What next for Nepal after public turmoil claimed the scalp of Prime Minister K.P. Oli and toppled his government? @ashishpradhan.bsky.social looks at the interim government’s priorities and the challenges ahead. www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...

The Gaza strip’s population, serially uprooted, starved and bombed, is reeling from a war whose cruelty has few parallels in modern history. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

After the Anchorage and Washington mtgs: regardless of the odds of bringing about a durable peace between Russia and Ukraine, negotiators will have a better shot if they are guided by the following five realities as they consider how to approach additional talks. www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...

➡️What are the biggest challenges Ukraine must overcome in its war effort? ➡️What's the best realistic scenario at end of summer offensive and further down the road? ➡️As 🇺🇸 scales back its assistance, are European partners filling the gaps? ~ @luciankim.bsky.social www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...

As we mark 80 years since Hiroshima, the global nuclear order is under real stress. Escalation risks in Europe, South Asia, and the Korean Peninsula are intensifying. It’s time for bold, preventive action. My piece in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/05/h...

At the Aspen Security Forum, @comfortero.crisisgroup.org spoke with Mark Goldberg about what the global retreat from foreign aid means for conflict and stability worldwide. With donors pulling back, the risks are rising. 🎧 Tune in to the podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

🎧 Worth a listen for francophones! New episode out now from @enripicco.bsky.social & Rinaldo Depagne for Crisis Group's 30th anniversary. They speak with Jean-Marie Guéhenno about 30 years of conflict prevention. www.crisisgroup.org/fr/africa/ep...

The situation is just indefensible & catastrophically bad. The suffering is really acute. Press coverage has changed. In past 2 wks, in particular, I feel like there has been a tipping point in terms of how the war is being covered. So I think you’ve seen natural reactions. @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org

Great @reuters.com exclusive in which “State Department disputes findings, cites video evidence of Hamas looting. Israel claims Hamas diverts aid, based on its intelligence reports. GHF accuses Hamas of theft, U.N. rejects GHF's militarized model.” www.reuters.com/world/middle...

‘People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.’ It should never have come to this. Experienced local and international aid workers are ready to help. But nothing will change so long as Israel is allowed to keep Gaza’s gates shut. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

Israel has managed Gaza’s humanitarian access for decades. It knows exactly what survival requires. Yet the system it has created delivers too little food at too few sites to too few people. The predictable result has been deadly chaos that makes a mockery of “humanitarian” distribution.

Intense and deadly border clash between Cambodia and Thailand. Both sides say they acted in self-defence. Prospects for de-escalation and the restraint called for by PM Anwar of Malaysia, current chair of ASEAN, look remote. ~ @mzwheeler.bsky.social www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-e...

The Middle East seems to have dodged a devastating conflagration, but the 12-day war in June established a dangerous dynamic. So here's an idea that addresses nuclear concerns, fortifies the existing truce and puts in place arrangements to stabilise the region. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Trump’s “apparent epiphany”! on.ft.com/3IT5HyK

Following her trip to Bamako, our CEO & President @comfortero.crisisgroup.org talks about #Mali and its domestic and foreign policy at a moment of important geopolitical change in the region. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0UQ...

I believe now what I believed then: There’s no reason why a group of people can’t make an impact on the world. 30 years since its founding, @crisisgroup.org’s work to shape peace is more crucial than ever. Proud to continue supporting its mission.

Interesting assessment: ““We’ve been very successful in settling wars” with trade, Trump claimed, citing conflicts between India and Pakistan, and Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.“” on.ft.com/44wo1X7

As we mark our 30th anniversary, @crisisgroup.org’s trustees reflect on three decades of resolving conflicts, shaping peace and what the future holds for the organisation. A massive thank you to all our supporters over the last three decades. 🙏🏽💫 youtu.be/r5tUTiFpGmg

A recent wave of attacks by Jihadist insurgents in western Mali is raising alarm in urban areas, but for now, even as their campaign grows more daring, the balance of power between govt forces & militants is little changed. @crisisgroup.org @sahel.crisisgroup.org www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel...

A new peace agreement offers hope of quelling hostilities between Kinshasa and Kigali in eastern DR Congo. But this Q&A highlights the tough road ahead as diplomats seek to ensure the agreement holds. ~ @emmanuelgamard.bsky.social @stevepomper.bsky.social www.crisisgroup.org/africa/great...

Tensions soar between Thailand and Cambodia as nationalist fervour and a political fracas fuels a longstanding border dispute. Really great explainer ⬇️ from @mzwheeler.bsky.social who unpacks how the bitter feud is endangering the Thai government’s future. www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-e...

Our Global Tracker is out ⬇️ Crucial feature this month: 🕊️conflict resolution opportunity following a peace agreement between Kinshasa & Kigali. Can it help quell hostilities in eastern DR Congo or will Kigali’s conditions for its withdrawal pose obstacles? www.crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch?...

Ground situation in Gaza unsustainably awful. Israel's 'humanitarian' scheme is atrocious. Reoccupation of Gaza & slow suffocation of West Bank leading to erasure of Palestinian life. Time U.S. blow whistle, revert to previous Gaza ceasefire, get hostages out; get negotiated end to this nightmare.

For now, the Israeli government appears to be basking in the apparent success of its U.S.-aided campaign in Iran. Yet the catastrophic results of its war strategy in Gaza will not go away. www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/gaza-... @maxji.bsky.social @crisisgroup.org

In Kenya: @meronel.bsky.social tells @nytimes.com that protesters “are not feeling heard, and there’s a sense that things have not really changed since the protests last year. They want to remind the government that this is not a problem that will easily go away.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/w...

