On 10 March, Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to restore diplomatic relations as part of a Chinese-sponsored initiative that appears aimed at reducing tensions across the Middle East. Crisis Group experts offer a 360-degree view of the implications for the region’s many flashpoints. On 10 March, representatives of Iran and …

So far, Germany has been the blind spot in discussions over the Nord Stream sabotage. The economic disadvantages to the world’s fourth-largest economy from blasting the pipeline are too great. Of course, no one will seriously assume that the traffic-light coalition in Berlin stands behind the attack. However, the outwardly …

In the political public of Serbia and Republika Srpska, there is speculation that Aleksandar Vučić and people close to the Serbian Progressive Party have begun to support Jelena Trivić, an opposition politician who entered the formation of an option whose name is irresistibly reminiscent of Vučić’s People’s Movement for the …