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A rich discussion at Thursday’s event, Peace After Tomorrow: The Future of Conflict Prevention, in Brussels, hosted by @crisisgroup.org.
A strong group of experts and policymakers to talk about big themes: longer, more complex conflicts shaped by tech, hybrid threats and proxy actors.
A strong group of experts and policymakers to talk about big themes: longer, more complex conflicts shaped by tech, hybrid threats and proxy actors.
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A rich discussion at Thursday’s event, Peace After Tomorrow: The Future of Conflict Prevention, in Brussels, hosted by @crisisgroup.org.
A strong group of experts and policymakers to talk about big themes: longer, more complex conflicts shaped by tech, hybrid threats and proxy actors.
A strong group of experts and policymakers to talk about big themes: longer, more complex conflicts shaped by tech, hybrid threats and proxy actors.
Today, Ecuador is South America’s most violent nation.
Our latest report unpacks why the country’s iron-fist approach to criminal groups is failing.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
Our latest report unpacks why the country’s iron-fist approach to criminal groups is failing.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today, Ecuador is South America’s most violent nation.
Our latest report unpacks why the country’s iron-fist approach to criminal groups is failing.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
Our latest report unpacks why the country’s iron-fist approach to criminal groups is failing.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
NEW STATEMENT | After El Fasher: Ending Sudan’s Atrocious War
The Rapid Support Forces’ murderous rampage in Darfur has brought rare global attention to a disastrous conflict. The U.S. and its Arab allies should step up efforts to halt the carnage.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sudan...
The Rapid Support Forces’ murderous rampage in Darfur has brought rare global attention to a disastrous conflict. The U.S. and its Arab allies should step up efforts to halt the carnage.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sudan...
After El Fasher: Ending Sudan’s Atrocious War | International Crisis Group
The Rapid Support Forces’ murderous rampage in the North Darfur capital has brought rare global attention to Sudan’s disastrous conflict. The U.S. and its Arab allies should step up efforts to halt th...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
NEW STATEMENT | After El Fasher: Ending Sudan’s Atrocious War
The Rapid Support Forces’ murderous rampage in Darfur has brought rare global attention to a disastrous conflict. The U.S. and its Arab allies should step up efforts to halt the carnage.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sudan...
The Rapid Support Forces’ murderous rampage in Darfur has brought rare global attention to a disastrous conflict. The U.S. and its Arab allies should step up efforts to halt the carnage.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sudan...
NEW Q&A | What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council
The U.S. has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back Trump’s plan for Gaza. @fortid.crisisgroup.org, @richardgowan1.bsky.social and Max Rodenbeck unpack its contents.
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The U.S. has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back Trump’s plan for Gaza. @fortid.crisisgroup.org, @richardgowan1.bsky.social and Max Rodenbeck unpack its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council | International Crisis Group
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 ...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
NEW Q&A | What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council
The U.S. has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back Trump’s plan for Gaza. @fortid.crisisgroup.org, @richardgowan1.bsky.social and Max Rodenbeck unpack its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
The U.S. has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back Trump’s plan for Gaza. @fortid.crisisgroup.org, @richardgowan1.bsky.social and Max Rodenbeck unpack its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Ecuador's descent into violence offers lessons for the region about how quickly organized crime can spread, w devastating effects for civilians.
My @crisisgroup.org colleague @glaeldys.bsky.social explains what happened, how gov has responded, what comes next.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
My @crisisgroup.org colleague @glaeldys.bsky.social explains what happened, how gov has responded, what comes next.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
Paradise Lost? Ecuador’s Battle with Organised Crime | International Crisis Group
For decades, Ecuador was an oasis of calm as its South American neighbours descended into drug-related crime and conflict. No longer. Without a stronger social safety net and a firmer anti-corruption ...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ecuador's descent into violence offers lessons for the region about how quickly organized crime can spread, w devastating effects for civilians.
My @crisisgroup.org colleague @glaeldys.bsky.social explains what happened, how gov has responded, what comes next.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
My @crisisgroup.org colleague @glaeldys.bsky.social explains what happened, how gov has responded, what comes next.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
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#Ecuador pasó de ser uno de los países más seguros de la región a ser el más violento de Suramérica.
En el último año, desde @crisisgroup.org buscamos comprender mejor las razones de esta drástica transformación y qué se puede hacer para mejorar la situación.
