Organizer: The East-West Center in Washington

Description:

The Rohingya are known as the world’s most persecuted minority and continue to be labeled a ‘crisis’ by Bangladesh, Burma, the media, and the international community. The Rohingya received even more attention after the Burma security forces launched a genocidal campaign in August 2017 against the ARSA (Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army) that killed 10,000 civilian Rohingyas, devastated 400 villages, and forced as many as 740,000 Rohingya to take refuge in Bangladesh. As a result, Bangladesh is now home to about 1.3 million Rohingya refugees, and their massive presence has created serious socioeconomic and demographic pressure on the host society. In this seminar, Dr. Nasir Uddin will present his research on the roles that the United States and the international community play in addressing this issue and discuss how different policy frameworks and diplomatic strategies could be used to alleviate the Rohingya crisis. 

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