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2nd September 2019

Much More Than a Border

Kheder Khaddour

Albukamal and Qaim lie on a Syrian-Iraqi boundary that has had regional implications for decades.

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Middle East and North Africa Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Briefing paper

1st September 2019

Kiir Consolidates Power Through Border Deal with Khartoum

The impacts of South Sudan’s cross-border agreement with Khartoum.

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Sudan South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Economies

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27th June 2019

Where the Periphery Dominates

Harith Hasan

In the Iraqi governorate of Nineveh, contestation between its capital Mosul and rural communities sits alongside other ethnic, religious and sectarian...

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Middle East and North Africa Governance

Video

11th June 2019

Self-Propelled Conflict

Michael Young

Carnegie’s Ahmed Nagi discusses his recent trip to Yemen and shares his impressions of the Houthis’ expansion.

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Middle East and North Africa Governance Conflict Dynamics

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9th April 2019

A Different Type of Alliance

Anouar Boukhars

The G5 Sahel Joint Force shows that improvised security initiatives are becoming more common in Africa.

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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Conflict Dynamics

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22nd March 2019

Oman’s Boiling Yemeni Border

Ahmed Nagi

The Yemen war has opened a subtle but acute season of popular discontent and regional rivalry in Mahra, stuck in a three-players game among Saudis, E...

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Middle East and North Africa Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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