Coup in Burkina, Russia in Mali and a New Chapter in the Sahel?
On 30 September, a group of young army captains, led by Ibrahim Traoré, seized power in Burkina Faso. They ousted Interim President Paul-Henri Damiba, who himself had come to power in a coup last Janu...
7 Okt 202245min
The U.S. and the Taliban after the Killing of al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
On 31 July, a U.S. drone strike killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in the Afghan capital Kabul. Zawahiri appears to have been living in a house maintained by the family of powerful Taliban Inter...
30 Sep 202259min
Back to War in Ethiopia
Just a few months back, a humanitarian truce in Ethiopia offered a glimmer of hope that an end might be in sight to the war in and around the country’s northern Tigray region. Fighting pitted the fede...
23 Sep 202255min
What to Watch at the UN General Assembly, plus Ukraine’s Kharkiv Offensive and the Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Clashes
World leaders are gathering this week in New York for UN General Assembly week, in an event that looks set to be overshadowed by Russia’s war in Ukraine and skyrocketing food and fuel prices. In a two...
16 Sep 20221h 12min
Iraq’s Political Crisis, Moqtada al-Sadr and a Divided Shia House
Almost a year since Iraq’s parliamentary elections in October 2021, the country’s political parties have struggled to form a new government. Despite doing well in the vote, the Sadrist Movement, led b...
9 Sep 202247min
Season Finale: Ukraine and an Unsettling Few Months in Global Politics
In a special Hold Your Fire! episode to mark the end of Season Two, Richard Atwood speaks first to Olga Oliker, Crisis Group’s Europe and Central Asia director, for an update on the war in Ukraine, an...
11 Jul 20221h 20min
India’s Response to Russia’s War in Ukraine
Since late February, when Russian forces crossed the Ukrainian border en masse, India has steered what it portrays as a neutral course on the war. It has abstained on UN votes condemning Russia’s inva...
5 Jul 202252min
Finland’s NATO Application, Western Policy in Ukraine and the War’s Global Fallout
NATO leaders meeting next week in Madrid have a lot on their agendas. Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered its fifth month, with fierce fighting continuing along front lines in Ukraine’s east and south...
24 Jun 202239min
