Diplomacy
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US sends carriers to S China Sea during Chinese drills
China and the United States have accused each other of stoking tension in the strategic waterway at a time of…
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Defusing Ethiopia’s Latest Perilous Crisis
Authorities and opposition leaders should call for calm and engage in sustained dialogue to bridge the bitter divisions. ICG A…
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Global tourism stands to lose up to $4.8 trillion from COVID-19, UN says
The ‘COVID-19 and Tourism’ report released by The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is based on three…
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Rethinking Peace in Yemen
Stopping the fighting is urgent. ICG Diplomats should adopt an inclusive, multiparty framework for talks to replace today’s flawed model.…
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UN says 140 million girls are `missing’
The agency, known as UNFPA, also said that one-in-five marriages that take place today involves an underage girl and an…
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Boris Johnson warns against annexation in Israeli newspaper article
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has missed his self-imposed target date for annexation of occupied Palestinian territories, as France warned of……
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Russian Money for Taliban to Fight U.S. Part of Plan to Get Afghan Foothold, Officials Say
Dismissing the widely tossed-around term “bounty” to refer to the practice of Russia’s Main Directorate, commonly called the Main Intelligence…
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Hong Kong Is a Colony Once More
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, stood in front of reporters on Tuesday for the most consequential press conference of…
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Simon Cheng: UK asylum for ex-consulate worker ‘tortured in China’
Simon Cheng, a Hong Kong citizen, was detained on a business trip to mainland China for 15 days last August.…
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Mineral Concessions: Avoiding Conflict in DR Congo’s Mining Heartland
Artisanal miners often dig for these riches on lands licensed to large companies, sometimes prompting violent state intervention. ICG The…
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From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump’s phone calls alarm US officials
The calls caused former top Trump deputies — including national security advisers H.R. McMaster and John Bolton, Defense Secretary James……
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Ireland left out as EU opens borders to 15 states including Australia, Canada and Japan
European Union member states approved a list of 15 countries around the world that are deemed safe for travel, agreeing…
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China has a new way to exert political pressure: weaponising its courts against foreigners
Authorities continue to execute thousands of people each year, more than all other nations combined. John Garrick The Conversation However,…
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Senior Tory: UK should bring aid, trade and defense under Foreign Office
LONDON — The U.K.’s trade department should follow the Department for International Development (DfID) and come under the sway of…
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Symposium: The Korean War Began 70 Years Ago This Week. We Asked the World’s Top Experts Whether It’ll End Before Turning 75
Though the 1953 Armistice Agreement halted actual combat operations that claimed the lives of millions of people, the Korean Peninsula…
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Mali’s Algiers Peace Agreement, Five Years On: An Uneasy Calm
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Mathieu Pellerin explains why and calls for redoubling efforts to push ahead with the…
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