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6th May 2025

Gravitating toward the Middle East: how Sudan’s changing reg...

Øystein H. Rolandsen, Antoni Sastre Bel
The involvement of regional actors in Sudan’s war indicates how Sudan has politically and strategically gravitated away from an African political cont...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics

Briefing paper

16th April 2025

From peacekeeping to proxy wars: impacts of the current conf...

Annie Bunting, Heather Tasker, SOFEPADI
The ongoing conflict has resulted in widespread forced displacement that has included alarming levels of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and s...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics

Briefing paper

2nd April 2025

Gendered mobility dynamics and human security risks in irreg...

AnnaSophia Gallagher, Christianne Aikins, Valeria Spagnolo
Irregular maritime migration from Lebanon has risen dramatically over the last three years, driven by compounded political, socio-economic, and securi...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Migration Gender

Article

1st April 2025

Isolating Peace Talks from a Complex Neighborhood: The US-Ta...

Kristian Berg Harpviken
The US-Taliban negotiations in 2018-20 took place without a formal mediator, nor did it involve Afghanistan’s official government or any of its neighb...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Governance Conflict Dynamics

Briefing paper

31st March 2025

Thinking about Borderlands: Observations and implications fr...

Observations derived from the XCEPT programme’s research, and thoughts on the future direction borderlands research might take.
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Borderlands

Research report

31st March 2025

Why and How We Wrote a Model Law for Refugees in Bangladesh ...

M Sanjeeb Hossain, Nafisa Tabassum, Al Muktadir Elahi Esmam, Samira Manzur
Years of research on the experiences and perspectives of Rohingya communities in Cox’s Bazar, drawing attention to governance challenges and the need ...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia South Asia Bangladesh Migration Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Briefing paper

31st March 2025

Fragilities and dispossession in the climate-affected border...

Tasnia Khandaker Prova, Era Robbani, Humuan Kabir
This policy brief accompanies the paper “We no longer know of the peace we once had”.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Bangladesh Migration Governance

Research report

31st March 2025

 “We no longer know of the peace we once had”: fragilities a...

Tasnia Khandaker, Era Robbani, Humaun Kabir
Bangladesh faces huge climate challenges with increasingly frequent and extreme weather events which intersect in complex ways with social and politic...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Bangladesh Migration Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Briefing paper

31st March 2025

Myanmar’s Northern Borderlands: A History of Myanmar-China R...

Dan Seng Lawn
How have historical patterns in China-Myanmar relations shaped today’s conflict dynamics and political developments in Myanmar’s northern borderlands?...
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Southeast Asia South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Briefing paper

31st March 2025

Localisation of Research and Evidence Generation in Conflict...

Zaki Ullah, Pamela Combinido
Practical lessons and guidance from the X-Border Local Research Network (LRN)’s experience on supporting equitable, locally embedded research in fragi...
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Southeast Asia South Asia and Southeast Asia South Asia Sahel Middle East and North Africa Middle East Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

31st March 2025

Local impacts of foreign interests in Timor-Leste 

Lisa Denney, Gobie Rajalingam, Aderito Soares
How do foreign actors pursue their geopolitical interests in Timor-Leste and shape outcomes at the local level? 
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Southeast Asia South Asia and Southeast Asia Governance Conflict Dynamics

Research report

31st March 2025

The reinvention of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan

Iftikhar Firdous
How the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), under Noor Wali Mehsud’s leadership, strategically reinvented itself—organizationally, financially, and ideol...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Conflict Dynamics

Briefing paper

29th March 2025

Water and land conflicts and their gendered effects in refug...

Resty Naiga
This policy brief provides an overview of water and land conflicts in refugee settings in Uganda and presents policy considerations to mitigate their ...
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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Gender Conflict Response

Article

28th March 2025

Syria becomes a front line in protecting Saudi security

Hesham Alghannam
Saudi Arabia’s concerns about Syria have grown since Assad’s ouster. Türkiye’s expanding presence, Iran’s struggle to regain influence, and Israel’s e...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Conflict Dynamics

Briefing paper

28th March 2025

Impact of displacement on gender norms: experiences of women...

Henri Myrttinen, Lal Rin Sangi, Phyoe Nay Chi, Kyaw Lwin
While the risks faced by women and girls in situations of conflict and displacement are well documented, there has been less analysis of how these eff...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Migration Gender Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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