Since taking office in 2021, the government of Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti has been turning up the heat on the four northern municipalities where ethnic Serbs are in the majority. Kosovo’s refusal to grant greater autonomy to its ethnic Serbian …
The Somali government has a crucial year ahead in 2024. Its offensive against Al-Shabaab, the Islamist insurgency besetting the country since 2007, has sputtered since making important gains in the second half of 2022. The government promises to “eliminate …
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is at a defining moment, one of its bloodiest and most volatile ever. The grievous Hamas-led attack in southern Israel on 7 October 2023 saw Palestinian militants kill over 1,100 Israelis and take nearly 250 hostages, …
The presidential election due in 2024 offers a chance to advance the cause of a negotiated route out of Venezuela’s protracted political crisis, but one that could easily slip away. A potential boost to prospects of progress came in Barbados, on 17 October …
Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on with no resolution on the horizon. The high-stakes counteroffensive Ukrainian forces commenced in the summer of 2023 – which raised hopes both at home and among Western supporters – has ended with the battle lines largely …
Even before the Gaza war sent Middle Eastern economies reeling, Egypt was facing an economic crisis that risked fuelling unrest and destabilising the region. Cairo is paying the price for over-dependency on food and fuel imports that it can scarcely afford …
Since President Joe Biden took office in 2021, U.S. diplomats at the United Nations have endeavored to show that Washington cares about multilateralism, aiming to rebuild relations that had suffered in the Trump era. Their efforts paid off handsomely in …
Traducido del inglés La investidura de los sorpresivos ganadores de la carrera presidencial de Guatemala en 2023 ocurrió el 15 de enero, después de haber sido acosados durante meses por las autoridades judiciales que buscaban impedir que asumieran sus …
Africa Asia Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa One month into 2024, it is hard to look at the global landscape without some foreboding. The headline conflicts of 2023 rage on in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan; the …
څه نوي دي؟ طالبان چې تر ډېره د لوېدیځو ځواکونو له خوا ګوښه شوي، په دې لټه کې دي چې له نږدې پلازمینو سره اړیکې ټینګې کړي. دا هیوادونه له تعامل څخه مطلق انکار نشي کولای: دوی باید له طالبانو سره د امنیتي او اقتصادي مسئلو په اړه تعامل وکړي. د بې باوریو او …
Over three months into the Israel-Gaza war, Israel has neither a clear path to victory nor a feasible exit strategy. It appears far from accomplishing either of its two main war objectives: dismantling Hamas’s military and governing capacities and securing …
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Europe & Central Asia Director Olga Oliker to talk about recent developments in Ukraine and where things might be headed after almost two years of war. They discuss why Ukraine’s …
What is happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo? On 20 January, Félix Tshisekedi was sworn in for a second five-year term as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Official results showed him winning a clear victory at polls held on 20 …
Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, Iran’s government has sounded bullish, even triumphalist notes. “The Zionist regime’s defeat in this event is not just the defeat of the Zionist regime,” contended Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a …
In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Christopher Clapham, Ethiopia expert and professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge. They unpack the context of Ethiopia’s major new quest for sea access, the regional tensions created by this public …
Comme en 2023, la Corne de l’Afrique demeure, en ce début d’année, en proie à plusieurs crises aiguës. De la guerre au Soudan aux tensions internes en Éthiopie, de la lutte contre Al-Shabaab en Somalie aux bouleversements climatiques, les défis auxquels …
On 31 January 2024, Crisis Group will launch the EU Watch List 2024, the yearly publication identifying ten countries and regions at risk of conflict or escalation of violence, where a stronger engagement and early action-driven or supported by the EU and …
On this week’s Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood is joined by Comfort Ero, Crisis Group’s president and CEO, and Stephen Pomper, Chief of Policy, to reflect on 2023 and look ahead to 2024. They talk through Crisis Group’s “10 Conflicts to Watch in 2024”, …
In this episode of Ripple Effect, Steve and Michael talk with Kori Schake, Director of Foreign and Defence Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. A veteran of the George W. Bush administration and Republican critic of Donald Trump, Kori …
2024 begins with wars burning in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and elsewhere. Peacemaking is in crisis. Here are Crisis Group’s ten conflicts to watch.
