Crisis Group: Recent Episodes
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Jean-Marie Guéhenno, President & CEO, offers his analysis into the latest Syrian ceasefire agreement, suggesting that the future U.S. president is unlikely to have greater success should this initiative founder. (23 September 2016)
This interview was originally aired on BBC Newshour: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047wnqd
Phil Gunson, Senior Andes Analyst, describes to the BBC how the economic crisis is felt in Venezuela, with basic goods being so scarce and pressure so high that neighboring Colombia recently opened its border and prepares for a wave of refugees. (13 July 2016)
This interview was originally aired on BBC Radio 5: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07jx1tc
Venezuela sits on the world's largest proven oil reserves. However, the country's economy has been devastated by declining oil prices, exacerbating a terrible social crisis. Thus for the second time this year, president Nicolas Maduro has declared a state of emergency. Phil Gunson, Senior Venezuela Analyst, explains on CBC how the country got to this point. (31 May)
You can listen to the full program on the CBC website: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-may-31-2016-1.3608620/we-re-losing-patients-venezuela-s-health-care-in-crisis-as-economy-struggles-1.3608642
Phil Gunson, Senior Venezuela Analyst, explains to the BBC the elements of Venezuela's political and economic instability and why such a level of economic and social domestic disruption is unsustainable. (30 May)
This interview was originally aired on the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cv2g7#play
EJ Hogendoorn, Deputy Africa Program Director, joins a panel discussion as part of the "Examining the current state of Nigeria" event that took place on 29 February 2016 at the Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. (29 February 2016)
Phil Gunson, Senior Andes Analyst, describes to the BBC World Service the severe economic and political crisis Venezuelans are enduring, and how President Nicolas Maduro is preventing the opposition-led parliament from fulfiling its constitutional role. (18 May 2016)
This video was originally aired on BBC : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03trvzh
Sophie Désoulières, analyste principale pour l'Asie du Sud, répond aux questions de Christine Ockrent sur France Culture, au sujet des milliers d’Afghans fuyant leur pays et sur les raisons de leur départ, des difficultés économiques aux troubles politiques, en passant par la place de la femme dans la société. (14 mai 2016)
Cette émission a été diffusée sur France Culture : http://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/affaires-etrangeres/affaires-etrangeres-samedi-14-mai-2016
In this interview with the BBC World Service, Senior Libya Analyst Claudia Gazzini discusses the arrival of the UN-backed Libya Unity Government in Tripoli and whether the Unity Government will be able to take control of the capital from a barricaded position in a naval base.
Richard Atwood, Crisis Group's Director of Multilateral Affairs, joins NPR's Robert Siegel to discuss the Special Report 'Exploiting Disorder'. They consider some of the report's contents including the difficulty of defeating extremist groups by military means alone.
Der sogenannte Islamische Staat ist durch die Bombardements der Anti-IS-Koalition im Irak militärisch unter Druck geraten. Joost Hiltermann, Programmdirektor für den Nahen Osten und Nordafrika, beschreibt im ORF die aktuelle Situation und erklärt, warum die angekündigte Offensive zur Befreiung Mossuls dennoch auf sich warten lässt. (09.03.2016)
Die komplette Sendung kann hier nachgehört werden: http://oe1.orf.at/programm/430693
Comfort Ero, Africa Program Director, joins the BBC’s Focus on Africa from the African Union summit in Addis Ababa to discuss the latest developments in the Burundi crisis, including the danger that the debate on deployment of a peacekeeping force could detract from the fundamental issues at the heart of the crisis and efforts to get the conflicting parties back to the negotiating table. (30 January 2016)
You can listen to the entire program on the BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g9g7g