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NEW Q&A | Afghanistan Three Years After the Taliban Takeover Graeme Smith, drawing upon Crisis Group’s research across Afghanistan, assesses the regime’s record and its implications for international policy. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi…
Told The Associated Press that Beijing’s main issue with the Myanmar regime is that “it is headed by someone [Min Aung Hlaing] that they distrust and dislike, and who they see as fundamentally incompetent”. apnews.com/article/myanma…
Honoured to meet H.E. President Tshisekedi Présidence RDC 🇨🇩 to discuss the strong UK-DRC relationship, based on developing partnerships in trade, investment, climate and health. I expressed the UK’s support for the President’s continued engagement in the Luanda peace process.
For the first time in four months, UN humanitarian aid trucks crossed the Adre border to reach Sudanese facing starvation. Today Secretary Antony Blinken and U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello discussed with President Sisi and senior Egyptian officials the progress made by diplomatic partners.
Good day in Al-Alamein with Secretary Antony Blinken, President Sisi, and senior Egyptian leaders, reporting on progress made in urgent Sudan talks in Switzerland to expand humanitarian access for the Sudanese people.
UN sanctions face several kinds of criticism, explains Maya Ungar. First, the most influential states among the sceptics, Russia and China, often decry UN sanctions that they do not like as instruments of Western power. crisisgroup.org/global/politic…
#Haiti's hardships continue, but there is room for hope. Renata Segura and I discuss in Foreign Affairs how the new transitional government and the Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti could overcome new challenges to curb gang violence and promote stability. foreignaffairs.com/haiti/haitis-w…
Sudan's civil war is on the cover, at last -- and this week's issue of The Economist includes a big package of stories about, and from, Sudan. 🧵
It’s hard to be optimistic about #Haiti, but Diego Da Rin and I argue in this new piece Foreign Affairs that there is a small but important window of opportunity now for some progress. We cannot afford to allow it to close.
Great gender-conflict work by my colleague Floor Keuleers. It is timely as political changes in Niamey further exacerbate the burdens and hardships imposed and deepened by IS Sahel. The 2023 coup and withdrawal of some donors have undermined previous government efforts.
Both sides in this war “are sentencing millions of Sudanese to death.” economist.com/briefing/2024/… from The Economist
Important piece by Saad Mohseni in The Washington Post on Afghanistan and the US policies after the Taliban takeover. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…
In an op-ed in the WashPost, I argue for international engagement with the Taliban to support Afghans (and engaging doesnt mean legitimising its rule). We must find a balance between pressure and dialogue to protect Afghanistan’s gains of the last 20 years washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…
Growing violence in #Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, where the Arakan Army has been accused of killing up to 200 Muslim Rohingya civilians, could lead to further displacements. Crisis Group's monthly tracker highlights this worrying risk: crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch
Spot on for a disaster that was preventable 👉🏾 “This tragedy has already shown once again that victims of UK disasters often have to wait an absurdly long time for justice”. via Financial Times on.ft.com/3Xg62iv