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Will Trump Help Putin Win in Ukraine?
October 23, 2026 · 43 minIn this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group Ukraine expert Lucian Kim, chief of policy Stephen Pomper and Europe director Fabienne Hara to unpack the latest public rift between Washington and Kyiv and what could…
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The Yemen War, Saudi-Iran relations and Another Escalation in the Gulf
October 17, 2026 · 53 minIn this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Arabian Peninsula director Yasmine Farouk and senior Iran analyst Hamidreza Azizi to discuss the Houthis’ renewed offensive in Yemen and escalating attacks on Saudi…
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How Close Are Ethiopia and Eritrea to All-out War?
October 9, 2026 · 39 minThis week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Alan Boswell, Crisis Group’s Horn of Africa director, to discuss the fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and the risk of an all-out war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. They examine…
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Back to War in Ethiopia?
September 29, 2026 · 37 minThis week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Africa director Murithi Mutiga about renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia. They examine why the Pretoria agreement, which ended the devastating 2020–2022 war between…
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The UN’s High Level Week, Secretary-General Selection and “Middle Power” Problem
September 18, 2026 · 53 minIn this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood speaks with Richard Gowan, Crisis Group’s Director for Global Issues and Institutions, and Daniel Forti, Head of UN affairs, ahead of next week’s UN General Assembly high-level week. They…
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Special Episode: Will the Houthis Shut Down the Bab al-Mandab Strait?
September 14, 2026 · 30 minIn this special episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s senior Yemen analyst Ahmed Nagi to unpack the rapid Houthi advance along Yemen’s Red Sea coast near the Bab al-Mandab Strait and its implications for regional…
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Nuclear Deterrence in Europe (and another round of U.S. Ukraine-Russia diplomacy)
September 12, 2026 · 53 minIn this first episode of a new season of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s European Security Director Olga Oliker about the role of nuclear weapons in Europe. They examine how Russia’s nuclear threats have constrained but…
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U.S.-Iran Diplomacy and Middle East Politics
July 6, 2026 · 1 hr 9 minIn this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Middle East director Rob Malley about the state of U.S.-Iran negotiations and how the aftermath of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran could change the region. They discuss…
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Will “El Tigre” Colombia’s New President Launch Another War on Drugs?
June 26, 2026 · 49 minIn this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Renata Segura and Elizabeth Dickinson about Colombia’s presidential election, in which right-wing outsider Abelardo “El Tigre” de la Espriella won by a razor-thin…
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What’s Happening in Afghanistan
June 22, 2026 · 59 minIn this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Ibraheem Bahiss, Crisis Group’s Afghanistan expert based in Kabul, to assess where the country stands nearly five years after the Taliban’s return to power. They discuss the improved…
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Special Episode: U.S. and Iran Find an Off-ramp?
June 16, 2026 · 29 minIn this special episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Ali Vaez, Crisis Group’s Iran director, to unpack the memorandum of understanding reached between the U.S. and Iran on Sunday to shore up a fragile ceasefire and open the way…
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100 Days Later: Can Trump Find an Off Ramp in the Gulf?
June 6, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minIn this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Naysan Rafati, Yasmine Farouk, Mairav Zonszein and Michael Hanna about the shaky U.S.-Iran ceasefire and the state of negotiations between the two countries…

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