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10th February 2023

Stability at What Cost? Smuggling-driven Development in the ...

Tim Eaton
The case of Kufra raises difficult questions for policymakers over what interventions to support in places that have come to thrive on illicit cross-b...
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North Africa Middle East and North Africa Libya Transnational Flows Borderlands

Article

25th January 2023

Jordan’s Experiences Highlight the Limitations of Renewed Ti...

Armenak Tokmajyan
In recent days, Jordan has led the way in Arab countries’ rapprochement with Syria. But Amman’s experience shows that, without regional coordination,...
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25th January 2023

Defying Peripherality: How Morocco Has Sought to Integrate i...

Yasmine Zarhloule
Morocco has successfully begun to connect its once-neglected eastern region to domestic and global economic resources. But it is vital to ensure that ...
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Podcast

23rd January 2023

Peripheral Vision: Views from the Borderlands – Fall 2022 Po...

Khine Win, Mustafe M. Abdi, Hamza Meddeb
In this podcast The Asia Foundation, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, the Rift Valley Institute, and their local research partners dis...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Economies Borderlands

Briefing paper

14th January 2023

Controversies and Challenges of Peacebuilding in Nineveh: Re...

Craig Larkin, Inna Rudolf
This policy briefing note highlights principles for better embedding international and federal support for post-conflict social recovery within the lo...
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30th November 2022

Moving Medicine in Iraq: Networks Fuelling Everyday Conflict

Renad Mansour
A system involving doctors, pharmacists, political parties, armed groups, and businesspeople fuels corruption and conflict in a medicine supply chain ...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Governance Coronavirus Conflict Economies Borderlands

Blog

23rd November 2022

“We Cook Just Once a Week”: Conflict and Its Costs Along Afr...

Paul Clewett, Miralyne Zeghnoune, Shireen Issa
Across parts of Africa, conflict – both local and global – is compounding the negative economic effects of COVID-19, with price increases causing hard...
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Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Coronavirus Conflict Response Conflict Economies

Blog

21st November 2022

What’s Next for Children in IS-affiliated Families from Iraq...

Joana Cook
As the Iraqi government repatriates IS-affiliated families from al-Hol camp in Syria, Joana Cook looks at what’s next for the children who grew up und...
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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Research report

26th October 2022

The Pitfalls of Saudi Arabia’s Security-Centric Strategy in ...

Ahmed Nagi
Saudi Arabia’s security is contingent on Yemen’s stability and economic prosperity. As such, Riyadh should help revive Yemen’s moribund economy, in bo...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Borderlands

Blog

28th September 2022

Storytelling, Memory and Momentum: Iraq’s Tishreen Movement...

Ruba Ali Al-Hassani
Despite observers claiming that Iraq’s Tishreen protest movement has been coerced into silence, this blog argues that it maintains mobilisation moment...
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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance

Research report

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

Research report

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

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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