Richard Gowan

In a Tight Spot, Ukraine Resolves to Fight On | International Crisis Group Over three years into Russia’s all-out invasion, Ukrainian troops are confronting another grinding Russian summer offensive. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Lucian Kim discusses the status of Kyiv’s ...

Where does Ukraine stand on the cusp of a Trump-Putin summit? In this Q&A I discuss the most pressing questions concerning Ukraine's war effort, foreign relations—and domestic stability. www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...

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Deep dive: The UN — from big ideas to big cuts The United Nations’ “Summit of the Future now feels like it was the Summit of a Bygone Era.”

I talk to @columlynch.bsky.social about how the UN has gone from "big ideas to big budget cuts" in the space of a year.
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80 Years After Hiroshima, Nuclear Risks Are Rising New channels of communication and wider support for the IAEA can help prevent catastrophe.

New channels of communication and wider support for the IAEA can help prevent catastrophe.

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Pitch: The Empire is alienating Cloud City - to unfreeze relations, unfreeze Solo.

80 Years After Hiroshima, Nuclear Risks Are Rising New channels of communication and wider support for the IAEA can help prevent catastrophe.

As we mark 80 years since Hiroshima, the global nuclear order is under real stress. Escalation risks in Europe, South Asia, and the Korean Peninsula are intensifying. It’s time for bold, preventive action.

My piece in @foreignpolicy.com

foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/05/h...

In a Tight Spot, Ukraine Resolves to Fight On | International Crisis Group Over three years into Russia’s all-out invasion, Ukrainian troops are confronting another grinding Russian summer offensive. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Lucian Kim discusses the status of Kyiv’s ...

NEW Q&A | In a Tight Spot, Ukraine Resolves to Fight On

Over three years into Russia’s all-out invasion, Ukrainian troops are confronting another grinding Russian summer offensive. In this Q&A, we discuss the status of Kyiv’s war effort.

www.crisisgroup.org/europe-centr...

Why Panama Won’t Use the Security Council to Pressure the US on the Canal

Why Panama Won’t Use the Security Council to Pressure the US on the Canal passblue.com/2025/08/05/w...

France and Saudis Vow to Keep up Momentum for ‘Two-State Solution’ to Israel-Palestinian Conflict <p>UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After decades of inaction and frozen negotiations, the issue of an independent Palestinian state living in peace with Israel returned to the spotlight at a high-level U.N. con...

I talked to @apnews.com about last week's two-state solution conference at the UN.
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How Gaza exasperation pushed three Israel allies towards recognising Palestinian state When Spain, Ireland and Norway announced in May 2024 that they would recognise a Palestinian state, Israel's closer allies dismissed the move as unhelpful to solving the crisis in Gaza.

I tell @reuters.com that "we are seeing some big U.S. allies catching up with the bulk of the Global South on the Palestinian question at the UN".

"That makes it a little harder for Israel to write off the pro-recognition camp as irrelevant."
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The Two-State Solution Gets a Lifeline A U.N. conference tries to revive hope for a way out of the Israel-Palestine conundrum.

The goal of a two-state solution may seem “unrealistic” in the short term, @richardgowan1.bsky.social said, but it’s “important to underline” that the “horizon is still there.” foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/31/p...

Episode Spécial 30 ans de Crisis Group : évolution du Multilatéralisme et du maintien de la paix, l’analyse de Jean-Marie Guéhenno | International Crisis Group Dans cet épisode spécial d’Afrique 360°, Enrica Picco et Rinaldo Depagne reçoivent Jean-Marie Guéhenno, ancien président de l’International Crisis Group (2014-2017) et ancien secrétaire général adjoin...

À l’occasion des 30 ans de Crisis Group, le podcast Afrique 360, avec @enripicco.bsky.social et Rinaldo Depagne, reçoit notre ancien président Jean-Marie Guéhenno pour parler de l’évolution de l’organisation au cours des trente dernières années. www.crisisgroup.org/fr/africa/ep...

The UN's two state solution conference helped offer "a political horizon for those Palestinians who cling to the idea that there may be a diplomatic solution to their situation," @richardgowan1.bsky.social told me.

