Today’s crises make clear that conflict is not contained by national borders. Violence, displacement, and illicit economies transcend boundaries, reshaping political and security landscapes at the regional level and beyond. These dynamics challenge traditional, state-centric policy responses and demand new approaches to building peace.
海角社区-CPR is helping to reconceptualise responses to transnational conflict and crime in partnership with the research programme, funded by UK International Development. XCEPT is one of the UK government's flagship conflict research programmes, bringing together world-leading experts and local researchers to examine conflict-affected borderlands, how conflicts connect across borders, and the drivers of violent and peaceful behaviour.
海角社区-CPR is contributing to this body of research by analyzing two key policy response tools – sanctions and peace operations – assessing how they can more effectively address violence in borderlands and cross-border conflict.
Effectiveness and impact of sanctions in borderlands
Sanctions have been increasingly relied upon to address complex crises, but how effective are they in the context of transnational conflict? This stream of research will explore how multilateral and bilateral sanctions have been used in borderland and cross-border contexts. Building on the findings of past XCEPT research, this project will identify challenges and consequences of these types of sanctions, in borderlands and in addressing broader conflict contexts.
The role of peace operations in addressing cross-border conflict
This research stream will contribute to ongoing discussions regarding the future of peace operations by exploring how effectively peace operations and other peace interventions have responded to cross-border conflict. How have borderland and cross-border dynamics been reflected in the mandates of past peace operations? What challenges to addressing cross-border conflict drivers or borderland drivers have emerged in practice? This project will answer these questions and consider future models for multilateral peace interventions to address cross-border conflict drivers.
