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Research report

24th June 2025

Working in fragile and conflict-affected border areas

Nathan Shea, Tabea Campbell Pauli
Key findings for policymakers and practitioners from seven years of the XCEPT Local Research Network.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

16th June 2025

Why peacebuilding fails and what to do about it

Renad Mansour, Mark White
As geopolitical fragmentation deepens, conflicts are increasing in complexity and number, and internationalising in new ways as states, armed groups, ...
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Sudan Middle East and North Africa Libya Iran Transnational Flows Organised Crime Migration Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics
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Briefing paper

6th June 2025

The impact of conflict and displacement on Sudanese refugee ...

Marie Riquier, Prisca Nandoumabe
Women and children, who make up 89 per cent of new arrivals in Chad, endure dire living conditions in the camps and face critical challenges in meetin...
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Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Chad Migration Gender Borderlands
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Article

2nd June 2025

Myanmar’s Northern Borderlands: the humanitarian aid crisis ...

Dan Seng Lawn, Tabea Campbell Pauli, Naruemol Tuenpakdee, Hkawng Yang Madang
Kachin State, along Myanmar’s border with China, is experiencing high levels of conflict since the military-led takeover of government in February 202...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Migration

Article

28th May 2025

‘Killing is part of their life’: the men raised on violence ...

Heidi Riley
XCEPT programme researchers interviewed hundreds of people in South Sudan to understand the role that conflict-related trauma plays in influencing who...
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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics

Research report

22nd May 2025

The gendered dimensions of conflict: impacts in the borderla...

Anna Strachan, Albert Mulli, Marius Calu
The armed conflict in northern Mozambique has profound gendered impacts that are deeply intertwined with cross-border dynamics between Mozambique and ...
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Mozambique Gender Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Briefing paper

22nd May 2025

The gendered dimensions of conflict in the borderlands betwe...

Anna Strachan, Marius Calu
This policy brief presents key findings and policy implications on the gendered dimensions of conflict in the Mozambique – Tanzania borderlands. ...
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Mozambique Gender Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

20th May 2025

The Central American Formula: The Arias Peace Plan and the E...

Laura Camila Suárez
The “Procedure to Establish a Firm and Lasting Peace in Central America,” known as “Esquipulas II,” was a peace plan designed by Costa Rican president...
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Governance Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

Article

16th May 2025

Field notes: the uncertain shores of Bhasanchar

Al Muktadir Elahi Esmam, Nafisa Tabassum
While working on the development of a Model Law for Refugees in Bangladesh, the research team at the Centre for Peace and Justice conducted extensive ...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Bangladesh Migration Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands
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Article

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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Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics

Article

2nd May 2025

The ides of November: navigating the shifting sands of Iraq’...

Inna Rudolf, Douglas A. Ollivant
As Iraq gears up for its pivotal parliamentary elections, regional volatility, the fracturing Iran-led resistance axis, and unprecedented divisions wi...
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance

Article

29th April 2025

Taking the bull by the horns: policy report from the project...

Laurie Nathan, Michael Aeby, Pavel Baev, Antoni Sastre Bel, Kristian Berg Harpviken, Jørgen Jensehaugen, Júlia Palik, Øystein Rolandsen, Laura Camila Suárez, Pinar Tank
The regionalisation of intra-state conflict, a significant trend in international peace and security, is worrying because external military interventi...
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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

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