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Briefing paper

23rd February 2021

Emerging Marketplace Dynamics in the Rohingya Refugee Camps ...

Razaun Nahid Mercy, Kawsher Ahamed, Muhammad Badiuzzaman
This briefing paper examines the emergence of informal camp markets in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the products sold, and t...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Bangladesh Migration Conflict Economies

Article

23rd December 2020

The Hotel, the Teen Singer and the UWSA: Eastern Shan’s COVI...

A coronavirus outbreak in Tachileik has shone a rare spotlight on border-based hotels, KTVs and casinos with links to powerful armed groups, whose ...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Coronavirus

Newsletter

2nd December 2020

Peripheral Vision: Views from the Borderlands – November 202...

How political, security and socio-economic developments affect the people living in contested borderlands and, reversely, how border dynamics shape ch...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent Extremism Coronavirus Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

Research report

20th November 2020

On the Edge and in Between: Community and Policy Responses t...

Nicholas Malouta, Zinab Attai
This report, prepared by the Afghan Center for Socio-Economic and Opinion Research (ACSOR), conveys findings through a qualitative analysis to unders...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Pakistan Afghanistan Transnational Flows Migration Governance Coronavirus Conflict Economies Borderlands

Article

21st October 2020

Myths, Militias, and the Destruction of Loi Sam Sip

Activists in northern Shan State have been fighting for years to protect a culturally and environmentally important mountain range but face oppositi...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Conflict Economies

Event

20th August 2020

Aid in Conflict-Affected Borderlands: The Rohingya Crisis in...

Jessica Olney, Manzoor Hasan
The session provides insights into the needs of refugees, their coping strategies, family ties abroad, and the adequacy and limitations of the current...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia South Asia Bangladesh Migration Conflict Response Borderlands

Podcast

30th September 2020

The Crisis and the Cracks—Pakistan’s Covid-19 Experience at ...

Azeema Cheema
Complex crises tend to expose our worst faults and bare our best-kept biases. They also turn old inequalities into urgent problems, as crisis governan...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Coronavirus

Article

22nd September 2020

Brothers Torn Apart: As TNLA Grows Stronger, Tensions Rise i...

Lawi Weng
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army and Kachin Independence Army have fought side by side for decades, but recent abuses against civilians underscore ...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Governance Borderlands

Research report

9th September 2020

Navigating the Margins: Family, Mobility and Livelihoods Amo...

Jessica Olney, Razaun Nahid Mercy, Kawsher Ahamed, Muhammad Badiuzzaman
This paper describes the ways that individuals and families living in refugee camps in Bangladesh cope with hardship and displacement.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Bangladesh Transnational Flows Migration Conflict Economies Borderlands

Article

7th September 2020

The Scrap Over Loikaw’s Industrial Zone

The Kayah State government’s fast-tracking of a Chinese company’s proposal to invest tens of millions of dollars in a forgotten industrial zone in the...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Governance Conflict Economies Borderlands

Video

2nd September 2020

COVID and Conflict in Myanmar’s Borderlands: A View from the...

The Covid-19 crisis has once again focused attention on political fragmentation in Myanmar, especially along ethnic divides.
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Governance Coronavirus Conflict Dynamics

Article

11th August 2020

‘At Least the Illegal Routes are Safe’: Cattle Smuggling Mak...

Kyaw Lin Htoon
The government’s experiment with live cattle exports upset the political economy in northern Shan State, where armed groups are heavily involved in th...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Transnational Flows Conflict Economies Borderlands

Article

27th July 2020

Desperate and Debt-ridden, Mon Migrants Risk Journey Back to...

Lawi Weng
A lack of opportunities in Mon State has turned some migrants to smugglers to cross back into Thailand illegally.
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Thailand South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Economies Borderlands

Article

23rd July 2020

The Kokang Casino Dream

Local politicians in a border region known for its frequent outbreaks of violence hope to transform it into the “next Macau”, but will have to overcom...
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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Governance Conflict Economies Borderlands

Article

17th June 2020

The Government and Armed Groups Enforce a New Border Regime

The safe return of migrant workers from Thailand amid the pandemic has required an unprecedented degree of cooperation between the government and arme...
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Thailand South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Migration Coronavirus Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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