INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Georgia-Russia: Still Insecure and Dangerous Tbilisi/Brussels, 22 June 2009: Russian diplomatic pressure is dismantling the critical international conflict resolution machinery in Georgia, leaving the region facing a potentially explosive situation in which even a small incident could spark new fighting. Georgia-Russia: Still Insecure and Dangerous,* the latest policy briefing from the International [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Recruiting Militants in Southern Thailand Bangkok/Brussels, 22 June 2009: Unless the Thai government can give more attention to tackling the Muslim insurgency in the South, moving from a military toward a political solution, the violent conflict will intensify as the recruitment of young militants will accelerate. Recruiting Militants in Southern Thailand,* the [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP North Korea: Getting Back to Talks Seoul/Brussels, 18 June 2009: Last Friday’s UN Security Council Resolution was an appropriately strong and united condemnation of North Korea’s second nuclear test and should be accompanied by strong containment measures and continued effective military deterrence to ensure that the situation does not further deteriorate. But [...]

Free Gaza Movement launches its “Right to Read” Campaign Dear Friend, In partnership with Al-Aqsa University in Gaza, the Free Gaza Movement (FG) is launching its “Right to Read” campaign which will use the FG boats to deliver textbooks and other educational supplies to universities throughout the occupied Gaza Strip. This is not a charitable [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Lebanon’s Elections: Avoiding a New Cycle of Confrontation Pour lire ce communiqué de presse en français, cliquez ici. Beirut/Brussels, 4 June 2009: The challenge of Lebanon’s 7 June elections will be to bring winners and losers together to avoid triggering another cycle of violent confrontation. Lebanon’s Elections: Avoiding a New Cycle of Confrontation,* [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Pakistan’s IDP Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities Islamabad/Brussels, 3 June 2009: Unless relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) are urgently improved, the army’s offensive against the Taliban risks leaving the extremists the ultimate winners.   Pakistan’s IDP Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities,* the latest International Crisis Group policy briefing, [...]

An Open Letter to President Obama From the Free Gaza Movement 3 June 2009 Dear President Obama, Tomorrow you travel to Egypt to give one of the most important speeches of your presidency. With the words you deliver you have said that you want to “reset” U.S. relations with the Muslim world and create a [...]