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

This week on War & Peace, Olga and guest host Alissa de Carbonnel speak with Bob Deen, Head of the Security Unit at the Clingendael Institute, about diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine and how countri...

Officials and diplomats are hoping the ceasefire lasts but don’t want to ease the pressure on Israel just yet.

Crisis Group expert Lisa Musiol examines EU proposals to sanction Israel and curb trade benefits, and the likely resistance from some member states

Crisis Group expert Lisa Musiol examines EU proposals to sanction Israel and curb trade benefits, and the likely resistance from some member states

Crisis Group expert Olga Oliker analyses the implications of the decision by Poland and its NATO allies to shoot down Russian drones over Polish territory on 9 September

Crisis Group expert Olga Oliker analyses the implications of the decision by Poland and its NATO allies to shoot down Russian drones over Polish territory on 9 September

Follow our analysis as the European Commission chief outlines the EU’s priorities against the backdrop of a turbulent world order.

Benjamin Netanyahu has argued assault is needed to break Hamas

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More countries will seek atomic weapons unless Europe and its allies defend a flawed but vital treaty

An EU report concluded Israel might be breaching human rights in Gaza. The bloc could suspend a major trade deal, but it won't. A brief hardening towards Israel appears to have dissipated after recent...

With peaceful norms fading, a new weapon has made conflict cheaper and easier

Whatever the forthcoming NATO summit decides, the alliance’s European members are preparing for a continuing threat from Russia and reduced U.S. support for Ukrainian and regional security. To this en...

Bloc’s foreign affairs chief warns of a response unless action is taken to ‘stop the suffering’ in Gaza Strip

President claims another Middle East war has ended — just days after the US joined it

Whatever the forthcoming NATO summit decides, the alliance’s European members are preparing for a continuing threat from Russia and reduced U.S. support for Ukrainian and regional security. To this en...

A rising chorus of European states have condemned Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip after months of siege and bombardment. While much depends on Washington, European leaders have levers at ...

An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace deal looks ever more fragile.

Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

The new administration appears to be taking a position that Ukrainian and European leaders aren’t hearing — or are trying to alter

While the Trump administration is gutting U.S. foreign aid across the board, programs aimed at women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health will be among those hardest hit. Crisis Group expert Cris...

At an emergency meeting in Paris there are splits on sending troops to Ukraine

As the African Union prepares to choose new leadership, it faces several forbidding challenges in the peace and security domain. This briefing points to eight areas where the organisation can put its ...

What happens with the war in Ukraine matters beyond its borders, as events there will shape the larger standoff between Russia and the West. The U.S. and European powers can manage the risks of a chan...

EU member states should not be in a hurry to appease the new US president