Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

International Crisis Group

URL: http://www.crisisweb.org/

The International Crisis Group (ICG) is an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, with over 90 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.

Additional Materials from International Crisis Group: Videos | Working Papers


Policy Briefs

Title: The Ukraine Crisis: Risks of Renewed Military Conflict after Minsk II
Date: April 2015

Title: The Chaos in Darfur
Date: April 2015

Title: Myanmar's Electoral Landscape
Date: April 2015

Title: Yemen at War
Date: March 2015

Title: Sudan: The Prospects for "National Dialogue"
Date: March 2015

Title: Syria Calling: Radicalisation in Central Asia
Date: January 2015

Title: Elections en Tunisie: vieilles blessures, nouvelles craintes
Date: December 2014

Title: Toward a Lasting Ceasefire in Gaza
Date: October 2014

Title: Mali : dernière chance à Alger
Date: October 2014

Title: La Tunisie des frontières (II) : terrorisme et polarisation régionale
Date: October 2014

Title: Zimbabwe: Waiting for the Future
Date: September 2014

Title: Venezuela: Dangerous Inertia
Date: September 2014

Title: Rigged Cars and Barrel Bombs: Aleppo and the State of the Syrian War
Date: September 2014

Title: Kenya: Al-Shabaab – Closer to Home
Date: September 2014

Title: Iran and the P5+1: Getting to "Yes"
Date: August 2014

Title: Eritrea: Ending the Exodus?
Date: August 2014

Title: Gaza and Israel: New Obstacles, New Solutions
Date: July 2014

Title: Somalia: Al-Shabaab – It Will Be a Long War
Date: June 2014

Title: L’exception tunisienne : succès et limites du consensus
Date: June 2014

Title: Iraq's Jihadi Jack-in-the-Box
Date: June 2014

Title: Myanmar's Military: Back to the Barracks?
Date: April 2014

Title: Guinée-Bissau: les élections, et après?
Date: April 2014

Title: Somalia: Puntland's Punted Polls
Date: December 2013

Title: Not a Rubber Stamp: Myanmar's Legislature in a Time of Transition
Date: December 2013

Title: Centrafrique : l'intervention de la dernière chance
Date: December 2013

Title: Armenia and Azerbaijan: A Season of Risks
Date: September 2013

Title: Marching in Circles: Egypt's Dangerous Second Transition
Date: August 2013

Title: Great Expectations: Iran's New President and the Nuclear Talks
Date: August 2013

Title: A Tentative Peace in Myanmar's Kachin Conflict
Date: June 2013

Title: Venezuela: A House Divided
Date: May 2013

Title: Kenya After the Elections
Date: May 2013

Title: Justice at the Barrel of a Gun: Vigilante Militias in Mexico
Date: May 2013

Title: Indonesia: Tensions over Aceh's Flag
Date: May 2013

Title: Bosnia's Dangerous Tango: Islam and Nationalism
Date: February 2013

Title: L'Est du Congo : la rébellion perdue des ADF-Nalu
Date: December 2012

Title: Georgia: Making Cohabitation Work
Date: December 2012

Title: L'Est du Congo: pourquoi la stabilisation a échoué
Date: October 2012

Title: Assessing Turkey's Role in Somalia
Date: October 2012

Title: Mali : pour une action internationale résolue et concertée
Date: September 2012

Title: Ethiopia After Meles
Date: August 2012

Title: The P5 +1, Iran and the Perils of Nuclear Brinkmanship
Date: June 2012

Title: Liberia: Time for Much-Delayed Reconciliation and Reform
Date: June 2012

Title: Syria's Phase of Radicalisation
Date: April 2012

Title: Now or Never: A Negotiated Transition for Syria
Date: March 2012

Title: Somalia: An Opportunity that Should Not Be Missed
Date: February 2012

Title: Indonesia: Averting Election Violence in Aceh
Date: February 2012

Title: Kenyan Somali Islamist Radicalisation
Date: January 2012

Title: Kenya: Impact of the ICC Proceedings
Date: January 2012

Title: Indonesia: From Vigilantism to Terrorism in Cirebon
Date: January 2012

Title: South Korea: The Shifting Sands of Security Policy
Date: December 2011

Title: Nepal's Peace Process: The Endgame Nears
Date: December 2011

Title: Côte d'Ivoire: Continuing the Recovery
Date: December 2011

Title: Côte d'Ivoire : poursuivre la convalescence
Date: December 2011

Title: Brčko Unsupervised
Date: December 2011

Title: Uncharted Waters: Thinking Through Syria's Dynamics
Date: November 2011

Title: Timor-Leste's Veterans: An Unfinished Struggle?
Date: November 2011

Title: Keeping Haiti Safe: Justice Reform
Date: October 2011

Title: Indonesia: Trouble Again in Ambon
Date: October 2011

Title: Bosnia: What Does Republika Srpska Want?
Date: October 2011

Title: Keeping Haiti Safe: Police Reform
Date: September 2011

Title: The Philippines: A New Strategy for Peace in Mindanao?
Date: August 2011

Title: Indonesia: Hope and Hard Reality in Papua
Date: August 2011

Title: Georgia-Russia: Learn to Live Like Neighbours
Date: August 2011

Title: Turkey and Greece: Time to Settle the Aegean Dispute
Date: July 2011

Title: Indonesia: Debate Over a New Intelligence Bill
Date: July 2011

Title: Post-quake Haiti: Security Depends on Resettlement and Development
Date: June 2011

