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Crisis Group's Iran Senior Analyst Ali Vaez looks at the way forward in the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1.

Crisis Group's Iran Senior Analyst Ali Vaez explains the real power behind sanctions.

Crisis Group's Iran Senior Analyst Ali Vaez explains the recent progress in nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1.

Crisis Group's Senior Afganistan Analyst Graeme Smith looks at the ways the Taliban are changing as foreign troops prepare to leave the country.

Crisis Group's Senior Afghanistan Analyst Graeme Smith discusses the country's security forces and their readiness to fight on their own.

As the last foreign troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, Senior Analyst Graeme Smith evaluates the security situation on the ground.
 

Graeme Smith, Senior Analyst for Afghanistan, discusses how a drop-off in foreign aid will affect Afghanistan's security.
 

Graeme Smith, Senior Analyst for Afghanistan, discusses the economic challenges Afghanistan faces as the last foreign troops prepare to leave.

Crisis Group field analysts cover some 50 conflict and potential conflict situations worldwide. In this short film, Claudia Gazzini speaks with Libyan opposition figures, Graeme Smith in Kabul discusses NATO withdrawal, Noah Bonsey and Didem Akyel Collinsworth visit Syrian refugees, Bryan Kahumbura investigates jihadism in Kenya and Ali Vaez attends negotiations over Iranian nuclear capacities. 

Turkey hosts hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees, who fled brutal fighting at home. Turkey Analyst Didem Akyel Collinsworth and Senior Syria Analyst Noah Bonsey travelled to the Turkey-Syria border region to investigate the hardships that refugees face and the Turkish government response.