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Transnational Flows

Violence and conflict spread across borders through flows of people, weapons, resources and goods along pathways that are often centuries old. Borderland communities, which frequently share social, linguistic and cultural ties, often are enmeshed in these flows.  XCEPT sheds light on the web of interactions that connect conflicts across borders and regions, sustaining both conflict actors and the communities coping with long-term instability.

Below you can find and download publications by XCEPT partners exploring transnational flows and cross-border conflict.

Working paper

8th July 2026
How do checkpoints shape governance, trade and conflict in Yemen, and what can their operation reveal about the competing political orders that have e...

Working paper

2nd July 2026
How is authority exercised along the movement routes that traverse the Sahara, and what does control over mobility reveal about power, trade and gover...

Blog

25th June 2026
Emerging working papers from the Trade, Rents, and Authority in borderland Checkpoint Economies​ (TRACE) project

Briefing paper

24th June 2026
War is conventionally seen as a struggle for territory, but across contexts from Afghanistan to the Congo and Myanmar, the real frontlines run along r...

Research report

24th June 2026
What happens when armed groups no longer depend on supply lines or state backing, but operate as self‑sustaining ecosystems embedded in the global eco...

Working paper

22nd June 2026
Are online scam centres in Southeast Asia merely a form of digital crime, or do they fundamentally rely on control of physical movement across conflic...

Working paper

10th June 2026
How does the proximity of checkpoints to roads influence where and how violence occurs?

Event

18th June 2026
A briefing on how checkpoint economies shape conflict dynamics, governance, humanitarian access, and livelihoods across fragile and conflict-affected ...

journal_article

19th May 2026
How do checkpoints in Somalia shape power, identity and governance beyond the state?  

Article

29th April 2026
The Lebanese authorities’ clampdown on illicit cross-border activity threatens to leave inhabitants of the historically neglected village, and the wid...

Event

13th May 2026
Global Security Programme webinar series | Session 6

Event

6th May 2026
Global Security Programme webinar series | Session 5

Event

29th April 2026
Global Security Programme webinar series | Session 4

journal_article

21st April 2026
How roadblocks, transport infrastructure and extraction shape authority and political power.  

Research report

31st March 2026
How do resources, trade, mobility and revenue generation link local violence to wider political and economic systems.  

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