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9th April 2025
Uganda’s progressive approaches to refugee management and integration have rightly drawn praise; but there is room for improvement in engaging women r...

Article

1st April 2025
The US-Taliban negotiations in 2018-20 took place without a formal mediator, nor did it involve Afghanistan’s official government or any of its neighb...

Article

1st April 2025
This community action research examines the mechanisms of securitisation and counter-securitisation that have affected the Karimojong and Turkana peop...

Research report

31st March 2025
Years of research on the experiences and perspectives of Rohingya communities in Cox’s Bazar, drawing attention to governance challenges and the need ...

Briefing paper

31st March 2025
This policy brief accompanies the paper “We no longer know of the peace we once had”.

Research report

31st March 2025
Bangladesh faces huge climate challenges with increasingly frequent and extreme weather events which intersect in complex ways with social and politic...

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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

31st March 2025
Drawing on existing literature and case studies, this paper argues that checkpoints along transnational trade routes are central to conflict economies...

Article

31st March 2025
Communities along the Somalia–Kenya border navigate a landscape of war. Over decades of conflict – including civil war, insurgency, and counterinsurge...

Briefing paper

27th March 2025
Courts and investigative bodies – both international and domestic – are increasingly turning to technology to document sexual and gender-based crimes ...

Blog

26th March 2025
What areas that haven’t received much humanitarian aid can tell us about how communities can cope with the recent reductions in foreign aid.

Briefing paper

25th March 2025
How can multinational counterterrorism efforts better engage with, and earn the support of, local communities?

Briefing paper

20th March 2025
Addressing the long-term impacts of terrorism on child education and health in Pakistan requires a comprehensive policy approach.

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