Crisis Group expert Matthew Wheeler explains how Cambodia and Thailand returned to hostilities, and why prospects for de-escalation right now look bleak

Move to outvote Hungary this week would indefinitely immobilise Moscow’s sovereign assets

How Nigerians are responding to the U.S. president’s threat to attack “guns-a-blazing.”

Brazil will keep pushing to get further tariff relief from the US on coffee exports after US President Donald Trump’s decision to lower levies barely impacted its largest supplier.

The United States has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Daniel Forti, Richard Gowan and Max Rodenbeck analyse ...

The US can browbeat Africa’s most populous country because it no longer needs or wants anything from its erstwhile ally

Thailand will suspend the terms of US President Donald Trump-backed Kuala Lumpur peace accords. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

New channels of communication and wider support for the IAEA can help prevent catastrophe.