Search the XCEPT
content database.

Governance

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...

Research report

31st March 2025
How do foreign actors pursue their geopolitical interests in Timor-Leste and shape outcomes at the local level? 

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...

SPOTLIGHT

XCEPT Workshop: Local, People-Focused Policymaking

26th October 2022
Addressing securitization in conflict zones in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia
READ NEWS

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.

Research report

20th March 2025
Geopolitical competition is shaping Bangladesh’s infrastructure development, governance, and conflict dynamics.

Article

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

Briefing paper

17th March 2025
With the collapse of the Assad regime, a key challenge for Syria’s transition government will be to create new governance structures and unify armed f...

KEEP CONNECTED

Sign up to the XCEPT newsletter

Newsletter

"*" indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
*