Eurasia

My friend Arthur telephoned me one summer morning in 2003, when I had just returned from Iraq, which had fallen into U.S. hands that April. Arthur was head of the refugee program at the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights. A decade earlier, he and I had travelled together to Iraq, …

In September 2021, we launched a special series of articles, reports, videos and podcasts by Crisis Group experts on the impact of al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks and the U.S.-led “war on terror”. These cover how Islamist militancy and the military operations aimed at defeating militant groups have both reverberated in Washington …

Back in early May of 2020 Israel’s Interior minister urged ‘soul-searching’ in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community citing the very high coronavirus infection rate [60-70% of the sick in the entire country were ultra-Orthodox whereas only 10-12 percent of the general population is ultra-Orthodox]. Now in early September 2021only some 20 …

As Kyiv and Chisinau firm up once weak bilateral ties, the Kremlin observes the formation of what it suspects is an anti-Russian alliance with alarm. Moldovan and Ukrainian leaders aim to build a solid relationship to boost their respective European aspirations, having big players on the eastern flank of the …

This year’s joint military exercise organised by Russia and Belarus on NATO’s eastern border is an unprecedented attempt to bully the West, in a new context with fresh tactics, argues Polish security expert Anna Maria Dyner. The culminating stage of the Zapad 2021 joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise will take place …

The Census Bureau recently released the first-round of results from the 2020 census and its findings shocked many, especially older white, conservative Americans. William Frey, of the Brookings Institute, reports, “Yet most notable is the small decline in white population — the first in any census since 1790. During much …

Нинішня передвиборча кампанія до Бундестагу вже стала найбільш інтригуючою за всі 16 років урядування канцлерки Ангели Меркель. Війна за спадщину “матусі” німців приносить все нові й нові сюрпризи, а ставки, амбіції та напруга з боку провідних політсил, що змагаються, з кожним днем зростають. Зокрема, й через те, що впродовж минулих …

Готовясь к уходу с поста канцлера, Ангела Меркель грубо ошиблась — и фактически лишила свою партию шансов остаться у власти. Да, предвыборная кампания в Германии завершается действительно сенсационно — за три недели до выборов ХДС-ХСС стремительно теряет место первой партии страны.Нынешняя кампания вообще преподнесла массу сюрпризов — рейтинги большинства партий …

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Idlib demanded all the tribes in the areas it controls to coordinate with it to form separate Shura councils, with the aim of controlling the decisions taken by these tribes and expanding its popular base. During its inauguration conference Aug. 28, the Arab Bakara tribe announced …

The IRGC’s rare warning has fueled fears about civilian casualties in the Kurdish villages stretching on the Iran-Iraq border. The commander of the Ground Forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of a “decisive and harsh response” against Kurdish fighters based in the …