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28th September 2022

Youth Disrupted: Impact of Conflict and Violent Extremism on...

Alex Fischer, Haid Haid, James Khalil

This study explores the impact of a decade of conflict and violent extremism on adolescents in the northeast Syrian governorates of Raqqa and Deir ez-...

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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Governance

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21st September 2022

Reckless Abandon: Why Tunisia Can No Longer Delay a Border F...

Hamza Meddeb

Tunisia’s planned free trade zone in Ben Guerdane has stalled while similar projects in Libya have advanced. If Tunisian authorities move quickly to r...

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Tunisia Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Governance Borderlands

Blog

15th September 2022

Saudi Arabia’s Split-Image Approach to Salafism

Ahmed Nagi

The case of the Salafi groups underscores the complex evolution of cross-border exchange of religious ideas, with external powers able to grow influen...

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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Governance Borderlands

Blog

15th September 2022

In the Wake of the Military Coup, Sudan’s Rebel Groups Lever...

When the military launched a coup against the civilian government in October 2021, some of the rebel leaders sided with the country’s generals, rather...

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Middle East and North Africa Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

30th August 2022

Frontier Farming: Along the War-Torn Ethiopia-Sudan Border, ...

The capture of fertile agricultural land in Western Tigray and the eastern Sudanese Al Fashaga region sheds light on how profits from cash crops help ...

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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Conflict Economies Borderlands

Blog

25th August 2022

The Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis and Responses in Cox’s Baza...

Azizul Hoque, Tasnia Khandaker Prova

In August 2022 it will be five years since the start of one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, yet the political and security dynamics su...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Bangladesh Transnational Flows Migration Governance Conflict Response Borderlands

Blog

24th August 2022

Conflict Trauma and Violence: How Can We Promote Peace?

Ted Barker, Craig Larkin

This blog post examines the role of mental health and conflict-related trauma in driving individuals towards embracing violent extremism.

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Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Response

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24th August 2022

Patterns And Determinants Of Cross-Border Migration In Afgha...

Modern Scientist Global

The collapse of the Government of Afghanistan in August 2021 and takeover by the Taliban resulted in political, economic, and social turmoil that has ...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Pakistan Afghanistan Gender Coronavirus Conflict Response Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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24th August 2022

Livelihoods in Afghanistan

Modern Scientist Global

In light of Afghanistan’s regime change, coupled with the pandemic and an already tenuous economic situation, it is critical to understand the livelih...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Afghanistan Gender Coronavirus Conflict Response Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

18th August 2022

Do No (Self) Harm: Acknowledging Researcher Vulnerability in...

Gina Vale, Gina Vale

This commentary explores why the welfare of the researcher frequently slips through the net of the ethical principle to ‘do no harm’.

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Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

11th August 2022

The Spectre of Neuroscience in Security Studies

Nafees Hamid

How can neuroscience work in conjunction with the social and behavioural sciences to explain violent extremism?

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Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

10th August 2022

How the Captagon Trade Impacts Border Communities in Lebanon...

Lina Khatib

Any policy designed to counter the growing Captagon trade must take into account its impact on local border communities.

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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Economies

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Youth Disrupted: Impact of Conflict and Violent Extremism on...

Reckless Abandon: Why Tunisia Can No Longer Delay a Border F...

Saudi Arabia’s Split-Image Approach to Salafism

In the Wake of the Military Coup, Sudan’s Rebel Groups Lever...

Frontier Farming: Along the War-Torn Ethiopia-Sudan Border, ...

The Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis and Responses in Cox’s Baza...

Conflict Trauma and Violence: How Can We Promote Peace?

Patterns And Determinants Of Cross-Border Migration In Afgha...

Livelihoods in Afghanistan

Do No (Self) Harm: Acknowledging Researcher Vulnerability in...

The Spectre of Neuroscience in Security Studies

How the Captagon Trade Impacts Border Communities in Lebanon...

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