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Blog

12th May 2025

The impact of trauma survey: breaking cycles of trauma and v...

Sam Hibbs
The role of trauma and mental health problems in driving continued violence, or in blocking reconciliation efforts, is under-researched.
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South Sudan Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Iraq Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Article

2nd May 2025

The ides of November: navigating the shifting sands of Iraq’...

Inna Rudolf, Douglas A. Ollivant
As Iraq gears up for its pivotal parliamentary elections, regional volatility, the fracturing Iran-led resistance axis, and unprecedented divisions wi...
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance

Blog

30th March 2025

Beyond the unity of arenas: Understanding the agency and dom...

Clara May
Why we should challenge the idea that Shi’a militants are just Iranian proxies
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Iraq Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Podcast

20th March 2025

The national and transnational dynamics of Iraq’s Islamic re...

Craig Larkin, Renad Mansour, Inna Rudolf
King’s College London’s War Studies podcast examines Islamic resistance in Iraq and its Iran linkages
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Transnational Flows

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

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

Briefing paper

29th July 2024

The status of Iraqi children of ISIS-affiliated families out...

Dr Joana Cook
This XCEPT briefing note assesses the diverse needs of war-affected children in Iraq, highlighting the specific challenges faced by those in ISIS-affi...
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Iraq Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

16th April 2024

Green Mosul: how trees helped a city recover after conflict

Omar Mohammed
In this interview, Dr Omar Mohammed discusses the Green Mosul initiative, which was launched by the Mosul Eye Association in 2021 and leaves a legacy ...
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Research report

29th March 2024

Responding to instability in Iraq’s Sinjar district

Renad Mansour, Zmkan Saleem
Instability in the tiny Iraqi district of Sinjar, on the border with Syria and Türkiye, continues to exacerbate conflicts in the Middle East.
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

22nd March 2024

Borders have undermined Syrian sovereignty

Kheder Khaddour
A forthcoming Carnegie paper will argue that to understand Syria’s future, we will have to focus on the country’s peripheries.
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Jordan Iraq Iran Governance Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

12th March 2024

An Iraqi path to prosperity?

Harith Hasan
In an interview with Michael Young, a senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan, Carnegie’s Middl...
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Middle East and North Africa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Iraq Iran Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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

Research report

5th October 2023

Distinguishing children from ISIS-affiliated families in Ira...

Joana Cook
Labelling Iraqi children as ISIS-affiliated has far-reaching consequences for their future, whether living inside or outside Iraq.
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Research report

17th August 2023

Memory, violence and post-conflict reconstruction: Rebuildin...

Craig Larkin, Inna Rudolf
How can and should post-conflict cities be rebuilt after traumatic violence and forced displacement?
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

Briefing paper

28th July 2023

Men and psychosocial support services programming

Heidi Riley
This briefing note explores humanitarian responses to conflict-related trauma amongst men and boys, and finds that addressing male trauma supports ind...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Iraq Gender Conflict Response

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