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15th May 2023

Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development 2023 

SIPRI’s 2023 Forum on Peace and Development focuses on the theme ‘Seeking Solutions for Turbulent Times’. XCEPT team members will be presenting on sev...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent Extremism Conflict Response Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

10th May 2023

Martyrdom in Lebanon: An Evolution of Memory-Making

Bronte Philips
This article explores how martyrdom memorialisation is used by all parties in Lebanon to shape narratives of the past and mobilise support in the pres...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Article

28th April 2023

Border Crossings: The Unholy Alliance Between Iran and Iraqi...

Akeel Abbas
Border crossings figure prominently in Iran’s strategy to ensure its control over Iraq. But despite the Iraqi population’s desire to distance itself f...
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Iran Transnational Flows Migration Borderlands

Blog

12th April 2023

Can Uncertainty Make Us Violent? The Role of Uncertainty in ...

Federica Calissano
This blog explores how feelings of uncertainty can make individuals vulnerable to, or influence their decision to adopt, extremist ideologies, and exp...
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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

11th April 2023

Is Translation in Conflict an Instrument of Power or a Place...

Mohamad El Kari
Mohamad El Kari, who works as a translator for the XCEPT project, talks about the challenges of translating the stories of conflict-affected populatio...
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Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Research report

6th April 2023

Lessons on Supporting Disaster Relief and Reconstruction in ...

Luke Kelly
This rapid evidence synthesis provides evidence, guidance, and lessons on disaster relief and reconstruction in fragile and conflict-affected situatio...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Governance Conflict Response

Blog

5th April 2023

Wheat and War: How Sanctions are Driving Russia-Syria Cooper...

Haid Haid
The conflict supply chain of wheat from Ukraine and Russia to Syria highlights interlinkages between the conflicts and the role of sanctions in drivin...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Response

Research report

5th April 2023

A Fractured Border: Syria, Türkiye, and Cantonization

Armenak Tokmajyan, Kheder Khaddour
Ongoing negotiations between Syria and Türkiye may change the outlines of their border regions. But they won’t alter the basic reality of cantonizatio...
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Middle East and North Africa Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Podcast

4th April 2023

A Tale of Two Border Towns 

Renad Mansour, Hayder Al-Shakeri
The effort to secure Iraq’s borders after the defeat of ISIS has created other, new sources of instability, as conflict supply chains adapt to new cir...
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Borderlands

Podcast

3rd April 2023

Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Niger

Peter Tinti
This episode examines the violence and harm caused by these illicit practices, and the international responses to them as part of an XCEPT project min...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Conflict Economies

Podcast

31st March 2023

Conflict Supply Chains across Lebanon and Syria 

Lina Khatib, Leah de Haan
Find out more about the impact of supply chains and powerful conflict actors on people’s livelihoods in this Twitter Space recording.
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Transnational Flows Conflict Economies

Podcast

31st March 2023

Human Smuggling and Trafficking to Libya 

Tim Eaton, Leah de Haan
In this Twitter Space, join Senior Research Fellow, Tim Eaton and Project Manager, Leah de Haan for a deep dive into the interaction of conflict dynam...
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Middle East and North Africa Libya Transnational Flows Conflict Economies

Podcast

30th March 2023

Commodities, land contestation and conflict in Ethiopia and ...

Ahmed Soliman, Abel Demissie
This episode examines relations between Ethiopia and Sudan as part of an XCEPT project mini-series.
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Sudan Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Ethiopia Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Borderlands

Blog

30th March 2023

The Dual Face of Migrant Smuggling in Libya

Tim Eaton, Lubna Yousef
In Libya’s northwestern city of Zawiya, where migrants make up a quarter of the population, those involved in human smuggling and trafficking present ...
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Middle East and North Africa Libya Organised Crime Migration

Blog

29th March 2023

Forgotten Refugees – the Experiences of Syrian Military Defe...

Alison Brettle
In this blog Dr Alison Brettle talks about her research into a group of ‘forgotten refugees’ – ex-military officers, who deserted the Syrian Army – an...
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Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Transnational Flows Conflict Dynamics

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