¿Por qué se reúnen los presidentes de los países amazónicos? Los líderes de los países con territorios en la cuenca del Amazonas, (Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Perú, Surinam y Venezuela) se reunirán en la ciudad brasilera de Belém, para …
في منتصف تموز/يوليو، أكمل الرئيس التركي رجب طيب أردوغان زيارة حظيت بتغطية إعلامية واسعة شملت المملكة العربية السعودية، وقطر، والإمارات العربية المتحدة؛ وهي زيارة تمخضت عن صفقات استثمارية بعشرات مليارات الدولارات في الاقتصاد التركي الذي يعاني من صعوبات …
What is happening in Thai politics, and why is it important? Thailand’s 14 May general election resulted in a stunning triumph for the progressive Move Forward Party and a resounding rejection of political forces associated with the military-backed …
Burkina Faso July 2023 March 2023 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 July 2023 All-military approach to jihadist insurgency led to large numbers of casualties among army auxiliaries and local communities; pro-regime groups voiced support for new constitution. …
On 12 July, NATO concluded its two-day summit in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. At the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the decision to hold the meeting in one of NATO’s newer members and a country claimed by the Soviet Union for decades was …
لقد خلقت الحرب الأهلية في اليمن، التي استمرت ثماني سنوات، ما وصفت بأنها أسوأ كارثة إنسانية من صنع البشر. فقد قُتل مئات آلاف اليمنيين وهُجِّرَ نحو أربعة ملايين شخص. وطبقاً للأمم المتحدة، فإن 21.6 مليون نسمة في البلاد بحاجة لمساعدة إنسانية و 80% من السكان …
This month, the members of the United Nations General Assembly took a small step toward strengthening the forum’s role in international peace and security issues. The assembly, where all states have a single vote and none wields a veto, typically plays …
What happened? At least 150 people have been killed in clashes between the Meitei and Kuki ethnic groups that have engulfed India’s north-eastern state of Manipur, on the border with Myanmar. The violence broke out in Churachandpur, a town just south of …
The International Crisis Group is delighted to announce the appointment of Ine Eriksen Søreide, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Minister of Defence of Norway, and Chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, to its Board of Trustees. …
Sudan’s famed resistance committees arose in their present form during Sudan's 2019 revolution and then spearheaded the country's resistance to military rule over the subsequent years. With the outbreak of war in April between the Sudanese army and …
In this interview, Jean-Hervé Jezequel, Crisis Group’s Project Director for the Sahel, reflects on the ongoing crisis in the Sahel region, the struggle against expanding jihadist groups, and compares the approaches of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.
Sudan’s calamitous three-month war may be entering a critical new phase. In recent weeks, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has further entrenched its superior position in the capital, Khartoum, and intensified a siege of the headquarters where …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s re-election has allayed fears among many Syrians that Ankara’s policy toward Damascus might dramatically change at their expense. With the Turkish leader firmly in the saddle for another five years, Ankara is intent …
قد يكون من الممكن إعادة إطلاق المفاوضات الرامية إلى التوصل إلى تسوية بشأن منطقة الصحراء الغربية المتنازع عليها بعد عمل دبلوماسي تمهيدي مُنهِك. لكن سيتبين أن تحقيق تقدم نحو تسوية الإشكالية القائمة بشأن المنطقة سيكون صعباً دون دعم أميركي أقوى. فقد ضيّقت …
On 20 July, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will launch “A New Agenda for Peace”, a policy brief on the future of multilateral security cooperation. The report is one of a series of papers that Guterres has circulated to UN member states to lay the …
Members of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa: thank you for the opportunity to speak about the implications of the activities of the Russian Federation and its proxies in Africa. It is an honour to speak at this hearing. I am deputy …
Cuando el exsecretario de Defensa estadounidense Mark Esper reveló en sus memorias que el presidente Donald Trump había propuesto que EE. UU. realizara ataques con misiles contra laboratorios de drogas en México (mientras negaba públicamente su …
Prior to the pandemic, the ambassadors of the fifteen UN Security Council member states took time to reflect on the state of the world every summer, heading out to an estate on Long Island for discussions with the Secretary-General. The conclave was, as …
A pesar de un ligero descenso en los homicidios, Honduras sigue siendo el segundo país más violento y el más peligroso para las mujeres en América Latina. En enero de 2022, la presidenta Xiomara Castro prometió enfocar la seguridad pública en la comunidad, …
War, by definition, takes terrible tolls on civilian populations. Just what risks a given person faces depends on many factors, including gender, class and geography. While international law has evolved to protect both civilians and combatants at war, it …
