Join us on 18 June for a briefing on how checkpoint economies shape conflict dynamics, governance, humanitarian access, and livelihoods across fragile...
The Lebanese authorities’ clampdown on illicit cross-border activity threatens to leave inhabitants of the historically neglected village, and the wid...
XCEPT’s Horn of Africa research looks at how evolving political centres, digital systems, urban change and gendered authority are transforming governa...
XCEPT’s Levant research examines how border governance, climate‑driven adaptation, and illicit networks intersect across Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yem...
On 12 November 2025, a virtual panel discussion explored the captagon economy’s evolving role in the Middle East’s political and security landscape.
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This report explores the future of Captagon in the post-Assad Middle East. Drawing on open-source data and interviews with Syria’s counternarcotics fo...