🧵de @glaeldys.bsky.social
En el último año, desde @crisisgroup.org buscamos comprender mejor las razones de esta drástica transformación y qué se puede hacer para mejorar la situación.
🧵de @glaeldys.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#Ecuador pasó de ser uno de los países más seguros de la región a ser el más violento de Suramérica.
En el último año, desde @crisisgroup.org buscamos comprender mejor las razones de esta drástica transformación y qué se puede hacer para mejorar la situación.
🧵de @glaeldys.bsky.social
En el último año, desde @crisisgroup.org buscamos comprender mejor las razones de esta drástica transformación y qué se puede hacer para mejorar la situación.
🧵de @glaeldys.bsky.social
As the ceasefire in Gaza holds, there has been a serious acceleration of violence in the West Bank.
This is all part of the Israeli government’s explicit agenda of expanding and deepening its control.
Our analyst explains in her latest op-ed for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
This is all part of the Israeli government’s explicit agenda of expanding and deepening its control.
Our analyst explains in her latest op-ed for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
As the ceasefire in Gaza holds, there has been a serious acceleration of violence in the West Bank.
This is all part of the Israeli government’s explicit agenda of expanding and deepening its control.
Our analyst explains in her latest op-ed for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
This is all part of the Israeli government’s explicit agenda of expanding and deepening its control.
Our analyst explains in her latest op-ed for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
✍️NEW OP-ED | The Philippines’ Defense Posture in Troubled Waters
To navigate today’s turbulent geopolitics, the country must speed up defense upgrades with greater resolve and redouble its diplomatic efforts, writes @duriandiaries.bsky.social.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
To navigate today’s turbulent geopolitics, the country must speed up defense upgrades with greater resolve and redouble its diplomatic efforts, writes @duriandiaries.bsky.social.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
Through the Tempest: The Philippines’ Defense Posture in Troubled Waters | International Crisis Group
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November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
✍️NEW OP-ED | The Philippines’ Defense Posture in Troubled Waters
To navigate today’s turbulent geopolitics, the country must speed up defense upgrades with greater resolve and redouble its diplomatic efforts, writes @duriandiaries.bsky.social.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
To navigate today’s turbulent geopolitics, the country must speed up defense upgrades with greater resolve and redouble its diplomatic efforts, writes @duriandiaries.bsky.social.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
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Ouch: “Trump can threaten Nigeria and refer to it as “that now-disgraced country” because the US no longer needs or wants anything of importance from an old ally that has lost its way … and that can no longer play regional military policeman as it used to do in the 1990s.”
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Nigeria’s inept diplomacy is to blame for Trump’s military threats
The US can browbeat Africa’s most populous country because it no longer needs or wants anything from its erstwhile ally
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November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Ouch: “Trump can threaten Nigeria and refer to it as “that now-disgraced country” because the US no longer needs or wants anything of importance from an old ally that has lost its way … and that can no longer play regional military policeman as it used to do in the 1990s.”
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✍️ NEW OP-ED | The Pacific Islands Challenge
Supporting the islands’ interests is a cost-effective way for Washington and its allies to preserve the fragile balance that keeps the region peaceful, writes Michael Kovrig.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
Supporting the islands’ interests is a cost-effective way for Washington and its allies to preserve the fragile balance that keeps the region peaceful, writes Michael Kovrig.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
The Pacific Islands Challenge | International Crisis Group
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November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
✍️ NEW OP-ED | The Pacific Islands Challenge
Supporting the islands’ interests is a cost-effective way for Washington and its allies to preserve the fragile balance that keeps the region peaceful, writes Michael Kovrig.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
Supporting the islands’ interests is a cost-effective way for Washington and its allies to preserve the fragile balance that keeps the region peaceful, writes Michael Kovrig.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
✍️ “There has been a serious acceleration of violence in the West Bank, all part of the Israeli government’s explicit agenda of expanding and deepening its control.”
Our Israel analyst explains why it is vital to halt violence in the West Bank for @nytimes.com.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Our Israel analyst explains why it is vital to halt violence in the West Bank for @nytimes.com.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Opinion | There Is No Cease-Fire in the West Bank
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November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
✍️ “There has been a serious acceleration of violence in the West Bank, all part of the Israeli government’s explicit agenda of expanding and deepening its control.”
Our Israel analyst explains why it is vital to halt violence in the West Bank for @nytimes.com.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Our Israel analyst explains why it is vital to halt violence in the West Bank for @nytimes.com.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
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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...
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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...
