Daniel Forti

Candidates vying to be the new Secretary-General should come to next week’s General Assembly debates with ideas for bolstering the UN’s credibility on international peace and security. I lay out some markers in this new @CrisisGroup commentary. crisisgroup.org/cmt/global/pri…

Somalia and the African Union have a very tight timeframe to determine how AUSSOM, the AU mission in Somalia, will continue or conclude. It is important to be clear, though. Under the current circumstances, this is not about a successful transition but rather a dignified, managed exit. In this paper, @MustafeGaboobe and I outline what a managed transition would require, while cautioning that the scenarios presented are far from assured. Eighteen months of warnings to both Somalia and the AU have not resulted in a credible contingency plan. Even now, these remain hypothetical pathways unless matched by genuine Somali leadership, political consensus, and the will to act. balqiis.org/no-time-to-dri… #Somalia #AUSSOM

Security Council weighs post-Unifil plan for Lebanon as Israel talks continue #Echobox=1784313921" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thenationalnews.com/news/2026/07/1…

You know that everything @RichardGowan1 writes is good (even the dad jokes), but this piece is particularly brilliant. It’s the answer to the moment everyone interested in war and peace should read. share.google/d6RrmUl6ooggoJ…

NEW OP-ED | A Forever War in the Making The lesson here is not that diplomacy failed. It is that Washington and Tehran treated the memorandum not as a bridge from war to diplomacy, but as an extension of war, writes @AliVaez in @nytimes. nytimes.com/2026/07/15/opi…

At 12pm EST on Thursday, 7/16, my colleague @AliVaez will be moderating this important conversation with another colleague, @YasFarouk, and three esteemed guests: @PhilGordonDC, @robinenergy, and @vali_nasr. Register at crisisgroup.org/how-we-work/ev….

Here are @EroComfort's remarks, drawing on @CrisisGroup field research from the Amazon basin, the Great Lakes region, and Myanmar. crisisgroup.org/spc/global/rem…

Coming up: at 10h00 (NYC) @CrisisGroup President & CEO @EroComfort will brief the UN Security Council Arria Formula meeting on "The normative gaps linking natural resources and peace: foundations and perspectives." webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1y/k…

The international order rooted in the UN Charter has eroded to the point of near collapse. In this new environment, efforts to prevent conflict should focus on balancing the drive toward militarisation with an emphasis on diplomacy between rivals. crisisgroup.org/sbr/global/sb1…

And a very good “Causes of Peace” message: Facing up to the old order’s decline is vital, but so, too, is the sometimes harder work of identifying the actors and factors that can still help preserve peace and resolve conflict. This will be Program’s mission @CrisisGroup 💫

. @CARICOMorg endorses @CarolynRB1 for UN Secretary General

Thanks to @IrelandAmbUN, @IrishMissionUN and @GCR2P for this opportunity. We'll be publishing the text of the speech next week.

Shortly before the UN Security Council meeting on Iran’s nuclear issue, Russia and China raised procedural objections to convening the session. They accused Western countries of politicizing the issue despite what they described as a lack of justification for bringing it before the Council. The United States, United Kingdom, and France rejected this position and pushed for the meeting to proceed. They argued that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) had been endorsed by a Security Council resolution, which gives the Council ongoing authority to discuss developments related to the agreement. The dispute was resolved through a procedural vote. The result was 11 in favor, 2 against (Russia and China), and 2 abstentions (Pakistan and Somalia). The meeting was therefore allowed to go ahead.

“The world did nothing to prevent atrocities in El Fasher. You can understand why everyone is raising the alarm now for El Obeid so that maybe something is done this time.” @AJEnglish interviews Horn of Africa Director @AlanBoswell.

Todos los candidatos a Secretario General de la ONU han sido invitados a participar en un debate en la Asamblea General el jueves 23 de julio de 2026. El debate marca un momento clave en el proceso de selección.

There is a new page @CrisisGroup bringing together all our work on global order and peacemaking. Check it out and also follow @KarimSoumana, who has joined us to lead our project on order and peace. crisisgroup.org/global-order-a…

"Washington and Tehran have come to treat the agreement not as a bridge from war to diplomacy, but as an extension of war by other means." Great analysis as ever from @CrisisGroup crisisgroup.org/qna/middle-eas…

💰🇺🇳 Peacekeeping is scaling back because of the UN’s financial crisis. A new policy brief from Thibault Camelli examines how persistent non-payment, financing arrangements, and outdated financial rules have combined to reshape peace operations—and why the recent reform of the #UN credit-return methodology, while significant, does not resolve the broader crisis. Read the brief to understand: ➕ The background of this complex situation, and ▶️ a few measures member states can take to address both the immediate emergency and the structural conditions that allowed it to develop 🔻 cic.nyu.edu/resources/un-p… #UNFinancing #PeaceOperations #LiquidityCrisis #PeaceOps