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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...

Article

14th June 2026
How can we better understand the shifting geographies of conflict when we move beyond static text and start to see violence spatially?  

Working paper

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

Article

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

Article

13th May 2026
Are grievances with the Lebanese state, rather than sectarian loyalty, driving popular support for the group retaining its guns?  

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...

Research report

22nd April 2026
Examining how instability damages the natural environment and how environmental conditions, shaped by natural and human‑driven change, influence confl...

Article

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

Article

7th April 2026
What role have civilian self-defence groups played in northeastern Nigeria during the Boko Haram insurgency – and why has it been so often overlooked?...

Research report

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

Research report

27th March 2026
Assessing how climate stress, insecurity and uneven implementation are shaping the future of stabilisation and resilience in the Lake Chad region.

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