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Commentary / Africa

Africa: Escaping 9/11’s Long Shadow

In many African countries, jihadists are making gains. As part of our series The Legacy of 9/11 and the "War on Terror", Comfort Ero and Murithi Mutiga say options for stemming the tide should include opening lines of communication to those militants pursuing local goals. 

The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”: A Special Series
Special Coverage

The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”: A Special Series

Crisis Group experts contribute their views on how the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent “war on terror” shaped the conflicts and crises they work on.

Al-Qaeda and ISIS twenty years after 9/11
Podcast / Jihad in Modern Conflict

Al-Qaeda and ISIS twenty years after 9/11

Who Will Run the Taliban Government?
Q&A / Asia

Who Will Run the Taliban Government?

Alpha Condé a ouvert la voie au retour de l’armée à la tête de son pays
Q&A / Africa

Alpha Condé a ouvert la voie au retour de l’armée à la tête de son pays

Videos & Photography

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Five Conflicts the EU Can Help Address

The Spring Update of the Watch List 2021 includes entries on Myanmar, Yemen, Bolivia, Nigeria and Ukraine.

 
Video / Africa

What Data Says About Herder-Farmer Violence in Nigeria

 
Video / Latin America & Caribbean

Colombian Guerrillas on the Venezuelan Border

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Video / Africa

What is Happening in South Sudan?

 
Video / Asia

Myanmar Edges Toward State Collapse Following Coup

 
Video / Middle East & North Africa

Peacemaking in Yemen Needs Women's Voices

 
Video / Africa

Resolving the Insurgency in South Sudan's Equatoria Region

 
Video / Latin America & Caribbean

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

 
Video / Latin America & Caribbean

Deeply Rooted: Coca Eradication and Violence in Colombia

 
Video / Africa

A New Strategy to End the Sahel's Wars

 
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Video – 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2021

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Gender and Conflict

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Gender and Conflict
Podcast / Gender and Conflict

Gender and Conflict

For an International Women’s Day special episode of Hold Your Fire!, Naz Modirzadeh and Richard Atwood talk to Azadeh Moaveni, Crisis Group’s gender and conflict expert, about the Women, Peace and Security agenda and Crisis Group’s work on gender and conflict.

Briefing / Gender and Conflict

A Course Correction for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Briefing / Middle East & North Africa

Exiles in Their Own Country: Dealing with Displacement in Post-ISIS Iraq

Also available in العربية
Podcast / Global

War & Peace: Why Gender Matters in the Fight Against Terrorism

Visual Explainers

Conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas: A Visual Explainer

Mapping Middle East tensions

The Iran-U.S. Trigger List

Turkey’s PKK Conflict: A Visual Explainer

The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: A Visual Explainer

In The News

3 Sep 2021
At the end of the day, the Chinese and Russians aren’t going to sacrifice their relations with the Taliban on the altar of Western states’ concerns about human rights in Afghanistan. Foreign Policy

Richard Gowan

UN Director
1 Sep 2021
The swiftness of the fall of Afghanistan in Taliban hands and the way the Americans pulled out is a black eye. But it’s not going to be irreparable. The National

Michael Wahid Hanna

Program Director, U.S.
1 Sep 2021
For the Ukrainians, especially in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, they want a clear statement of support from the United States. VOA

Olga Oliker

Program Director, Europe and Central Asia
27 Aug 2021
If France is to withdraw [from the Sahel] in a drastic manner as the U.S. did [from Afghanistan], the balance of power is likely to shift in favor of the jihadists. Washington Post

Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim

Consulting Analyst, Sahel
24 Aug 2021
An economic collapse [in Afghanistan] would lead to exactly the outcomes the Europeans fear most: more violence and more refugees. The Economist

Richard Gowan

UN Director
22 Aug 2021
Maybe this is a mistake. But the French are downsizing, they’re not withdrawing [from the Sahel]. They’re still the biggest military force in the region. VOA

Jean-Hervé Jezequel

Director, Sahel Project

Regional Updates

Global

Al-Qaeda and ISIS twenty years after 9/11
Podcast

Al-Qaeda and ISIS twenty years after 9/11

Commentary

Learning to Live with a Limited Security Council

Commentary

Seven Points for the G7

Africa

Alpha Condé a ouvert la voie au retour de l’armée à la tête de son pays
Q&A

Alpha Condé a ouvert la voie au retour de l’armée à la tête de son pays

Podcast

Eastern Africa’s Jihadis: The “War on Terror”

Podcast

Eastern Africa’s Jihadis: The Big Picture

Asia

Who Will Run the Taliban Government?
Q&A

Who Will Run the Taliban Government?

Op-Ed

Hostage Diplomacy Is Against China’s Interests

Podcast

Afghanistan: the Islamic State, still no Taliban government and a looming humanitarian catastrophe

Europe & Central Asia

Turkey Recalibrates Its Hard Power
Commentary

Turkey Recalibrates Its Hard Power

Commentary

Visualising the Dynamics of Combat and Negotiations in Donbas

Commentary

Turkey in the Sahel

Latin America & Caribbean

Venezuela: Making the Most of the Mexican Breakthrough
Commentary

Venezuela: Making the Most of the Mexican Breakthrough

Q&A

Handling the Aftermath of Haiti’s Presidential Assassination

Op-Ed

If sanctions failed to solve Nicaragua’s crisis, will more sanctions succeed?

Middle East & North Africa

Al-Qaeda’s Virulent Strain in Iraq
Commentary

Al-Qaeda’s Virulent Strain in Iraq

Commentary

With the Taliban Back in Kabul, Regional Powers Watch and Wait

Report

A Time for Talks: Toward Dialogue between the Gulf Arab States and Iran

United States

Putting AUMF Repeal Into Context
Op-Ed

Putting AUMF Repeal Into Context

Podcast

Biden in Europe

Statement

Venezuela: An Opportunity That Should Be Seized

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