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Crisis Group: 30 Years of Conflict Prevention and Resolution
YouTube video by International Crisis Group
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As we mark our 30th anniversary, @crisisgroup.org’s trustees reflect on three decades of resolving conflicts, shaping peace and what the future holds for the organisation.
A massive thank you to all our supporters over the last three decades. 🙏🏽💫
youtu.be/r5tUTiFpGmg
A massive thank you to all our supporters over the last three decades. 🙏🏽💫
youtu.be/r5tUTiFpGmg
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@comfortero.crisisgroup.org @crisisgroup.org talks Trump's campaign in Latam and Mx: “La solución no puede ser permitir nuevamente uso de fuerza excesivo desde el exterior, porque tiene repercusiones, como ya hemos visto en Sinaloa, con fragmentación de las fuerzas del crimen y aumento de violencia”
Comfort Ero, especialista en conflictos: “La solución a los carteles no puede ser un uso excesivo de la fuerza porque tiene repercusiones como la de Sinaloa”
La presidenta de International Crisis Group aborda en una entrevista con EL PAÍS la relación de México con Estados Unidos ante el crimen organizado y los ataques extrajudiciales de Trump a las presunt...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
@comfortero.crisisgroup.org @crisisgroup.org talks Trump's campaign in Latam and Mx: “La solución no puede ser permitir nuevamente uso de fuerza excesivo desde el exterior, porque tiene repercusiones, como ya hemos visto en Sinaloa, con fragmentación de las fuerzas del crimen y aumento de violencia”
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Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer
Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer
UK expected to reduce contribution to Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 20%
A group of seven Labour MPs who served as ministers under Keir Starmer have written to the prime minister warning that an expected cut to UK funding for aid to combat preventable diseases would be both a “moral failure” and a strategic disaster.
With ministers and officials expected to decide the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria within days, the letter renews pressure on Starmer to pull back from an expected 20% cut. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer
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Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones
Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones
Incursions halted flights at Brussels and Liège airports last week with Russia said to be the most likely culprit
Britain is deploying Royal Air Force specialists to help Belgium counter drone threats to the country’s airports after disruptive sightings last week that some politicians blamed on Russia.
Sir Richard Knighton, the head of the UK’s armed forces, said the British military would provide “our people, our equipment” to help Belgium, though he was careful to say “we don’t yet know” the origin of the drones seen last week. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones
Reports that seek to reduce Nigeria’s security situation to a single story of widespread persecution and mass slaughter of Christians, misinterpret the complexity of violence and inter-faith relations in the country.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/niger...
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/niger...
Why is President Trump Threatening a Humanitarian Intervention in Nigeria? | International Crisis Group
Relations between the U.S. and Nigeria have soured dramatically amid the Trump administration’s allegations that Nigerian Christians are being slaughtered en masse. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nn...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reports that seek to reduce Nigeria’s security situation to a single story of widespread persecution and mass slaughter of Christians, misinterpret the complexity of violence and inter-faith relations in the country.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/niger...
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/niger...
When Trump-Xi meet will they build on trade détente their teams negotiated? Broaden talks to broach security issues? Pursue balance of military power that allows 🇺🇸🇨🇳to feel sufficiently assured that respective core interests are secure?
- @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
- @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
Making the Most of the Trump-Xi Meeting | International Crisis Group
The world will be watching when the leaders of the two foremost global powers confer in South Korea on 30 October. They should use the opportunity to de-escalate the U.S.-China trade standoff, steady ...
www.crisisgroup.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When Trump-Xi meet will they build on trade détente their teams negotiated? Broaden talks to broach security issues? Pursue balance of military power that allows 🇺🇸🇨🇳to feel sufficiently assured that respective core interests are secure?
- @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
- @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
In Cameroon: Efforts to defuse the standoff are sorely needed, but there are no easy fixes. As protests mount, Biya should quickly initiate a high-level forum mediated by faith leaders to discuss a way forward for the country.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/camer...
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/camer...
Defusing Cameroon’s Dangerous Electoral Standoff | International Crisis Group
Authorities have proclaimed long-time incumbent Paul Biya the winner of Cameroon’s 12 October presidential election, setting off a wave of demonstrations by the opposition, which sees the official tal...
www.crisisgroup.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
In Cameroon: Efforts to defuse the standoff are sorely needed, but there are no easy fixes. As protests mount, Biya should quickly initiate a high-level forum mediated by faith leaders to discuss a way forward for the country.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/camer...
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/camer...
Latest @crisisgroup.org Autumn Update for the EU Watch list ⬇️
From the Red Sea to the Taiwan Strait to Kosovo, here are the latest crises that could stress test or shock the system.
www.crisisgroup.org/global/watch...
From the Red Sea to the Taiwan Strait to Kosovo, here are the latest crises that could stress test or shock the system.
www.crisisgroup.org/global/watch...
