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Research report

24th June 2026

Beyond the Axis

Peter Salisbury
What happens when armed groups no longer depend on supply lines or state backing, but operate as self‑sustaining ecosystems embedded in the global eco...
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Yemen Syria Sudan Somalia Palestine Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Iraq Iran Transnational Flows Conflict Economies

Article

13th May 2026

Who wants Hezbollah to stay armed?

Nils Mallock, Nafees Hamid
Are grievances with the Lebanese state, rather than sectarian loyalty, driving popular support for the group retaining its guns?  
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Middle East Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance Conflict Dynamics

Article

29th April 2026

Smuggling and civil peace on Lebanon’s border: The case of S...

Mohanad Hage Ali
The Lebanese authorities’ clampdown on illicit cross-border activity threatens to leave inhabitants of the historically neglected village, and the wid...
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Middle East Lebanon Transnational Flows Conflict Economies

Blog

31st March 2026

One thousand and one interviews: Lessons from qualitative re...

Rajan Basra
High-quality empirical data about the experiences of people living through the conflict.
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Lebanon Iraq Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics

Briefing paper

27th March 2026

A farewell to arms? Challenges and preconditions for Hezboll...

Inna Rudolf
Can Hezbollah realistically lay down its arms?  
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Middle East Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance Conflict Dynamics

Blog

17th March 2026

Introducing new XCEPT research in the Levant

XCEPT’s Levant research examines how border governance, climate‑driven adaptation, and illicit networks intersect across Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yem...
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Yemen Syria Lebanon Iraq Governance Conflict Economies Climate Change Borderlands

Article

12th January 2026

More Than Bargaining Chips: How Jabhat Al-Nusra and Islamic ...

Craig Larkin, Rajan Basra
Hostage-taking is a standard part of how insurgents and terrorists wage armed campaigns. The 2014 Arsal kidnappings in Lebanon illustrate how extremis...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

2nd December 2025

‘Don’t look back in anger’: counting the cost of Lebanese no...

Maria El Sammak
Encounters with the politics of nostalgia while walking the streets of Beirut.
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

1st July 2025

‘A new era for Lebanon’: can an end to political posters in ...

Brontë Philips
Advertising billboards in Beirut are showcasing diverse (and divisive) approaches to memorialisation of the recent past and to the ongoing conflict wi...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

12th May 2025

The impact of trauma survey: breaking cycles of trauma and v...

Sam Hibbs
The role of trauma and mental health problems in driving continued violence, or in blocking reconciliation efforts, is under-researched.
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South Sudan Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Iraq Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

2nd April 2025

Lebanon needs a new approach to migration governance

Christianne Aikins, AnnaSophia Gallagher
Since 2019, the number of people attempting to flee Lebanon via irregular boat crossings has drastically increased. The new government in Lebanon, led...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Transnational Flows Migration

Blog

26th March 2025

Hezbollah’s smuggling lifeline: can Syria’s new authorities ...

Haid Haid
Syria’s new government has moved quickly to curtail Hezbollah’s movements of weapons, money, contraband, and people through Syria.
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

Blog

20th March 2025

Lebanon’s New Breed of Drug Barons

Michael Young
In an interview, Mohanad Hage Ali talks about the Captagon trade’s impact on state institutions.
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Dynamics

Briefing paper

19th March 2025

Double Dealers: Lebanon and the Risks of Captagon Traffickin...

Mohanad Hage Ali
Lebanon’s financial collapse and the Syrian conflict have allowed for the growth of an illicit economy, giving rise to a new breed of drug traffickers...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Lebanon Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Response Conflict Economies

Article

31st January 2025

Lebanon’s October Revolution (al-thawra 17 tishrīn) and the ...

Craig Larkin
When public protests erupted onto Lebanese streets in October 2019, they were neither unexpected nor without recent precedent. This book chapter exami...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

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