Stephen Pomper

Policy Chief @CrisisGroup. Ex-NSC 44 (Multilateral Affairs & Human Rts), Ex-State Legal (Pol-Mil Affairs). NYU/Reiss Center Sr Fellow. Standard RT disclaimers.

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NEW BRIEFING NOTE | Iran Crisis Monitor

In this weekly update, Crisis Group experts take stock of developments in the Middle East war and the progress of efforts to end it.

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[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Across the Indo-Pacific, increased threat perceptions are spurring growing militarization. https://t.co/eqLZntGRRn

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🎧 NEW EPISODE | Hold Your Fire!

This week, @atwoodr speaks with @OlyaOliker about the latest from Ukraine, the mood in Kyiv after more than four years of full-scale war, the fallout from the Gulf conflict and the three-day ceasefire.
https://t.co/BOFjRBv0LE

[Renata Segura @renaticas]

Thanks to @amanpour for bringing our @CrisisGroup OpEd in the @nytimes to the attention of #Haiti’s PM @citoyendidier. Whatever security gains the GSF attains need to be consolidated by a demobilization process that will require transparent talks with the gangs.

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Control of Sudan is now divided between its army, which holds Khartoum and the east, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the west. 

The risks of long-term partition and spillover are continuing to grow: https://t.co/RJEdlkEjSc

[Comfort Ero @EroComfort]

The priority now should be clear: to secure agreement among key internal and external players on a day after for Sudan while urgently pushing for a humanitarian truce.

The outside powers most entangled in this conflict should help end it, not prolong it: https://t.co/cupbik2WXT

[Emmanuel Gamard @EmmanuelGamard]

"The hard truth is that diplomacy has simply not met the scale of ​this crisis.”

@CrisisGroup President @EroComfort tells @Reuters as Sudan enters its fourth year of war today, with little hopes for resolution.

https://t.co/kwbODra7YI

[Comfort Ero @EroComfort]

The title alone from @Mo_IbrahimFdn chairman should tell you what’s at stake.

“Sudan’s war risks destabilising an entire region, triggering proxy wars elsewhere in the Horn of Africa and beyond.”

https://t.co/hdZUKujCMA What happens in Sudan will not stay in Sudan

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Though diplomacy to end Sudan’s civil war made strides in 2025, it appears stalled amid a row between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – and now the Middle East war. Our latest briefing unpacks how to what should be done to end the conflict. https://t.co/RJEdlkEjSc

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

Read @StephenPomper on how both Democratic and Republican lawyers paved the way for Trump to “wield unilateral power over war and peace”:
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[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

For decades, national security lawyers have been “chipping away at the laws and norms that constrain presidential power” in the United States, writes @StephenPomper. “Undoing the damage will not be easy.”
https://t.co/yOyfFasBZi

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🎧 New Episode | Hold Your Fire!

This week, @atwoodr speaks with @AliVaez, @YasFarouk, @MairavZ, @mwhanna1 and @StephenPomper about the tentative two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and peace talks in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
https://t.co/RGIBbx8lIM

[Glaeldys González Calanche @gglaeldys]

As Colombia’s presidential vote approaches, prospects for continued dialogue with armed groups remain uncertain.

In our latest Watch List 2026, @CrisisGroup explains how the EU and its member states can help advance peace and tackle organised crime.

https://t.co/u1XUg43U3w

[Natalia Tuzovskaya @TuzovskayaN]

#Georgia relations with the #EU ruptured soon after it received the candidate status in 2023.

In @CrisisGroup’s new #EUWatchlist, my colleagues assess why engagement still matters, and how the EU could work with Tbilisi more pragmatically:

https://t.co/ys6mqdetx9

[Daniel Akech Thiong @jongethon]

South Sudan is tragically sliding back into civil war. With 10 million people in need of aid and the region on edge, the international community must take decisive action now. Read Crisis Group’s latest analysis: https://t.co/vJrLUkBtqc via @crisisgroup

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NEW PRESIDENT'S TAKE | Europe Contends with a United States Unbound

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran piled new worries upon European leaders already anxious about today’s unstable world. @EroComfort suggests how they can get through this tough spot.

https://t.co/nkaAw5nwch

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🚨 We just published the Spring Edition for our Watch List for the European Union.

This special @crisisgroup report highlights global crises that the #EuropeanUnion has the potential to address in 2026.

Here are our latest updates: https://t.co/ffsbIcVMcz

[Saad Mohseni @saadmohseni]

International Crisis Grouo statement on the AfPak conflict: “Afghanistan and Pakistan Trade Fire as Conflict Takes a Dangerous Turn” | ⁦@CrisisGroup⁩ ⁦@EroComfort⁩ https://t.co/gke6i6VtSw

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NEW STATEMENT | Afghanistan and Pakistan Trade Fire as Conflict Takes a Dangerous Turn

A mass-casualty incident near Kabul marks a significant escalation in hostilities. Friendly countries should work together to bring the sides back to negotiations.

https://t.co/XLUdZsbdIl

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NEW Q&A | Where is the Israel-Hizbollah War Going?

Israel and Hizbollah are once again fighting head to head, with disastrous repercussions for Lebanon. @davidrobwood, @heiko_wimmen and Max Rodenbeck explain what might come next.

https://t.co/pAxMESFpaH