Publications

Contested Commerce examines how continuing political conflicts and the fragile security situation affect cross-border trade i...

Regularly Irregular focuses on the Gaashamo corridor—a series of small border crossings between Ethiopia and Somaliland—to an...

Lasanod: City at the Margins examines the economic and political consequences of this ambiguous borderland status, which has ...

Southeast Iraq has witnessed considerable protest violence in recent years. This research finds that altering these violent d...

Unequal Adaptations considers how Little Ice Age (c1640-c1820) and the 1887 introduction of rinderpest can help us better u...

This XCEPT research report examines the intersection of armed actors, gold mining and migration in the tri-border area of C...

Border markets on Yemen’s northwestern border with Saudi Arabia gave rise to a distinct economic system and bridged communi...

This policy brief, a joint publication by Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University (CPJ), and The Asia Foundation, conve...

This policy brief, a joint publication by Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University (CPJ), and The Asia Foundation, conve...

Idlib is heavily dependent on the delivery of aid, the disruption of which would almost surely create a humanitarian crisis. ...

Tunisia’s informal trade networks reflect growing trends: the country’s progressive shift away from Europe, and the rise of T...

This research addresses the reasons behind the failure of Basra’s local government in providing services to its citizens and ...

This report focuses on the borderland region between Sudan and Ethiopia, using gold-mining and trade to examine transnational...

As border crossings reopen, Jordanian authorities might have to tolerate a degree of informal petty trade with Syria to reviv...

Over time, the Kuwait-Saudi border has developed a unique, flexible approach of firm physical boundaries but open economic ...