Join us on 18 November for a webinar on how states, companies and civil society navigate the tensions between securing critical mineral supply chains,...
In eastern Congo, controlling the movement of goods can be as important as controlling the places where they are produced. Following gold, cacao and b...
Iraq’s disputed territories remain caught between competing authorities, patronage networks and unresolved claims to power – dynamics that continue to...
A webinar exploring how communities across South Sudan’s borderlands navigate conflict, shape or are shaped by authority and sustain livelihoods throu...
Checkpoints are more than barriers to movement in South Sudan. They have become central to how markets function, how resources circulate and how power...
The final XCEPT conference brought together researchers, policymakers and practitioners in London on 21–22 October 2026 to reflect on nine years of cr...
As the Houthis seek to expand their influence across the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, new connections are emerging between conflicts in Yemen, Somali...
How the Houthi movement has developed advanced weapons capabilities through global supply chains, and what implications this has for regional security...
How do checkpoints shape governance, trade and conflict in Yemen, and what can their operation reveal about the competing political orders that have e...
How is authority exercised along the movement routes that traverse the Sahara, and what does control over mobility reveal about power, trade and gover...
