INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP

Programs: Crisis groups advocacy engages the entire organization, reflecting our cumulative understanding of how best to tailor and target our messages to the unique policy context of various local, regional and international actors. While crisis groups advocacy efforts are customized to address each particular conflict scenario, they consistently influence an array of actors/decision-makers in the country in question, those to whom they listen, and the spectrum of influential international players or stakeholders.

asiacentral asia: from bishkek, crisis group covers central asia with a particular focus on tajikistan, kazakhstan and kyrgyzstan but focus, region wide, on problems surrounding energy disputes, rising nationalism, threats from extremism and the role that russia plays in the region. North east asia: from seoul and beijing, crisis group examines policy options for resolving the north korean nuclear crisis, conflict in the south and east china seas and china's perception and approach to regional conflicts, as well as its expanding global influence, including in africa. South east asia: crisis group reported on indonesia's political developments. Analysts also focus on thailand's southern insurgency and domestic political turmoil, the transition in myanmar and the philippines. South asia: crisis group addresses the security and political transition in afghanistan, governance, extremism and sectarian violence in pakistan, the situation in kashmir, and the growing authoritarianism and legacy of the civil conflict in sri lanka. It also covers the political crisis in bangladesh.

africacentral africa: crisis group's nairobi-based team monitors and reports on the fragile process of reconciliation in the democratic republic of congo, as well as continuing challenges to security in burundi, cameroon, chad and the central african republic. West africa: crisis group's dakar-based analysts watch events closely in guinea, guinea-bissau, mali and cote d'ivoire and monitor niger, burkina faso, liberia and sierra leone. The project also covers nigeria and examines political issues of succession, democracy and risks to the country's stability as a whole, including as consequence of the ebola virus. Horn of africa: crisis group's region-based analysts focus on developments in sudan and civil conflict in south sudan, as well as tensions in the regions each side of the border between the two sudans. Elsewhere the project reports on governance in uganda, conflict related developments in kenya, somalia's problematic transition, and continuing tensions between ethiopia and eritrea. Southern africa: crisis group's region-based team report on zimbabwe's continuing crisis, and covers south africa's role in the region. The project reports on the crisis in madagascar, monitors developments in mozambique and angola and the capacity of the regional organization, sadc, and also engages in high level advocacy with the south african government and the sadc.