Deeply Rooted: Coca Eradication and Violence in Colombia

Coca gives Colombian small farmers a stable livelihood but also endangers their lives, as criminals battle over the drug trade and authorities try to shut it down. Bogotá and Washington should abandon their heavy-handed elimination efforts and help growers find alternatives to the hardy plant.

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

Q&A / Asia

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

Engineers, doctors and even exotic pet owners have come together in opposition to the military coup for what are now Myanmar’s widest protests in three decades. We asked Crisis Group’s senior adviser on Myanmar, Richard Horsey, to talk about what's happening and why.

South Sudan’s Other War: Resolving the Insurgency in Equatoria

Briefing / Africa

South Sudan’s Other War: Resolving the Insurgency in Equatoria

Sri Lanka: Prevention Should Be at Heart of New Human Rights Council Resolution

Commentary / Asia

Sri Lanka: Prevention Should Be at Heart of New Human Rights Council Resolution

A Last Chance to End Somalia’s Dangerous Election Impasse

Alert / Africa

A Last Chance to End Somalia’s Dangerous Election Impasse

Videos & Photography

In the Sahel, heavy-handed military operations have fuelled animosity among ethnic communities which non-state armed groups, including jihadists, turn to their advantage. It’s time to prioritise governance and dialogue.

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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

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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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President's Take

Crisis Group’s Bittersweet Farewell to Rob Malley

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Richard Atwood

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In his introduction to this month’s CrisisWatch, Crisis Group's Interim President Richard Atwood reflects on Rob Malley’s departure, Washington’s Iran policy, the Myanmar coup and Michael Kovrig’s continued detention in China.

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تسع عشرة نصيحة لإدارة بايدن من أجل منع الصراعات

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.

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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

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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

14 Feb 2021

Governments and their foreign partners [have] grown disillusioned with the hope that jihadis [in the Sahel] can be defeated militarily. Financial Times

Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim

Consulting Analyst, Sahel

11 Feb 2021

It's unlikely that Rohingya would be willing to return [to Myanmar] in a context in which the repression by the military overall is going up, not down. NPR

Laurel Miller

Program Director, Asia

12 Dec 2020

In comparison to previous protests [in Iraq's Kurdish north] these are significant as the current fiscal crisis affects larger swaths of the population. The Washington Post

Lahib Higel

Senior Analyst, Iraq

12 Dec 2020

Because of improving relations, the Eritrean government has gained more ability to influence the Ethiopian government not to be a host for dissidents. AFP

William Davison

Senior Analyst, Ethiopia

11 Dec 2020

[The US recognition of Rabat’s claim to Western Sahara] will make Sahrawi youths more angry, mobilised and committed to resolving the conflict through force. Financial Times

Riccardo Fabiani

Project Director, North Africa

8 Dec 2020

Cartels’ brand names fade away eventually. [But] all of those [other] networks stay in place. The Guardian

Falko Ernst

Senior Analyst, Mexico

Regional Updates

Global

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

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

EU Watch List

Watch List 2021

Africa

A Last Chance to End Somalia’s Dangerous Election Impasse

Alert

A Last Chance to End Somalia’s Dangerous Election Impasse

Briefing

South Sudan’s Other War: Resolving the Insurgency in Equatoria

Podcast

The War in the Sahel

Asia

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

Q&A

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

Commentary

Sri Lanka: Prevention Should Be at Heart of New Human Rights Council Resolution

Speech

Testimony on Afghanistan to the European Parliament

Europe & Central Asia

War & Peace: Reviving Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia

Podcast

War & Peace: Reviving Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia

Commentary

Cooperation over Conflict in the South Caucasus

Event Recording

How to Relaunch the Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue

Latin America & Caribbean

What's at Stake in El Salvador's Elections?

Video

What's at Stake in El Salvador's Elections?

Report

The Exile Effect: Venezuela’s Overseas Opposition and Social Media

Op-Ed

Venezuela’s Opposition Is Clinging to a Failed Strategy

Middle East & North Africa

الأزمة في مأرب: تجنب سلسلة من ردود الأفعال في اليمن

Statement

Crisis in Marib: Averting a Chain Reaction in Yemen

Commentary

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

Briefing Note

Libya Update #4

United States

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

Op-Ed

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

Op-Ed

Biden Must Make Hard Choices Quickly on Afghanistan

Podcast

U.S. Sanctions: An Overused Foreign Policy Tool?

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