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11th March 2025

Towards a New Syria: Understanding the Motivations and Value...

Join us and King’s College London on 11 March 2025 to discuss Syrian rebels’ motivations, their commitment to the cause, rebel alliance unity, and how...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Governance

Research report

6th March 2025

The shape-shifting ‘axis of resistance’

Renad Mansour, Hayder Al-Shakeri, Haid Haird
The Iranian-led ‘axis of resistance’  suffered significant setbacks in 2024, amid conflict with Israel and other political turbulence, leading some ob...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Conflict Dynamics

Article

28th February 2025

Migrants at the Gate: Europe Tries to Curb Undocumented Migr...

Yasmine Zarhloule
The EU has responded to unwanted arrivals with ever-stricter security measures, an approach that has both led to increased human rights violations and...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Migration

Research report

26th February 2025

De-Peripheralizing Morocco’s East in the Face of Climate Cha...

Yasmine Zarhloule
Climate change is challenging North Africa, particularly with water scarcity. Border towns between Morocco and Algeria face existential questions abou...
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North Africa Middle East and North Africa Algeria Transnational Flows Governance Conflict Economies Borderlands

Research report

26th February 2025

Trauma, PTSD, and psychosocial support interventions in frag...

Alison Brettle, Sam Hibbs, Pauline Zerla
What types of interventions are most effective in mitigating the negative effects of conflict-related trauma amongst civilian and combatant population...
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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Article

25th February 2025

Syria’s New Rulers Are Working To Unify Military Power

Rahaf Aldoughli
Of all the challenges currently facing post-war Syria, the integration of the country’s numerous and diverse armed factions into a single, disciplined...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

25th February 2025

Leverage Beyond Yemen: Ansar Allah and Its Iraqi Alliances

Ibrahim Jalal
The Houthis are strengthening their regional ties, notably with the Popular Mobilization Forces, who offer them political, economic, military, and geo...
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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Middle East Violent Extremism Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

21st February 2025

We asked the people of Gaza how they saw their future – this...

Nils Mallock
Insights from a large-scale study of how Gazans and Israelis view each other and the future.
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

13th February 2025

How migrant smuggling has fuelled conflict in Libya

Tim Eaton, Lubna Yousef
A pervasive conflict economy has developed in Libya since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. Migrant smuggling and human trafficking became a key vecto...
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North Africa Middle East and North Africa Libya Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Organised Crime Migration Borderlands

Blog

12th February 2025

Pushing Back Against Hezbollah

Michael Young
In an interview, Kheder Khaddour discusses ongoing developments along the Syria-Lebanon border.
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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Borderlands

Podcast

12th February 2025

Peripheral Vision: Women Leading Conflict Research

Hear from the X-Border Women Research Fellows about what motivates their research project and how they overcome the challenges of doing research in fr...
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Syria South Asia and Southeast Asia Pakistan Myanmar Middle East and North Africa Algeria Migration Governance Gender 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

Article

31st January 2025

How to engage with Syria’s new rulers 

Nafees Hamid, Nils Mallock, Rahaf Aldoughli, Broderick McDonald
After the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, the country’s interim government faces the task of rebuilding the country. Now, foreign countries are...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Governance Conflict Dynamics

Article

23rd December 2024

Influence abroad: Saudi Arabia replaces Salafism in its soft...

Hesham Alghannam
The kingdom aims to foster warmer international relationships by moving away from a religious approach that earned the royal family legitimacy; howeve...
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Violent Extremism Governance

Article

23rd December 2024

Saudi-Emirati divergences lead Hadhramawt to a crossroad

Ibrahim Jalal
Competition between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi over influence in the Yemeni governorate could lead to conflict between the two sides or their proxies, which...
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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Middle East Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

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