The End of the "World Policeman": The transition from U.S. unipolarity to a transactional "America First" foreign policy has left allies and global norms in flux.
The Rise of Middle Powers: States like the Gulf nations, Ethiopia, and India are now driving regional politics, prioritizing national interests over traditional liberal norms.
Thirty years after ICG's establishment, conditions in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine offer little hope that we have learned anything from Rwanda and Srebrenica.
Mediation in Crisis: With comprehensive peace deals becoming a thing of the past, peacemakers are shifting toward incremental change and managing the fallout of "internationalized" civil wars.
A Warning from Africa: conflicts have almost doubled since 2013, 42 and a growing number of overlapping crises are threatening to spin out of control.