U.S.-Iran Diplomacy and Middle East Politics
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Middle East director Rob Malley about the state of U.S.-Iran negotia...
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Join Crisis Group Interim President Richard Atwood and Board Member and Harvard Law School Professor Naz Modirzadeh as they dive deep into the conflicts that rage around the globe with Crisi...
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20 of 234 episodesWill “El Tigre” Colombia’s New President Launch Another War on Drugs?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Renata Segura and Elizabeth Dickinson about Colombia’s presiden...
What’s Happening in Afghanistan
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Ibraheem Bahiss, Crisis Group’s Afghanistan expert based in Kabul, to assess where...
Special Episode: U.S. and Iran Find an Off-ramp?
In this special episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Ali Vaez, Crisis Group’s Iran director, to unpack the memorandum of unders...
100 Days Later: Can Trump Find an Off Ramp in the Gulf?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Naysan Rafati, Yasmine Farouk, Mairav Zonszein and Michael Han...
India’s Kashmir and Manipur Conflicts and their Consequences
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s India expert Praveen Donthi about escalating ethnic violence in Manip...
The Trump-Xi Summit: What Happened in Beijing?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Ali Wyne, Crisis Group’s Senior Research and Advocacy Adviser for U.S.-China and Se...
A Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire and An Evolving Battlefield?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Olga Oliker, Crisis Group’s European Security director, to discuss the latest deve...
Jihadist and Separatist Rebels Gain Ground in Mali
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s deputy Sahel director Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim to discuss a major wav...
Lebanon’s Uneasy Truce
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Iraq, Lebanon and Syria director Heiko Wimmen about the Israel-Leban...
What Hope for the U.S.-Iran Talks in Islamabad?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Crisis Group experts Ali Vaez, Yasmine Farouk, Mairav Zonszein, Michael Hanna and...
After Three Years of War in Sudan, What Hope for a Ceasefire?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Sudan expert Shewit Woldemichael and Horn of Africa director Alan B...
From Bad to Disastrous: Will Trump Escalate in Iran?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group experts Ali Vaez, Yasmine Farouk, Mairav Zonszein, Stephen Pomper and...
Is Cuba Next?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard Atwood speaks with Crisis Group’s Latin America director, Renata Segura and senior policy direc...
Escalation or off-Ramp in the Gulf? And What Hope for a Ceasefire in Lebanon?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Lebanon expert David Wood and former Crisis Group President Rob Mall...
Operation Epic Folly? Trump’s and Netanyahu’s War on Iran
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Crisis Group experts Ali Vaez, Yasmine Farouk, Mairav Zonszein and Michael Wahid H...
Special Episode: Regime Change or Regional War? U.S. and Israel Kill Iran’s Supreme Leader
In this special episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Iran director Ali Vaez and Gulf and Arabian Peninsula direc...
Will Ethiopia and Eritrea Start a Regional War?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group Africa director Murithi Mutiga about rising Ethiopia–Eritrea tensions...
A Transport Route to Peace in the South Caucasus?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard Atwood speaks with Joshua Kucera, Crisis Group’s senior South Caucasus analyst, about progress...
Phase Two in Gaza?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Amjad Iraqi, Mairav Zonszein and Max Rodenbeck about President...