Crisis Group’s President & CEO Dr. Comfort Ero addresses rising tensions as Russian troops mass on the Ukrainian border. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2022, Dr. Ero emphasises the need for EU negotiations with Moscow aimed at laying the groundwork for a more stable European security architecture.

To accompany this month’s CrisisWatch, Interim President Richard Atwood looks at the dramatic turn of events in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the danger of new fighting and its implications for Horn of Africa geopolitics.