Once again, Iran is experiencing nationwide upheaval and, as on past occasions, the state has responded with brute force. This time, however, U.S. threats of military intervention create additional da...

Uganda’s octogenarian president will likely retain power in forthcoming polls. But all eyes are on the succession race to come in a country that is pivotal to stability in its neighbourhood. In this Q...

Survivors of violence hope proceedings will bring justice a step closer and set a precedent for future genocide allegations

"Attempting to reorganize the world around spheres of influence is a recipe for disaster. Trump’s Venezuela intervention has brought us a big step closer," write Comfort Ero and Richard Atwood

In this special episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group expert Phil Gunson about the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, Pres...

Crisis Group expert Matthew Wheeler explains how Cambodia and Thailand returned to hostilities, and why prospects for de-escalation right now look bleak

Move to outvote Hungary this week would indefinitely immobilise Moscow’s sovereign assets

How Nigerians are responding to the U.S. president’s threat to attack “guns-a-blazing.”

Brazil will keep pushing to get further tariff relief from the US on coffee exports after US President Donald Trump’s decision to lower levies barely impacted its largest supplier.

The United States has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Daniel Forti, Richard Gowan and Max Rodenbeck analyse ...

The US can browbeat Africa’s most populous country because it no longer needs or wants anything from its erstwhile ally

Thailand will suspend the terms of US President Donald Trump-backed Kuala Lumpur peace accords. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

La presidenta de International Crisis Group aborda en una entrevista con EL PAÍS la relación de México con Estados Unidos ante el crimen organizado y los ataques extrajudiciales de Trump a las presunt...

UK expected to reduce contribution to Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 20% A group of seven Labour MPs who served as ministers under Keir Starmer have written to the prime minister warning that an expected cut to UK funding for aid to combat preventable diseases would be both a “moral failure” and a strategic disaster. With ministers and officials expected to decide the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria within days, the letter renews pressure on Starmer to pull back from an expected 20% cut. Continue reading...

Incursions halted flights at Brussels and Liège airports last week with Russia said to be the most likely culprit Britain is deploying Royal Air Force specialists to help Belgium counter drone threats to the country’s airports after disruptive sightings last week that some politicians blamed on Russia. Sir Richard Knighton, the head of the UK’s armed forces, said the British military would provide “our people, our equipment” to help Belgium, though he was careful to say “we don’t yet know” the origin of the drones seen last week. Continue reading...

Relations between the U.S. and Nigeria have soured dramatically amid the Trump administration’s allegations that Nigerian Christians are being slaughtered en masse. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nn...