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Conflict Economies

Research report

28th March 2025
In the Mandera triangle—a pastoralist region encompassing the point at which the borders of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia meet—the reality of local and ...

Research report

28th March 2025
While digital finance—including mobile money—has developed unevenly across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, such technologies are nevertheless transformin...

Briefing paper

26th March 2025
This brief contains policy considerations and implications resulting from violent clashes between Iranian and Afghan border forces in May 2023.

Research report

24th March 2025
The Horn of Africa is a region marked by complex infrastructural interdependencies, where the decline and emergence of trade corridors continue to res...

Article

21st March 2025
Since 2017, Tunisia has experienced intensified climate change effects, including severe drought. President Kais Saied’s governance failures have only...

Research report

20th March 2025
Geopolitical competition is shaping Bangladesh’s infrastructure development, governance, and conflict dynamics.

Blog

19th March 2025
Elizabeth Nyibol Malou shares how her involvement in the XCEPT programme’s Local Research Network since 2018 has fostered valuable collaborations and ...

Blog

19th March 2025
Joseph Diing Majok shares his reflections on how his involvement in the XCEPT programme’s Local Research Network has shaped his research career, parti...

Blog

19th March 2025
Sahra Ahmed Koshin reflects on her transformative experience as a local researcher with the XCEPT programme, exploring the role of Somali women in cro...

Briefing paper

19th March 2025
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...

Event

1st April 2025
Join us on 1 April 2025 at this hybrid event to explore the green transition, geopolitical risks, and political instability, with insights on transiti...

Event

31st March 2025
Join us on 31 March 2025 at this hybrid event to discuss the interlinkages between climate change, conflict, and political instability.

Research report

26th February 2025
Climate change is challenging North Africa, particularly with water scarcity. Border towns between Morocco and Algeria face existential questions abou...

Event

27th February 2025
On 27 February 2025, the Global Security Programme at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, in partnership with Gulu University, Uganda, and with th...

Research report

19th February 2025
Years of conflict and natural disasters in the Sudan-South Sudan borderlands have created a displaced population reliant on low-paid, risky work, and ...

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