Policy Chief @CrisisGroup. Ex-NSC 44 (Multilateral Affairs & Human Rts), Ex-State Legal (Pol-Mil Affairs). NYU/Reiss Center Sr Fellow. Standard RT disclaimers.
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It's out! @CrisisGroup's big annual briefing on the state of the #UnitedNations is here.
Congrats to @FortiD for pulling it together this year.
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✍️NEW Q&A | The Middle East’s Metastasising Conflicts
After a lull, the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has reignited, spreading in new and dangerous ways. In this Q&A, Crisis Group explains why de-escalation is urgent in every theatre.
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In this episode of @The_NewArab's podcast, our @LahibHigel speaks with @hugogoodridge about Iraq's search for middle ground between Iran and the US in a time of war, and what it means for the country's political future. newarab.com/podcast/finding-…
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NEW COMMENTARY | Can a New Initiative Help the Gulf Region Escape the U.S.-Israel-Iran Trap?
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt and Türkiye are testing out an informal consultative framework.
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Really superb analysis of the overall Horn of Africa situation/dynamics from @CrisisGroup - it explains the big picture while also highlighting the individual crises and offers reasonable solutions. Must read!
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NEW BRIEFING NOTE | Iran Crisis Monitor
In this weekly update, Crisis Group experts take stock of developments in the Middle East war and the progress of efforts to end it.
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Across the Indo-Pacific, increased threat perceptions are spurring growing militarization. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/12…
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🎧 NEW EPISODE | Hold Your Fire!
This week, @atwoodr speaks with @OlyaOliker about the latest from Ukraine, the mood in Kyiv after more than four years of full-scale war, the fallout from the Gulf conflict and the three-day ceasefire.
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Thanks to @amanpour for bringing our @CrisisGroup OpEd in the @nytimes to the attention of #Haiti’s PM @citoyendidier. Whatever security gains the GSF attains need to be consolidated by a demobilization process that will require transparent talks with the gangs.
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Control of Sudan is now divided between its army, which holds Khartoum and the east, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the west.
The risks of long-term partition and spillover are continuing to grow: crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/s…
ALT 🗺️ : Sudan’s war has split the country roughly in two, with the Rapid Support Forces in the west (yellow) and the Sudanese army in the east (green). Sources: Critical Threats Project at the @AEI as of 26 March 2026 and Crisis Group as of 10 April 2026; Natural Earth. @CrisisGroup
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The priority now should be clear: to secure agreement among key internal and external players on a day after for Sudan while urgently pushing for a humanitarian truce.
The outside powers most entangled in this conflict should help end it, not prolong it: crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/s…
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"The hard truth is that diplomacy has simply not met the scale of this crisis.”
@CrisisGroup President @EroComfort tells @Reuters as Sudan enters its fourth year of war today, with little hopes for resolution.
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The title alone from @Mo_IbrahimFdn chairman should tell you what’s at stake.
“Sudan’s war risks destabilising an entire region, triggering proxy wars elsewhere in the Horn of Africa and beyond.”
giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic… What happens in Sudan will not stay in Sudan
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Though diplomacy to end Sudan’s civil war made strides in 2025, it appears stalled amid a row between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – and now the Middle East war. Our latest briefing unpacks how to what should be done to end the conflict. crisisgroup.org/brf/africa/s…
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Read @StephenPomper on how both Democratic and Republican lawyers paved the way for Trump to “wield unilateral power over war and peace”:
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For decades, national security lawyers have been “chipping away at the laws and norms that constrain presidential power” in the United States, writes @StephenPomper. “Undoing the damage will not be easy.”
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🎧 New Episode | Hold Your Fire!
This week, @atwoodr speaks with @AliVaez, @YasFarouk, @MairavZ, @mwhanna1 and @StephenPomper about the tentative two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and peace talks in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
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As Colombia’s presidential vote approaches, prospects for continued dialogue with armed groups remain uncertain.
In our latest Watch List 2026, @CrisisGroup explains how the EU and its member states can help advance peace and tackle organised crime.
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#Georgia relations with the #EU ruptured soon after it received the candidate status in 2023.
In @CrisisGroup’s new #EUWatchlist, my colleagues assess why engagement still matters, and how the EU could work with Tbilisi more pragmatically:
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South Sudan is tragically sliding back into civil war. With 10 million people in need of aid and the region on edge, the international community must take decisive action now. Read Crisis Group’s latest analysis: crisisgroup.org/cmt/africa/s… via @crisisgroup