Watch List 2025 – Autumn Update | International Crisis Group
Each year, Crisis Group publishes two updates to the EU Watch List identifying where the EU and its member states can enhance prospects for peace. This update covers Kosovo’s politics, Mexico’s securi...
www.crisisgroup.org
October 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Latest @crisisgroup.org Autumn Update for the EU Watch list ⬇️
From the Red Sea to the Taiwan Strait to Kosovo, here are the latest crises that could stress test or shock the system.
www.crisisgroup.org/global/watch...
From the Red Sea to the Taiwan Strait to Kosovo, here are the latest crises that could stress test or shock the system.
www.crisisgroup.org/global/watch...
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We began this year’s #TheBodrumRT with a keynote speech by @comfortero.crisisgroup.org, President & CEO of @crisisgroup.org, chaired by @sinanulgen.bsky.social @edamorg.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We began this year’s #TheBodrumRT with a keynote speech by @comfortero.crisisgroup.org, President & CEO of @crisisgroup.org, chaired by @sinanulgen.bsky.social @edamorg.bsky.social
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‘Two years on, Gaza has paid the price for global inaction.’
As we mark Hamas’s attacks against Israel on 7 October 2023, @crisisgroup.org’s CEO and President @comfortero.crisisgroup.org reflects on what has unfolded since - and the urgent choices now before us. 1/9 🧵
mailchi.mp/crisisgroup....
As we mark Hamas’s attacks against Israel on 7 October 2023, @crisisgroup.org’s CEO and President @comfortero.crisisgroup.org reflects on what has unfolded since - and the urgent choices now before us. 1/9 🧵
mailchi.mp/crisisgroup....
October 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
‘Two years on, Gaza has paid the price for global inaction.’
As we mark Hamas’s attacks against Israel on 7 October 2023, @crisisgroup.org’s CEO and President @comfortero.crisisgroup.org reflects on what has unfolded since - and the urgent choices now before us. 1/9 🧵
mailchi.mp/crisisgroup....
As we mark Hamas’s attacks against Israel on 7 October 2023, @crisisgroup.org’s CEO and President @comfortero.crisisgroup.org reflects on what has unfolded since - and the urgent choices now before us. 1/9 🧵
mailchi.mp/crisisgroup....
What next for Nepal after public turmoil claimed the scalp of Prime Minister K.P. Oli and toppled his government?
@ashishpradhan.bsky.social looks at the interim government’s priorities and the challenges ahead.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
@ashishpradhan.bsky.social looks at the interim government’s priorities and the challenges ahead.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
Nepal Picks Up the Pieces after Protests Topple the Government | International Crisis Group
Mass demonstrations led by disaffected young people and triggered by a government move to ban social media apps have ousted Nepal’s prime minister. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Ashish Pradhan exam...
www.crisisgroup.org
September 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
What next for Nepal after public turmoil claimed the scalp of Prime Minister K.P. Oli and toppled his government?
@ashishpradhan.bsky.social looks at the interim government’s priorities and the challenges ahead.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
@ashishpradhan.bsky.social looks at the interim government’s priorities and the challenges ahead.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
The Gaza strip’s population, serially uprooted, starved and bombed, is reeling from a war whose cruelty has few parallels in modern history.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
The World’s Shame in Gaza | International Crisis Group
Israel’s Gaza campaign has entered an even more nightmarish phase. The world must press Israel harder to stop the war regardless of “day after” questions – lest its offensive destroy Palestinian life ...
www.crisisgroup.org
September 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The Gaza strip’s population, serially uprooted, starved and bombed, is reeling from a war whose cruelty has few parallels in modern history.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
After the Anchorage and Washington mtgs: regardless of the odds of bringing about a durable peace between Russia and Ukraine, negotiators will have a better shot if they are guided by the following five realities as they consider how to approach additional talks.
www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...
www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...
Beyond the Ukraine Summits: Five Realities after Three Years of War | International Crisis Group
As the dust settles on two whirlwind summits, it is clear only that diplomacy aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine must meet a higher bar. Crisis Group experts offer observations about five realiti...
www.crisisgroup.org
August 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
After the Anchorage and Washington mtgs: regardless of the odds of bringing about a durable peace between Russia and Ukraine, negotiators will have a better shot if they are guided by the following five realities as they consider how to approach additional talks.
www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...
www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...
➡️What are the biggest challenges Ukraine must overcome in its war effort?
➡️What's the best realistic scenario at end of summer offensive and further down the road?
➡️As 🇺🇸 scales back its assistance, are European partners filling the gaps?
~ @luciankim.bsky.social
www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...
➡️What's the best realistic scenario at end of summer offensive and further down the road?
➡️As 🇺🇸 scales back its assistance, are European partners filling the gaps?
