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12th March 2025

Recalibrating international security assistance to Lebanon: ...

Simone Tholens, Ada Sopha Hahn, Jacob Boswall

The temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, effective November 27, 2024, presents a critical opportunity to reassess international security ...

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Middle East and North Africa Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

Research report

12th March 2025

Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces: a strategic nexus for co...

Inna Rudolf

Since the overthrow of the Ba’ath party regime in 2003, Iraq’s political landscape has been shaped by a volatile coalition of majority Shi’a elites. T...

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Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance Conflict Dynamics

Research report

6th March 2025

The shape-shifting ‘axis of resistance’

Renad Mansour, Hayder Al-Shakeri, Haid Haid

The Iranian-led ‘axis of resistance’ suffered significant setbacks in 2024, amid conflict with Israel and other political turbulence, leading some ob...

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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Conflict Dynamics

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4th March 2025

Participatory research in Bangladesh: empowering communities...

Tasnia Khandaker Prova, Azizul Hoque, Era Robbani

How does participatory research amplify local voices?

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South Asia Bangladesh Climate Change Borderlands

Blog

3rd March 2025

Spaces of refuge as ‘extended battlefields’: gendered impact...

Anas Ansar, Benjamin Etzold, Syeda Rozana Rashid

The ongoing war in Myanmar is never far away for the more than one million refugees in neighbouring Bangladesh, and the refugee camps are sites of oth...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Gender Conflict Response Borderlands

Article

28th February 2025

Migrants at the Gate: Europe Tries to Curb Undocumented Migr...

Yasmine Zarhloule

The EU has responded to unwanted arrivals with ever-stricter security measures, an approach that has both led to increased human rights violations and...

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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Migration

Blog

27th February 2025

Why South Sudan’s Unity State is drowning in pollution

Mawal Marko Gatkuoth

The rural population of Unity State has been suffering from pollution since the construction of a pipeline through Unity State in 1999, and the intens...

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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance

Research report

26th February 2025

De-Peripheralizing Morocco’s East in the Face of Climate Cha...

Yasmine Zarhloule

Climate change is challenging North Africa, particularly with water scarcity. Border towns between Morocco and Algeria face existential questions abou...

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North Africa Middle East and North Africa Algeria Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Economies Borderlands

Research report

26th February 2025

Trauma, PTSD, and psychosocial support interventions in frag...

Alison Brettle, Pauline Zerla, Sam Hibbs, Pauline Zerla

What types of interventions are most effective in mitigating the negative effects of conflict-related trauma amongst civilian and combatant population...

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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Article

25th February 2025

Syria’s New Rulers Are Working To Unify Military Power

Rahaf Aldoughli

Of all the challenges currently facing post-war Syria, the integration of the country’s numerous and diverse armed factions into a single, disciplined...

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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

25th February 2025

Untangling Africa’s world war: mediation in the Democratic R...

Michael Aeby

This case study explores how international mediation efforts in the Second Congo War (1998-2003) affected, and addressed, the regionalisation of the ...

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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

25th February 2025

Leverage Beyond Yemen: Ansar Allah and Its Iraqi Alliances

Ibrahim Jalal

The Houthis are strengthening their regional ties, notably with the Popular Mobilization Forces, who offer them political, economic, military, and geo...

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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Middle East Violent Extremism Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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Recalibrating international security assistance to Lebanon: ...

Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces: a strategic nexus for co...

The shape-shifting ‘axis of resistance’

Participatory research in Bangladesh: empowering communities...

Spaces of refuge as ‘extended battlefields’: gendered impact...

Migrants at the Gate: Europe Tries to Curb Undocumented Migr...

Why South Sudan’s Unity State is drowning in pollution

De-Peripheralizing Morocco’s East in the Face of Climate Cha...

Trauma, PTSD, and psychosocial support interventions in frag...

Syria’s New Rulers Are Working To Unify Military Power

Untangling Africa’s world war: mediation in the Democratic R...

Leverage Beyond Yemen: Ansar Allah and Its Iraqi Alliances

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