NATO gathers: as U.S. recalibrates its role & Russia presses Ukraine, a certain amount of improvisation seems destined to be part of Europe’s security architecture, both when it comes to war in Ukraine & when it comes to other future challenges. www.crisisgroup.org/global-usrus... @crisisgroup.org

Thinking through the ways Trump's own views have rapidly changed @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org says he won't be surprised if initial success changes American attitudes about regime change despite the criticism that idea has gotten from the MAGA base & Trump himself. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Few in Tehran will like this but to stave off 🇺🇸 military involvement, Iran could concede to no longer enrich uranium on its sovereign soil & accept principle of entering a multinational nuclear consortium. Crucial too that Iran & Israel agree non-aggression pact. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

🕚 How to give last-ditch diplomacy a chance? ⬇️ Outline of a deal that DC & Tehran can pursue under President Trump’s 2wk window. It’s one that all three parties should be able to live with given horrific alternative. Neither Trump nor Tehran wants expanded war + Israel stands to suffer from it too.

In a region that has seen endless bloodshed since Hamas’s October 2023 attacks, the grim reality is that things may get much worse before they get even worse says @alivaez.bsky.social @crisisgroup.org time.com/7294202/grim...

Good talk today with @comfortero.crisisgroup.org, President of @crisisgroup.org, on 🇨🇿 and 🇪🇺 foreign policy, support to 🇺🇦, situation in the region, and global challenges. Great to have you at @globsec.bsky.social! #Globsec #Czechia

Of the conflicts Trump pledged to resolve (Gaza, Ukraine & Iran) only in Tehran does the leadership seem to share his desire for a deal. If he fails to stop Israel-Iran hostilities escalating, consequences of 🇺🇸 getting embroiled could overshadow his presidency. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

"In Africa, Trump’s abandonment of the Horn’s conflicts and devastating aid cuts sit alongside both fake and seemingly racist genocide charges hurled at South Africa." @comfortero.crisisgroup.org and Richard Atwood say it how it is in this new commentary. www.crisisgroup.org/global-unite...

What else is going on with Trump’s decision to send military personnel to protect federal agents in face of protests against crackdown on undocumented migrants? @bcfinucane.bsky.social looks at the administration’s other policies converging in California. www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...

@dickinsonbeth.bsky.social on aftermath of bid to kill Senator Miguel Uribe, a brazen assault that has raised fears in Colombia coming amid broader deterioration in public security. Armed & criminal groups have gained territory & influence over the last few years. www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...

Starvation as Statecraft www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Emmanuel Macron se rendra le 15 juin au Groenland, territoire autonome du Danemark, convoité par Donald Trump

Rapprochement possibility? Two factors driving Trump administration’s interest in Central Sahel: ➡️it’s a global epicentre of jihadist violence. ➡️it holds deposits of rare minerals. As for the Sahel, there’s an apparent upside to Trump’s transactional diplomacy. www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel...

Europe is finally finding its voice on the Gaza Strip. A better and braver friend would have spoken out earlier and louder, but what matters now is that Europe acts. There is much that European leaders can do as @crisisgroup.org sets out here ⬇️ www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

As 🇺🇸 Def Sec warns 🇨🇳 attack on Taiwan “could be imminent”, @CrisisGroup takes a look at Taiwanese Pres Lai Ching-te 1st yr. ➡️Cross-strait relations are esp fraught. ➡️Taipei & Beijing are increasingly at odds.  ⬇️ Here’s what can be done to lower temperature. www.crisisgroup.org/asia/north-e...

For 🇪🇺 & its member states, a long-deferred moment of reckoning has arrived with Donald Trump’s re-election. Some European leaders may have been lulled into complacency by Trump’s first term. This time is different. For some 🇪🇺 allies, Trump has many downsides. www.crisisgroup.org/global/watch...

Contento por el Tottenham y por Postecoglu. Creo que el fútbol ha sido injusto con ambos.

New @crisisgroup.org, here's @comfortero.crisisgroup.org on last week's ministerial conference on peacekeeping @germany.diplo.de. www.crisisgroup.org/global/futur...

The PKK’s disbandment and Ankara’s response to it have the potential not only to close the book on one of the world’s longest-running conflicts, which has seen tens of thousands of deaths, but also to contribute to broader regional peace and security. www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...

Don't miss this important explainer from our @latam.crisisgroup.org colleague @diegodarin.bsky.social on the risks of deterioration in Haiti, with dramatic fallout for civilians. 🚨👇

This meeting has been rumored for weeks, and when I first heard of the possibility I assumed something had been garbled along the way. Surprising turn of events. Just a few weeks ago some administration officials were referring to Damascus pejoratively as HTS.

The idea that the U.S. had left the Middle East was never true, but the post-October 7 period should have put that to rest. And, Trump, despite the talk among many in this administration of shifting resources and attention to Asia, is deeply, if episodically, enmeshed in regional affairs.

WhileTrump claims Bessent brokered a “total reset” of 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 economic ties, it’s not evident 🇺🇸came out ahead. Trump’s gambit, far from inducing 🇨🇳 to capitulate, ultimately showcased how much Beijing’s capacity for asymmetric retaliation has grown since his first term www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...

As President Trump sets out to visit Gulf monarchies, it is long past time for the world’s governments, especially Israel’s friends, to not merely signal outrage or concern, but take active measures to restrain the Netanyahu government. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Trump on India-Pakistan ceasefire: “Congratulations to both Countries on using Common Sense and Great Intelligence. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” on.ft.com/4iY4umj India and Pakistan announce ceasefire