Series

The International Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit NGO that covers dozens of crisis-affected countries and territories across five continents. It uses field-based analyses and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve conflicts throughout the globe. As part of these efforts, Crisis Group Asia Reports 1) examine Asia's current conflicts and their backgrounds, and 2) explores assorted thematic issues in international relations.

Publishers: International Crisis Group (ICG)
Publications: Building on Afghanistan’s Fleeting Ceasefire
The Korean Peninsula Crisis
Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis Enters a Dangerous New Phase
Buddhism and State Power in Myanmar
Sri Lanka´s Transition to Nowhere
Afghanistan: The Future of the National Unity Government
Pakistan: Stoking the Fire in Karachi
Myanmar: A New Muslim Insurgency in Rakhine State
Myanmar´s New Government: Finding Its Feet?
East China Sea: Preventing Clashes from Becoming Crises
The Philippines: Renewing Prospects for Peace in Mindanao
Pakistan’s Jihadist Heartland: Southern Punjab
Sri Lanka: Jumpstarting the Reform Process
Political Conflict, Extremism and Criminal Justice in Bangladesh
Nepal’s Divisive New Constitution: An Existential Crisis
Stirring up the South China Sea (IV): Oil in Troubled Waters
Thailand's Lengthening Roadmap to Elections
Winning the War on Polio in Pakistan
Sri Lanka Between Elections
Revisiting Counter-Terrorism Strategies in Pakistan: Opportunities and Pitfalls
Southern Thailand: Dialogue in Doubt
North Korea: Beyond the Six-Party Talks
The Future of the Afghan Local Police
Stirring up the South China Sea (III): A Fleeting Opportunity for Calm
Myanmar’s Electoral Landscape
Women, Violence and Conflict in Pakistan
Mapping Bangladesh’s Political Crisis
A Coup Ordained? Thailand’s Prospects for Stability
Resetting Pakistan’s Relations with Afghanistan
Myanmar: The Politics of Rakhine State
Afghanistan’s Political Transition
Water Pressures in Central Asia
Risks of Intelligence Pathologies in South Korea
Old Scores and New Grudges: Evolving Sino-Japanese Tensions
Education Reform in Pakistan
Afghanistan’s Insurgency after the Transition
Policing Urban Violence in Pakistan
Fire on the City Gate: Why China Keeps North Korea Close
Sri Lanka's Potemkin Peace: Democracy under Fire
Women and Conflict in Afghanistan
The Dark Side of Transition: Violence Against Muslims in Myanmar
Kazakhstan: Waiting for Change
Parliament’s Role in Pakistan’s Democratic Transition
The Philippines: Dismantling Rebel Groups
Drones: Myths and Reality in Pakistan
Timor-Leste: Stability at What Cost?
Dangerous Waters: China-Japan Relations on the Rocks
China’s Central Asia Problem
Sri Lanka’s Authoritarian Turn: The Need for International Action
Pakistan: Countering Militancy in PATA
Thailand: The Evolving Conflict in the South
The Philippines: Breakthrough in Mindanao
Sri Lanka: Tamil Politics and the Quest for a Political Solution
Myanmar: Storm Clouds on the Horizon
Pakistan: No End to Humanitarian Crises
Afghanistan: The Long, Hard Road to the 2014 Transition
Malaysia's Coming Election: Beyond Communalism?
Indonesia: Dynamics of Violence in Papua
Myanmar: The Politics of Economic Reform
North Korean Succession and the Risks of Instability
Stirring Up the South China Sea (II): Regional Responses
How Indonesian Extremists Regroup
Aid and Conflict in Pakistan
Bangladesh: Back to the Future
The Philippines: Local Politics in the Sulu Archipelago and the Peace Process
Pakistan's Relations with India: Beyond Kashmir?
Stirring up the South China Sea (I)
Kyrgyzstan: Widening Ethnic Divisions in the South
Talking about Talks: Toward a Political Settlement in Afghanistan
Sri Lanks's North I: The Denial of Minority Rights
Indonesia: The Deadly Cost of Poor Policing
Islamic Parties in Pakistan
Waging Peace: ASEAN and the Thai-Cambodian Border Conflict
Myanmar: A New Peace Initiative
The Philippines: Indigenous Rights and the MILF Peace Process
Sri Lanka: Women's Insecurity in the North and East
Reforming Pakistan's Prison System
Nepal: From Two Armies to One
Aid and Conflict in Afghanistan
Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
Strangers at Home: North Koreans in the South
The Insurgency in Afghanistan's Heartland
India and Sri Lanka After the LTTE
Tajikistan: The Changing Insurgent Threats
Indonesian Jihadism: Small Groups, Big Plans
Reforming Pakistan's Electoral System
The Communist Insurgency in the Philippines
Central Asia: Decay and Decline
China and Inter-Korean Clashes in the Yellow Sea
Nepal: Identity Politics and Federalism
North Korea: The Risks of War in the Yellow Sea
Indonesia: Preventing Violence in Local Elections
Reforming Afghanistan's Broken Judiciary
Nepal's Political Rites of Passage
The Pogroms of Kyrgyzstan
Bridging Thailand's Deep Divide
War Crimes in Sri Lanka
A Force in Fragments: Reconstituting the Afghan National Army
Indonesia: Jihadi Surprise in Aceh
Radicalisation and Dialogue in Papua
The Threat from Jamaat-Ul Mujahideen Bangladesh
The Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora After the LTTE
Reforming Pakistan's Civil Service
Nepal: Peace and Justice
Central Asia: Migrants and the Economic Crisis
Bangladesh: Getting Police Reform on Track
Southern Thailand: Moving Towards Political Solutions?
