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A Welcome Humanitarian Deal between the U.S. and Iran
The agreement has much to recommend it, despite what critics say. ICG The Biden administration has just completed implementing the…
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UNRWA’s Reckoning: Preserving the UN Agency Serving Palestinian Refugees
But the agency’s finances are in dire straits, putting the refugees’ wellbeing at risk. Donors should step up with sustainable,…
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Massacre in Goma Clouds DR Congo’s Elections and UN Mission’s Future
The government has asked the UN for an “accelerated” withdrawal. Crisis Group experts Richard Moncrieff and Onesphore Sematumba explain the…
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Understanding Saudi Arabia’s Recalibrated Foreign Policy
Yet unless the kingdom makes further changes on both the diplomatic and domestic fronts, its aspirations are likely to run…
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Sri Lanka Needs Truth, but Not (Yet) a Truth Commission
Absent changes responsive to its concerns, the Council should keep up the pressure. Alan Keenan ICG Impunity has a long…
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Treading a Rocky Path: The Ta’ang Army Expands in Myanmar’s Shan State
Clashes with other ethnic armed groups are possible. ICG The Ta’ang group should focus on improving governance in its areas,…
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Sanctions, Peacemaking and Reform: Recommendations for U.S. Policymakers
Yet these measures can have unintended ill effects. Washington should take additional steps to alleviate these problems. ICG What’s new? …
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UNIFIL is Needed More than Ever to Keep the Peace in Southern Lebanon
With the mandate up for renewal, the UN Security Council and troop-contributing countries should reassert their backing for the mission…
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Iran’s Khuzestan: Thirst and Turmoil
The pattern is clearest in peripheral provinces like Khuzestan, where a pressing grievance is water scarcity. ICG What’s new? Khuzestan,…
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Transnational Crime and Geopolitical Contestation along the Mekong
Regional states will need to work together to rein in the criminal syndicates behind it. ICG What’s new? Myanmar’s Shan…
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What to Expect from Zimbabwe’s Tilted Polls
As with past votes, the playing field is skewed in favour of the ruling party ZANU-PF. In this Q&A, Crisis…
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Trapped in the Gap: Migrants and Smugglers in the Darién
MIGRANT CRISIS Bram Ebus ICG On an overcast morning in November 2022, Yeimy, a Venezuelan migrant, sat on a plastic…
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Landmark Amazon Summit Needs to Grapple with Crime as well as Climate
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Bram Ebus explains that inter-governmental cooperation and a regional security strategy will be essential.…
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Thai Establishment Thwarts Popular Will with Post-Election Moves
In taking this step, as Crisis Group expert Matt Wheeler explains in this Q&A, the party’s conservative opponents are nudging…
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Time to Try Again to End Sudan’s War
But diplomacy is in disarray. ICG Outside actors should urgently coordinate efforts to steer the belligerents toward a negotiated end…
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Türkiye’s Syria Policy after Erdoğan’s Win
Its approach will likely hold steady for now. ICG But the choices it makes next matter for the fate of…
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