for the week of 24 January 2011
Conflict areas and subjects covered 
in this week’s update:
Report: China & North Korea
Statement: Egypt
Commentary: Sudan, China & North Korea, Israel/Palestine, Indonesia
Key Issues: DR Congo
Speech: Afghanistan
Podcasts: Haiti, DR Congo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Video: Sudan
Quote: Uzbekistan
Announcements: ICG Indonesia on Facebook, follow Crisis Group on Twitter
in this week’s update:
Report: China & North Korea
Statement: Egypt
Commentary: Sudan, China & North Korea, Israel/Palestine, Indonesia
Key Issues: DR Congo
Speech: Afghanistan
Podcasts: Haiti, DR Congo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Video: Sudan
Quote: Uzbekistan
Announcements: ICG Indonesia on Facebook, follow Crisis Group on Twitter
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China and Inter-Korean Clashes in the Yellow Sea
27 January
China is undermining its own security interests by downplaying North Korea’s deadly provocations in the Yellow Sea.
Crisis Group Condemns Detention of Mohamed ElBaradei and Violence against Demonstrators
28 January
The International Crisis Group strongly condemns the detention of Mohamed ElBaradei in Cairo today.
Now the Real Work Begins in Sudan Zach Vertin, The Huffington Post, 24 January
Despite Reports, China’s North Korea Policy Stays the Same Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, The Huffington Post, 21 January
Who’s Afraid of the Palestinians? Robert Malley and Hussein Agha, The New York Review of Books, 20 January
‘Kristenisasi’ and intolerance: Another look Sidney Jones, The Jakarta Post, 19 January
Conflict in Congo Crisis Group’s “Conflict in Congo” webpage summarises the current situation in DR Congo’s complex and multifaceted conflict. Click here for an update on the situation in North and South Kivu, Equateur and Orientale provinces, and on recent developments leading up to the 2011 general election.
Testimony to the Dutch Parliament on the Deployment of a Police Training Mission to Afghanistan 24 January
Opening statement to the public hearing of the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Security and Justice of the House of Representatives of Netherlands’ Parliament on an integrated police training mission in Afghanistan. Nick Grono, Deputy President of Crisis Group.
Haiti’s Potential Constitutional Crisis
27 January
According to Haiti’s constitution, President René Préval has less than two weeks left in his term, yet the country still has not voted on his successor. Crisis Group’s Senior Vice President Mark Schneider looks at Haiti’s potential constitutional crisis and gives an update on the country’s cholera epidemic and progress on post-earthquake reconstruction.
27 January
According to Haiti’s constitution, President René Préval has less than two weeks left in his term, yet the country still has not voted on his successor. Crisis Group’s Senior Vice President Mark Schneider looks at Haiti’s potential constitutional crisis and gives an update on the country’s cholera epidemic and progress on post-earthquake reconstruction.
Les élections congolaises en danger
24 janvier
Suite à une réforme contestée de sa Constitution, les élections présidentielles du mois de novembre de la République Démocratique du Congo se tiendront à un tour unique au lieu de deux. Pour ses opposants, cette réforme est une manoeuvre pour maintenir au pouvoir l’actuel président, Joseph Kabila. Thierry Vircoulon, Directeur du Projet d’Afrique Centrale d’International Crisis Group, décrypte la situation.
24 janvier
Suite à une réforme contestée de sa Constitution, les élections présidentielles du mois de novembre de la République Démocratique du Congo se tiendront à un tour unique au lieu de deux. Pour ses opposants, cette réforme est une manoeuvre pour maintenir au pouvoir l’actuel président, Joseph Kabila. Thierry Vircoulon, Directeur du Projet d’Afrique Centrale d’International Crisis Group, décrypte la situation.
Bosnia: Europe’s Time to Act
20 January
The European Union should take on the leading international role in Bosnia & Herzegovina now and not wait for the Office of the High Representative (OHR) to close, argues Marko Prelec, Crisis Group’s Balkans Project Director.
20 January
The European Union should take on the leading international role in Bosnia & Herzegovina now and not wait for the Office of the High Representative (OHR) to close, argues Marko Prelec, Crisis Group’s Balkans Project Director.
Post-Referendum Scenarios in Sudan
10 January
Crisis Group’s Africa Program Director, Comfort Ero, and African Union and Sudan Special Advisor, Fouad Hikmat, discuss the current post-referendum challenges, the regional leadership response and expectations for the final six months of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC. Click here to watch the video on CSIS’s website.
10 January
Crisis Group’s Africa Program Director, Comfort Ero, and African Union and Sudan Special Advisor, Fouad Hikmat, discuss the current post-referendum challenges, the regional leadership response and expectations for the final six months of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, DC. Click here to watch the video on CSIS’s website.
“Karimov came here to get a photo opportunity, and [the European
Commission] gave him that. These pictures will be broadcast in
Uzbekistan to legitimize him.”
Andrew Stroehlein, Crisis Group’s Communications Director, in the New York Times / International Herald Tribune, 25 January, commenting on the meeting between Uzbek President Islam Karimov and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso in Brussels.
Andrew Stroehlein, Crisis Group’s Communications Director, in the New York Times / International Herald Tribune, 25 January, commenting on the meeting between Uzbek President Islam Karimov and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso in Brussels.
