Richard Gowan
@richardgowan1.bsky.social
UN Director at Crisis Group.
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🔴 We are hiring a Senior Analyst focusing on Global Order and Peacemaking to join our team.
📍 Preferably in any of our office locations
Learn more and apply here: jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-gl...
📍 Preferably in any of our office locations
Learn more and apply here: jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-gl...
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🔴 We are hiring a Senior Analyst focusing on Global Order and Peacemaking to join our team.
📍 Preferably in any of our office locations
Learn more and apply here: jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-gl...
📍 Preferably in any of our office locations
Learn more and apply here: jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-gl...
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International Crisis Group is hiring an analyst to work on a "global order and peacemaking project". Position can be located in any country where Crisis Group has a registration, incl Kenya, South Africa, Turkey, Colombia, Canada, US, UK, Belgium or Mexico jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-gl...
International Crisis Group - Senior Analyst, Global Order and Peacemaking (Global Issues and Institutions)
Crisis Group is launching a new program on Global Issues and Institutions. The program will include (i) a project on global order and peacemaking; (ii) Crisis Group’s eEarth project monitoring resourc
jobs.crisisgroup.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
International Crisis Group is hiring an analyst to work on a "global order and peacemaking project". Position can be located in any country where Crisis Group has a registration, incl Kenya, South Africa, Turkey, Colombia, Canada, US, UK, Belgium or Mexico jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-gl...
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NEW UPDATE | On Our Radar
🇺🇳 UN Security Council approves a resolution to end the war in Gaza
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Washington sends mixed signals regarding the U.S. naval buildup near Venezuela
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump exerts pressure on Ukraine to sign a peace deal with Russia
www.crisisgroup.org/global/our-r...
🇺🇳 UN Security Council approves a resolution to end the war in Gaza
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Washington sends mixed signals regarding the U.S. naval buildup near Venezuela
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump exerts pressure on Ukraine to sign a peace deal with Russia
www.crisisgroup.org/global/our-r...
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
NEW UPDATE | On Our Radar
🇺🇳 UN Security Council approves a resolution to end the war in Gaza
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Washington sends mixed signals regarding the U.S. naval buildup near Venezuela
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump exerts pressure on Ukraine to sign a peace deal with Russia
www.crisisgroup.org/global/our-r...
🇺🇳 UN Security Council approves a resolution to end the war in Gaza
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Washington sends mixed signals regarding the U.S. naval buildup near Venezuela
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump exerts pressure on Ukraine to sign a peace deal with Russia
www.crisisgroup.org/global/our-r...
NEWS from @crisisgroup.org.
After 7 years as UN Director, I'm moving to a new program on Global Issues and Institutions.
@fortid.crisisgroup.org becomes Head of UN Affairs, backed by @mayaungar.bsky.social.
.
AND we need a Senior Analyst covering geopolitics 👇
jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-gl...
After 7 years as UN Director, I'm moving to a new program on Global Issues and Institutions.
@fortid.crisisgroup.org becomes Head of UN Affairs, backed by @mayaungar.bsky.social.
.
AND we need a Senior Analyst covering geopolitics 👇
jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-gl...
International Crisis Group - Senior Analyst, Global Order and Peacemaking (Global Issues and Institutions)
Crisis Group is launching a new program on Global Issues and Institutions. The program will include (i) a project on global order and peacemaking; (ii) Crisis Group’s eEarth project monitoring resourc
jobs.crisisgroup.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
NEWS from @crisisgroup.org.
After 7 years as UN Director, I'm moving to a new program on Global Issues and Institutions.
@fortid.crisisgroup.org becomes Head of UN Affairs, backed by @mayaungar.bsky.social.
.
AND we need a Senior Analyst covering geopolitics 👇
jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-gl...
After 7 years as UN Director, I'm moving to a new program on Global Issues and Institutions.
@fortid.crisisgroup.org becomes Head of UN Affairs, backed by @mayaungar.bsky.social.
.
AND we need a Senior Analyst covering geopolitics 👇
jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/analyst-gl...
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"Even if the voters opted for new rulers, however, any U.S. effort to bring about regime change in Caracas that is based on military strike power, faulty premises and unwarranted assumptions is unlikely to bring about a smooth political transition – and could lead to far worse outcomes."
Beware the Slide Toward Regime Change in Venezuela | International Crisis Group
The Trump administration is dispatching military assets to the Caribbean and sinking boats it claims ferry drugs. While it appears the deployment is part of a plan to depose Venezuelan President Nicol...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Even if the voters opted for new rulers, however, any U.S. effort to bring about regime change in Caracas that is based on military strike power, faulty premises and unwarranted assumptions is unlikely to bring about a smooth political transition – and could lead to far worse outcomes."
