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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.

Briefing paper

28th March 2025
While the risks faced by women and girls in situations of conflict and displacement are well documented, there has been less analysis of how these eff...

Blog

28th March 2025
The recent combined development of aid cuts with the increasingly restrictive policies of host countries have created new pressures on a scale that th...

Briefing paper

28th March 2025
Since the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, Kachin State, which lies along the Chinese border, has been deeply affected by ongoing civil conflict. This r...

Research report

28th March 2025
In the Mandera triangle—a pastoralist region encompassing the point at which the borders of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia meet—the reality of local and ...

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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Event

31st March 2025
Join us on 31 March 2025 at the event highlighted key lessons from a community-led process involving 50 Somali participants from diverse backgrounds.

Article

27th March 2025
If we are to fully grasp conflict dynamics and related phenomena in borderland areas—whether that be in Africa or elsewhere—we must look beyond the re...

Briefing paper

26th March 2025
This briefing paper examines policy considerations around the effects of climate change, specifically reduced water resources in the Helmand River Bas...

Research report

26th March 2025
How is climate change affecting water resources in the Helmand River Basin, and how might competition for these resources drive conflict in the futute...

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.

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