Handing Back Responsibility to Timor-Leste's Police
Shades of Red
Pakistan: Countering Militancy in FATA
China's Myanmar Dilemma
Women and Radicalisation in Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan: What now for Refugees?
Myanmar: Towards the Elections
Nepal's Future: In Whose Hands?
Sri Lanka’s Judiciary
Afghanistan's Election Challenges
Recruiting Militants in Southern Thailand
North Korea: Getting Back to Talks
North Korea's Nuclear and Missile Programs
North Korea's Chemical and Biological Weapons Programs
China's Growing Role in UN Peacekeeping
Development Assistance and Conflict in Sri Lanka
Pakistan: The Militant Jihadi Challenge
Nepal's Faltering Peace Process
On the Road to Failure
Burma/Myanmar After Nargis: Time to Normalise Aid Relations
Reforming the Judiciary in Pakistan
Sri Lanka's Eastern Province: Land, Development, Conflict
Taliban Propaganda - Winning the War of Words?
Reforming Pakistan's Police
Nepal's New Political Landscape
Nepal's Election - A Peaceful Revolution?
Indonesia: Communal Tensions in Papua
China's Thirst for Oil
The Philippines - Counter-Insurgency vs Counter-Terrorism in Mindanao
Restoring Democracy in Bangladesh
Kyrgyzstan - The Challenge of Judicial Reform
Nepal's Election and Beyond
Timor-Leste's Displacement Crisis
Indonesia - Jemaah Islamiyah's Publishing Industry
Sri Lanka's Return to War - Limiting the Damage
Afghanistan - The Need for International Resolve
Burma/Myanmar - After the Crackdown
Timor-Leste - Security Sector Reform
´Deradicalisation´ and Indonesian Prisons
Sri Lanka - Sinhala Nationalism and the Elusive Southern Consensus
Southern Thailand - The Problem with Paramilitaries
Aceh - Post-Conflict Complications
Reforming Afghanistan's Police
Elections, Democracy and Stability in Pakistan
Nepal's Troubled Tarai Region
Sri Lanka's Human Rights Crisis
Sri Lanka's Muslims - Caught in the Crossfire
Central Asia's Energy Risks
Nepal's Maoists - Purists or Pragmatists
Discord in Pakistan's Northern Areas
Pakistan - Karachi’s Madrasas and Violent Extremism
Southern Thailand - The Impact of the Coup
Nepal's Constitutional Process
Jihadism in Indonesia - Poso on the Edge
Nepal’s Peace Agreement - Making It Work
Pakistan’s Tribal Areas - Appeasing the Militants
Sri Lanka - The Failure of the Peace Process
Bangladesh Today
Countering Afghanistan's Insurgency
Perilous Journeys - The Plight of North Koreans in China and Beyond
Resolving Timor-Leste's Crisis
The Worsening Conflict in Balochistan
Kyrgyzstan's Prison System Nightmare
Islamic Law and Criminal Justice in Aceh
Afghanistan's New Legislature - Making Democracy Work
Nepal - From Power to Peace?
Terrorism in Indonesia - Noordin's Networks
Central Asia - What Role for the European Union?
China and North Korea - Comrades Forever?
Nepal - Electing Chaos
Philippines Terrorism - The Role of Militant Islamic Converts
Kyrgyzstan - A Faltering State
North East Asia's Undercurrents of Conflict
Rebuilding the Afghan State - The European Union's Role
Nepal's New Alliance - The Mainstream Parties and the Maoists
Thailand's Emergency Decree - No Solution
Nepal's Maoists: Their Aims, Structure and Strategy
Weakening Indonesia's Mujahidin Networks - Lessons from Maluku and Poso
Authoritarianism and Political Party Reform in Pakistan
Afghanistan Elections - Endgame or New Beginning?
Towards a lasting Peace in Nepal - The Constitutional Issues
Japan and North Korea - Bones of Contention
Southern Thailand - Insurgency, not Jihad
Kyrgyzstan - After the Revolution
North Korea - Can the Iron Fist Accept the Invisible Hand?
