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Podcast

4th January 2024

Breaking Cycles of Conflict: Reconciliation and reconstructi...

Craig Larkin, Inna Rudolf, Rajan Basra

In a new episode of the Breaking Cycles of Conflict mini-series, XCEPT researchers Dr Craig Larkin, Dr Inna Rudolf, and Dr Rajan Basra explore issues ...

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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

3rd January 2024

Waiting for War: Escalation on Lebanon’s southern border and...

Brontë Philips

As conflict at Lebanon’s border with Israel continues to escalate, this blog explores how Lebanon’s legacy of war memory is shaping fears and response...

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Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Article

2nd January 2024

Iraqi heritage restoration, grassroots interventions, and po...

Craig Larkin, Inna Rudolf

In post-conflict settings like Mosul, Iraq, heritage restoration is a nuanced and ever-evolving process, where shared cultural foundations amidst conf...

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Middle East and North Africa

Blog

22nd December 2023

A selection of XCEPT research from 2023

XCEPT is proud to present a selection of research published by our partners during 2023. Below you can find highlights from our research on conflict-a...

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Blog

20th December 2023

How a transnational approach can better manage the conflict ...

Dr Renad Mansour, Dr Ahmed Soliman

Approaching conflict as a national issue sidelines a complex web of transnational influences and threatens prospects for sustainable peace.

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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows

Article

11th December 2023

Cyclones and violence against civilians: Evidence from the C...

Benjamin E Bagozzi, Thomas S Benson, Ore Koren

Do natural shocks increase insurgent-perpetrated violence against civilians?

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Podcast

21st November 2023

Podcast: How terrorism, political interests, and economic re...

Peer Schouten, Abdirahman Edle, Jamal Mohamed

This podcast from XCEPT partner the Rift Valley Institute unpicks the intricate ties that bind roadblocks, checkpoints, and the political economy of c...

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Conflict Economies

Research report

31st October 2023

Navigating trade controls: The political economy of checkpoi...

Jamal Mohammed

Checkpoints have implications for different forms of trade that exist in Jubaland state and between Jubaland and Kenya. This report explores the polit...

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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies

Research report

31st October 2023

Paying the price: The political economy of checkpoints in So...

Peer Schouten

This report explores the political economy of checkpoints in Somalia: What drives their formation? What impacts do they have on trade, society and pol...

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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Borderlands

Research report

31st October 2023

Brokering trade routes: The political economy of checkpoints...

Abdirahman Ali

The Baidoa corridor is a transport and trade route that connects Somalia’s coastal capital, Mogadishu, to Kenya via the border towns of Bula Hawa and ...

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Somalia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows

Blog

17th October 2023

Four years on from Lebanon’s 17 October revolution

Mohamad El Kari

Visiting Lebanon today, it is difficult to escape the feeling that a collective sense of hopelessness has settled across the country, haunting and tor...

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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

13th October 2023

Informal education and conflict trauma: reducing adolescent ...

Fiona McEwen, Alexander Fischer, Shanna Todd

By understanding the impact of conflict and violence in northeast Syria, informal education programmes can strengthen adolescent resilience to radical...

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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

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Breaking Cycles of Conflict: Reconciliation and reconstructi...

Waiting for War: Escalation on Lebanon’s southern border and...

Iraqi heritage restoration, grassroots interventions, and po...

A selection of XCEPT research from 2023

How a transnational approach can better manage the conflict ...

Cyclones and violence against civilians: Evidence from the C...

Podcast: How terrorism, political interests, and economic re...

Navigating trade controls: The political economy of checkpoi...

Paying the price: The political economy of checkpoints in So...

Brokering trade routes: The political economy of checkpoints...

Four years on from Lebanon’s 17 October revolution

Informal education and conflict trauma: reducing adolescent ...

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