The UAE in Sudan
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Sudan expert Shewit Woldemichael and Horn of Africa Director Alan Bo...
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20 of 242 episodesWill Trump Help Putin Win in Ukraine?
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group Ukraine expert Lucian Kim, chief of policy Stephen Pomper and Europe d...
The Yemen War, Saudi-Iran relations and Another Escalation in the Gulf
In this episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Arabian Peninsula director Yasmine Farouk and senior Iran analyst H...
How Close Are Ethiopia and Eritrea to All-out War?
This week on Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Alan Boswell, Crisis Group’s Horn of Africa director, to discuss the fighting in Ethiopi...
Back to War in Ethiopia?
This week on Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Africa director Murithi Mutiga about renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia...
The UN’s High Level Week, Secretary-General Selection and “Middle Power” Problem
In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood speaks with Richard Gowan, Crisis Group’s Director for Global Issues and Institutions, an...
Special Episode: Will the Houthis Shut Down the Bab al-Mandab Strait?
In this special episode of Hold Your Fire! , Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s senior Yemen analyst Ahmed Nagi to unpack the rapid Houthi...
Nuclear Deterrence in Europe (and another round of U.S. Ukraine-Russia diplomacy)
In this first episode of a new season of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s European Security Director Olga Oliker about th...
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...
Will “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...