Get ready for this evening's UNSC vote on the U.S. plan for Gaza with @crisisgroup.org 👇
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council | International Crisis Group
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 ...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Get ready for this evening's UNSC vote on the U.S. plan for Gaza with @crisisgroup.org 👇
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Really enjoyed this conversation with @markleongoldberg.bsky.social about my new book Peacemaker (and how a reframing of recent global history - including & perhaps especially the “Cold War” of the long 1960s - might us imagine new ways forward) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
A Brilliant New Biography Tells the Story of the Cold War Era UN Secretary General U-Thant
Podcast Episode · Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters · 17/11/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Really enjoyed this conversation with @markleongoldberg.bsky.social about my new book Peacemaker (and how a reframing of recent global history - including & perhaps especially the “Cold War” of the long 1960s - might us imagine new ways forward) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
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"UN members that back a two-state solution, including possible contributors to the International Stablization Force, should press the case that the whole plan makes little sense if there is no political horizon for the Palestinians."
No peace without justice.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
No peace without justice.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council | International Crisis Group
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 ...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"UN members that back a two-state solution, including possible contributors to the International Stablization Force, should press the case that the whole plan makes little sense if there is no political horizon for the Palestinians."
No peace without justice.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
No peace without justice.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Reposted by Richard Gowan
The United States has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza.
In this Q&A, my colleagues @fortid.crisisgroup.org @richardgowan1.bsky.social and @maxji.bsky.social analyse its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
In this Q&A, my colleagues @fortid.crisisgroup.org @richardgowan1.bsky.social and @maxji.bsky.social analyse its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council | International Crisis Group
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 ...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The United States has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza.
In this Q&A, my colleagues @fortid.crisisgroup.org @richardgowan1.bsky.social and @maxji.bsky.social analyse its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
In this Q&A, my colleagues @fortid.crisisgroup.org @richardgowan1.bsky.social and @maxji.bsky.social analyse its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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New from @crisisgroup.org:
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council | International Crisis Group
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 ...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New from @crisisgroup.org:
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Reposted by Richard Gowan
NEW Q&A | What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council
The U.S. has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back Trump’s plan for Gaza. @fortid.crisisgroup.org, @richardgowan1.bsky.social and Max Rodenbeck unpack its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
The U.S. has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back Trump’s plan for Gaza. @fortid.crisisgroup.org, @richardgowan1.bsky.social and Max Rodenbeck unpack its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council | International Crisis Group
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 ...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
NEW Q&A | What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council
The U.S. has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back Trump’s plan for Gaza. @fortid.crisisgroup.org, @richardgowan1.bsky.social and Max Rodenbeck unpack its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
The U.S. has proposed a UN Security Council resolution to back Trump’s plan for Gaza. @fortid.crisisgroup.org, @richardgowan1.bsky.social and Max Rodenbeck unpack its contents.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Reposted by Richard Gowan
The proposed resolution has three objectives.
(1) To endorse Trump’s plan and urge all parties to implement its provisions.
(2) To give the UNSC's blessing for the creation of an international Board of Peace that will oversee the Trump plan’s implementation in Gaza. The Board (which according to
(1) To endorse Trump’s plan and urge all parties to implement its provisions.
(2) To give the UNSC's blessing for the creation of an international Board of Peace that will oversee the Trump plan’s implementation in Gaza. The Board (which according to
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council | International Crisis Group
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 ...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The proposed resolution has three objectives.
(1) To endorse Trump’s plan and urge all parties to implement its provisions.
(2) To give the UNSC's blessing for the creation of an international Board of Peace that will oversee the Trump plan’s implementation in Gaza. The Board (which according to
(1) To endorse Trump’s plan and urge all parties to implement its provisions.
(2) To give the UNSC's blessing for the creation of an international Board of Peace that will oversee the Trump plan’s implementation in Gaza. The Board (which according to
New from @crisisgroup.org:
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council | International Crisis Group
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 ...
www.crisisgroup.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New from @crisisgroup.org:
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
@fortid.crisisgroup.org, @maxji.bsky.social and I look at #UNSC debates over whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza.
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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My guest essay in the @economist.com www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
As the UN turns 80, Thant Myint-U argues it should be retooled for a less internationalist age
The world body should go back to focusing on its founding principle: preventing war
www.economist.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My guest essay in the @economist.com www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
The obvious next step is the @nobelprize.bsky.social for excellence in soccer.
FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The obvious next step is the @nobelprize.bsky.social for excellence in soccer.
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FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
We have to assume that the change pro-Brexit voters wanted was a lot more of @anandmenon.bsky.social in the news, and that is what they got.
Interesting lecture by @anandmenon.bsky.social.
How politics have shaped the narrative over the last 10-20 years.
He talks about people wanting change, but doesn't go into what change they want - maybe citizens don't know.
If we need a sense of direction what's it to be ? Ending child poverty ?
How politics have shaped the narrative over the last 10-20 years.
He talks about people wanting change, but doesn't go into what change they want - maybe citizens don't know.
If we need a sense of direction what's it to be ? Ending child poverty ?
I did a lecture on the impact of Brexit on British politics. Watch it here if you're really bored www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We have to assume that the change pro-Brexit voters wanted was a lot more of @anandmenon.bsky.social in the news, and that is what they got.
I talked to @thenationalnews.com about why a UNSC mandate is necessary to backstop a stabilization force in Gaza.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/2025/11...
www.thenationalnews.com/news/2025/11...
US drafts UN resolution for international force for Gaza | The National
At least four Muslim countries interested in participating in new force
www.thenationalnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I talked to @thenationalnews.com about why a UNSC mandate is necessary to backstop a stabilization force in Gaza.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/2025/11...
www.thenationalnews.com/news/2025/11...
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"Everyone is really dancing around the fact that you need a mission that can use force, and that is going to be really tough both in terms of operations but also optics."
Me to @wsj.com on stabilization in Gaza.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Me to @wsj.com on stabilization in Gaza.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Next Question for Gaza Peace Plan: Who Wants to Police It?
Any country sending troops to keep the peace in the enclave could risk having a run-in with Hamas, which says it will resist any attempt to confront it.
www.wsj.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Everyone is really dancing around the fact that you need a mission that can use force, and that is going to be really tough both in terms of operations but also optics."
Me to @wsj.com on stabilization in Gaza.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Me to @wsj.com on stabilization in Gaza.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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I talked to @alarabiyanet.bsky.social about the history of @crisisgroup.org, the state of the UN, peace prospects in Gaza and other conflicts high on our radar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvM...
Al Arabiya with Richard Gowan , Director, UN and Multilateral Diplomacy [ENG]
YouTube video by TALAL AL-HAJ
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I talked to @alarabiyanet.bsky.social about the history of @crisisgroup.org, the state of the UN, peace prospects in Gaza and other conflicts high on our radar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvM...
I talked to @alarabiyanet.bsky.social about the history of @crisisgroup.org, the state of the UN, peace prospects in Gaza and other conflicts high on our radar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvM...
Al Arabiya with Richard Gowan , Director, UN and Multilateral Diplomacy [ENG]
YouTube video by TALAL AL-HAJ
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I talked to @alarabiyanet.bsky.social about the history of @crisisgroup.org, the state of the UN, peace prospects in Gaza and other conflicts high on our radar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvM...
"Everyone is really dancing around the fact that you need a mission that can use force, and that is going to be really tough both in terms of operations but also optics."
Me to @wsj.com on stabilization in Gaza.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Me to @wsj.com on stabilization in Gaza.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Next Question for Gaza Peace Plan: Who Wants to Police It?
Any country sending troops to keep the peace in the enclave could risk having a run-in with Hamas, which says it will resist any attempt to confront it.
www.wsj.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Everyone is really dancing around the fact that you need a mission that can use force, and that is going to be really tough both in terms of operations but also optics."
Me to @wsj.com on stabilization in Gaza.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Me to @wsj.com on stabilization in Gaza.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Reposted by Richard Gowan
Attention fellow cyclists: some news you can use. www.cbsnews.com/news/cyclist...
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
www.cbsnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Attention fellow cyclists: some news you can use. www.cbsnews.com/news/cyclist...
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My colleague Ali Wyne has a scene-setter ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting tomorrow in South Korea. In addition to de-escalating trade tensions, he argues that Trump should strive to reinforce a fragile status quo and avoid under-developed policy improvisations.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
Making the Most of the Trump-Xi Meeting | International Crisis Group
The world will be watching when the leaders of the two foremost global powers confer in South Korea on 30 October. They should use the opportunity to de-escalate the U.S.-China trade standoff, steady ...
www.crisisgroup.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My colleague Ali Wyne has a scene-setter ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting tomorrow in South Korea. In addition to de-escalating trade tensions, he argues that Trump should strive to reinforce a fragile status quo and avoid under-developed policy improvisations.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...