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Leaderless, spontaneous protests spread rapidly across Kazakhstan in early January. In this Q&A, Crisis Group explains that demonstrators’ varied demands reflected discontent with worsening...

Our monthly conflict tracker warns of four conflict risks and two resolution opportunities in January. The recent battlefield pause in Ethiopia’s year-long war offers prospects to get humanitarian...

Tigray’s leaders have withdrawn their forces from neighbouring regions and called for a cessation of hostilities followed by negotiations. Ethiopia’s federal government should grasp this opportunity...

Russia this month vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on climate security, despite the proposal’s overwhelming support among member states. This represents a significant setback, but states...

Federal forces have recorded gains in recent weeks but Ethiopia’s brutal civil war may well grind on without a winner. Addis Ababa must let more aid into blockaded Tigray and the region’s dissident...

Que se passe-t-il? Le gouvernement malien a exprimé sa volonté de dialoguer avec les insurgés islamistes, dont certains ont envoyé des signes également favorables. Si des négociations précédentes...

Principal Findings What’s new? The Malian government has expressed willingness to explore dialogue with Islamist insurgents, some of whom have sent reciprocal conciliatory signals. Previous talks...

Executive Summary The end of the world’s deadliest war has not put a stop to the suffering of the Afghan people. To the contrary, hunger and destitution following the Taliban’s takeover of the...

Our monthly conflict tracker warns of three conflict risks in December. The Huthis could attack or lay siege to Yemen’s Marib city after the group tightened its grip in surrounding areas and...

Originally published in World Politics Review The United Nations Security Council may be about to pass its first-ever resolution on the implications of climate change for peace and security. The...