Governance

After decades of autocratic rule, Sudan appeared poised for a democratic transition after the ouster in 2019 of former President Omar al-Bashir. In la...

The Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme is holding a panel event to discuss the experiences of young people g...

Western visions for a post-war Syria often entail the creation of disarmament and reintegration programs oriented toward members of Islamist groups an...

Learnings from working with Rohingya residing in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Recognizing that members of affected populations are central to the development of insights for analyzing the impacts of conflict and local research, ...

Haroun Rahimi, from the American University of Afghanistan, explores the multidirectional impact that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has had on...

Since Iraq’s first general elections in 2005, how have Iraqi political parties and organisations changed, especially those established and administere...

Ethiopia’s devastating civil war recently entered into its second year and, to achieve peace, both sides in the conflict need to accept some difficult...

This study examines access to justice for gender-based violence in the family and criminal law systems of federal Iraq. It finds that it remains near ...

As an entrenched military elite tries to protect extensive economic and political interests despite no public support, parts of the old regime are rea...

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

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

A conversation with Joseph Diing Majok in South Sudan on his scholarship-winning research under the XCEPT programme.

Since 2003, frequent outbreaks of violence in Iraq have led to a heavily militarised local police force. In the post-ISIL period, there have been rene...

Joint bulletin from the X-Border Local Research Network about recent research and activities from The Asia Foundation, Rift Valley Institute, and Malc...