The Two-State Solution Gets a Lifeline A U.N. conference tries to revive hope for a way out of the Israel-Palestine conundrum.

I talk to @jchaltiwanger.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com about why the UN's two state solution conference "offers a political horizon for those Palestinians who cling to the idea that there may be a diplomatic solution to their situation".
foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/31/p...

YouTube video by Citizen TV Kenya The UN in financial straits : How will it survive a Trump Presidency?

I talk to Citizen TV is Kenya about the state of the UN.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_-...

The Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions? | International Crisis Group In this expanded and edited version of a lecture given to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy on 6 May 2025, Crisis Group expert Richard Gowan explores the dilemmas facing UN conflict management and...

Is it time to say goodbye to formal peacemaking institutions like the UN and OSCE?

They are down, but we will miss them when they are gone, I argue @crisisgroup.org.

www.crisisgroup.org/global/twili...

The Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions? | International Crisis Group In this expanded and edited version of a lecture given to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy on 6 May 2025, Crisis Group expert Richard Gowan explores the dilemmas facing UN conflict management and...

Very thoughtful piece from @richardgowan1.bsky.social at @crisisgroup.org www.crisisgroup.org/global/twili...

Thank you!

YouTube video by Citizen TV Kenya The UN in financial straits : How will it survive a Trump Presidency?

I talk to Citizen TV is Kenya about the state of the UN.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_-...

UN gathering eyes solution to deadlocked Palestinian question Fired by France's imminent recognition of Palestinian statehood, UN members meet next week to breathe life into the push for a two-state solution as Israel, expected to be absent, presses its war in…

I tell @afp.com that President Macron's pledge to recognize Palestine "will breathe new life into" next week's 2 State Solution conference at the UN, which had "seemed destined to irrelevance".
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The Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions? | International Crisis Group In this expanded and edited version of a lecture given to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy on 6 May 2025, Crisis Group expert Richard Gowan explores the dilemmas facing UN conflict management and...

Israel's battle with the UN over Gaza is not unique, I argue @crisisgroup.org.

Instead, it's a symptom of a broader rejection international institutions, visible from Mali to Iran.
www.crisisgroup.org/global/twili...

The Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions? | International Crisis Group In this expanded and edited version of a lecture given to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy on 6 May 2025, Crisis Group expert Richard Gowan explores the dilemmas facing UN conflict management and...

Israel's battle with the UN over Gaza is not unique, I argue @crisisgroup.org.

Instead, it's a symptom of a broader rejection international institutions, visible from Mali to Iran.
www.crisisgroup.org/global/twili...

Open the Gates to Save a Starving Gaza | International Crisis Group As ceasefire talks drag on, Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel must allow assistance in immediately. But that step alone will not save the strip’s depleted population. Gaza...

"The machinery of death must be stopped, not merely slowed."

@crisisgroup.org's latest statement on the situation in #Gaza.

www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

The Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions? | International Crisis Group In this expanded and edited version of a lecture given to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy on 6 May 2025, Crisis Group expert Richard Gowan explores the dilemmas facing UN conflict management and...

NEW COMMENTARY | The Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions?

@richardgowan1.bsky.social explores the dilemmas facing UN conflict management and the role multilateral bodies can still play.

www.crisisgroup.org/global/twili...

The Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions? | International Crisis Group In this expanded and edited version of a lecture given to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy on 6 May 2025, Crisis Group expert Richard Gowan explores the dilemmas facing UN conflict management and...

Is it time to say goodbye to formal peacemaking institutions like the UN and OSCE?

They are down, but we will miss them when they are gone, I argue @crisisgroup.org.

www.crisisgroup.org/global/twili...

How US exit from UNESCO helps China China is poised to expand its influence within UNESCO and the broader UN as the Trump administration once again retreats from the agency.

I talk to @joycekaram.bsky.social about the U.S., China and @unesco.org.
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ECFR’s summer entertainment list 2025 Whether you’re heading off on holiday or staying home this summer, ECFR’s entertainment recommendations—spanning films, books, podcasts and tv series—will help you reconnect with your internal and…

Some excellent recommendations by the @ecfr.eu staff here:

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OK, I had not expected #5.

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