Iran: A Deal with Saudi Arabia, Closer Ties to Russia and the Looming Nuclear Crisis
Last week, Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to restore diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China. The two countries had broken off ties in 2016, after Saudi authorities executed a prominent Shiite ...
17 Mar 202345min
Will the Ukraine War Blow U.S.-China Relations Further Off Course?
The past few weeks have seen U.S.-China tensions ratchet up. In early February, a U.S. fighter jet shot down what Washington concluded was a Chinese spy balloon off the east coast of the U.S., prompti...
11 Mar 202354min
Another Year of War in Ukraine?
One year into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, prospects for a settlement remain bleak. On 21 February, President Vladimir Putin announced in a belligerent yearly address that he would suspend...
24 Feb 202342min
Insecurity and Identity Politics Ahead of Nigeria’s Vote
Nigerians will go to the polls on 25 February to elect a new president. The election is shaping up as a three-way contest between Bola Tinubu, a veteran Nigerian politician from the ruling All Progres...
17 Feb 202349min
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
