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Borderlands

Communities that sit in conflict-affected borderlands are often subject to a complex combination of cultural and geographical factors. XCEPT’s research into these conflict areas explores local governance, other influential actors, and the alternative institutions and strategies that borderland communities rely upon to protect themselves against violence and abuse. It also examines how economic transitions, markets, and trade are affected by changes in the social and political context of a borderland community.

Below you can find and download publications by XCEPT partners that investigate the unique contexts of conflict-affected borderlands.

Blog

26th March 2025
What areas that haven’t received much humanitarian aid can tell us about how communities can cope with the recent reductions in foreign aid.

Briefing paper

26th March 2025
This brief contains policy considerations and implications resulting from violent clashes between Iranian and Afghan border forces in May 2023.

Research report

26th March 2025
What was the cause of an outburst of violence between Iranian and Afghan border forces in May 2023?

Briefing paper

25th March 2025
How can multinational counterterrorism efforts better engage with, and earn the support of, local communities?

Research report

24th March 2025
The Horn of Africa is a region marked by complex infrastructural interdependencies, where the decline and emergence of trade corridors continue to res...

Article

21st March 2025
Since 2017, Tunisia has experienced intensified climate change effects, including severe drought. President Kais Saied’s governance failures have only...

SPOTLIGHT

XCEPT Workshop: Local, People-Focused Policymaking

26th October 2022
Addressing securitization in conflict zones in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia
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Blog

19th March 2025
Joseph Diing Majok shares his reflections on how his involvement in the XCEPT programme’s Local Research Network has shaped his research career, parti...

Blog

19th March 2025
Sahra Ahmed Koshin reflects on her transformative experience as a local researcher with the XCEPT programme, exploring the role of Somali women in cro...

Video

4th March 2025
How does participatory research amplify local voices?

Blog

3rd March 2025
The ongoing war in Myanmar is never far away for the more than one million refugees in neighbouring Bangladesh, and the refugee camps are sites of oth...

Research report

26th February 2025
Climate change is challenging North Africa, particularly with water scarcity. Border towns between Morocco and Algeria face existential questions abou...

Article

25th February 2025
Of all the challenges currently facing post-war Syria, the integration of the country’s numerous and diverse armed factions into a single, disciplined...

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