NEW STATEMENT | Sudan: A Year of War

With millions facing famine, diplomats should push the two main belligerents much harder to accept a ceasefire.
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New Crisis Group report on famine in Gaza says Israeli aid distribution has been a fiasco and that Israel is trying to work around the international system in order to play favorites among big families who agree to its agenda.

The strategy risks consequences similar to…

In our new report, ‘Stopping Famine in Gaza’, we provide granular data through mapping and satellite imagery on the extent of the damage and destruction and the severity of the food insecurity crisis.

Our key findings: 1/9
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Great piece featuring the brilliant Sarah Elaine Harrison on Gaza, legal questions about IDF conduct, and why the Biden Administration has failed to exercise conditionality when it’s clearly called for. Everyone, read this.

That said, there are two important things the article missed.🧵

Very helpful overview from my colleague Sarah Elaine Harrison on the laws and policies that govern US security assistance and arms sales and how they are being interpreted in the context of the war in Gaza.

New Interview: I talked to the Int’l Crisis Group’s Sarah Elaine Harrison about how the idea of “proportionality” is being abused in Gaza, how judgments about int’l law are determined, & whether the Biden admin is ignoring US laws in its push to aid Israel newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/w…

NEW REPORT | Stopping Famine in Gaza

Israel's campaign in Gaza has pushed many to the edge of death from starvation and disease.

Only a prolonged ceasefire and a massive aid operation can improve the situation enough to avoid a horrific toll.
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1/ For the past 5 years, small teams of US and PRC experts have been meeting privately and unofficially to help lay the groundwork for both governments to launch direct talks on how to manage risks arising from AI's adoption in national security. (short🧵) brookings.edu/articles/layin…

It was an honor to take part in Esfandyar Batmanghelidj's exciting new sanctions podcast. I can't wait to listen to the other episodes with several of the world's top sanctions experts.

On Hold Your Fire! Comfort Ero discusses the war in Sudan with Richard Atwood and Stephen Pomper and the seeming demise of comprehensive peace agreements globally.

🎧 Listen to the full episode:
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Thanks to Foreign Affairs for encouraging this piece from me Crisis Group. While many Western policymakers know that you can't lump together three continents under a single two-word phrase, some do sometimes flatten the world in exactly this way.

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NEW REPORT | Northern Kosovo: Asserting Sovereignty amid Divided Loyalties
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Joined Crisis Group's team working on Ukraine today. Will keep you posted.

New Foreign Affairs piece from Comfort Ero challenging a lot of what you think you know about the 'Global South'.
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New Crisis Group commentary on Pyongyang inter-Korea’s policy pivot 👇🏼

Wonderful conversation with Richard Atwood and Stephen Pomper discussing why so few recent wars have ended in negotiated settlements.
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NEW Q&A | What Turmoil in ECOWAS Means for Nigeria and Regional Stability
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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have left ECOWAS, the regional bloc that sanctioned them after military officers seized power.

Crisis Group expert Nnamdi Obasi assesses the impact of these events on Nigeria’s influence and regional stability.

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Korean Reunification: Abandoned or Merely Deferred? crisisgroup.org/asia/north-eas… via @crisisgroup

Characteristically insightful and useful Vincent Foucher Crisis Group report on the state of play in the Boko Haram conflict. Includes some details on Sadiku's continued (if uneasy) relationship with the Bakura faction

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