Title: Timor-Leste: Reconciliation and Return from Indonesia
Date: April 2011

Title: Thailand: The Calm before Another Storm?
Date: April 2011

Title: The Philippines: Back to the Table, Warily, in Mindanao
Date: March 2011

Title: Myanmar's Post-Election Landscape
Date: March 2011

Title: Gaza: The Next Israeli-Palestinian War?
Date: March 2011

Title: Nigeria's Elections: Reversing the Degeneration?
Date: February 2011

Title: Le Nord-ouest du Tchad: la prochaine zone à haut risque ?
Date: February 2011

Title: Bosnia: Europe's Time to Act
Date: January 2011

Title: Georgia: Securing a Stable Future
Date: December 2010

Title: Stalemate in Southern Thailand
Date: November 2010

Title: Negotiating Sudan's North-South Future
Date: November 2010

Title: Côte d'Ivoire : sortir enfin de l'ornière?
Date: November 2010

Title: Afghanistan: Exit vs Engagement
Date: November 2010

Title: New Crisis, Old Demons in Lebanon
Date: October 2010

Title: Pakistan: The Worsening IDP Crisis
Date: September 2010

Title: Managing Land Conflict in Timor-Leste
Date: September 2010

Title: Illicit Arms in Indonesia
Date: September 2010

Title: China's Myanmar Strategy: Elections, Ethnic Politics and Economics
Date: September 2010

Title: Indonesia: The Deepening Impasse in Papua
Date: August 2010

Title: Indonesia: The Dark Side of Jama'ah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT)
Date: July 2010

Title: Steps Towards Peace: Putting Kashmiris First
Date: June 2010

Title: Improving Security Policy in Colombia
Date: June 2010

Title: Timor-Leste: Oecusse and the Indonesian Border
Date: May 2010

Title: The Myanmar Elections
Date: May 2010

Title: Somalia's Divided Islamists
Date: May 2010

Title: Philippines: Pre-Election Tensions in Central Mindanao
Date: May 2010

Title: Kyrgyzstan: A Hollow Regime Collapses
Date: April 2010

Title: Congo: l'enlisement du projet démocratique
Date: April 2010

Title: Zimbabwe: Political and Security Challenges to the Transition
Date: March 2010

Title: Sudan's Rigged Elections
Date: March 2010

Title: North Korea under Tightening Sanctions
Date: March 2010

Title: Libye/Tchad : au-delà d'une politique d'influence
Date: March 2010

Title: The Iran Nuclear Issue: The View from Beijing
Date: January 2010

Title: Sri Lanka: A Bitter Peace
Date: January 2010

Title: Central African Republic: Keeping the Dialogue Alive
Date: January 2010

Title: Sudan: Preventing Implosion
Date: December 2009

Title: Somaliland: A Way out of the Electoral Crisis
Date: December 2009

Title: Central Asia: Islamists in Prison
Date: December 2009

Title: Venezuela: Accelerating the Bolivarian Revolution
Date: November 2009

Title: Bosnia's Dual Crisis
Date: November 2009

Title: Afghanistan: Elections and the Crisis of Governance
Date: November 2009

Title: Nagorno-Karabakh: Getting to a Breakthrough
Date: October 2009

Title: Kosovo: Štrpce, a Model Serb Enclave?
Date: October 2009

Title: Guinea: Military Rule Must End
Date: October 2009

Title: Tchad: sortir du piège pétrolier
Date: August 2009

Title: Somalia: The Trouble with Puntland
Date: August 2009

Title: Indonesia: Noordin Top's Support Base
Date: August 2009

Title: Indonesia: The Hotel Bombings
Date: July 2009

Title: Côte d'Ivoire : les impératifs de sortie de crise
Date: July 2009

Title: Bosnia: A Test of Political Maturity in Mostar
Date: July 2009

Title: U.S.-Iranian Engagement: The View from Tehran
Date: June 2009

Title: Pakistan's IDP Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities
Date: June 2009

Title: North Korea: Getting Back to Talks
Date: June 2009

Title: Guinea-Bissau: Beyond Rule of the Gun
Date: June 2009

Title: Georgia-Russia: Still Insecure and Dangerous
Date: June 2009

Title: The Virtuous Twins: Protecting Human Rights and Improving Security in Colombia
Date: May 2009

