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International Crisis Group

Join Crisis Group's Executive Vice President Richard Atwood as he dives deep into the conflicts that rage around the globe with Crisis Group analysts and special guests. These experts bring a unique, on-the-ground perspective to understanding both why those conflicts persist — and what could bring them to an end.

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242 episodes

  1. The UAE in Sudan 44:00
  2. Will Trump Help Putin Win in Ukraine? 43:12
  3. The Yemen War, Saudi-Iran relations and Another Escalation in the Gulf 53:29
  4. How Close Are Ethiopia and Eritrea to All-out War? 39:15
  5. Back to War in Ethiopia? 37:17
  6. The UN’s High Level Week, Secretary-General Selection and “Middle Power” Problem 53:22
  7. Special Episode: Will the Houthis Shut Down the Bab al-Mandab Strait? 30:12
  8. Nuclear Deterrence in Europe (and another round of U.S. Ukraine-Russia diplomacy) 52:36
  9. U.S.-Iran Diplomacy and Middle East Politics 1:08:33
  10. Will “El Tigre” Colombia’s New President Launch Another War on Drugs? 48:54
  11. What’s Happening in Afghanistan 59:05
  12. Special Episode: U.S. and Iran Find an Off-ramp? 28:30
  13. 100 Days Later: Can Trump Find an Off Ramp in the Gulf? 1:10:11
  14. India’s Kashmir and Manipur Conflicts and their Consequences 43:07
  15. The Trump-Xi Summit: What Happened in Beijing? 50:10
  16. A Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire and An Evolving Battlefield? 41:29
  17. Jihadist and Separatist Rebels Gain Ground in Mali 48:09
  18. Lebanon’s Uneasy Truce 50:27
  19. What Hope for the U.S.-Iran Talks in Islamabad? 1:05:08
  20. After Three Years of War in Sudan, What Hope for a Ceasefire? 42:20
  21. From Bad to Disastrous: Will Trump Escalate in Iran? 1:04:56
  22. Is Cuba Next? 44:54
  23. Escalation or off-Ramp in the Gulf? And What Hope for a Ceasefire in Lebanon? 52:21
  24. Operation Epic Folly? Trump’s and Netanyahu’s War on Iran 59:09
  25. Special Episode: Regime Change or Regional War? U.S. and Israel Kill Iran’s Supreme Leader 43:01
  26. Will Ethiopia and Eritrea Start a Regional War? 44:19
  27. A Transport Route to Peace in the South Caucasus? 45:40
  28. Phase Two in Gaza? 43:41
  29. Norway’s FM Espen Barth Eide on Greenland, Iran, Trump’s Board of Peace and other crises 44:02
  30. The Greenland Showdown and Board of Peace at Davos 48:21
  31. What Next for Iran? 42:44
  32. From Venezuela to Greenland? Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy 43:16
  33. Special Episode: What Next for Venezuela? 29:53
  34. Trump Brokers Rwanda-DR Congo Deal, Rwandan-backed Rebels Advance 55:04
  35. Fighting on the Cambodia-Thailand Border 36:32
  36. UN stamps Trump plan, Gaza in Limbo, Saudi Crown Prince in Washington 1:00:37
  37. At Home and Away: President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Year in Power in Syria 44:34
  38. Election Standoff Grips Cameroon and Jihadists Squeeze Mali’s Capital 44:22
  39. Drug War or Regime Change? Trump’s Venezuela and Western Hemisphere Policy 44:28
  40. Special Episode: What Does the RSF’s Seizure of El Fasher Mean for Sudan’s War? 24:30
  41. What’s Next for the Houthis in Yemen? 39:46
  42. Another South Asia Cross-Border Crisis: Afghan and Pakistani Forces Clash 47:08
  43. Can a U.S.-Arab Roadmap Stop Sudan’s War? 46:45
  44. Special Episode: Rob Malley on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wider Middle East 1:14:17
  45. What to Make of Trump’s Gaza Plan? 40:58
  46. What to Make of Trump’s Ukraine Diplomacy? 43:28
  47. The UN’s Uncertain Future 47:17
  48. The DR Congo-Rwanda Deal, Trump’s Mediation and African Politics 49:07
  49. A Twelve-Day War, A New Middle East? 47:29
  50. Special Episode: “Totally Obliterated”? Trump’s Iran Strikes and What Iran Might Do Now 26:52