International Crisis Group

ISRAEL/PALESTINE: CRISIS GROUP ANALYSTS IN THE REGION MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, FOCUSING ON THE STATE OF THE ’PEACE PROCESS’, POINTS OF TENSION AND DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES.

IRAQ/SYRIA/LEBANON: CRISIS GROUP COVERS THE WAR IN SYRIA, INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS IN LEBANON AND RELATIONS BETWEEN SYRIA AND LEBANON. IT ALSO COVERS GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN IRAQ, AS WELL AS THE QUESTION OF THE KURDS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA.

IRAN/GULF STATES/YEMEN: CRISIS GROUP COVERS IMPLEMENTATION OF NUCLEAR DEAL BETWEEN THE P5+1 AND IRAN, AND IRAN’S ROLE IN THE REGION. IT ALSO COVERS YEMEN, FOCUSING ON THE WAR AND EXPLORING WAYS TO BRING IT TO AN END.

NORTH AFRICA: CRISIS GROUP REPORTS ON THE TRANSITIONS IN EGYPT, LIBYA, TUNISIA, AND ALGERIA.

NORTH EAST ASIA: CRISIS GROUP EXAMINES CHINA'S APPROACH TO REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS, ITS GLOBAL INFLUENCE, INCLUDING IN AFRICA, THE NORTH KOREA DILEMMA, AS WELL AS POLICY OPTIONS FOR RESOLVING CONFLICT IN THE SOUTH AND EAST CHINA SEAS.

SOUTH EAST ASIA: ANALYSTS FOCUS ON THAILAND'S SOUTHERN INSURGENCY AND DOMESTIC POLITICAL TURMOIL, THE TRANSITION IN MYANMAR, THE ROHINGYA CRISIS, AND THE PEACE PROCESS AND MILITANCY MORE BROADLY IN THE PHILIPPINES.

SOUTH ASIA: CRISIS GROUP ADDRESSES THE SECURITY AND POLITICAL TRANSITION IN AFGHANISTAN, GOVERNANCE, EXTREMISM AND SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN PAKISTAN, THE RISKS POSED BY THE LEGACY OF SRI LANKA'S CIVIL CONFLICT, AS WELL AS MILITANCY AND THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN BANGLADESH.

CENTRAL AMERICA: CRISIS GROUP RESEARCHES THE EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME ON THE INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIETIES OF GUATEMALA, HONDURAS AND EL SALVADOR.

COLOMBIA/ANDES: IN COLOMBIA, CRISIS GROUP WORKS TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION FROM WAR TO PEACE AND TO ASSESS CHALLENGES TO POST-CONFLICT IN THE COUNTRY. IN VENEZUELA, CRISIS GROUP PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PREVENT A VIOLENT CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE OF A DEEP POLITICAL CRISIS.

MEXICO: CRISIS GROUP COVERS THE DRUG-RELATED VIOLENCE IN MEXICO AND ITS IMPACT ON GOVERNANCE.

CENTRAL ASIA: CRISIS GROUP COVERS CENTRAL ASIA WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON TAJIKISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN AND KYRGYZSTAN BUT ANALYZE, REGION WIDE, RISKS OF TRANSITION, PROBLEMS SURROUNDING NATIONALISM, THREATS FROM EXTREMISM AND THE ROLE THAT RUSSIA PLAYS IN THE REGION.

SOUTH CAUCASUS: CRISIS GROUP ANALYSED ASPECTS OF CONFLICTS IN GEORGIA’S BREAKAWAY REGIONS OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA, AS WELL AS WARNED AGAINST THE RISKS OF THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT.

UKRAINE: CRISIS GROUP COVERS THE UKRAINE CONFLICT, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON UKRAINE’S STABILITY, THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE’S EAST, THE SITUATION ALONG THE LINE OF SEPARATION, INCLUDING ITS HUMANITARIAN FALL OUT, AND THE NON-GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED TERRITORIES.

RUSSIA/NORTH CAUCASUS: CRISIS GROUP FOCUSED MAINLY ON ISSUES OF EXTREMISM IN RUSSIA’S NORTH CAUCASUS REGION AND THE EXPORT OF NORTH CAUCASUS JIHADISM TO THE MIDDLE EAST.

UNITED STATES

CRISIS GROUPS ADVOCACY ENGAGES THE ENTIRE ORGANISATION, REFLECTING OUR CUMULATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BEST TO TAILOR AND TARGET OUR MESSAGES TO THE UNIQUE POLICY CONTEXT OF VARIOUS LOCAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTORS. WHILE CRISIS GROUPS ADVOCACY EFFORTS ARE CUSTOMISED TO ADDRESS EACH PARTICULAR CONFLICT SCENARIO, THEY CONSISTENTLY INFLUENCE AN ARRAY OF ACTORS/DECISION-MAKERS IN THE COUNTRY IN QUESTION, THOSE TO WHOM THEY LISTEN, AND THE SPECTRUM OF INFLUENTIAL INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS OR STAKEHOLDERS.