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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.

Article

25th February 2025
This case study explores how international mediation efforts in the  Second Congo War (1998-2003) affected, and addressed, the regionalisation of the ...

Article

25th February 2025
The Houthis are strengthening their regional ties, notably with the Popular Mobilization Forces, who offer them political, economic, military, and geo...

Research report

19th February 2025
Years of conflict and natural disasters in the Sudan-South Sudan borderlands have created a displaced population reliant on low-paid, risky work, and ...

Blog

17th February 2025
This post examines the pressures forcing many displaced people, including children, to seek paid labour to supplement dwindling support mechanisms in ...

Research report

13th February 2025
A pervasive conflict economy has developed in Libya since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. Migrant smuggling and human trafficking became a key vecto...

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

12th February 2025
In an interview, Kheder Khaddour discusses ongoing developments along the Syria-Lebanon border.

Research report

11th February 2025
During the past decade, northern Kenya’s peripheral border counties have become key to the central state’s political and economic agenda. Cross-border...

Research report

31st January 2025
Infrastructure development and shifting political conditions at the Kenya–Ethiopia border have effects on trade, conflict, and gender dynamics. This r...

Briefing paper

24th January 2025
Gender-based violence and insecurity have increased in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. The deteriorating security situation and protracted r...

Article

19th December 2024
This XCEPT article examining the recent conflict through the lens of interactions between displaced families from Hezbollah-linked regions and their h...

Publication

21st November 2024
This series of essays considers the transnational dynamics of authority and violence to explain how an armed conflict in one locality exists in a tran...

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