What’s new? Notwithstanding a recent flurry of diplomacy, China remains unhappy with Myanmar’s military regime and resistant to normalising relations. In late 2023, it gave tacit support to a major rebel offensive in north-eastern Myanmar that dealt the …
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Comfort Ero, Crisis Group’s President and CEO, and Stephen Pomper, Chief of Policy, to talk about a string of recent conferences – in Germany, India and Türkiye – and obstacles to diplomacy aimed at …
This week on The Horn, Alan speaks with Alsanosi Adam, an active member of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), a youth-led grassroots network providing aid and basic services for civilians in many areas across the country, especially in the capital …
The information provided below relies on our monthly global conflict tracker, CrisisWatch, and qualitative assessments provided by Crisis Group’s analysts based in or near conflict areas. The selection is not exhaustive, and should be read in conjunction …
In this video, Crisis Group's Senior Analyst for Colombia Elizabeth Dickinson talks with communities living in areas with a strong presence of the Gaitanista Self-Defence Force.
What’s new? With its “total peace” policy, the Colombian government aims to engage all the country’s armed groups in talks, but it has no dialogue under way with the largest armed criminal outfit, the Gaitanista Self-Defence Force. This gap is significant, …
In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa talk to Joe Cirincione, author and a leading expert on arms control and national security, about the demise of arms control and the threat of nuclear war in a rapidly changing world order. They discuss …
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group Haiti expert Diego Da Rin and deputy Latin America and Caribbean director Renata Segura to discuss the latest wave of gang violence engulfing Haiti. They look at the recent attempt by …
The images of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel—during which around 1,200 men, women and children were killed—instantly became the centerpiece of an intense information warfare campaign. For the first time since the Second Intifada , global public …
Puntland, Somalia’s oldest federal state, held polls on 8 January, an exercise that came off peacefully despite concerns that bitter disagreements over the electoral model would trigger violence. Under considerable pressure, President Said Abdullahi Deni …
Après presque une décennie d’insurrection jihadiste et de détérioration de la situation sécuritaire, des régimes militaires ont pris le pouvoir au Mali, au Burkina Faso et au Niger. Ces bouleversements ont profondément affecté la condition féminine au …
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group experts Azmi Keshawi, Robert Blecher and Mairav Zonszein to discuss Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, Israeli politics around the war, stalled ceasefire talks and how much Washington’s stance …
In this video, Susana Malcorra, President of GWL Voices, former Foreign Minister of Argentina, Former Chef de Cabinet of the UN Secretary-General and Crisis Group Co-Chair, speaks about the challenges faced by women who pursue careers in diplomacy and …
1. Strengthening the Response to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence In anticipation of the UN Security Council’s annual debate on conflict-related sexual violence in July 2023, Cristal Downing and Floor Keuleers discussed the challenges survivors of such …
Days before retiring in October 2023, the outgoing police chief of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh, asserted that the Himalayan region, over which Pakistan also claims sovereignty, was “coming out of the dark era of terrorism”. Yet over …
Diplomats at the UN have been accusing one another of “double standards” in responses to crises almost since the institution’s inception. The phrase has been back in vogue in the last five months, as the Security Council and General Assembly argue about …
A surprise memorandum of understanding between Ethiopia and Somaliland has aggravated tensions in the Horn of Africa with reverberations beyond. Somaliland, a former British colony lying along the Gulf of Aden, proclaimed independence from Somalia in 1991. …
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As many Western powers cement isolationist policies towards the Taliban due to the group’s draconian restrictions on the rights of women and girls, countries in Afghanistan’s neighbourhood have little choice but to deal with them. In this event, Crisis …
In this video, Senior Palestine Analyst Tahani Mustafa talks about the increase of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank since the 7th of October.
