Photo: Asianet-Pakistan / Shutterstock.com Lead researcher: Tobias Hagmann
Duration: October 2025 – October 2026
Countries: South Sudan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq
The project is a collaborative study that forms part of the XCEPT research programme’s qualitative-comparative stream. CBET investigates and compares how elites in contested borderlands accumulate and convert different forms of capital, navigate center–periphery relations, and shape political settlements over time.
Empirical research focuses on three case studies representing distinct borderland configurations in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan), North and South Waziristan (Pakistan) and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).
Scholars engaged under this workstream:
- Katja Mielke
- Faryal Khan
- Matthew Whiting
- Zeynep Kaya
- Joseph Diing Majok
- Nicki Kindersley
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