Dr. Ibrahim is a Senior Researcher with the Center on Conflict Development Peacebuilding (CCDP), at the Geneva Graduate Institute, and lead on Global Dynamics and European Security Project. Abdulla is researching international conflicts with over twelve years of expertise in multilateral dialogues and research processes. Dr Ibrahim was a Nonresident Fellow with the Stimson Center, and an adjunct fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC. Abdulla’s research interests span topics ranging from arms race, arms control to European security, armed groups and armed forces consolidation, U.S. and Russian foreign policies and relations, to the current and future challenges to international order. Abdulla holds a PhD in international relations and political science from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (IHEID); and an MA from the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame.
Areas of expertise include:
- Dynamics of arms race and arms control dynamics in bilateral and multilateral settings.
- US-Russia arms control and European security.
- Post-war European Security and Ukraine conflict.
- Multilateral negotiations and facilitation
- Conflict analysis and dialogue process design
- Armed groups and armed forces consolidation in Syria and the Middle East
- East Mediterranean and Middle East security dynamics