~ @luciankim.bsky.social
www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...
In a Tight Spot, Ukraine Resolves to Fight On | International Crisis Group
Over three years into Russia’s all-out invasion, Ukrainian troops are confronting another grinding Russian summer offensive. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Lucian Kim discusses the status of Kyiv’s ...
www.crisisgroup.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
➡️What are the biggest challenges Ukraine must overcome in its war effort?
➡️What's the best realistic scenario at end of summer offensive and further down the road?
➡️As 🇺🇸 scales back its assistance, are European partners filling the gaps?
~ @luciankim.bsky.social
www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...
➡️What's the best realistic scenario at end of summer offensive and further down the road?
➡️As 🇺🇸 scales back its assistance, are European partners filling the gaps?
~ @luciankim.bsky.social
www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...
As we mark 80 years since Hiroshima, the global nuclear order is under real stress. Escalation risks in Europe, South Asia, and the Korean Peninsula are intensifying. It’s time for bold, preventive action.
My piece in @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/05/h...
My piece in @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/05/h...
80 Years After Hiroshima, Nuclear Risks Are Rising
New channels of communication and wider support for the IAEA can help prevent catastrophe.
foreignpolicy.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
As we mark 80 years since Hiroshima, the global nuclear order is under real stress. Escalation risks in Europe, South Asia, and the Korean Peninsula are intensifying. It’s time for bold, preventive action.
My piece in @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/05/h...
My piece in @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/05/h...
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At the Aspen Security Forum, @comfortero.crisisgroup.org spoke with Mark Goldberg about what the global retreat from foreign aid means for conflict and stability worldwide.
With donors pulling back, the risks are rising.
🎧 Tune in to the podcast.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
With donors pulling back, the risks are rising.
🎧 Tune in to the podcast.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Comfort Ero on How Foreign Aid Cuts May Spark Conflicts Worldwide | Live from the Aspen Security Forum
Podcast Episode · Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters · 24/07/2025 · 19m
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August 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
At the Aspen Security Forum, @comfortero.crisisgroup.org spoke with Mark Goldberg about what the global retreat from foreign aid means for conflict and stability worldwide.
With donors pulling back, the risks are rising.
🎧 Tune in to the podcast.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
With donors pulling back, the risks are rising.
🎧 Tune in to the podcast.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
🎧 Worth a listen for francophones!
New episode out now from @enripicco.bsky.social & Rinaldo Depagne for Crisis Group's 30th anniversary. They speak with Jean-Marie Guéhenno about 30 years of conflict prevention.
www.crisisgroup.org/fr/africa/ep...
New episode out now from @enripicco.bsky.social & Rinaldo Depagne for Crisis Group's 30th anniversary. They speak with Jean-Marie Guéhenno about 30 years of conflict prevention.
www.crisisgroup.org/fr/africa/ep...
Episode Spécial 30 ans de Crisis Group : évolution du multilatéralisme et du maintien de la paix, l’analyse de Jean-Marie Guéhenno | International Crisis Group
Dans cet épisode spécial d’Afrique 360°, Enrica Picco et Rinaldo Depagne reçoivent Jean-Marie Guéhenno, ancien président de l’International Crisis Group (2014-2017) et ancien secrétaire général adjoin...
www.crisisgroup.org
August 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🎧 Worth a listen for francophones!
New episode out now from @enripicco.bsky.social & Rinaldo Depagne for Crisis Group's 30th anniversary. They speak with Jean-Marie Guéhenno about 30 years of conflict prevention.
www.crisisgroup.org/fr/africa/ep...
New episode out now from @enripicco.bsky.social & Rinaldo Depagne for Crisis Group's 30th anniversary. They speak with Jean-Marie Guéhenno about 30 years of conflict prevention.
www.crisisgroup.org/fr/africa/ep...
The situation is just indefensible & catastrophically bad. The suffering is really acute. Press coverage has changed. In past 2 wks, in particular, I feel like there has been a tipping point in terms of how the war is being covered. So I think you’ve seen natural reactions.
@mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
@mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
Public opinion about Israel’s conduct in Gaza appears to be changing in the U.S. and elsewhere as striking photos and videos of emaciated children and their starving parents emerge from the enclave, and aid agencies warn of famine.
The grim reality of Gaza's hunger crisis appears to be shifting U.S. public opinion
Americans appear to be shifting against Israel's military operations in Gaza, but observers question whether that will lead to a new U.S. policy.
nbcnews.to
July 31, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The situation is just indefensible & catastrophically bad. The suffering is really acute. Press coverage has changed. In past 2 wks, in particular, I feel like there has been a tipping point in terms of how the war is being covered. So I think you’ve seen natural reactions.
@mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
@mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
Great @reuters.com exclusive in which “State Department disputes findings, cites video evidence of Hamas looting. Israel claims Hamas diverts aid, based on its intelligence reports. GHF accuses Hamas of theft, U.N. rejects GHF's militarized model.”
