Diplomacy
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Baltic states step up in arming Ukraine against potential Russian incursion
Latvia and Lithuania confirmed Friday they will send Stinger ground-to-air missiles to Ukraine, adding a major new capability to Kyiv’s…
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Brokering a Ceasefire in Yemen’s Economic Conflict
The latter struggle causes great civilian suffering. The new UN envoy should make it a central task to achieve an…
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Blinken defends Ukraine’s ‘democratic and European path’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, visiting Kyiv on Wednesday, called on Ukrainians “to stick together,” warning that — with…
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Why Germany refuses weapons deliveries to Ukraine
The country faces an unpredictable buildup of Russian troops on its borders — and there is precedent for armed aggression.…
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Ukraine and the Danger of Human Miscalculation
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to invade Ukraine and President Joe Biden’s threat to sanction Russia in response cast into high relief the danger…
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The Iran Nuclear Deal at Six: Now or Never
The parties must not squander what is likely their last chance to save the accord. ICG What’s new? The U.S.…
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If America really is ‘back’, it needs to set an example on human rights and charity in Afghanistan
Now with sanctions and boycotts it is inflicting even more suffering. Alison Broinowski Pearls and Irritations Yet it continues to…
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Ethiopia: Tigray on brink of humanitarian disaster, UN says
The Tigray region of northern Ethiopia stands on the edge of a humanitarian disaster, the UN has said, as fighting escalates and…
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Behind the Unrest in Kazakhstan
In this Q&A, Crisis Group explains that demonstrators’ varied demands reflected discontent with worsening inequalities and calcified leadership and discusses…
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Boycotts are an essential and necessary part of public life
On this particular estate, negotiations over rent had turned sour and 11 of the farmers were threatened with eviction. Osman…
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Turkey-Armenia Talks Hold Promise of Opening Long-Shut Border
Crisis Group experts Olesya Vartanyan, Nigar Göksel and Zaur Shiriyev unpack how the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020…
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UN calls for $7 billion in aid for Afghanistan as ‘full-blown humanitarian catastrophe looms’
The United Nations requires A$7 billion in aid for Afghanistan in 2022 to avert a humanitarian catastrophe and offer the…
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North Korea Plots a Course of “Heavy Agony” for 2022
With the pandemic not yet tamed and other uncertainty on the international scene, Pyongyang may continue refraining from major provocations…
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UK renews threat to suspend parts of Brexit deal in Northern Ireland ahead of talks
LONDON — The U.K. would be willing to trigger Article 16 and unilaterally override some trade rules for Northern Ireland…
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Ukraine-Russia crisis: US refuses to draw down troops
Top diplomat Antony Blinken said Russia is pushing a “false narrative” to justify troop deployments on Ukraine’s border. Deutsche Welle…
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Basmah bint Saud: Saudi princess released from jail after almost three years
Princess Basma bint Saud was detained in March 2019 as she prepared to fly to Switzerland for medical treatment. BBC…
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