest Expert Review by Newlines'
@RashaAlAqeedi
and
@NicholasAHeras
.
Read what CGP Director
@AzeemIbrahim
wrote for on Myanmar's governance: "
#Myanmar
pioneered a mechanism to undertake mass atrocities; persecution of minority groups under the veneer of democracy which is now being replicated by other countries like
#India
.
As the United States ramps up efforts to de-escalate Turkey’s long-running conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), it has a window of opportunity to address multiple regional challenges at once, write Calvin Wilder and Meghan Bodette.
Evidence indicates that Russia is continuing a campaign of genocide in Ukraine and thus all countries need to live up to the legal obligation to prevent genocide,
@Kristina__Hook
concludes in an update to a previous New Lines report.
Newlines is excited to announce our upcoming conference, Gender and Genocide in the 21st Century hosted by
@eepreylove
. On Sept 20-21, we'll discuss State responses to genocide, challenges to justice, & how the crime of genocide is gendered. Register now:
Iraqi authorities have revealed the identity of the man allegedly behind the assassination of our colleague
@hushamalhashimi
. The televised confessions lacked a clear indication of who ordered the assassination and why.
Tonight
@committeeonccp
will hold an important hearing on the ongoing
#UyghurGenocide
Ahead of the hearing, read our report with
@TheRWCHR
, the first independent expert application of the 1948 Genocide Convention to treatment of the
#Uyghurs
in
#China
This discussion focused on the challenges amid a rise in ISIS activity & economic hardships in the AANES, the
#SDF
's future, & cooperation with the Coalition. The full video w/ subtitled translations will be made available in the coming days.
Newlines Institute's
@NicholasAHeras
was quoted in a report by
@AFP
discussing the battle over the Euphrates river in
#Syria
as a drought grips the Mediterranean region. Read the full report here
#BREAKING
The Belgian Parliament has voted to recognize crimes against humanity and the serious risk of genocide against the
#Uyghurs
by China. 6 countries out of 152 Signatories to the Genocide Convention involved.
#Turkey
is the only power with both the intent and capability to confront
#Iran
, writes
@KamranBokhari
in
@newlinesmag
. He observes that while this confrontation may not happen for a while, it is inevitable.
The Kurdish women’s movement should be a model for the United States as it addresses the crisis of authoritarianism in Turkey, writes
@_____mjb
in our latest
#NetAssessment
The UN's proposed
#NVCs
are not “a step in the right direction.” They are a well-trodden path to further targeting and abuse against the
#Rohingya
people. Read more about the trap of identification cards in CGP Director
@AzeemIbrahim
's new piece below
"The production of the majority of Xinjiang’s cotton involves a coercive, state-run program targeting ethnic minority groups." Read the full intelligence briefing by
@adrianzenz
for an insightful analysis on coercive labor in
#Xinjiang
.
"We really need women to stand up and support what’s going on in Afghanistan. Learn from the courage of Afghan women." On Gendering Geopolitics w/
@eepreylove
,
@minasharif
discusses the humanitarian crisis in
#Afghanistan
&
#AfghanWomen
's protests
New article from Dr.
@AliBakeer
uses Newlines Institute’s Uyghur Genocide report to highlight CCP’s ongoing
#genocide
against
#Uyghurs
& explains how China’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy is fueling tensions w/ Turkey.