International Crisis Group

North Korea Possesses Several Nuclear Warheads: Security Expert

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 05.01.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — Leaders of South Korea and Britain urged North Korea to forgo its planned rocket launch as international pressure mounted o...

US-Backed Militias: New Strategy Against Taliban Will Face Same Old Challenges

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 01.26.2009 | World


Virginia M. Moncrieff

A new multi-million dollar strategy, with the impressively bland title Afghan Social Outreach Program, has just been approved by Afghanistan's Preside...

The Surge "Success" Debunked

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Luis Carlos Montalván

Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.