The State of Sectarianism in Pakistan
Nepal - Dealing with a Human Rights Crisis
The Curse of Cotton - Central Asia's Destructive Monoculture
Recycling Militants in Indonesia - Darul Islam and the Australian Embassy Bombing
Nepal's Royal Coup - Making a Bad Situation Worse
Indonesia - Rethinking Internal Security Strategy
Korea Backgrounder - How the South Views its Brother from Another Planet
Korea Backgrounder: How the South Views its Brother from Another Planet
Afghanistan - From Presidential to Parliamentary Elections
North Korea - Where next for the Nuclear Talks?
Building Judicial Independence in Pakistan
Myanmar - Aid to the Border Areas
Repression and Regression in Turkmenistan - A New International Strategy
Pakistan - Reforming the Education Sector
Indonesia Backgrounder - Why Salafism and Terrorism mostly don't Mix
Political Transition in Kyrgystan - Problems and Prospects
Southern Philippines Backgrounder - Terrorism and the Peace Process
India/Pakistan Relations and Kashmir - Steps Toward Peace
Myanmar - Sanctions, Engagement or Another Way Forward?
Devolution in Pakistan - Reform or Regression?
The Failure of Reform in Uzbekistan - Ways Forward for the International Community
Taiwan Strait IV - How an Ultimate Political Settlement Might Look
Indonesia Backgrounder - Jihad in Central Sulawesi
Unfulfilled Promises - Pakistan's Failure to Tackle Extremism
Is Radical Islam Inevitable in Central Asia? Priorities for Engagement
Indonesia Backgrounder - A Guide to the 2004 Elections
Kashmir - The View from New Delhi
Kashmir - The View from Islamabad
Kashmir - Learning from the Past
The Perils of Private Security in Indonesia - Guards and Militias on Bali and Lombok
Youth in Central Asia - Losing the New Generation
Disarmament and Reintegration in Afghanistan
Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Jemaah Islamiyah in South East Asia - Damaged but still Dangerous
Afghanistan - The Problem of Pashtun Alienation
North Korea - A Phased Negotiation Strategy
Indonesia - Managing Decentralization and Conflict in South Sulawesi
Central Asia - Islam and the State
Radical Islam in Central Asia - Responding to Hizb ut-Tahrir
Nepal - Obstacles to Peace
Afghanistan - Flawed Constitutional Process
Taiwan Strait III - The Chance of Peace
Taiwan Strait II - The Risk of War
Taiwan Strait I - What's Left of
Myanmar Backgrounder - Ethnic Minority Policies
Tajikistan - A Roadmap for Development
Nepal Backgrounder - Ceasefire, Soft Landing or Strategic Pause?
Pakistan - The Mullahs and the Military
Afghanistan - Women and Reconstruction
Aceh - A Fragile Peace
Uzbekistan's Reform Program - Illusion or Reality?
Afghanistan - Judicial Reform and Transitional Justice
Cracks in the Marble - Turkmenistan's Failing Dictatorship
Indonesia Backgrounder - How the Jemaah Islamiyah Terrorist Network Operates
Central Asia - The Politics of Police Reform
Kashmir - The View from Srinagar
Pakistan - Transition to Democracy
Madrasas, Extremism and the Military
Indonesia - Resources and Conflict in Papua
The OSCE in Central Asia - A New Strategy
Kyrgystan's Political Crisis - An Exit Strategy
Kashmir - Confrontation and Miscalculation
Central Asia - Water and Conflict
Central Asia - Border Disputes and Conflict Potential
Myanmar - The Politics of Humanitarian Aid
Indonesia - The Search for Peace in Maluku
Tajikistan - An Uncertain Peace
Indonesia - Natural Resources and Law Enforcement
Myanmar - The Military Regime's View of the World
Myanmar - The Role of Civil Society
Afghanistan and Central Asia - Priorities for Reconstruction and Development
Central Asia - Drugs and Conflict
Indonesia - Next Steps in Military Reform
Indonesia - Ending Repression in Irian Jaya
Kyrgyzstan at Ten - Trouble in the
Uzbekistan at Ten - Repression and Instability
Central Asia - Fault Lines in the New Security Map
Communal Violence in Indonesia - Lessons from Kalimantan
Aceh - Can Autonomy Stem the Conflict?
Aceh - Why Military Force won't Bring Lasting Peace
Incubators of Conflict
Bad Debt - The Politics of Financial Reform in Indonesia
Central Asia - Islamist Mobilisation and Regional Security
Indonesia - National Police Reform
Indonesia - Impunity versus Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations
Burma / Myanmar - How Strong is the Military Regime?
Indonesia - Overcoming Murder and Chaos in Maluku
Indonesia - Keeping the Military Under Control
Cambodia - The Elusive Peace Divided
Central Asia - Crisis Conditions in Three States
Indonesia's Crisis - Chronic but not Acute
Indonesia's Shaky Transition
Back from the Brink
Cambodia's Elections turn Sour
Cambodia's Flawed Elections
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