... International Crisis Group leadership discussed the priority areas of work for the organization in the current year.
On January 12, 2021, International Crisis Group leadership discussed the priority areas of work for the organization in the current year.
10 Conflicts to Watch
in 2021 were identified as the ones with the most far-reaching implications for global peace and security: Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Venezuela, the Sahel, Libya, U.S.-Iran, Russia-Turkey, and Climate Change.
The discussion ...
In the end, the Kremlin could indirectly benefit from a military presence in the region
On November 10, 2020, Moscow announced its decision to send peacekeeping troops to Nagorno-Karabakh following the attack of its Mi-24 helicopter over Armenia, thus putting an end to more than six weeks of intense fighting and several decades of skirmishes between the pro-Armenian separatists of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.
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Who’s Who in Nagorno-Karabakh
Russia's choice is resembling that...
On November 3, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, addressed the staff of the international non-governmental organization Crisis Action, that deals with the challenges of protecting civilians from armed conflicts.
On November 3, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, addressed the staff of the international non-governmental organization
Crisis Action
, that deals with the challenges of protecting civilians from armed conflicts.
The speech and ...
... Azerbaijan were fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The American thinker cited this conflict, together with the Balkan conflict to illustrate the transition of world order and regime changes after the Cold War. However, contrary to Huntington’s belief, conflicts and wars in the Caucasus, including those in Nagorno-Karabakh, Chechnya, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are more of ethnical than religious nature. In resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, elites of different ethnic groups have made numerous ...
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Carl Bildt, former Sweden’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, spoke about the main approaches of Russia and the European Union to the crises in the South Caucasus and Belarus.
On September 28, 2020, the International Crisis Group held an online expert discussion of the state and prospects for resolving conflict situations in the post-Soviet space. Particular attention was paid to the latest events in Nagorno-Karabakh and Belarus in the...
On June 19, 2020, with the assistance of The Shaikh Group political consultancy, the ordinary virtual expert meeting on security issues in Mashreq region took place.
On June 19, 2020, with the assistance of The Shaikh Group political consultancy, the ordinary virtual expert meeting on security issues in Mashreq region took place.
The following issues were discussed during the meeting: the role of external players in conflict situations in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. Russia was represented at...
It takes a strong state, suppressing political violence, and a legitimate authority to succeed in combating the consequences of military conflicts in the Middle East during a pandemic
The question of the political and socioeconomic consequences the COVID-19 pandemic will have for global development has prompted heated analytical discussions among leading politicians, economists and political ...
On May 12, 2020, International Crisis Group held an online expert meeting on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on conflict situations in the post-Soviet space, the possibilities of international cooperation in combating coronavirus and preventing humanitarian emergencies in armed conflict zones.
On May 12, 2020, International Crisis Group held an online expert meeting on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on conflict situations in the post-Soviet space, the possibilities of international cooperation...
On April 29, 2020, the International Crisis Group (ICG) held an online expert meeting to monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on conflict situations in different regions of the world.
On April 29, 2020, the International Crisis Group (ICG) held an online expert meeting to monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on conflict situations in different regions of the world.
The following issues were discussed during the meeting: the epidemiological situation in conflict zones, the growing...
... presentation of the report International Crisis Group report “Digging out of Deadlock in Nagorno-Karabakh” by Olesya Vartanyan and Zaur Shiriyev.
On 3 March 2020, the Russian International Affairs Council hosted a closed experts seminar on the theme “Conflicts in the Post-Soviet space and CIS policy”.
The event began with a presentation by Igor Okunev, Director of the Center of Spatial Analysis in International Relations of the MGIMO University, on the theme of “Russia’s geopolitical code”....
