At Home and Away: President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Year in Power in Syria
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Dareen Khalifa, Crisis Group’s senior adviser for dialogue promotion, to discuss Syria’s transition after the fall of the Assad regime and the ...
17 Nov 202544min
Election Standoff Grips Cameroon and Jihadists Squeeze Mali’s Capital
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Cameroon expert Arrey E. Ntui and Sahel director Jean-Hervé Jézéquel. Richard first talks with Arrey about the fallout from Came...
8 Nov 202544min
Drug War or Regime Change? Trump’s Venezuela and Western Hemisphere Policy
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard talks with Crisis Group experts Phil Gunson and Renata Segura about U.S. military build-up off Venezuela’s coast, strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats and whet...
31 Okt 202544min
Special Episode: What Does the RSF’s Seizure of El Fasher Mean for Sudan’s War?
In this update episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Sudan expert Shewit Woldemichael and Horn director Alan Boswell about the paramilitary RSF capturing North Dafur’s capital...
29 Okt 202524min
What’s Next for the Houthis in Yemen?
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group Yemen expert Ahmed Nagi about what the ceasefire in Gaza means for the Israel-Houthi conflict, risks of further attacks in the Red Sea an...
25 Okt 202539min
Another South Asia Cross-Border Crisis: Afghan and Pakistani Forces Clash
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Afghanistan expert Ibraheem Bahiss and South Asia director Samina Ahmed about clashes this week between Afghan and Pakistani forc...
18 Okt 202547min
Can a U.S.-Arab Roadmap Stop Sudan’s War?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard talks with Crisis Group’s Sudan expert Shewit Woldemichael, Horn of Africa director Alan Boswell and Gulf & Arabian Peninsula director Yasmine Farouk about ...
11 Okt 202546min
Special Episode: Rob Malley on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wider Middle East
In this Special Episode of Hold Your Fire!, two years of war in Gaza after Hamas’s 7 October attacks, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s former president and former U.S. Special Envoy to Iran and off...
8 Okt 20251h 14min
