Special Episode: What Will the Taliban Do Next?
The Taliban is back in power in Afghanistan. A few days ago, insurgents entered the Afghan capital Kabul, topping off a week in which they had swept through cities and towns across the country. Back f...
19 Aug 202134min
Iraq: Protests, Iran’s Role and an End to U.S. Combat Operations
After a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi earlier this week, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that American forces would end their combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021. Biden...
30 Jul 202137min
The Taliban’s Advance in Afghanistan
The past few weeks have seen sweeping gains by Taliban insurgents across parts of Afghanistan as U.S. forces withdraw. This week, Richard Atwood is joined by Laurel Miller, Crisis Group’s Asia directo...
22 Jul 202144min
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Six months after the military seized power in Myanmar, mass strikes and a brutal crackdown by the regime continue to paralyse the country – as the economy and public services, including the health sys...
15 Jul 202135min
Ten Years of South Sudanese Statehood
This week marks the tenth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, much-celebrated at the time but now eclipsed by the brutal civil war that followed. The conflict, which saw the army split along et...
8 Jul 202139min
A Dramatic Turn in Ethiopia’s Tigray War
Earlier this week, fighters loyal to the ousted leaders of Ethiopia’s Tigray region recaptured Mekelle, the regional capital, as Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed withdrew federal forces and announc...
1 Jul 202136min
Biden in Europe
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood and Naz Modirzadeh are joined by Michael Hanna, Crisis Group’s U.S. Program director, to talk about U.S. President Joe Biden’s first overseas trip since ta...
24 Jun 202127min
Iran: the Vote and the Bomb
As Iranians go to the polls on Friday to elect a new president, Iranian diplomats are meeting their Western counterparts in Vienna in their latest efforts to get back to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Th...
17 Jun 202133min
