Ashraf Swelam is Director General of the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA) and the founder of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development. He is a former President of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers and the African Peace Support Trainers Association. He is also a former Co-Chairman of the Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Training Group. His articles appeared in the Financial Times, Yale Journal for International Affairs, Global Policy Journal, Die Zeit, and Süddeutsche Zeitung, among others.
