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This Week in Washington 🧵
Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan, a rare military address, UN action on Haiti, Trump’s cartel war push, and a shutdown.
Standing in for @alanboswell on @CrisisGroup 🎧 The Horn, I spoke to the BBC's @MoeHash1 about his recent return to #Sudan.
Mo gives a frank account of life in war-torn Omdurman, and talks about a "new Sudan" slowly taking shape amid the devastation.
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"Tinder, not OKCupid"!
For @JyShapiro's full assessment of what a Trump presidency would mean for Europe, tune in to the latest episode of 🎧 War & Peace where @OlyaOliker and I quiz Jeremy on how transatlantic relations would differ under Trump and Harris.
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In this episode of War & Peace, @OlyaOliker and @ElissaJobson are joined by @JyShapiro to unpack Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’ competing views about NATO and the value of multilateral alliances.
🎧 Listen to War & Peace
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This super-snazzy new @CrisisGroup visual explainer takes you on a world tour of 10 challenges for the #UnitedNations in 2024-25.
Swoop from a Kenyan base in Haiti to Turtle Bay, all from the safety of your laptop!
crisisgroup.org/visual-expla…
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The preview for Monday is out now! It features events on:
1⃣ Haiti w/ a quote by @renaticas
2⃣ Afghanistan w/ quotes from @smithkabul & @FloorKeuleers
3⃣Ukraine
4⃣the DRC
5⃣Multilateralism ft. @ElissaJobson co-hosted by @ProjectStarling, @NewAmerica & @CIFFchild
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A really lovely transition @OpenSociety. A dear friend and mentor handing the baton over to another dear friend. Heartfelt congratulations to Binaifer @NowrojeeOSF from us @CrisisGroup. May it go well with you 🙏🏽
I can't think of a better person to step in after @malloch_brown.
We welcome @NowrojeeOSF, who has been serving as vice president, as the new president of the Open Society Foundations. @malloch_brown will step down in June. osf.to/49Mgbc1
ALT Binaifer Nowrojee to succeed Mark Malloch-Brown as president of OSF. “Binaifer Nowrojee embodies the spirit of OSF, past and present. I am confident she will ably lead OSF into the challenging next phase of our work.” —Alex Soros
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The more the AU and its member states can do to address these challenges quickly and effectively, the better placed the organisation will be to meet the overlapping peace, security and governance challenges that it faces in the coming year.
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In a strange coda, Semafor’s @SCClemons has written a rebuttal of his own colleague's piece on @CrisisGroup.
The mistakes in Semafor's earlier reporting need to be corrected.
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UPDATE: @Semafor believes 2014 & 2018 come after 2021!
They refused to correct inaccuracies despite seeing attacks Tehran lodged @CrisisGroup prior to 2021.
Presumably, these attacks don’t fit their narrative…or perhaps Tehran calling @AliVaez a CIA agent isn’t an “attack”!
1/Semafor & Iran Int falsely claim that attacks against us only came after 2021 or from hardliners. We've asked them to correct this & other errors & will share such corrections here.
A long history of Iran’s attacks against @CrisisGroup is available 👇🏽 crisisgroup.org/global/confl…
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UNRWA is a critical lifeline for millions of Palestinians suffering from catastrophic hunger and the outbreak of diseases. An independent investigation into allegations is needed, but defunding would amount to collective punishment.
Read my new blog post: europa.eu/!99mqMH
1/Semafor & Iran Int falsely claim that attacks against us only came after 2021 or from hardliners. We've asked them to correct this & other errors & will share such corrections here.
A long history of Iran’s attacks against @CrisisGroup is available 👇🏽 crisisgroup.org/global/confl…
2/ To underscore this, @AliVaez has not been able to travel to Iran since 2014 due to security threats.
Alleging that he & @CrisisGroup are too close to Iran just repeats Iranian disinformation from Zarif’s book & elsewhere.
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🔴 LIVE NOW
🇪🇺 10 Cases Where the EU can Build Peace in 2024
With Cosmin Dobran @eu_eeas, Peter Wagner @pmwBxl @EU_FPI, @SuzanneLynch1 @POLITICOEurope and @CrisisGroup’s @EroComfort, @atwoodr and @ElissaJobson.
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Pleased to share @CrisisGroup’s Watch List for the #EU in 2024.
The fruit of efforts from colleagues across the organisation, the Watch List is jam-packed with practical solutions for how the EU can make a difference in some of today’s crises.
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Our Watch List also focuses on #Afghanistan #Egypt, #Somalia, the #Philippines, #Kosovo and #Serbia, #Guatemala and #Venezuela.
See the full piece below for our recommendations to the EU.
Starting at 15.00 CET, I’ll be presenting the #EU Watch List with colleagues @EroComfort, @atwoodr and @LisaMusiol and with our partners @eu_eeas and @EU_FPI.
We will be live streaming on the @CrisisGroup YouTube channel and sharing links here too.
Join us!