Security
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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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Myanmar: Who are the ethnic armies training protesters?
Now, many protesters are being trained by ethnic armed groups which have been fighting the military government since the country…
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Did Joe Biden Get Played By Erdogan On Afghanistan?
While diplomats and some analysts in Washington self-flagellate and blame the United States for the sustained break in relations, the reality is…
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A New UN Envoy is an Opportunity for a New Approach in Yemen
More important than who gets the job is how UN member states and the mediator perceive its purpose, interpretations of…
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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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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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First on CNN: FBI warns lawmakers that QAnon ‘digital soldiers’ may become more violent
The shift is fueled by a belief among some of the conspiracy’s more militant followers that they “can no longer…
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After Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, uneasy calm prevails at new border
What is the situation on the ground? Do people feel safe? A DW report from the frontier. Ashot Gazazyan Deutsche…
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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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Australia’s national security laws to be scrutinised as inquiry into secret Witness J case begins
Witness J, dubbed by the courts as “Alan Johns”, was convicted and sentenced in complete secrecy in 2019 for five…
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Turkish airstrike kills at least three in refugee camp in Iraq
An Iraqi security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed an airstrike had killed and injured people in the…
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Biden And Turkey’s Erdogan To Meet. Here’s Why It’s Likely To Be Tense
Biden and Erdogan will discuss a “full range of bilateral and regional issues” at the summit, the White House said,…
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Water Wars: Tense Relations Between China and the Philippines; Europe and Japan Seek Larger Roles in the Region
After April’s flare-up in tensions between China and the Philippines over the concentration of Chinese maritime militia vessels at Whitsun…
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Biden’s Use of the G-Word Furthers Turkey’s Isolation
The commemoration always sends Washington aides scurrying for a miracle word the president can use to refer to the event—one…
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