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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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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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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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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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Cameroon Needs an African Cup Ceasefire
Eight games will be held in Anglophone regions riven since 2016 by conflict between the government and separatists. ICG Internal…
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10 Conflicts to Watch in 2022
But as our look ahead to 2022 shows, many bad situations round the world could easily get worse. ICG ”Foreign…
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A Rare Chance for Peace in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s federal government should grasp this opportunity to end the fighting, while international actors should step up to provide support…
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“One Country, One Law”: The Sri Lankan State’s Hostility toward Muslims Grows Deeper
Critics have called the move “incomprehensible”, but it is readily understood as a way to divert discontent among the government’s…
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Time to End Ethiopia’s Unwinnable Civil War
Addis Ababa must let more aid into blockaded Tigray and the region’s dissident leadership should recognise the federal government’s legitimacy…
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Vietnam Tacks Between Cooperation and Struggle in the South China Sea
The risk of armed confrontation is low but growing. ICG Hanoi should redouble efforts to build confidence, starting with less…
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Time for the UN Security Council to Act on Climate Security
Member states should back this initiative – notwithstanding a possible veto – to encourage odds of passage and promote international…
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Russia’s Influence in the Central African Republic
But the government’s use of Russian mercenaries as it goes on the offensive is causing domestic divisions and alienating other…
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The Philippines’ Dilemma: How to Manage Tensions in the South China Sea
To keep tensions below boiling point, Manila should push for a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea as…
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Lebanon: A Journey to the End of the State
Like many residents who can afford it, in the summer of every year I flee Lebanon’s sweltering heat for Europe.…
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Behind the Frictions at the Belarus-Poland Border
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Oleg Ignatov explains how the events relate to tensions between Belarus and its ally,…
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The Kampala Attacks and Their Regional Implications
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Dino Mahtani unpacks what happened and assesses the threat of further such attacks in…
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