X-Border Local Research Network
Understanding Conflict in Border Regions
In Asia, the Middle East and Africa, conflict and instability endure in contested border regions where local tensions connect with regional and global dynamics. The Asia Foundation, the Rift Valley Institute and the Carnegie Middle East Center are working together to better understand the causes and impacts of conflict in these border areas and their international dimensions, support more effective policymaking and development programming, and build the capacity of their local partners to leverage research to advocate for peaceful change.
Project information
Asia Foundation X-Border Research
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XCEPT’s Peripheral Vision Podcast: Trade Disruptions and Instability in Fragile Border Areas
2024
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Hearing Local Voices at the “Ground Zero” of Climate Change
March 20, 2024
Blog
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Myanmar: Resistance and the Cost of the Coup in Chin State
February 7, 2024
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Call for Applications – Women Researchers Fellowship, Cross-Border Conflict: Evidence, Policy, and Trends (XCEPT) Program
Deadline: January 15, 2024
Career
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Governing at the Margins: A Patchwork of Policies and Practices in the Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh
October 3, 2023
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Peripheral Vision Spring 2023: Localizing Conflict Responses in Contested Areas
2023
Program Snapshot
Peripheral Vision: Views from the Borderlands
Published twice a year, Peripheral Vision is a series of field dispatches, collecting insights from our research teams in the countries and regions where we’re working. The bulletin captures developments beyond the 24-hour news cycle, presenting sharp and detailed analysis on recent sociopolitical events.
X-Border Research from our Partners in the Middle East and Africa
The Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is an independent nonprofit organization working in Eastern and Central Africa.
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Cash, Commodification and Conflict in South Sudan
Rift Valley Institute
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Somalia and Yemen’s Cross-border Maritime Economy
Rift Valley Institute
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Monetized Livelihoods and Militarized Labour in South Sudan’s Borderlands
Rift Valley Institute
The Carnegie Middle East Center is an independent policy research institute and part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Boundary Disputes on the Iran-Iraq Frontier
Carnegie Middle East Center
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The Cities of Albukamal, Syria and Qaim, Iraq: Much More Than A Border
Carnegie Middle East Center
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Marib, Yemen: Rising Above the Conflict
Carnegie Middle East Center
Supported by
The X-Border Local Research Network is part of the Cross-Border Conflict – Evidence, Policy and Trends program, and is funded by UK aid from the UK government.