Voices from the South: A Discussion on the Dynamics and Future of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

March 27, 2024

As it enters its third year, the conflict in Ukraine appears to have reached an impasse. Developments in the Middle East and Indo-Pacific regions, as well as the apparent stalemate on the military front and the parties' unwillingness to discuss a cessation of hostilities under the current conditions, have raised questions about the prospects of a conflict with continuing global implications.

In this context, an apparent rift has begun to emerge between countries of the Global North and the Global South over the prioritization of the crisis on the international agenda and the lack of willingness to work together to address the secondary effects of the conflict on a range of issues including food security and energy.

The idea of this webinar is to discuss these dynamics, as well as key developments in the conflict and their impact and perception in different regions of the world (Middle East, Africa, LAC, etc).

Speakers
Oussama Tayebi
International Relations Specialist
Oussama Tayebi is an international relations specialist in the International Relations Research Department at the Policy Center for the New South. His work focuses primarily on governance, peace, and security challenges in the Central Africa sub-region. Previously, he contributed to the activities of the UN Women Multi-Country Office for the Maghreb and the NGO The ONE Campaign, supporting advocacy initiatives on the Africa-EU partnership and official development assistance. Oussama holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the School of Governance and Economics in Rabat and a master’s degree in international relations from Sciences Po Aix. ...
Len Ishmael
Senior Fellow
Ambassador, Dr. Len Ishmael is a Senior Fellow of the Policy Center for the New South and a Senior Fellow and Distinguished Visiting Scholar of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. She is the Global Affairs Advisor of the Brussels Diplomatic Academy and visiting Professor of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Mohammed 6 University, Morocco. Dr. Ishmael is a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on COVID-19’s Regional Task Force for Latin America. She is the former Ambassador of the Eastern Caribbean States to the Kingdom of Belgium and European Union, and past President of the 79-member African, Caribbean & Pacific (ACP) Committee of Ambassadors in Brussels. She is a former Director & Head of the Regional Headquarters of the United Nations Economic ...
Gustavo de Carvalho
Senior Researcher, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
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