INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Bosnia’s Incomplete Transition: Between Dayton and Europe Sarajevo/Brussels, 9 March 2009: Fourteen years after the Dayton Peace Agreement, Bosnia’s prospects for European integration remain threatened by ethnic disputes that make it necessary for the international community to retain special powers a little longer. Bosnia’s Incomplete Transition: Between Dayton and Europe,* the latest [...]

Tell President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton, U.N. Secretary-General Ban, Caribbean Economic Community Chair Barrow, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, ICE director John P. Torres, Congress and members of the media: Stop the Deportation of 30,000 Haitians! Please tell Homeland Security and ICE to STOP THE DEPORTATION OF 30,000 HAITIANS! YOUR EMERGENCY ACTION [...]

Dear Global Exchange Supporter, Following Israel’s atrocious three-week war on Gaza, and the subsequent outpouring of support for the Gazan people, the Obama administration has taken some steps towards holding Israel accountable for its misuse of U.S. weapons to commit human rights abuses against Palestinians. Last Thursday, President Obama sent his budget outline to Congress [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP The ICC Indictment of Bashir: A Turning Point for Sudan? Nairobi/Brussels, 4 March 2009: The International Criminal Court’s indictment of Sudanese President Omar Bashir for atrocity crimes in Darfur provides an opportunity for Sudan and the international community to both fight impunity and bring peace to the country. In an extended statement [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Haiti 2009: Stability at Risk Port-au-Prince/Brussels, 3 March 2009: To keep Haiti on course and avoid further unrest, its government needs to build a broad national consensus, reaching out to parliament and civil society. Haiti 2009: Stability at Risk,* the latest update briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines a fragile political, [...]

By KRISTIN PALPINI Thursday, February 26, 2009 AMHERST – The University of Massachusetts will host a panel discussion Thursday, March 5, featuring Palestinian and Israeli peace activists seeking an end violence and an independent Palestinian state at peace with Israel. The activists are part of the “OneVoice Movement” seeking to end violence between Israel and [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Solving the EU-Turkey-Cyprus Triangle: New Crisis Group webpage Istanbul/Brussels, 23 February 2009: The International Crisis is pleased to announce the launch of a new frequently updated webpage covering the nexus of issues surrounding Cyprus, Turkey and the European Union: “Solving the EU-Turkey-Cyprus Triangle” . This is a critical year for Cyprus as [...]