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Conflict Dynamics

Conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and Asia intersect through flows of people, weapons and resources, creating intricate cross-border conflict systems. These knit the formal and informal, licit and illicit in ways that empower armed actors, enmesh conflict with crime and violent extremism, and ensnare local communities in the network of activities that sustain conflict. XCEPT research on conflict dynamics sheds light on these conflict systems, the transnational networks that sustain them, and how affected communities cope with protracted crisis.

Below you can find and download XCEPT research that helps shed light on these complex conflict dynamics.

Article

28th May 2025
XCEPT programme researchers interviewed hundreds of people in South Sudan to understand the role that conflict-related trauma plays in influencing who...

Research report

22nd May 2025
The armed conflict in northern Mozambique has profound gendered impacts that are deeply intertwined with cross-border dynamics between Mozambique and ...

Briefing paper

22nd May 2025
This policy brief presents key findings and policy implications on the gendered dimensions of conflict in the Mozambique – Tanzania borderlands. ...

Blog

22nd May 2025
What role does gender play in how a cross-border insurgency affects the lives of those living in the area?

Event

12th June 2025
Following the conclusion of the Chatham House XCEPT research initiative, this event unpacks key findings and explores how policymakers can better resp...

Article

20th May 2025
The “Procedure to Establish a Firm and Lasting Peace in Central America,” known as “Esquipulas II,” was a peace plan designed by Costa Rican president...

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 May 2025
Ukraine’s responses to sexual and gender-based crimes committed by Russian forces have focused on both criminal justice and reparations for the surviv...

Article

6th May 2025
The involvement of regional actors in Sudan’s war indicates how Sudan has politically and strategically gravitated away from an African political cont...

Article

29th April 2025
The regionalisation of intra-state conflict, a significant trend in international peace and security, is worrying because external military interventi...

Blog

27th April 2025
Investigative bodies, including the International Criminal Court (ICC), are increasingly using technology to investigate conflict-related sexual viole...

Blog

16th April 2025
Multiple factions involved in the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are committing sexual and gender-based violence against displac...

Briefing paper

16th April 2025
The ongoing conflict has resulted in widespread forced displacement that has included alarming levels of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and s...

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