On 24 June, Vladimir Putin faced the biggest challenge in over two decades at Russia’s helm: a mutiny by a mercenary group fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the mercenary force known as the Wagner Group, took …
How did the Malian government arrive at the point of demanding the immediate withdrawal of a mission comprising more than 13,000 peacekeepers? The government’s decision on 16 June to request the withdrawal of the UN Multidimensional Integrated …
¿Qué hay de nuevo? Los alcaldes mexicanos, que son frecuentemente atacados por el crimen organizado, han sido marginados en la lucha por contenerlo. La corrupción local y la magnitud de la violencia llevaron a las autoridades nacionales a minimizar el …
This week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Beijing, where he met with top Chinese foreign policy officials as well as President Xi Jinping. His trip, the first high-level visit in nearly five years, comes at a low point in China-U.S. …
What’s new? The Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have waged open warfare for more than two months, causing terrible death and destruction in the capital Khartoum, Darfur and elsewhere. Both sides appear dug in, viewing the conflict as …
¿Qué está en juego en las elecciones de Guatemala? El 25 de junio, los cerca de 10 millones de guatemaltecos habilitados para votar elegirán a un nuevo presidente y vicepresidente, así como a 160 diputados y cientos de alcaldes. Si ninguno de los 23 …
The conflict in Sudan between the country’s armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been a major source of concern for its northern neighbour Egypt. Cairo, a backer of Sudan's army, now faces both a humanitarian crisis that is …
Decenas de municipios en México sufren niveles extremos de violencia armada y muchos más corren el riesgo de ser capturados por el crimen organizado. Esta crisis podría agravarse a medida que se acercan las elecciones de junio de 2024, debido a la …
In February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup that plunged the country into a protracted crisis. Mass protests against the junta met a brutal crackdown and morphed into armed resistance, with new groups, known as people’s defence forces, …
On 29 May, a group of ethnic Serb protesters clashed with troops of the NATO peacekeeping force KFOR in the town of Zvečan in northern Kosovo. Demonstrators were angry at the Kosovo government’s decision to instal ethnic Albanian mayors, elected in a poll …
BRUSSELS – On April 15, a standoff between the Sudanese armed forces and a rival paramilitary outfit erupted into what now looks like all-out civil war. As we write, in mid-May, fighting is tearing apart the capital, Khartoum, and millions are caught in …
Over the past few decades, nation-states have increasingly embraced the concept of hybrid warfare. Especially in situations short of open armed conflict, they are deploying cyberattacks, online influence operations, and other tech-enabled tactics to …
Les relations entre l’Europe et l’Iran sont plus tendues qu’elles ne l’ont été depuis des années. Les tensions sont dues à trois facteurs principaux : l’impasse dans laquelle se trouvent les négociations sur le rétablissement du Plan d’action global …
What’s happening? On 26 May, the Kosovo government took control of municipal buildings in four northern Serb-majority cities, sparking violent protests and prompting KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping force, to intervene. Days later, on 29 May, ethnic Serb …
Gas discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean raised hopes that shared interests in the region’s hydrocarbon wealth could help reshape the geopolitics of a region that has long been beset by conflict and political disputes. But twenty years on, a recently …
What happened? At 6:27am on 31 May, North Korea launched its Chollima-1 rocket, intending to place in orbit the Malligyong-1, which it describes as a military reconnaissance satellite. The launch drew extensive international condemnation because many …
Recent years have seen increasing fear in some Gulf of Guinea countries, notably Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, that jihadists who have overrun much of the Sahel move south. Militants already operate in forested areas along the Benin-Burkina Faso …
The U.S., China and Taiwan have been engaged in a series of actions and reactions that could spiral out of control. De-escalation is vital. In this video, Crisis Group’s Giustra Fellow for China Ivy Kwek talks about her work monitoring this major …
Last Sunday, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan secured another five years in office after winning the presidential runoff election against the opposition candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. While the election was one of the most closely fought in Turkish …
Nothing brings Lebanon’s squabbling leaders together quite like a spot of cynical procrastination. 31 May was meant to be the deadline for holding the country’s long-overdue municipal elections, but the politicians have missed it for the second year in a …
