On 12 November 2025, a virtual panel discussion explored the captagon economy’s evolving role in the Middle East’s political and security landscape.
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On 23 October 2025, a virtual panel discussion explored how decentralisation and identity politics are reshaping governance and legitimacy in Sudan an...
On 2 September 2025 an event exploring the challenges and opportunities of peacebuilding in a changing climate explored how climate and peacebuilding ...
Held in London on 24-25 June, the XCEPT Conference 2025 brought together local and international experts and policymakers to explore the evolving regi...
Following the conclusion of the Chatham House XCEPT research initiative, this event unpacks key findings and explores how policymakers can better resp...
On 1 April 2025, this hybrid event explored the green transition, geopolitical risks, and political instability, with insights on transition minerals,...
On 27 March 2025, this webinar examined how pre-displacement exposure to violent conflict affects the long-term social well-being of Syrian refugees i...
XCEPT and King’s College London discussed Syrian rebels’ motivations, their commitment to the cause, rebel alliance unity, and how the international c...
On 27 February 2025, the Global Security Programme at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, in partnership with Gulu University, Uganda, and with th...
On 1-2 October 2024, XCEPT hosted a conference on the Middle East and North Africa region, bringing together local, regional, and international expert...
On Tuesday 26 March 2024, XCEPT and Bodhi Global Analysis discussed findings from research on the gender, climate, and security nexus in the Horn of A...
On 14 December 2023, XCEPT partner Chatham House held a webinar focusing on the increasingly complex web of national, military, and militant interests...
On 13 and 14 June 2023, XCEPT hosted a workshop in Nairobi that brought together policymakers, researchers and practitioners to consider research and ...
As part of PeaceCon 2023, Nika Saeedi, Dr Nafees Hamid, Dr Simbal Khan and Amadou Tall provide insights on how development practitioners and policy-ma...
This online XCEPT panel discussion assessed the differing impacts on the Horn of Africa and Syria of disruption of global commodities, such as grain, ...
At this event Dr Fiona McEwen, Dr Nafees Hamid, and Dr Rajan Basra offer up new perspectives on what can motivate someone to engage in terrorism, and ...
At this event, King’s College London researchers Dr Craig Larkin and Dr Inna Rudolf will explore how competing narratives of a traumatic past are shap...
As part of the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) program, the X-Border Local Research Network held a report launch event to ex...
The Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme held a panel event to discuss the experiences of young people growing...
The Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme held a virtual panel discussion exploring how technology is advancing...
On 7 December, XCEPT team members Dr Alexander Ramsbotham of Conciliation Resources and Peter Beaumont of Satellite Applications Catapult took part in...
To discuss the Algerian-Tunisian border relationship, the Carnegie Middle East Center hosted a virtual panel discussion on Monday, June 22nd. The eve...
On Friday, January 22, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center held a virtual panel discussion to examine the local actors and geopolitical s...
This is an interactive report on how individuals move and interact across borders and transnationally. The report summarises the outcomes of these di...
The session provides insights into the needs of refugees, their coping strategies, family ties abroad, and the adequacy and limitations of the current...
A focus on recent research on local populations’ everyday experience of transnational connectedness in the Horn and the implications for the aid and d...
