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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.

Publication

30th September 2024
This XCEPT policy brief examines how the kidnapping in Arsal, Lebanon affects victims’ families and shapes their attitudes towards the state, justice,...

Research report

25th September 2024
This XCEPT research report examines why western support to northeastern Syria has been successful in enabling short-term stability but has struggled t...

Briefing paper

25th September 2024
This policy brief presents key findings and policy analysis and recommendations from the XCEPT Research Report ‘Challenges to effective stabilisation ...

Research report

10th September 2024
In Syria’s border regions, changes in demographics, economics, and security mean that an inter-Syrian peace process will require consensus among main ...

Briefing paper

10th September 2024
Empowering communities by enabling cross-border trade, maintaining social cohesion, and prioritising the rebuilding of healthcare and education will r...

Briefing paper

6th August 2024
Based on first-hand interviews with Yezidi communities and diaspora voices, this XCEPT briefing note explores feelings of marginalisation and stigmati...

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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Research report

31st July 2024
This XCEPT research paper examines how armed conflict in Libya shapes the Agadez mobility economy.

Research report

29th July 2024
This XCEPT research paper from Rift Valley Institute explores the informal transborder movement of goods and people in the ‘greater Somali economic sp...

Publication

22nd July 2024
This XCEPT rapid literature review looks at how recent clashes on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and related instability impact the military and powe...

Publication

22nd July 2024
This XCEPT rapid literature review focuses on how instability in the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands plays into existing tensions in Pakistan, notabl...

Event

29th April 2024
Researchers from across the Local Research Network gathered in Bangkok for a workshop hosted by The Asia Foundation.

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