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Amazing to see these recycled arguments about the magical attributes of air power. What in recent U.S. historical experience could lead someone to write this?
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Amazing to see these recycled arguments about the magical attributes of air power. What in recent U.S. historical experience could lead someone to write this?
NEW REPORT | Paradise Lost? Ecuador’s Battle with Organised Crime
Ecuador was an oasis of calm as its South American neighbours descended into drug-related crime and conflict. No longer.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
Ecuador was an oasis of calm as its South American neighbours descended into drug-related crime and conflict. No longer.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
Paradise Lost? Ecuador’s Battle with Organised Crime | International Crisis Group
For decades, Ecuador was an oasis of calm as its South American neighbours descended into drug-related crime and conflict. No longer. Without a stronger social safety net and a firmer anti-corruption ...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
NEW REPORT | Paradise Lost? Ecuador’s Battle with Organised Crime
Ecuador was an oasis of calm as its South American neighbours descended into drug-related crime and conflict. No longer.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
Ecuador was an oasis of calm as its South American neighbours descended into drug-related crime and conflict. No longer.
www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
NEW UPDATE | On Our Radar
🇸🇩 Rapid Support Forces announce plans for a new offensive in Sudan
🇮🇶 Amid accusations of vote buying and insecurity, Iraq is set to head for the polls
🇲🇽 Protests erupt in Michoacán state, Mexico after an assassination
www.crisisgroup.org/global/our-r...
🇸🇩 Rapid Support Forces announce plans for a new offensive in Sudan
🇮🇶 Amid accusations of vote buying and insecurity, Iraq is set to head for the polls
🇲🇽 Protests erupt in Michoacán state, Mexico after an assassination
www.crisisgroup.org/global/our-r...
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
NEW UPDATE | On Our Radar
🇸🇩 Rapid Support Forces announce plans for a new offensive in Sudan
🇮🇶 Amid accusations of vote buying and insecurity, Iraq is set to head for the polls
🇲🇽 Protests erupt in Michoacán state, Mexico after an assassination
www.crisisgroup.org/global/our-r...
🇸🇩 Rapid Support Forces announce plans for a new offensive in Sudan
🇮🇶 Amid accusations of vote buying and insecurity, Iraq is set to head for the polls
🇲🇽 Protests erupt in Michoacán state, Mexico after an assassination
www.crisisgroup.org/global/our-r...
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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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Periodistas: @crisisgroup.org publicará un nuevo informe sobre la situación de seguridad en Ecuador 🇪🇨 el próximo miércoles 12 de noviembre. Pueden escribir a vaguilar@crisisgroup.org o enviar un mensaje directo para acceder al informe bajo embargo o solicitar entrevistas.
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Periodistas: @crisisgroup.org publicará un nuevo informe sobre la situación de seguridad en Ecuador 🇪🇨 el próximo miércoles 12 de noviembre. Pueden escribir a vaguilar@crisisgroup.org o enviar un mensaje directo para acceder al informe bajo embargo o solicitar entrevistas.
NEW ANALYST’S NOTEBOOK | UN Lifts Sanctions on Syria’s President as White House Visit Beckons
@mayaungar.bsky.social analyses the U.S.-led diplomatic push ahead of a planned meeting between Ahmed al-Sharaa and Donald Trump.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
@mayaungar.bsky.social analyses the U.S.-led diplomatic push ahead of a planned meeting between Ahmed al-Sharaa and Donald Trump.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
UN Lifts Sanctions on Syria’s President as White House Visit Beckons | International Crisis Group
Crisis Group expert Maya Ungar analyses the U.S.-led diplomatic push ahead of a planned meeting between Ahmed al-Sharaa and Donald Trump
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November 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
NEW ANALYST’S NOTEBOOK | UN Lifts Sanctions on Syria’s President as White House Visit Beckons
@mayaungar.bsky.social analyses the U.S.-led diplomatic push ahead of a planned meeting between Ahmed al-Sharaa and Donald Trump.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
@mayaungar.bsky.social analyses the U.S.-led diplomatic push ahead of a planned meeting between Ahmed al-Sharaa and Donald Trump.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
NEW Q&A | Why is Trump Threatening a Humanitarian Intervention in Nigeria?
Relations between the countries have soured amid the Trump administration’s allegations that Nigerian Christians are being slaughtered en masse. We explain the implications.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/niger...
