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Report / Colombia

The Pandemic Strikes: Responding to Colombia’s Mass Protests

In Colombia’s history of protest, the 2021 mobilisations against inequality and police brutality stand out for their breadth and intensity. Unrest has quieted for now but could soon return. The government should urgently reform the security sector while working to narrow the country’s socio-economic chasms.

Burundi: Charm Offensive or Real Change?
Q&A / Africa

Burundi: Charm Offensive or Real Change?

In his year in office, Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye has shown an appetite for reform and re-engagement with international partners. In this Q &A, Crisis Group experts assess whether ruling-party hardliners will hold the country back from turning a corner.

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The Might and the Right: How Far Will Brazil’s Military Back Bolsonaro?
Commentary / Latin America & Caribbean

The Might and the Right: How Far Will Brazil’s Military Back Bolsonaro?

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A Dramatic Turn in Ethiopia’s Tigray War
Podcast / Africa

A Dramatic Turn in Ethiopia’s Tigray War

Pakistan: Shoring Up Afghanistan’s Peace Process
Briefing / Asia

Pakistan: Shoring Up Afghanistan’s Peace Process

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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Trends for Last Month June 2021

Deteriorated Situations

Burkina FasoCameroonSudanEswatiniAfghanistanNicaraguaPeruYemenLibya

Improved Situations

SomaliaSomaliland

Outlook for This Month July 2021

Conflict Risk Alerts

Yemen

Resolution Opportunities

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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

Mapping Middle East tensions

The Iran-U.S. Trigger List

An early-warning platform to monitor, analyse, and provide regular updates on the key and increasingly tense flashpoints between Iran and the U.S. or their respective allies that could lead to a direct or indirect confrontation, or generally to a dangerous regional escalation. Read more...

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

1 Jul 2021
The problem in Mexico is still being reduced by most as a turf war between cartels, while it is more of an internal violent conflict [...] This has complicated the work for most international aid groups in Mexico. New Humanitarian

Falko Ernst

Senior Analyst, Mexico
30 Jun 2021
Dispossession is central to the Palestinian struggle, and Jerusalem is a microcosm of that. Los Angeles Times
29 Jun 2021
The good news is that there is clearly more focus on direct negotiations with the Houthi leadership in Sanaa [...] The bad news is that this hasn’t yet closed the gap between the Houthis’ and the Saudis’ positions. Until that happens, we won’t see much movement. Al Jazeera

Peter Salisbury

Senior Analyst, Yemen
26 Jun 2021
Cairo has been trying to mobilize support for its position on the GERD with the Nile Basin countries for years [...] to exert as much diplomatic pressure as possible on Ethiopia to force it to make concessions [on negotiations]. Al Monitor

Riccardo Fabiani

Project Director, North Africa
24 Jun 2021
The Taliban are strengthening their chokeholds around major cities [...] The fall of Kabul is not imminent. The Taliban is not an unstoppable military juggernaut. Al Jazeera

Andrew Watkins

Senior Analyst, Afghanistan
23 Jun 2021
The Libyan parliament and the executive were not able to drive the [peace] process forward alone. This was why tensions between rival groups had increased again in recent times. Al Jazeera

Claudia Gazzini

Consulting Senior Analyst, Libya

Regional Updates

Global

Seven Points for the G7
Commentary

Seven Points for the G7

Podcast

The Under-loved Logic of Nuclear-free Zones

EU Watch List

Watch List 2021 – Spring Update

Africa

Burundi: Charm Offensive or Real Change?
Q&A

Burundi: Charm Offensive or Real Change?

Podcast

A Dramatic Turn in Ethiopia’s Tigray War

Podcast

Somaliland’s elections and struggle to break free

Asia

Pakistan: Shoring Up Afghanistan’s Peace Process
Briefing

Pakistan: Shoring Up Afghanistan’s Peace Process

Briefing

Taking Aim at the Tatmadaw: The New Armed Resistance to Myanmar’s Coup

Commentary

Help Contain the Damage of Myanmar’s Military Coup

Europe & Central Asia

Biden in Europe
Podcast

Biden in Europe

Podcast

Understanding the Russian-origin Muslim Diaspora

Commentary

What Should Be on the Agenda for the UN Secretary-General’s EU Meetings

Latin America & Caribbean

The Might and the Right: How Far Will Brazil’s Military Back Bolsonaro?
Commentary

The Might and the Right: How Far Will Brazil’s Military Back Bolsonaro?

Podcast

COVID-19, Inequality and Protests in Colombia

Op-Ed

As Ortega Tightens His Grip, Nicaragua Braces for Volatile Elections

Middle East & North Africa

Engaging Iran Remains Vital after Presidential Election
Q&A

Engaging Iran Remains Vital after Presidential Election

Commentary

A New UN Envoy is an Opportunity for a New Approach in Yemen

Podcast

Iran: the Vote and the Bomb

United States

Putting AUMF Repeal Into Context
Op-Ed

Putting AUMF Repeal Into Context

Statement

Venezuela: An Opportunity That Should Be Seized

Q&A

How the U.S. Withdrawal Decision Will Affect the Afghan Conflict

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