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: USAID analysis found no evidence of massive Hamas theft of Gaza aid
The internal U.S. government analysis challenges the main rationale that Israel and the U.S. give for backing a new armed private aid operation.
www.reuters.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Great @reuters.com exclusive in which “State Department disputes findings, cites video evidence of Hamas looting. Israel claims Hamas diverts aid, based on its intelligence reports. GHF accuses Hamas of theft, U.N. rejects GHF's militarized model.”
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
‘People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.’ It should never have come to this. Experienced local and international aid workers are ready to help. But nothing will change so long as Israel is allowed to keep Gaza’s gates shut.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Amjad Iraqi | Walking Corpses
Israel’s allies are still buying time for Israel to change course or come to a deal with Hamas over how many trucks to...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
‘People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.’ It should never have come to this. Experienced local and international aid workers are ready to help. But nothing will change so long as Israel is allowed to keep Gaza’s gates shut.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Israel has managed Gaza’s humanitarian access for decades.
It knows exactly what survival requires.
Yet the system it has created delivers too little food at too few sites to too few people.
The predictable result has been deadly chaos that makes a mockery of “humanitarian” distribution.
It knows exactly what survival requires.
Yet the system it has created delivers too little food at too few sites to too few people.
The predictable result has been deadly chaos that makes a mockery of “humanitarian” distribution.
NEW STATEMENT | Open the Gates to Save a Starving Gaza
Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel must allow assistance in immediately. The strip needs both an end to Israel’s siege and a ceasefire, urgently.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel must allow assistance in immediately. The strip needs both an end to Israel’s siege and a ceasefire, urgently.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Open the Gates to Save a Starving Gaza | International Crisis Group
As ceasefire talks drag on, Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel must allow assistance in immediately. But that step alone will not save the strip’s depleted population. Gaza...
www.crisisgroup.org
July 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Israel has managed Gaza’s humanitarian access for decades.
It knows exactly what survival requires.
Yet the system it has created delivers too little food at too few sites to too few people.
The predictable result has been deadly chaos that makes a mockery of “humanitarian” distribution.
It knows exactly what survival requires.
Yet the system it has created delivers too little food at too few sites to too few people.
The predictable result has been deadly chaos that makes a mockery of “humanitarian” distribution.
Intense and deadly border clash between Cambodia and Thailand.
Both sides say they acted in self-defence.
Prospects for de-escalation and the restraint called for by PM Anwar of Malaysia, current chair of ASEAN, look remote.
~ @mzwheeler.bsky.social
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-e...
Both sides say they acted in self-defence.
Prospects for de-escalation and the restraint called for by PM Anwar of Malaysia, current chair of ASEAN, look remote.
~ @mzwheeler.bsky.social
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-e...
At Least a Dozen Killed as Fighting Erupts Along Cambodia-Thailand Border | International Crisis Group
Crisis Group expert Matt Wheeler tracks the sudden escalation in fighting after months of plummeting relations between the two states
www.crisisgroup.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Intense and deadly border clash between Cambodia and Thailand.
Both sides say they acted in self-defence.
Prospects for de-escalation and the restraint called for by PM Anwar of Malaysia, current chair of ASEAN, look remote.
~ @mzwheeler.bsky.social
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-e...
Both sides say they acted in self-defence.
Prospects for de-escalation and the restraint called for by PM Anwar of Malaysia, current chair of ASEAN, look remote.
~ @mzwheeler.bsky.social
www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-e...
The Middle East seems to have dodged a devastating conflagration, but the 12-day war in June established a dangerous dynamic. So here's an idea that addresses nuclear concerns, fortifies the existing truce and puts in place arrangements to stabilise the region.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
A Three-point Plan for Consolidating the Israel-U.S.-Iran Ceasefire | International Crisis Group
The Middle East seems yet again to have dodged what could have been devastating all-out war. But the ceasefire between Iran, on one side, and the duo of Israel and the U.S. is tenuous. To shore it up,...
www.crisisgroup.org
July 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Middle East seems to have dodged a devastating conflagration, but the 12-day war in June established a dangerous dynamic. So here's an idea that addresses nuclear concerns, fortifies the existing truce and puts in place arrangements to stabilise the region.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Following her trip to Bamako, our CEO & President @comfortero.crisisgroup.org talks about #Mali and its domestic and foreign policy at a moment of important geopolitical change in the region. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0UQ...
What Do Malians Mean When They Talk about Sovereignty (with Comfort Ero)
YouTube video by International Crisis Group
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July 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Following her trip to Bamako, our CEO & President @comfortero.crisisgroup.org talks about #Mali and its domestic and foreign policy at a moment of important geopolitical change in the region. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0UQ...