Insights

  • Dec092025

    The Role of the Diaspora in the Conflict in Jonglei State: The Case of Greater Akobo

    By Chuol Gew Nhial Ngeprial In April 2025, the leader of the White Army Youth in Akobo, South Sudan, met…

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  • Dec022025
    A billboard with a photo of pre-war Martyrs’ Square with writing in Arabic imposed on it

    ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’: Counting the Cost of Lebanese Nostalgia

    By Maria El Sammak While walking through the streets of Hamra, Beirut, in autumn this year, I came across an…

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  • Jul012025

    A New Era for Lebanon: Can an End to Political Posters in Beirut Challenge Sectarian Divides?

    By Brontë Philips *Pseudonyms have been used throughout to protect the identity of those interviewed. On 9 April 2025, two…

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  • May272025

    Q&A with Dr Costanza Torre

    Dr Costanza Torre is the lead researcher on the South Sudan branch of the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends…

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  • May122025

    The Impact of Trauma Survey: Breaking Cycles of Trauma and Violence

    By Sam Hibbs Global conflicts have doubled over the past five years. In 2024, one in eight people were exposed…

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  • Mar282025

    Beyond the Unity of Arenas: Understanding the Agency and Domestic Motivations of Iraq’s Shi’a Resistance Militants

    In this interview, Clara May, Communications Manager for the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) project at King’s College…

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  • Dec192024

    Israel’s Bombardment of Lebanon: Reopening Lebanon’s Sectarian Wounds

    By Mohamad El Kari Thanks to the ceasefire deal agreed with Israel, Lebanon has recently entered a state of fragile…

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  • Dec032024

    Blood Diamonds and Bloodshed: The Psychological Drivers of Violence in Sierra Leone’s Civil War

    By Clara May Sierra Leone’s civil war (1991-2002) was brutal. Reports of ‘savagery’ were not simply displays of rhetoric. Alongside…

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  • Aug272024

    Unravelling Conflict: The Power of Predictive Modelling

    By Sam Hibbs Over the past decade, the number and intensity of both inter- and intrastate conflicts has been rising.…

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  • Jul222024

    Q&A with Nils Mallock

    Nils Mallock is a postdoctoral researcher with the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme at King’s College…

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