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
Can a Truce and New Government Help End Yemen’s War?
On 7 April, the head of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi made the surprise announcement that he would cede all executive power to an eight-person presid...
8 Apr 202242min
Can a “Humanitarian Truce” Help End Ethiopia’s Civil War?
After almost seventeen months of devastating civil war in Ethiopia, the federal government on 24 March announced what it called a humanitarian truce. The offer would ostensibly allow aid into Ethiopia...
1 Apr 20221h 8min
Decoding Russia’s Nuclear Threats over Ukraine
Since Russian forces crossed en masse the Ukrainian border a month ago, the war has been overshadowed by Moscow’s nuclear menacing. Vladimir Putin has made thinly veiled threats of nuclear escalation ...
25 Mar 202248min
The Fallout from Ukraine: Iran Talks Stalled; U.S. Woos Caracas?
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Iran and Andes senior analysts Naysan Rafati and Phil Gunson to talk about the Ukraine war’s fallout on Iran nuclear talks and Venezue...
19 Mar 20221h 5min
France’s Troop Withdrawal from Mali
On 17 February, President Emmanuel Macron announced he would withdraw all French troops from Mali after a deployment in the country of almost ten years. In early 2013, French forces together with Chad...
16 Mar 202247min
International Women’s Day Special Episode: Can War Be Feminist?
Both our political mapping of conflict and peacebuilding efforts too often neglect the powerful role of gender dynamics in driving war. The identities of men and women shape their motivations and stra...
11 Mar 202255min
The Ukraine War: A View from Moscow
Russia’s war in Ukraine thus far has not gone Moscow’s way. Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have expected that Russian forces would capture Ukraine without much resistance, but Ukrainian f...
9 Mar 202241min
