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Publication

22nd July 2024

Impact of Pakistan-Afghanistan borderlands instability on th...

Iffat Idris
This XCEPT rapid literature review looks at how recent clashes on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and related instability impact the military and powe...
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Southeast Asia South Asia and Southeast Asia Pakistan Middle East and North Africa Middle East Afghanistan Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Organised Crime Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Publication

22nd July 2024

Effects of Pakistan-Afghanistan borderlands instability on s...

Siân Herbert, Iffat Idris
This XCEPT rapid literature review focuses on how instability in the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands plays into existing tensions in Pakistan, notabl...
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Southeast Asia South Asia and Southeast Asia Pakistan Middle East and North Africa Middle East Afghanistan Violent Extremism Organised Crime Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Video

15th July 2024

How to conduct research in conflict-affected areas

Tabea Campbell Pauli, Joseph Diing, Kheder Khaddour
Researchers working in borderland regions of Asia, the Middle East and Africa share their experiences and approaches to conducting fieldwork.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Coronavirus Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Event

29th April 2024

X-Border Local Research Network Bangkok Workshop

Researchers from across the Local Research Network gathered in Bangkok for a workshop hosted by The Asia Foundation.
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Yemen Syria Sudan South Sudan South Asia and Southeast Asia Pakistan Myanmar Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Ethiopia Bangladesh Algeria Gender Borderlands

Event report

15th July 2024

X-Border Local Research Network Bangkok Workshop

Researchers from across the Local Research Network gathered in Bangkok for a workshop hosted by The Asia Foundation.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Gender Borderlands

Article

9th July 2024

Border Traffic: How Syria Uses Captagon to Gain Leverage Ove...

Hesham Alghannam
Bashar al-Assad’s regime has used the drug partly as a means of ensuring that Syria is reintegrated into the Arab world, allowing its leadership to re...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Organised Crime Borderlands

Blog

2nd July 2024

The rise of Soldiers of God: is Beirut back to the time of t...

Mohamad El Kari
XCEPT researchers at ICSR consider whether the heightened presence of the Soldiers of God militia in Lebanon is a new force, or an echo of old histori...
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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism

Blog

6th June 2024

The role of transnational networks in Kurdish migration to t...

Zmkan Ali Saleem, Hayder Al-Shakeri
How the continued existence of transnational smuggling networks highlight current issues in addressing and tackling the drivers and sources of conflic...
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Research report

25th April 2024

Nimroz and Samangan: A comparative case study of shifts in A...

David Mansfield
New research by David Mansfield and Alcis explores the extent to which the Taliban has concentrated power in the hands of Pashtun fighters and how the...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Economies

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

Podcast

9th April 2024

Peripheral Vision: Trade Disruptions and Instability in Frag...

Kheder Khaddour, Azeema Cheema, Ahmed Musa, Tabea Campbell Pauli
Global trade and the transnational flow of people and goods can be negatively impacted by surging tensions or violence in fragile border regions. In t...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

Working paper

27th March 2024

Tunisia’s transformation into a transit hub: Illegal migrati...

Hamza Meddeb
Several developments have contributed to Tunisia’s transformation into a transit point for African migrants, including its porous borders, inconsisten...
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Tunisia Middle East and North Africa Mali Horn of Africa and the Sahel Chad Migration Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

26th March 2024

A flashpoint looms in southern Syria

Armenak Tokmajyan
As the influence of the Assad regime and Russia declines, Iran is emerging as the main actor, which could provoke a major Israeli intervention.
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Jordan Iran Governance Conflict Economies 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

Podcast

21st March 2024

On Geopolitics: Sinjar – an arena for other conflicts?

XCEPT researchers from Chatham House discuss how the Sinjar region is ever-more entangled in regional conflicts, and consider what can be done to ensu...
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