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War & Peace
War and Peace is a podcast series from the International Crisis Group. Olga Oliker and Elissa Jobson interview experts about all things Europe and its neighbourhood from Russia to Turkey and beyond. Their guests shed new light on everything that helps or hinders prospects for peace. A podcast member of the EuroPod production network.
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Episodes
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Climate, Conflict and the Implications of Russia’s War on Ukraine
When world leaders convened at COP26 in November last year, climate was at the forefront of the global agenda. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February…
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100 Days of War in Ukraine: Russia’s Offensive in the East
After failing to capture Kyiv, Russian forces have regrouped, with Moscow looking to solidify control of territory it holds in the south and east and to…
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The Ukraine War: A Watershed Moment for EU Foreign Policy?
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been a watershed moment for EU foreign policy. Since then, the EU has mobilised €2 billion of military aid and…
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Changing Dynamics in the Western Balkans
The Western Balkans, a region defined in part by not being in the European Union, also contains several countries that were devastated by war in the 1990s. Now…
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Internal Displacement and Humanitarian Response in Ukraine
Russia’s war in Ukraine has created a huge displacement crisis, with nearly eight million people internally displaced and over five million fleeing abroad. As…
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Can the OSCE Survive the Ukraine War?
The future of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is in doubt. Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in clear violation of the…
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The Ukraine War's Global Shockwaves
War continues to rage in Ukraine, over a month after Russia launched its large-scale invasion. Alongside its staggering humanitarian consequences, the war’s…
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Bonus Episode: The Ukraine War: A View From Africa
Today we're bringing you a bonus episode on the Russian war in Ukraine, from Crisis Group's podcast The Horn -- featuring War & Peace's new host, Elissa…
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Turkey and Russia’s Complicated Relationship
Russia and Turkey’s complex relationship sometimes baffles outside observers. In many respects, Turkey and Russia are fierce competitors: Moscow and Ankara…
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Bonus Episode: Russia's War in Ukraine
Today we're bringing you a bonus episode on the Russian war in Ukraine, from Crisis Group's global podcast Hold Your Fire! On Thursday 24 February, Russian…
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Where Can Europe Best Act for Peace?
The year 2022 looks set to be a challenging year for Europe. The EU must reckon with growing risks of conflict close to home: from a possible Russian invasion…
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How Does the EU Help Prevent Conflicts?
The president of the European Commision, Ursula Von Der Leyen, has vowed to create a more “geopolitical commission”, ramping up Europe’s external involvement…
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What Just Happened in Kazakhstan?
In early January 2022, an unexpected wave of protests swept across Kazakhstan. Initially provoked by a doubling of the price of liquified petroleum gas (LPG)…
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Could Citizens’ Assemblies Save Democracy?
A wave of democratic experimentation is defying conventional wisdom about electoral politics and good governance. Randomly selected citizens’ assemblies are…
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What Does Belarus's President Lukashenka Want?
In 2020, Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenka cracked down on protesters challenging the results of an election in which he had claimed resounding victory…
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New Ways to Think About Nuclear Weapons
The threat posed by nuclear weapons is changing and policy-makers are struggling to keep up. As the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference approaches, it…
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Bonus Episode: Will Russia Invade Ukraine?
Today we're bringing you a bonus episode on the Russian troop buildup on the Ukrainian border, from Crisis Group's global podcast Hold Your Fire!. Olga Oliker…
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One Year On from the Ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh
On 10 November 2020, a Russian-brokered ceasefire put an end to a devastating war in Nagorno-Karabakh that killed some 7,000 people. But it did not bring…
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German Foreign Policy After Merkel
After sixteen years at Europe’s helm, Angela Merkel is stepping down from power. The federal election in September also marked an end to the long-term hold her…
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Europe’s Balancing Act in Western Sahara
Exactly a year ago, in November 2020, an old conflict on the south-western edge of Europe burst back into flames. After almost 30 years of ceasefire, the…
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The Migration Lessons of Afghanistan and Syria
In 2015, over a million people fleeing conflict arrived at Europe’s borders. The continent showed itself to be woefully underprepared, struggling to address…
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What's at Stake for Russia in a Taliban-led Afghanistan?
The Taliban’s dramatic toppling of the Afghan government prompted much soul-searching in the West. But for those closer to Kabul, anxieties about how the…
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Big Data and Global Security
As rapidly developing data technology outpaces governance structures and their ability to adapt, the long-term impact of increasingly data-driven economies on…
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Defusing Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean
Tensions flared in the eastern Mediterranean in mid-2020 when Turkey sent seismic research ships into waters contested with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus…
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Understanding the Russian-origin Muslim Diaspora
Successive waves of Muslim-origin migrants have fled Russia since the 1990s. While some simply sought a better life, hundreds of thousands left due to conflict…
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The Under-loved Logic of Nuclear-free Zones
In 2004, the UN Security Council recognised that the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery constitutes a threat…
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Venezuela’s Multifaceted Crisis and Europe
Venezuela’s multifaceted crisis has no solution in sight: from the massive migration problem – the number of Venezuelan refugees surpasses the Syrian crisis…
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Peacemaking in Cyberspace
What happens behind closed doors during peace talks? Adam Cooper, senior program manager at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and host of The Mediator’s…
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Has the Spread of Nuclear Weapons Added to Global Stability?
Maintaining the balance of power is considered essential to stability and peace. What happens when nuclear weapons enter the equation? Petr Topychkanov, senior…
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Bonus Episode: Rising Russia-Ukraine Tensions and the West (from the Crisis Group podcast Hold Your Fire!)
