Thakur invented R2P along with Gareth Evans, president emeritus of the International Crisis Group, a Soros-funded “crises management” firm where Soros himself sits on the small board. ICG is one of the main proponents of the international R2P doctrine. The International Crisis Group is particularly relevant because along with Soros on the board sits former Ambassador Thomas Pickering, who was appointed as the lead investigator into the September 11, 2012, Benghazi attacks.
The ISG has longstanding ties to the opposition in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and other countries that saw their leaders deposed only to be replaced by Islamists.