"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-...

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-...

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-...

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 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

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-...

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.

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...

"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...

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...

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...

"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...

Attention fellow cyclists: some news you can use. www.cbsnews.com/news/cyclist...

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...

In a rare move, UN security officials stage a sick-out. UN spox says: . . . "what I can also tell you is that the building is very much secure at this point." passblue.com/2025/10/27/u...

"The United Nations is an institution that is having to take a crash diet." Read my diet tips for the UN. mondediplo.com/2025/10/14un

Listen to me sounding supremely cynical about the UNSC and the veto in this BBC World documentary. www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

"The United Nations is an institution that is having to take a crash diet." Read my diet tips for the UN. mondediplo.com/2025/10/14un

Listen to me sounding supremely cynical about the UNSC and the veto in this BBC World documentary. www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

A follow up from Prof. Ganguly & me on India's stance on the Gaza peace plan, & specifically on how India's previous peacekeeping experience in Gaza in 50s & 60s can inform & condition an eventual participation in the ISF indianexpress.com/article/opin...

Martin Luther King allegedly said "a budget is a moral document". So what do arguments over the UN's fast-shrinking budgets tell us about its members' principles and priorities? Me (now in English) in Le Monde Diplomatique. mondediplo.com/2025/10/14un

Weekday replug for latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. The at 80 UN, with former UN force commander Major General Patrick Cammaert, Mona Ali Khalil of @passblue.bsky.social, U Thant's biographer and grandson @thantmyintu.bsky.social and. . . John Bolton. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

“Nobody has heard of” Lesotho, President Trump joked, to the laughter of lawmakers. He’d just cut aid to the country. Weeks later, he announced a 50% tariff on exports from “the denim capital of Africa.” Today, Lesotho is under a state of disaster. I recently traveled there for @bloomberg.com:

Martin Luther King allegedly said "a budget is a moral document". So what do arguments over the UN's fast-shrinking budgets tell us about its members' principles and priorities? Me (now in English) in Le Monde Diplomatique. mondediplo.com/2025/10/14un

Good & detailed analysis of the US campaign in Venezuela, including the prospect of a war. "The risks of violence in any post-Maduro scenario should not be downplayed. Many senior military officers could resist regime change." www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ...

New from me @wpr.bsky.social on UN Day. www.worldpoliticsreview.com/un-day-guter...

80 ans après sa naissance, l’ONU demeure une institution paradoxale : vitale pour des millions de vies, mais incapable d’imposer la paix. Notre analyse complète dans Le Monde diplomatique. www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/10/GOWA...

Great piece. Darwin was done dirty in the film version.

"The history of the U.N. at least offers a reminder that, even absent reform of the charter, it can adapt to new realities and shifting power dynamics." Great stuff as always from @richardgowan1.bsky.social.

The ability to shape-shift has been key to the U.N.’s resilience for the past 80 years. Today, the world organization will have to tap into that ability once again, @richardgowan1.bsky.social writes.

New from me @wpr.bsky.social on UN Day. www.worldpoliticsreview.com/un-day-guter...

Could the UNSC have a role in the Gaza plan? I tell @politico.eu that "if the Arabs and Europeans push the idea of a resolution together, and link it to offers of troops and financing for Gaza, it could happen." www.politico.eu/article/germ...

🗺️ We released a new interactive map with @paul-franz.com to accompany @crisisgroup.org @mairavz.bsky.social's full report on Israel's de facto annexation of the occupied West Bank. 🔗 View crisisgroup.org/visual-expla... 📈 PeaceNow, HDX, Mapbox satellite v8, Crisis Group 📱 Optimised for mobile

🎧 Why is Macron refusing to turn to the left? Can the centrists hold together? And are snap elections or Macron’s resignation now inevitable? Listen to our emergency podcast episode with @celiabelin.bsky.social https://bit.ly/439rtWg

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NEW REPORT | Sovereignty in All but Name: Israel’s Quickening Annexation of the West Bank Netanyahu’s government is moving towards establishing permanent control of the occupied West Bank. Outside powers should commit to pushing Israel to change course. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

The WPS Agenda Needs Strong Wills to Counter Rough Headwinds passblue.com/2025/10/05/t...

There are currently major youth protest movements in Madagascar, Morocco, Philippines, Peru and East Timor, in addition to ones that ousted the govt in Nepal, with Kenya and Nigeria also experiencing them in recent years. Each is driven by particular grievances, but there are some through-lines.

Trump Signals Instrumental Approach to U.N. – But it Could Be Worse at www.justsecurity.org/121750/trump...

Yes I felt this was right, full of sound and fury but not signifying all that much. And MAGA still don't seem to have worked out that criticizing another country's domestic policies is something you only do as part of a very clear strategy, else you're just burning political capital for nothing.

I spent some time parsing President Trump's address to the UN @justsecurity.org. www.justsecurity.org/121750/trump...

I talked to BBC Africa about Africa and the UNSC. youtu.be/oHmSML05VF4?...

Una nueva fuerza para combatir las pandillas en #Haití recibe el respaldo del Consejo de Seguridad El experto de @crisisgroup.org @fortid.crisisgroup.org analiza la votación en la ONU para crear una Fuerza de Represión de Pandillas y los retos que se avecinan para restablecer la seguridad en Haití.

If you had wanted me to ramble incoherently about the UN for an hour @janekinninmont.bsky.social, I can also do that.

Trump's U.N. General Assembly speech could have been worse in the eyes of some observers. @richardgowan1.bsky.social reflects on why the main reason for relief at #UNGA lay in what Trump did not say. www.justsecurity.org/121750/trump...

How is Trump changing the UN? Can it adapt to declining US support? Running through the highlights of UNGA week, Crisis Group's UN expert Richard Gowan tells Disorder host @janekinninmont.bsky.social of @una-uk.bsky.social how Trump's presidency has changed the UN in an era of global conflict.

New episode: dissecting UNGA in 30 mins - less than half the length of Trump’s speech! - with @crisisgroup.org’s @richardgowan1.bsky.social.