In this episode of Crisis Group's podcast Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood and Naz Modirzadeh talk to Crisis Group’s program director for Europe and Central…
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Colonial Amnesia and Racial Justice in Europe
The Black Lives Matter protests that engulfed the U.S. last year sparked similar anti-racism demonstrations in London, Paris, Brussels and several other cities…
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What’s the Point of Nuclear Weapons Today?
Nuclear weapons sometimes sound like a throwback to another era, but they don’t just remain on stand-by. Nuclear-armed nations are investing heavily in…
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Europe’s Colonial Legacies
Indonesia was the first country to proclaim its independence after the Second World War, setting in motion a significant chapter of post-colonial history by…
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Planning for Nuclear Armageddon
While the threat of imminent nuclear armageddon may not be at the forefront of the average person’s mind today, it was a real, globe-spanning fear not so long…
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Police, Protests & Populism in Central Asia
Central Asia is no exception to the protests that have emerged with renewed vigour on a global scale, a phenomenon made more visible against the backdrop of…
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Reviving Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia
Thirteen years after Kosovo broke away from Serbia to become de facto independent, political inertia continues to stall the largely European-driven dialogue…
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Turkey’s Trials and Errors
Ankara’s assertive foreign policy choices delight many at home. But they can puzzle and anger its counterparts as Turkey experiments with increasingly…
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Europe Has Much to Prove in 2021
With the international system in major flux as we turn the page on 2020, Ambassador Gérard Araud believes one main thing is clear: 2021 opens a new, more…
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Personal Reflections on 2020, between Europe and the Middle East
“I think I should kill you”. So began one especially fraught encounter in Hugh Pope’s critically acclaimed memoir, Dining with Al Qaeda, now out in an updated…
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Twenty-first Century Threats
Sir John Sawers, former chief of the British secret service MI6 and Executive Chairman at Newbridge Advisory, joins Olga and Hugh for a dynamic conversation on…
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The Future of NATO
The geopolitical landscape has transformed dramatically since NATO was established in 1949. As a transatlantic alliance that seeks to safeguard democratic…
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Europe’s Impact Depends on Internal Strength, Not the New U.S. President
The prospect of a Biden administration brings new opportunities for European security and foreign policy, but many challenges remain. Joining Olga and Hugh to…
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Why Gender Matters in the Fight Against Terrorism
2020 marks two decades since the formal integration of gender into the UN’s mandate of conflict prevention and resolution. According to Aleksandra Dier, Gender…
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Russian Digital Diplomacy
Hugh and Olga are joined this week by Oleg Shakirov, Senior Expert at the Center for Advanced Governance and Consultant at the Moscow-based PIR Center, for a…
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Rethinking an End to Ukraine’s Costly War
Why have ceasefire agreements repeatedly fallen apart since the war in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region erupted six years ago? And how has this political…
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How a Bad Brexit May Sour European Security Cooperation
As the end of the transitional period and negotiations for Britain to leave the EU draws near, a ‘no-deal’ or a very limited deal is increasingly likely. Even…
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Energy Policy and Pipeline Politics
To conclude our first season, Olga and Hugh talk energy security with Alissa de Carbonnel, Crisis Group’s Deputy Program Director for Europe and Central Asia…
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Will Protests in the U.S. Bring the Systemic Change Needed?
Last week, for the very first time in Crisis Group's history, we published a statement on the events unfolding in the U.S. The murder of George Floyd, an…
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How COVID-19 Makes Afghanistan’s War Still More Deadly
After two decades of conflict in Afghanistan, many hoped that a peace deal between the U.S. and the Taliban, signed on 29 February 2020, would mark the…
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The OSCE's Role in a COVID-19 World
As COVID-19 cuts a deadly swathe across the globe, its political impact is only starting to be felt and could last long after the virus is contained. George…
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The Russian and European Roles in Ending Ukraine’s War
What will it take to end the war in Ukraine? A plan for what happens inside Ukraine is a prerequisite for peace in the six-year civil war. But that will not…
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Turkey in the Time of COVID-19
Turkey’s many paradoxes and its place on a global crossroads come into focus in a discussion about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with Aslı Aydıntaşbaş…
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Libya’s Battle for Tripoli
Libya has been in a near constant state of war since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was toppled back in 2011, morphing into local conflicts between pro- and…
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Getting EU-Turkey Relations Back on Track
One hour after 34 Turkish soldiers were killed in Idlib, Syria’s last rebel-held bastion, Turkey opened its borders to Greece, prompting thousands of migrants…
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Deconstructing Islamic State’s Appeal in Central Asia
The conflicts in Syria and Iraq drew between 12,000 and 15,000 fighters from Central Asia. Noah Tucker, expert on Central Asian issues and our guest on War &…
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Bringing home Europe’s ISIS-affiliated women and children
Over 13,500 foreign nationals who went to fight for ISIS are currently detained in Syria, among them women and children living in abhorrent humanitarian…
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Of Nightclub Bouncers and Arms Control
“Policies today are geared toward power, strength and pushing back. They are not geared toward talking to each other, and that is the prerequisite for arms…
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A 2020 Peace Agenda for the EU
As decades-old wars continue to escalate and new crises threaten peace and security around the world, European leadership is urgently needed to prevent and…
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Ground Reality in Nagorno-Karabakh
The dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running conflict that accompanied the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. War over the territory broke out in…
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Russia in 2020
2019 was a good year for Russia. The country rejoined the Council of Europe, the first case of sanctions being lightened since its 2014 annexation of Crimea…