Oil, gas and fuel prices are central to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, with Washington striving to lower them and Tehran to keep them high. With both sides determined to prevail, five market-shaping ...

The coming withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces marks a significant moment in Iraq’s tumultuous recent history. Yet with the Middle East war bringing conflict to the country and questions surroundi...

The coming withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces marks a significant moment in Iraq’s tumultuous recent history. Yet with the Middle East war bringing conflict to the country and questions surroundi...

As the 2026 General Assembly begins, the UN remains hobbled by cost cutting and big-power wrangling. The new Secretary-General to be chosen soon cannot cure all that ails the organisation, but much ca...

The Trump administration has announced an agreement with Caracas that it says gives the U.S. a major stake in the Venezuelan oil industry. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Phil Gunson and Delaney Sim...

The debate under way about U.S. military assistance to Israel is a barometer of bilateral relations. Israeli officials have accepted that the next deal could be the last of its kind, but they are also...

* Italian icon had undergone surgery on pulmonary nodule * ‘The entire history of ⁠Milan is in ⁠tears,’ Serie A club says The former Milan and Italy defender Franco Baresi, one of the most recognisable players of the ⁠golden era of Italian football in the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the age of 66. “The entire history of ⁠AC Milan is in ⁠tears following the ​passing of Franco Baresi,” his former club said on Friday. “His example and integrity will be forever etched into the club’s DNA, just as his iconic No 6 shirt is.” Continue reading...

Crisis Group’s Michael Wahid Hanna on a prospective nuclear cooperation deal between Washington and Riyadh

Top officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu.

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A coalition can keep Hormuz open and squeeze Tehran. There’s no need to rush a nuclear deal.

With the post-World War II international order fading away and hostilities on the rise, the prospects for conflict prevention look dim. But the picture is not wholly dark. It is possible to identify t...