Relations between the countries have soured amid the Trump administration’s allegations that Nigerian Christians are being slaughtered en masse. We explain the implications.
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 4:49 PM
NEW Q&A | Why is Trump Threatening a Humanitarian Intervention in Nigeria?
Relations between the countries have soured amid the Trump administration’s allegations that Nigerian Christians are being slaughtered en masse. We explain the implications.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/niger...
Relations between the countries have soured amid the Trump administration’s allegations that Nigerian Christians are being slaughtered en masse. We explain the implications.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa/niger...
“Both sides in Sudan essentially now have their own governments. You can see the country moving and sinking deeper into what is a de facto partition.”
Horn of Africa Director, Alan Boswell, discusses the fall of El Fasher in Darfur with @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Horn of Africa Director, Alan Boswell, discusses the fall of El Fasher in Darfur with @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
One man’s story inside the siege of El Fasher, Sudan – podcast
What does the fall of El Fasher mean for the future of Sudan? Kaamil Ahmed reports
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November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Both sides in Sudan essentially now have their own governments. You can see the country moving and sinking deeper into what is a de facto partition.”
Horn of Africa Director, Alan Boswell, discusses the fall of El Fasher in Darfur with @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Horn of Africa Director, Alan Boswell, discusses the fall of El Fasher in Darfur with @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
The boat strikes against alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean highlights why Congress needs to push back against a Trump administration's further encroachment upon its constitutional prerogatives on the use of military force, writes @bcfinucane.bsky.social. www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The boat strikes against alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean highlights why Congress needs to push back against a Trump administration's further encroachment upon its constitutional prerogatives on the use of military force, writes @bcfinucane.bsky.social. www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...
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I talked to @thenationalnews.com about why a UNSC mandate is necessary to backstop a stabilization force in Gaza.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/2025/11...
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US drafts UN resolution for international force for Gaza | The National
At least four Muslim countries interested in participating in new force
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November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I talked to @thenationalnews.com about why a UNSC mandate is necessary to backstop a stabilization force in Gaza.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/2025/11...
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Grim irony that the Trump administration’s argument for disregarding the War Powers Resolution to continue the lawless killing of civilians at sea echoes the Obama administration’s argument for disregarding the WPR to do humanitarian intervention in Libya.
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www.justsecurity.org/123844/war-p...
Dissecting the Trump Administration’s Effort to Circumvent the War Powers Resolution for Boat Strikes
Analysis of Trump administration's claim that War Powers Resolution's regulating US troops in "hostilities" does not apply to boat strikes.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Grim irony that the Trump administration’s argument for disregarding the War Powers Resolution to continue the lawless killing of civilians at sea echoes the Obama administration’s argument for disregarding the WPR to do humanitarian intervention in Libya.
www.justsecurity.org/123844/war-p...
www.justsecurity.org/123844/war-p...
A changing landscape in the prevention and mediation of global conflicts - @comfortero.crisisgroup.org, President & CEO of @crisisgroup.org, on how shifting power dynamics, new actors, and rising instability are redefining the art of peacebuilding. www.youtube.com/live/azqt5RV...
Conferencia ‘Un panorama cambiante en la prevención y mediación de conflictos globales’
YouTube video by TV UNAM
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November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A changing landscape in the prevention and mediation of global conflicts - @comfortero.crisisgroup.org, President & CEO of @crisisgroup.org, on how shifting power dynamics, new actors, and rising instability are redefining the art of peacebuilding. www.youtube.com/live/azqt5RV...
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HOY | Acompáñanos esta tarde en la UNAM para el conversatorio con la presidenta de @crisisgroup.org, @comfortero.crisisgroup.org, sobre el panorama cambiante de la mediación y la prevención de conflictos armados.
📅 5 de noviembre, 4:30 p.m.
📍Sala 1, Unidad de posgrado, Ciudad Universitaria.
📅 5 de noviembre, 4:30 p.m.
📍Sala 1, Unidad de posgrado, Ciudad Universitaria.
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
HOY | Acompáñanos esta tarde en la UNAM para el conversatorio con la presidenta de @crisisgroup.org, @comfortero.crisisgroup.org, sobre el panorama cambiante de la mediación y la prevención de conflictos armados.
📅 5 de noviembre, 4:30 p.m.
📍Sala 1, Unidad de posgrado, Ciudad Universitaria.
📅 5 de noviembre, 4:30 p.m.
📍Sala 1, Unidad de posgrado, Ciudad Universitaria.