In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Sahel director, Jean-Hervé Jezequel, to discuss the decision of military leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to withdraw from the regional bloc ECOWAS, their campaigns against …
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In this video, Lord (Mark) Malloch Brown, the former UN Deputy Secretary-General, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Crisis Group Trustee, discusses the precarious state of liberalism and democracy, and the bearing that …
What happened in February? As the war in Ukraine entered its third year, Ukrainian forces withdrew from the embattled town of Avdiivka in eastern Donetsk region after months of heavy Russian bombardment. The retreat marked a significant setback for Kyiv. …
In this episode of Ripple Effect, Steve and Michael talk with Ambassador (ret.) Norm Eisen, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and expert on law, ethics and anti-corruption, about the legal challenges facing Donald Trump in …
The war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has dramatically raised the temperature in the Middle East. Popular anger is rising. Egypt and Jordan fear the expulsion of Palestinians into their territories. Non-state actors in the Iran-led “axis of resistance” …
What is happening? For the last two years, Ukraine has fended off a full-scale Russian invasion with the help of unprecedented amounts of U.S. and European arms, materiel and other support. Crisis Group has encouraged Western partners to support the …
In this episode of War & Peace, Olga and Elissa are joined by Alissa de Carbonnel, Crisis Group’s Deputy Europe and Central Asia Director, and Simon Schlegel, Senior Ukraine Analyst, to talk about the latest developments along Ukraine’s front lines and …
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Great Lakes director, Richard Moncrieff, to discuss the spike in violence in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province, where clashes between M23 rebels and government forces have …
In this online event Crisis Group experts will share their perspectives on how the War in Gaza is affecting regional dynamics in the Middle East. Moderator: Christina Boutros, Senior Communications and Advocacy Officer, MENA Panellists: Ali Vaez, Senior …
In this episode of The Horn, Alan speaks with Liesl Louw-Vaudran, Crisis Group’s senior advisor to the AU, about the highlights of the 2024 AU Summit, the continental body’s priorities for the year ahead and whether the annual summit moved the needle on …
In this video, Crisis Group Trustee and President of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London, Zeinab Badawi, speaks about the failure of international diplomacy to respond effectively to events in Sudan, especially …
The United Nations General Assembly and Security Council will convene Friday to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine. Roughly a dozen European foreign ministers are scheduled to be in New York for the occasion. They will …
What’s new? Since August 2023, and amid continuous clashes with jihadist groups, Malian forces and Russian paramilitaries have been fighting some of the rebel movements in northern Mali that signed the 2015 peace agreement. In November, the Malian army …
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, …
La décision des régimes militaires du Mali, du Burkina Faso et du Niger de se retirer, sans délai, de la Cédéao a aggravé la fragmentation institutionnelle à l’œuvre en Afrique de l’Ouest. Dans le même temps, le report des élections présidentielles au …
More than ten years into the Bangsamoro peace process in the southern Philippines, violence around recent village elections reveals ongoing obstacles that are likely to simmer to the fore as the region completes its transition to full autonomy through …
As full-scale war in Ukraine enters its third year, Russia appears to have the upper hand, a reversal of the situation one year ago. Now, Kyiv and its backers must define a path forward for the months ahead. The decisions and actions they take will …
Violence has been an unfortunate feature of elections in the Muslim-majority Bangsamoro region of the southern Philippines – which comprises six provinces, three cities, one special administrative district and several ethno-linguistic communities. On 23 …
What happened? On 21 December 2023, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution that creates a framework for the global body to fund peace operations led by the African Union (AU). Ghana, one the Council’s three African members (A3) in 2023, …
