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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.

Event

31st March 2025
On 31 March 2025, this hybrid event discussed the interlinkages between climate change, conflict, and political instability.

Blog

14th March 2025
The Yemeni group, like its main backer Iran, has established contacts with al-Shabab and the Islamic State in Somalia, showing how pragmatism prevails...

Event

28th March 2025
On 28 March 2025, this hybrid event discussed international mediation in regionalised intra-state conflicts.

Podcast

13th March 2025
On March 4, Jon Alterman spoke with Renad Mansour, senior research fellow and director of the Iraq Initiative at Chatham House, and Sanam Vakil, direc...

Event

27th March 2025
On 27 March 2025, this webinar examined how pre-displacement exposure to violent conflict affects the long-term social well-being of Syrian refugees i...

Briefing paper

12th March 2025
The temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, effective November 27, 2024, presents a critical opportunity to reassess international security ...

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

6th March 2025
The Iranian-led ‘axis of resistance’  suffered significant setbacks in 2024, amid conflict with Israel and other political turbulence, leading some ob...

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...

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...

Event

27th February 2025
On 27 February 2025, the Global Security Programme at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, in partnership with Gulu University, Uganda, and with th...

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