Analysis
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Engaging Iran Remains Vital after Presidential Election
In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Ali Vaez and Naysan Rafati explain why the U.S. should nevertheless persist in working…
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7 Facts You Need To Know For World Refugee Day
Since 2001, the United Nations and more than 100 countries have observed World Refugee Day annually on June 20th. Global Giving The…
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The latest ‘spasm’ of violence in Gaza is unlikely to be the last
However, hostilities have since been contained, for the time being. Tony Walker The Conversation Provocative demonstrations this week in Arab…
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Ethiopia Votes, But Balloting Will Not Ease the Country’s Deep Crisis
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert William Davison outlines what to expect. What’s at stake in Ethiopia’s elections? Ethiopia is due…
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Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced
Australian-Indian author Aravind Adiga, who won the Booker in 2008 with his debut The White Tiger, is one of six…
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Taking the knee in football: why this act of protest has always been political
This was about players showing support for the fight against racism and campaigning for meaningful change in football, and not…
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Five things we learned from the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva
1) The weird and unpredictable Trump era is over. Luke Harding The Guardian In 2018 Donald Trump held a disastrous…
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Resettling refugees in other countries is not reliable, nor is it fair.
The federal government has scrambled in recent days to minimise the political fallout from its treatment of the Tamil family…
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Biden-Putin Summit: The View from Moscow
President Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold their first-ever summit on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland. Dimitri Alexander Simes The…
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Turning Engagement Into a Regional Dialogue Mechanism in the Middle East
Iranian and American negotiators are in Vienna to find a way to restore the 2015 nuclear deal that President Donald…
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Does NATO Have an Arms-Control Brain?
As the alliance’s leaders gather this week, they must recognize that reviving the arms-control agenda is the key to members’…
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Stemming the Insurrection in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado
To tame the insurrection, Maputo needs to use force, with bespoke assistance from outside partners, and to carefully address underlying grievances.…
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The Party Is Not Forever
If the CPC is not on the right track with its neo-Maoist revival, its upcoming milestone maybe its last. Minxin…
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Friday essay: a rare bird — how Europeans got the black swan so wrong
The official emblem of Western Australia, depicted in the state flag and coat-of-arms, it decorates several public buildings. David Haworth…
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People’s odds of loneliness could fall by up to half if cities hit 30% green space targets
Our longitudinal study, just published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, finds adults in neighbourhoods where at least 30% of…
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Europe Should Embrace Biden’s Democracy Agenda
But Europe should focus on the bigger picture. Erik Brattberg Carnegie Endowment for International Peace U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip…
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