What can Sudan’s experience of war, fragmentation and contested authority tell us about a world in which established political orders are increasingly...
This policy brief explores how longstanding patterns of contested political authority can help us understand the country’s current fragmentation and w...
In eastern Congo, controlling the movement of goods can be as important as controlling the places where they are produced. Following gold, cacao and b...
Iraq’s disputed territories remain caught between competing authorities, patronage networks and unresolved claims to power – dynamics that continue to...
In the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, programmes intended to support and empower women are frequently channelled through male gatekeepers. Thi...
In South Sudan’s Greater Pibor region, a grassroots movement of mothers and grandmothers demonstrates how women can govern, regulate violence and exer...
Checkpoints are more than barriers to movement in South Sudan. They have become central to how markets function, how resources circulate and how power...
