Who is Rodolfo Hernández, Colombia’s “TikTok King”, and Can He Win the Presidency?
Colombians decisively rejected mainstream political parties in the first round of their presidential election last week, with two anti-establishment candidates advancing to the run-off on 19 June. Gus...
3 Jun 20221h 2min
New President in Somalia, New Opportunity for Reconciliation
On 15 May, Somali lawmakers voted in new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The peaceful vote and transfer of power drew a line under what had been a fraught, long-delayed and sometimes violent electora...
27 Mai 20221h 8min
Shades of Jihad in Syria
On 3 February, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that American special forces had killed the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), Abdullah Qardash, in a house where he was hiding out in Idlib province...
20 Mai 20221h 13min
A Perilous Free-for-all in the Eastern DR Congo?
Neighbouring states are fighting again in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In November 2021, Tshisekedi invited Ugandan units to cross into the DRC’s North Kivu province in pursuit of the ISI...
13 Mai 202251min
Taliban Rule in Afghanistan
It’s been almost nine months since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. What for years had been the world’s deadliest war is mostly over and the country is suffering considerably less violence, th...
6 Mai 20221h 5min
Is the Danger of a NATO-Russia War Growing?
Ukraine’s war has entered a new phase, with Russia launching a major offensive in the east and south. This follows Moscow pulling back its forces from around Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, after fierce Ukra...
29 Apr 202243min
European Security and France’s Election in the Shadow of Russia’s War in Ukraine
This week on Hold Your Fire! Richard Atwood is joined by Gérard Araud, Crisis Group Trustee, distinguished French diplomat and former ambassador to both the UN and the U.S., to look at the Western res...
22 Apr 20221h 6min
Pakistan After Imran Khan’s Ouster: Tests at Home and Away
On 10 April, Pakistani legislators passed a no-confidence vote that ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government. The vote capped weeks of political turbulence, as a coalition of rival parties accuse...
15 Apr 202253min
