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Statement / Somalia

Somalia: Averting a Descent into Political Violence

Tensions are running high following the Somali parliament’s decision to extend the incumbent president’s mandate by two years. External partners should urgently convene – and mediate – talks among the country’s bitterly divided elites, to prevent its worst political crisis in years from escalating.

Southern Philippines: Keeping Normalisation on Track in the Bangsamoro
Report / Asia

Southern Philippines: Keeping Normalisation on Track in the Bangsamoro

Peace in the Philippines’ majority-Muslim region requires disarming 40,000 ex-rebels and encouraging economic development where they live. But progress toward these goals, together called “normalisation”, is sputtering. Both Manila and the former insurgents need to hit the accelerator lest the process lose momentum entirely.

Passing of Dr. Vartan Gregorian Passing of Dr. Vartan Gregorian
Media Release / Global

Passing of Dr. Vartan Gregorian

How the U.S. Withdrawal Decision Will Affect the Afghan Conflict
Q&A / Asia

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

Is the Gulf Dispute Actually Over?
Podcast / Middle East & North Africa

Is the Gulf Dispute Actually Over?

Videos & Photography

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 / Africa

What is Happening in South Sudan?

 
Video / Middle East & North Africa

Why Should Peacebuilding in Yemen Become More Inclusive?

 
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

 
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

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Trends for Last Month March 2021

Deteriorated Situations

NigerMozambiqueSenegalTaiwan StraitBangladeshMyanmarUkraineBrazilParaguay

Improved Situations

KashmirKyrgyzstanUzbekistanLibya

Outlook for This Month April 2021

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Resolution Opportunities

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President's Take

A Year of COVID and Conflict: What the Pandemic Did and Didn’t Do

Contributor

Richard Atwood
Interim President
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In his introduction to this month’s CrisisWatch, Interim President Richard Atwood reflects on the pandemic’s impact one year after Crisis Group published its first report on COVID-19 and conflict. 

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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

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Podcast / Global

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

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

15 Apr 2021
It is clear that the more the diplomatic process drags on, the higher the risk that [Iran nuclear talks] gets derailed by saboteurs and those acting in bad faith France 24

Ali Vaez

Senior Adviser to the President & Project Director, Iran
15 Apr 2021
For the Venezuelan government, which stubbornly denied the presence of Colombian guerrilla forces in their territory for many years, it seems that there is no way back now. World Politics Review

Bram Ebus

Consultant
10 Apr 2021
Now that Al-Shabaab controls large segments of the Cabo Delgado coast line, there are fears that they are already beginning to take a slice of illicit coastal smuggling... The Africa Report

Dino Mahtani

Deputy Director, Africa Program
8 Apr 2021
The question is whether [the insurgency in northern Mozambique] can be nipped in the bud at this juncture without spreading further. AFP

Piers Pigou

Senior Consultant, Southern Africa
7 Apr 2021
The Supreme Leader may yet decide that it would be wiser to wait until a new administration is in place in Iran before pursuing talks with the US Vox

Dina Esfandiary

Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa
6 Apr 2021
This doesn’t necessarily mean there will be a major escalation [between Ukraine and Russia]. But we should still be worried because it’s a symptom of the deadlock in the peace process. Bloomberg

Katharine Quinn-Judge

Senior Analyst, Ukraine

Regional Updates

Global

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Media Release

Passing of Dr. Vartan Gregorian

Commentary

A Fresh Chance for the Security Council to Tackle COVID-19

Podcast

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

Africa

How to Halt Nigeria’s School Kidnapping Crisis
Op-Ed

How to Halt Nigeria’s School Kidnapping Crisis

Podcast

What Eritrea Wants

Briefing

Ethiopia’s Tigray War: A Deadly, Dangerous Stalemate

Asia

How the U.S. Withdrawal Decision Will Affect the Afghan Conflict
Q&A

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

Report

Southern Philippines: Keeping Normalisation on Track in the Bangsamoro

Speech

Myanmar on the Brink of State Failure

Europe & Central Asia

Colonial Amnesia and Racial Justice in Europe
Podcast

Colonial Amnesia and Racial Justice in Europe

Podcast

What’s the Point of Nuclear Weapons Today?

Podcast

War & Peace: Europe’s Colonial Legacies

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

Is the Gulf Dispute Actually Over?
Podcast

Is the Gulf Dispute Actually Over?

Video

Peacemaking in Yemen Needs Women's Voices

Op-Ed

A New Arab Revival: Not to Be – For Now

United States

The Arduous Path to Restoring the Iran Nuclear Deal
Op-Ed

The Arduous Path to Restoring the Iran Nuclear Deal

Q&A

Understanding the New U.S. Terrorism Designations in Africa

Op-Ed

There’s No Shortcut to Peace in Afghanistan

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