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Report / Yemen

The Case for More Inclusive – and More Effective – Peacemaking in Yemen

International efforts to end the war in Yemen are stuck in an outdated two-party paradigm, seeking to mediate between the Huthis and their foes. As it pushes for renewed talks, the UN should broaden the scope to include Yemeni women’s and other civil society groups.

Understanding the New U.S. Terrorism Designations in Africa
Q&A / Africa

Understanding the New U.S. Terrorism Designations in Africa

The U.S. has designated two armed groups in the DRC and in Mozambique as terrorist organisations, claiming they are affiliated with the Islamic State, and creating potential legal peril for peacemakers who may deal with them. Crisis Group analyses the implications.

Good News in Libya?
Podcast / Middle East & North Africa

Good News in Libya?

Statement on Michael Kovrig’s Pending Trial
Media Release

Statement on Michael Kovrig’s Pending Trial

War & Peace: Europe’s Colonial Legacies
Podcast / Europe & Central Asia

War & Peace: Europe’s Colonial Legacies

Videos & Photography

Video / Latin America & Caribbean

Fighters for Peace: The Struggle of Latin America’s Women Activists

Latin America is a dangerous place to defend the cause of peace, particularly in the case of women activists, who face sexist hostility and threats. Despite the dangers, many women tenaciously lead the struggle for justice and human rights in the region.

 
Video / Latin America & Caribbean

Deeply Rooted: Coca Eradication and Violence in Colombia

 
Video / Africa

A New Strategy to End the Sahel's Wars

 
Video /

Video – 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2021

 
Video / Asia

Two Years On, China Still Holds Michael Kovrig in Arbitrary Detention

 
Video / Middle East & North Africa

Hundreds of Thousands of Iraqis Are Still Internally Displaced

 
Our Journeys / Africa

In Search of the State in the Central African Republic

Also available in Français
 
Video / Latin America & Caribbean

Being a community leader in Colombia comes at a high price

 
Video / Europe & Central Asia

Video: Preventing a Bloody Harvest on the Armenia-Azerbaijan State Border

 
Our Journeys / Europe & Central Asia

Picturing the Uncertain Calm on Armenia’s Front Lines

 
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How Does Crisis Group Choose Its Ten Conflicts to Watch?

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Outlook for This Month March 2021

Conflict Risk Alerts

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Resolution Opportunities

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President's Take

The Human Cost of War in Yemen and Ethiopia

Contributor

Richard Atwood
Interim President
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In his introduction to this month’s CrisisWatch, Crisis Group's Interim President Richard Atwood weighs what's needed to avert even greater humanitarian disasters in the ongoing wars in Yemen and Ethiopia's Tigray region.

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The Covid-19 Pandemic and Deadly Conflict

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Nineteen Conflict Prevention Tips for the Biden Administration
Briefing / United States

Nineteen Conflict Prevention Tips for the Biden Administration

At the advent of President Joe Biden’s tenure, the U.S. confronts numerous foreign policy problems old and new. His administration should discard failed approaches, such as over-reliance on coercion, as it works to craft policies in service of a more peaceful world.

Also available in العربية
Op-Ed / Global

The Sting in COVID-19’s Tail

Originally published in Foreign Affairs
Report / Latin America & Caribbean

Virus-proof Violence: Crime and COVID-19 in Mexico and the Northern Triangle

Also available in Español
Commentary / The Covid-19 Pandemic and Deadly Conflict

Salvaging the Security Council’s Coronavirus Response

Visual Explainers

The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: A Visual Explainer

Turkey’s PKK Conflict: A Visual Explainer

Mapping Middle East tensions

The Iran-U.S. Trigger List

In The News

8 Mar 2021
La meilleure des pires options qui se posent aujourd'hui [en Syrie], c'est une impasse prolongée. AFP

Dareen Khalifa

Senior Analyst, Syria
5 Mar 2021
There will inevitably be calls for UN sanctions [against Myanmar], but I don’t think China and Russia are ready to go that far. Bloomberg

Richard Gowan

UN Director
2 Mar 2021
Iranians have come to believe that the Biden administration is nothing but Trump 2.0. They doubt it is serious about diplomacy. TRT World

Ali Vaez

Senior Adviser to the President & Project Director, Iran
1 Mar 2021
Les gouverneurs locaux [au Nigéria] insistent pour dire qu’aucune rançon n’a jamais été versée, mais c’est très difficile à croire. Le Monde Afrique

Nnamdi Obasi

Senior Adviser, Nigeria
26 Feb 2021
Irrespective of its Iran policy, the U.S. should develop an Iraq policy. Iran-linked armed groups in Iraq do not only exist to react to U.S.-Iran tensions. Newsweek

Lahib Higel

Senior Analyst, Iraq
26 Feb 2021
The [recent] U.S. [air strikes in Syria were] aimed at a relatively insignificant target in an area where Iran's hands are somewhat tied. AFP

Dareen Khalifa

Senior Analyst, Syria

Regional Updates

Global

Gender and Conflict
Podcast

Gender and Conflict

Podcast

War & Peace: Police, Protests & Populism in Central Asia

Event Recording

Crisis Group's EU Watch List: 10 Cases Where the EU can Build Peace in 2021

Africa

Understanding the New U.S. Terrorism Designations in Africa
Q&A

Understanding the New U.S. Terrorism Designations in Africa

Podcast

What Does Reconciliation among Gulf States Mean for Africa?

Q&A

Halting Repeated School Kidnappings in Nigeria

Asia

War & Peace: Europe’s Colonial Legacies
Podcast

War & Peace: Europe’s Colonial Legacies

Op-Ed

There’s No Shortcut to Peace in Afghanistan

Q&A

A Close-up View of Myanmar’s Leaderless Mass Protests

Europe & Central Asia

War & Peace: Planning for Nuclear Armageddon
Podcast

War & Peace: Planning for Nuclear Armageddon

Podcast

War & Peace: Reviving Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia

Commentary

Cooperation over Conflict in the South Caucasus

Latin America & Caribbean

Fighters for Peace: The Struggle of Latin America’s Women Activists
Video

Fighters for Peace: The Struggle of Latin America’s Women Activists

Podcast

The War on Drugs in Colombia’s Countryside

Video

Deeply Rooted: Coca Eradication and Violence in Colombia

Middle East & North Africa

Good News in Libya?
Podcast

Good News in Libya?

Q&A

After Ten Years of War, Conflict Still Paralyses Syria

Briefing

Time for International Re-engagement in Western Sahara

United States

The Failure of U.S. “Maximum Pressure” against Iran
Commentary

The Failure of U.S. “Maximum Pressure” against Iran

Commentary

Biden Should Cap, Freeze and Roll Back Iran’s Nuclear Program

Op-Ed

The Nuclear Deal’s Fate Lies in Politics—in the U.S. and Iran

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