International Crisis Group

March 24, 2006 12:03 PM

The International Crisis Group is a private agency which attempts to improve the response to international disasters by working out a strategy and providing detailed recommendations to policymakers. Their website is full of reports on crises around the world; here's what they have to say about Darfur, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, Islamism. For the rationale behind the ICG, see William Shawcross's tribute to humanitarian aid worker Fred Cuny, who disappeared in Chechnya.
posted by russilwvong (3 comments total)

My brother works for ICG. They are a most excellent think tank.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 1:50 PM on March 24, 2006

Wow. That Cuny bio is incredible. What a life to have lived.
posted by dhartung at 4:33 PM on March 24, 2006

This looks like some kind of open-source CIA for the NGO set. neato.
posted by eustatic at 7:07 PM on March 24, 2006