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1st March 2023

China and Myanmar Resume Work on Muse-Kyaukphyu Railway

Frontier Myanmar
A Chinese state-owned company and the military regime are quietly pushing forward with a railway line that would run through active conflict zones, af...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Governance Borderlands

Article

1st February 2023

Border Battles: Fighting for Control in Rakhine

Frontier Myanmar
Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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

Blog

19th December 2022

The Legacy of Trauma: Can Trauma be Transmitted Across Gener...

Pauline Zerla examines how traumatic events can be experienced by those who did not directly live them and how they affect the health and wellbeing of...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Article

9th December 2022

‘If they catch me, they’ll kill me’: Trafficked in Wa State...

Frontier Myanmar
Chinese and Myanmar nationals have fallen prey to fake job postings in the Wa autonomous zone of northeastern Myanmar, where they are kept prisoner, b...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Organised Crime Migration Borderlands

Article

5th October 2022

Junta Trade Policies Spark a Smuggling Revival at Thai Borde...

Frontier Myanmar
The military regime’s attempts to restrict imports and ration foreign currency have boosted illicit border trade at Myawaddy in Kayin State, putting i...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Transnational Flows Borderlands

Podcast

4th October 2022

Amid Commerce and Conflict, Some Border Towns Endure

Nathan Shea
Over decades of conflict and instability, the border town of Torkham, one of the main crossing points between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has found a wa...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Economies Borderlands

Blog

25th August 2022

The Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis and Responses in Cox’s Baza...

Azizul Hoque, Tasnia Khandaker, Tasnia Khandaker
In August 2022 it will be five years since the start of one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, yet the political and security dynamics su...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Transnational Flows Migration Governance Conflict Response Borderlands

Research report

24th August 2022

Patterns And Determinants Of Cross-Border Migration In Afgha...

Modern Scientist Global
The collapse of the Government of Afghanistan in August 2021 and takeover by the Taliban resulted in political, economic, and social turmoil that has ...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Gender Coronavirus Conflict Response Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

24th August 2022

Livelihoods in Afghanistan

Modern Scientist Global
In light of Afghanistan’s regime change, coupled with the pandemic and an already tenuous economic situation, it is critical to understand the livelih...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Gender Coronavirus Conflict Response Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

30th July 2022

After the Gold Rush: How the Junta Created, and then Crushed...

Frontier Myanmar
The regime’s foreign exchange controls sparked a frenzy in gold smuggling to India, but since mid-May it has turned to familiar tactics – intimidation...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Transnational Flows 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

Article

23rd June 2022

Scam City: How the Coup Brought Shwe Kokko Back to Life

The Karen Border Guard Force is providing the military with frontline soldiers in exchange for business protection, allowing its “new city” project to...
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Thailand South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Transnational Flows 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

Research report

27th May 2022

Conflict and Development in the Myanmar-China Border Region

Dan Seng Lawn
A report by Kachinland Research Centre explores the political, economic and conflict dynamics along Myanmar’s northeastern border with China
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Conflict Economies Borderlands

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