Pakistan continues to face threats from factions of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant groups, including an affiliate of the Islamic State. Learn more with CFR’s Global Conflict ...

The Taliban, a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist and predominantly Pashtun movement, controlled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.In October 2001, U.S. and allied forces invaded the country and quickly ...

Vice President Kamala Harris is seeking the presidency while the Biden-Harris administration contends with several foreign policy issues, including wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, surging ...

In early August 2024, Ukraine launched the Kursk Offensive, a surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast. This marked the first cross-border offensive conducted primarily by Ukrainian military ...

The foundations of Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin, or al-Shabaab (“The Youth”), originated in the late 1980s when Somalis who had joined the Afghan mujahideen in the war against Russia returned home.

The conflict’s most threatening possibility is the further regionalization and expansion of fighting in eastern Congo. While the situation is already lethal, full-scale wars in the Great Lakes region ...

As the civil war enters its third year, Sudan’s two warring factions remain locked in a deadly power struggle. Death toll estimates vary widely, with the former U.S. envoy for Sudan suggesting as many ...

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In 2022, after a two-year lull in testing, North Korea launched a record number of missiles. Frequent tests have continued into 2023 and included its first solid-fuel ICMB, the Hwasong-18, which ...

Learn about the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray and keep up with recent developments on the Center for Preventive Action’s Global Conflict Tracker.

Armed conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted in early 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The previous year, protests in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s ...

Learn about al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda affiliate with continued influence in Somalia, and track the latest developments in the country using CFR’s Global Conflict Tracker.