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Conflict Response

International conflict response needs to innovate to meet the challenges of cross-border conflict. XCEPT research on conflict response centres on breaking the confines of state-centric policy and planning to better address the transnational dimensions of conflict. By applying a transnational lens to analysis of conflict response mechanisms, and comparing interventions in varied contexts, the research aims to surface obstacles to improved international, regional, and bilateral responses across borders and highlight opportunities for policy adaptation.

Below you can find and download publications by XCEPT partners that examine why some interventions succeed but others fail, and how international conflict response systems should adapt to meet the challenges of cross-border conflict and the shifting international order.

 

Blog

19th March 2025
Elizabeth Nyibol Malou shares how her involvement in the XCEPT programme’s Local Research Network since 2018 has fostered valuable collaborations and ...

Blog

19th March 2025
Joseph Diing Majok shares his reflections on how his involvement in the XCEPT programme’s Local Research Network has shaped his research career, parti...

Briefing paper

19th March 2025
Lebanon’s financial collapse and the Syrian conflict have allowed for the growth of an illicit economy, giving rise to a new breed of drug traffickers...

Article

17th March 2025
In an interview, Yasmine Zarhloule discusses irregular migration to Europe and the shortcomings of a securitization policy.

Event

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

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 ...

Blog

3rd March 2025
The ongoing war in Myanmar is never far away for the more than one million refugees in neighbouring Bangladesh, and the refugee camps are sites of oth...

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 ...

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...

Article

23rd December 2024
Competition between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi over influence in the Yemeni governorate could lead to conflict between the two sides or their proxies, which...

Publication

11th December 2024
This case study examines the regionalized nature of the conflict in Yemen impacted on mediation efforts and strategies between 2011 and 2023.

Article

11th December 2024
The Minsk process, led by France and Germany, began in mid-2014 in response to Russian military aggression against Ukraine. In early 2015, it achieved...

Publication

11th December 2024
The Madrid Peace Conference of 1991 aimed to resolve the Arab–Israeli conflict. This paper examines the establishment of the Madrid/Washington process...

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