Mark Malloch-Brown on the Ukraine War and Challenges to Open Societies
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood speaks with Mark Malloch-Brown, president of Open Society Foundations (OSF), Crisis Group trustee, and former UN Deputy Secretary-General and UN Developmen...
10 Feb 202346min
Israel-Palestine’s Worsening Violence and Despair
On Friday last week, a Palestinian gunman killed seven civilians in occupied East Jerusalem, the deadliest such attack for years. The shooting came the day after a raid by Israeli forces in a refugee ...
3 Feb 202354min
Great Lakes Tensions Spike After Rwanda Nearly Downs a Congolese Fighter Jet
On 24 January, Rwanda's defence forces fired a missile at a DR Congo army jet for allegedly violating Rwandan airspace. Congolese officials called the incident an “act of war”. The shooting has ratche...
27 Jan 202354min
Bonus Episode: Eritrea’s Long Bitter Feud with Ethiopia’s Tigray
Today we're bringing you a bonus episode on Ethiopia and Eritrea from Crisis Group's The Horn podcast.The contemporary rivalry between Eritrea and Tigray goes back several decades. After an almost-17-...
20 Jan 202350min
Ten Conflicts to Watch in 2023
On this week’s Hold Your Fire! Richard Atwood is joined by Comfort Ero, Crisis Group’s president and CEO, and Stephen Pomper, chief of policy, to reflect on 2022 and look ahead to 2023. They talk thro...
15 Jan 202356min
Can Foreign Forces Tackle Haiti’s Gangs?
Haiti has long suffered political crises, gang violence and natural disasters, but the past two years have been especially cruel. In July 2021, gunmen murdered then President Jovenel Moïse in his home...
9 Des 202248min
No End in Sight in Ukraine?
Winter is setting in as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches. Recent months have seen Ukrainian forces advance, but whether front lines will continue to shift...
2 Des 202246min
Football and Politics in the Gulf
The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicked off this week in the Qatari capital Doha. The tournament comes at a time of fast-evolving politics in the region. Just a few years ago, a spat within the Gulf Cooperatio...
25 Nov 202255min