Title: Indonesia: Radicalisation of the "Palembang Group"
Date: May 2009

Title: Zimbabwe: Engaging the Inclusive Government
Date: April 2009

Title: Nigeria: Seizing the Moment in the Niger Delta
Date: April 2009

Title: Haiti: Saving the Environment, Preventing Instability and Conflict
Date: April 2009

Title: North Korea's Missile Launch: The Risks of Overreaction
Date: March 2009

Title: Indonesia: Deep Distrust in Aceh as Elections Approach
Date: March 2009

Title: Haiti 2009: Stability at Risk
Date: March 2009

Title: Guinea: The Transition Has Only Just Begun
Date: March 2009

Title: Afghanistan: New U.S. Administration, New Directions
Date: March 2009

Title: Timor-Leste: No Time for Complacency
Date: February 2009

Title: The Philippines: Running in Place in Mindanao
Date: February 2009

Title: Macedonia's Name: Breaking the Deadlock
Date: January 2009

Title: Local Election Disputes in Indonesia: The Case of North Maluku
Date: January 2009

Title: Engaging Syria? Lessons from the French Experience
Date: January 2009

Title: Policing in Afghanistan: Still Searching for a Strategy - Asia Briefing N°85
Date: December 2008

Title: Palestine Divided - Middle East Briefing N°25
Date: December 2008

Title: Georgia: The Risks of Winter - Europe Briefing N°51
Date: November 2008

Title: Bolivia: Rescuing the New Constitution and Democratic Stability -- Latin America Briefing N°18
Date: June 2008

Title: Armenia: Picking up the Pieces
Date: April 2008

Title: Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Beyond the Crisis
Date: March 2008

Title: Kosovo's First Month
Date: March 2008

Title: Ethiopia and Eritrea: Stopping the Slide to War
Date: December 2007

Title: Winding Back Martial Law in Pakistan
Date: November 2007

Title: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Annapolis and After
Date: November 2007

Title: Sri Lanka: Sinhala Nationalism and the Elusive Southern Consensus
Date: November 2007

Title: Nagorno-Karabakh: Risking War
Date: November 2007

Title: Guinea: Change on Hold
Date: November 2007

Title: Northern Uganda Peace Process: The Need to Maintain Momentum
Date: September 2007

Title: Indonesian Papua: A Local Perspective on the Conflict
Date: July 2007

Title: Somalia: The Tough Part Is Ahead
Date: January 2007

Title: Haiti: Justice Reform and the Security Crisis
Date: January 2007

Title: Congo: Staying Engaged after the Elections
Date: January 2007

Title: Bolivia's Reforms: The Danger of New Conflicts
Date: January 2007

Title: Afghanistan's Endangered Compact
Date: January 2007

Title: Myanmar: New Threats to Humanitarian Aid
Date: December 2006

Title: Lebanon at a Tripwire
Date: December 2006

Title: Kosovo's Status: Difficult Months Ahead
Date: December 2006

Title: Uzbekistan: Europe's Sanctions Matter
Date: November 2006

Title: Serbia's New Constitution: Democracy Going Backwards
Date: November 2006

Title: North Korea's Nuclear Test: The Fallout
Date: November 2006

Title: Kyrgyzstan on the Edge
Date: November 2006

Title: Aceh's Local Elections: The Role of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)
Date: November 2006

Title: Zimbabwe: An Opposition Strategy
Date: August 2006

Title: The Swamps of Insurgency: Nigeria's Delta Unrest
Date: August 2006

Title: Moldova's Uncertain Future
Date: August 2006

Title: Kyrgyzstan's Prison System Nightmare
Date: August 2006

Title: Can the Somalia Crisis Be Contained?
Date: August 2006

Title: Nigeria: Want in the Midst of Plenty
Date: July 2006

Title: Israel/Palestine/Lebanon: Climbing Out of the Abyss
Date: July 2006

Title: Islamic Law and Criminal Justice in Aceh
Date: July 2006

Title: Iraq's Muqtada Al-Sadr: Spoiler or Stabiliser?
Date: July 2006

Title: Iraq and the Kurds: The Brewing Battle over Kirkuk?
Date: July 2006

Title: Escaping the Conflict Trap: Promoting Good Governance in the Congo?
Date: July 2006

Title: Southern Serbia: In Kosovo's Shadow
Date: June 2006

Title: India, Pakistan and Kashmir: Stabilising a Cold Peace?
Date: June 2006

Title: Darfur's Fragile Peace Agreement
Date: June 2006

Title: Bolivia’s Rocky Road to Reform?
Date: June 2006

Title: Beyond Victimhood: Women's Peacebuilding in Sudan, Congo and Uganda
Date: June 2006

Title: Unmaking Iraq: A Constitutional Process Gone Awry, Middle East Briefing
Date: September 2005

Title: Nepal: Beyond Royal Rule
Date: September 2005