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21st November 2024

Borders of Conflict: Navigating Policy in a Transnational Ec...

Renad Mansour
This series of essays considers the transnational dynamics of authority and violence to explain how an armed conflict in one locality exists in a tran...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

21st November 2024

How supply chains fuel transnational conflict in the Middle ...

Renad Mansour, Hayder Al-Shakeri,
Transnational conflict in the Middle East is fuelled by both ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ trade. Mapping these cross-border dynamics can help understand and ...
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Yemen Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Lebanon Iraq Iran Conflict Response Borderlands

Research report

18th November 2024

Captagon in Iraq and Jordan: understanding the problem and e...

Christopher Sims, Antonio Ruiz, Nicholas Krohley
This paper examines how Iraq and Jordan are addressing the Captagon trade within their borders, outlines current gaps in the literature on Captagon, a...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Economies

Article

30th October 2024

The end of the ‘revolution’ (al-thawra) but not revolutionar...

Rahaf Aldoughli,
This XCEPT article investigates what drives individuals to join and remain loyal to armed groups amidst the chaos of the Syrian wars by focusing on th...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

17th October 2024

The Centrality of Syria’s Peripheries

Kheder Khaddour, Armenak Tokmajyan, Michael Young
In an interview, Kheder Khaddour and Armenak Tokmajyan discuss the country’s borders and why they have remained intact.
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

17th October 2024

Lebanon: assassinating sectarian leaders has always led to i...

Mohamad El Kari
The killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is the latest in a history of political-sectarian assassinations in Lebanon, and will likely intensif...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics

Blog

15th October 2024

Illicit gold is exacerbating Ethiopia’s conflicts

Ahmed Soliman, Dr Abel Abate Demissie
The contestation over gold – and its connection to transnational networks – is becoming a major driver of Ethiopia’s complex conflicts.
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Economies

Publication

30th September 2024

The impact of terrorist kidnappings: lessons from Arsal, Leb...

Craig Larkin, Rajan Basra
This XCEPT policy brief examines how the kidnapping in Arsal, Lebanon affects victims’ families and shapes their attitudes towards the state, justice,...
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Lebanon Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Response Borderlands

Research report

25th September 2024

Challenges to effective stabilisation assistance in northeas...

William Smith
This XCEPT research report examines why western support to northeastern Syria has been successful in enabling short-term stability but has struggled t...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Governance Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Briefing paper

25th September 2024

Policy Brief: Challenges to effective stabilisation assistan...

William Smith
This policy brief presents key findings and policy analysis and recommendations from the XCEPT Research Report ‘Challenges to effective stabilisation ...
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Middle East and North Africa Governance Conflict Response Borderlands

Research report

10th September 2024

Borders Without a Nation: Syria, Outside Powers, and Open-En...

Kheder Khaddour, Armenak Tokmajyan,
In Syria’s border regions, changes in demographics, economics, and security mean that an inter-Syrian peace process will require consensus among main ...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

4th September 2024

How do you talk about the climate crisis in a city that’s st...

Clara May, Dr Omar Mohammed
As humanitarian and reconstruction efforts are helping an Iraqi city deal with its violent past, one tree-planting project is helping to safeguard its...
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance Conflict Response

Blog

27th August 2024

Unravelling conflict: The power of predictive modelling

Sam Hibbs
XCEPT researcher Sam Hibbs on how models of conflict allow us to consider how various elements interact side by side, and they help researchers from d...
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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Briefing paper

6th August 2024

Navigating conflicting memories: Reconciliation initiatives ...

Inna Rudolf
Based on first-hand interviews with Yezidi communities and diaspora voices, this XCEPT briefing note explores feelings of marginalisation and stigmati...
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Iraq Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Response Borderlands

Article

1st August 2024

How Gulf states are reinterpreting national security beyond ...

Abdullah Baabood
This XCEPT article analyses how Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE have determined that their national security goes beyond their physical b...
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Oman Middle East and North Africa Middle East Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Governance Conflict Response Conflict Economies Borderlands

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