Middle East and North Africa

Article

10th August 2022

Border Nation: The Reshaping of the Syrian-Turkish Borderlan...

After a decade of civil war, Syria’s border with Turkey is divided. Yet long-term stability will require a peace agreement that treats the border as a...

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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Governance Conflict Response Borderlands

Blog

29th July 2022

The Iraqi Politics of Memory and Victimhood

Inna Rudolf, Ela Khaled

This post highlights the ways in which different groups invoke the wrongs afflicted onto their respective communities to gain leverage over the domina...

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Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance

Blog

22nd July 2022

Liars, Guns, and Money

Michael Young

In this interview, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center’s non-resident scholar Armenak Tokmajyan talks about Sarmada, Syria’s border with Turke...

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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Event

20th July 2022

Virtual Launch Event: Border Towns, Market and Conflict

As part of the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) program, the X-Border Local Research Network held a report launch event to ex...

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Syria Sudan Southeast Asia South Sudan South Asia and Southeast Asia South Asia Pakistan North Africa Middle East and North Africa Middle East Horn of Africa and the Sahel Horn of Africa Afghanistan Governance Conflict Response Borderlands

Research report

23rd June 2022

Border Towns, Markets and Conflict

This report aims to amplify a grounded understanding of the everyday reality of communities in fragile border areas, and how conflict shapes their liv...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Economies Borderlands

Blog

8th June 2022

Moving Medicine in Iraq: the Political Economy of the Pharma...

Renad Mansour, Omar Sirri

Poor infrastructure and even poorer governance is a critical part of the story of healthcare in Iraq, but so too is the complex issue of the movement ...

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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Organised Crime Governance Conflict Economies

Publication

20th May 2022

XCEPT Research on Sudan: Border Conflict and Struggle for De...

After decades of autocratic rule, Sudan appeared poised for a democratic transition after the ouster in 2019 of former President Omar al-Bashir. In la...

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Middle East and North Africa Governance Borderlands

Event

26th May 2022

Conflict and Violent Extremism in Syria and Iraq: Meeting Ad...

The Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme held a panel event to discuss the experiences of young people growing...

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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Iraq Violent Extremism Governance Conflict Response

Blog

28th April 2022

Bringing Loyalist and Opposition Factions Together: The Pros...

Rahaf Aldoughli

Western visions for a post-war Syria often entail the creation of disarmament and reintegration programs oriented toward members of Islamist groups an...

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Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance

Research report

29th March 2022

Eden Denied: Environmental Decay, Illicit Activities, and In...

Harith Hasan

In Iraq’s Eastern Basra region, regional conflicts and illicit activity have contributed to environmental decay, which in turn furthers instability. U...

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Middle East and North Africa Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

14th March 2022

The Barriers to Southern Yemeni Political Aspirations Are Ma...

Ahmed Nagi

This report explores how group rivalries are impeding southern unity, and how this might shape developments in a post-conflict Yemen.

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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Middle East Conflict Dynamics

Research report

17th February 2022

Cross-Border Pastoral Mobility and Cross-Border Conflict in ...

Siân Herbert, Izzy Birch

This rapid literature review collates information on cross-border pastoral mobility patterns, the connections between this mobility and cross-border c...

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Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

Research report

7th February 2022

Basra is Burning: the Protests in Basra Governorate, 2018–20...

Omar Al-Jaffal , Safaa Khalaf

This paper examines the wave of protests that occurred in Basra Governorate from 2018 to 2020. It explores the protests’ causes, the development of th...

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Middle East and North Africa Conflict Dynamics

Blog

27th January 2022