In Iraq’s Eastern Basra region, regional conflicts and illicit activity have contributed to environmental decay, which in turn furthers instability. U...
Recognizing that members of affected populations are central to the development of insights for analyzing the impacts of conflict and local research, ...
Haroun Rahimi, from the American University of Afghanistan, explores the multidirectional impact that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has had on...
Since Iraq’s first general elections in 2005, how have Iraqi political parties and organisations changed, especially those established and administere...
Ethiopia’s devastating civil war recently entered into its second year and, to achieve peace, both sides in the conflict need to accept some difficult...
This study examines access to justice for gender-based violence in the family and criminal law systems of federal Iraq. It finds that it remains near ...
Regularly Irregular focuses on the Gaashamo corridor—a series of small border crossings between Ethiopia and Somaliland—to analyze the everyday govern...
Lasanod: City at the Margins examines the economic and political consequences of this ambiguous borderland status, which has led to new forms of reven...
Since 2003, frequent outbreaks of violence in Iraq have led to a heavily militarised local police force. In the post-ISIL period, there have been rene...
Joint bulletin from the X-Border Local Research Network about recent research and activities from The Asia Foundation, Rift Valley Institute, and Malc...
This research addresses the reasons behind the failure of Basra’s local government in providing services to its citizens and analyses the impact of th...
