In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group experts Ali Vaez, Mairav Zonszein and Stephen Pomper to talk about the death of Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash and the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor …
On 20 May, Karim Khan, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that he had “reasonable grounds to believe” that senior leaders of Hamas and Israel have committed a range of war crimes and crimes against humanity since 7 October 2023 …
La violence des gangs, qui a resserré son emprise sur Haïti depuis l’assassinat du président Jovenel Moïse en juillet 2021, a pris un tournant radical à la fin du mois de février. Plutôt que de s’affronter pour leur territoire, comme ils le faisaient …
In this episode of The Horn, Alan Boswell talks with Crisis Group’s Great Lakes project director Richard Moncrieff about the latest from DR Congo as violence in eastern North Kivu continues to escalate. They unpack the recent attack by a group of armed men …
The Gaza war poses several challenges for Egypt – from the prospect that Israeli military operations might end up pushing masses of Palestinians into the Sinai Peninsula to its repercussions for the already precarious Egyptian economy. In this video, …
¿Qué hay de nuevo? Los mexicanos elegirán una nueva presidenta el 2 de junio después de una campaña marcada, una vez más, por la violencia. Las tasas oficiales de homicidio han disminuido ligeramente durante el mandato del saliente presidente Andrés Manuel …
The catastrophic war in Sudan has entered its second year, with no end in sight. The conflict erupted in April 2023 amid a struggle between the country’s two most powerful security forces, the Sudanese army, under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the …
Rising maritime tensions between China and the Philippines have highlighted the risk of armed conflict in the South China Sea and the dangers it would pose to global trade. Several countries are implicated in the set of complex sovereignty disputes in the …
Since the Gaza war began in October 2023, hostilities between Hizbollah and Israel have slowly grown in scope, in terms of both the territory under fire and the weaponry used. The sides have managed to avoid all-out war thus far, but that could change at …
As the spring of 2024 draws to a close, the peace and security situation in and around Europe is as fraught as it has been in decades. Russia is pressing its advantage in Ukraine, moving into the Kharkiv region, which Kyiv liberated in 2022, and showing …
Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereafter, Bosnia) is at its most fragile moment in years. Republika Srpska (RS), the smaller of its two ethnically divided parts, is taking cautious but steady steps to break away, due to grievances with the country’s international …
As the spring of 2024 draws to a close, the peace and security situation in and around Europe is as fraught as it has been in decades. Russia is pressing its advantage in Ukraine, moving into the Kharkiv region, which Kyiv liberated in 2022, and showing …
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On Sunday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several other officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, died in a helicopter crash. This incident occurred following an unprecedented round of escalation between Iran and Israel in April, …
The International Crisis Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Pekka Haavisto, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Development, and the Environment for Finland and a member of the Finnish parliament, as the newest member of its …
On 19 May, a helicopter carrying Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, crashed in the north-western province of East Azerbaijan. Raisi, 63, was killed, along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six others including the East Azerbaijan governor …
The first front of competition is the vacant presidency. In line with constitutional provisions for death or incapacitation, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has instructed Raisi’s deputy, Mohammad Mokhber, who now assumes a caretaker role, to work with …
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s China and Philippines experts Amanda Hsiao and Georgi Engelbrecht to talk about friction between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. They discuss recent incidents …
মিয়ানমারের সবচেয়ে শক্তিশালী সশস্ত্র গোষ্ঠীগুলোর একটি আরাকান আর্মি (এএ) গত ছয় মাসে দেশটির পশ্চিম সীমান্তবর্তী রাখাইন রাজ্যের বেশিরভাগ অংশ নিয়ন্ত্রণে নিয়েছে, বিভিন্ন শহর ও সামরিক ঘাঁটি থেকে সরকারি সেনাদের বিতাড়িত করেছে। কিন্তু জাতিগত রাখাইন গোষ্ঠীর …
Taiwan’s new president will play a significant role in determining how the island navigates cross-strait turbulence and a fragile status quo. As a key point of contention in the U.S.-China relationship, any tactical shifts around inauguration will carry …
