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Strengthening Local Conflict Prevention in Asia and the Pacific
November 13, 2025The continued presence of localized conflicts throughout Asia and the Pacific underscores the need to scale up proven approaches to prevention. The Asia Foundation and its partners have played critical […] -
Securing Women’s Peace: A Political Economy Analysis of Women, Peace and Security in ASEAN, Cambodia, Lao PDR, and the Philippines
August 6, 2025Drawing on The Asia Foundation’s Practical Guide to Political Economy Analysis and produced under the AMPLIFY program, this report applies a political economy lens to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) […] -
International Peace Support and Effective Peacebuilding in Myanmar
April 12, 2024This research project explores the peace process surrounding the 2015 Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. It focuses on the successes and failures of international support for peacebuilding at that time, drawing together […] -
Governing at the Margins: A Patchwork of Policies and Practices in the Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh
October 3, 2023Following the mass forced displacement of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh beginning in August 2017, a vast humanitarian response was mobilized to provide shelter and aid to refugees […] -
The State of Civic Peacebuilding in South and Southeast Asia, 2023
August 31, 2023This paper details the opportunities and challenges facing civil society actors working in peacebuilding or peace activism in South and Southeast Asia. Shrinking civic space has become a global phenomenon, […] -
Resistance and the Cost of the Coup in Chin State, Myanmar
June 28, 2023New research supported by The Asia Foundation as part of the Cross-Border Conflict: Evidence, Policy, and Trends (XCEPT) program sheds light on conflict and instability in Chin State, Myanmar’s western […] -
Border Towns, Markets and Conflict
June 6, 2022This report aims to amplify a grounded understanding of the everyday reality of communities in fragile border areas and how conflict shapes their lives. The six towns in this report—covering […] -
Conflict and Development in the Myanmar-China Border Region
May 26, 2022This report by Kachinland Research Centre analyzes three towns on the Myanmar–China border: Kan Pai Ti and Loi Je in Kachin State and Mu Se in northern Shan State. They […] -
Practice Paper: Community-Driven Approaches to Research in Contexts of Protracted Crisis
March 17, 2022Recognizing that members of affected populations are central to developing insights for analyzing the impacts of conflict, local research within the Cross-Border Conflict: Evidence, Policy, and Trends (XCEPT) program is […] -
The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia 2021
October 20, 2021The second edition of The Asia Foundation’s State of Conflict and Violence in Asia explores recent events and patterns of events through regional assessments and country-specific overviews. In particular, this report addresses […] -
Covid-19 and Complex Conflicts: The Pandemic in Myanmar’s Unsettled Regions
October 14, 2021The Covid-19 crisis has had mixed impacts on Myanmar’s disparate conflicts and the ongoing peace process. The pandemic response has highlighted deep fragmentation across Myanmar society, in particular along ethnic […] -
Views of Rohingya Refugees: Engagement and Experiences with Humanitarian Agencies in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
June 14, 2021This policy brief, a joint publication by Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University (CPJ), and The Asia Foundation, conveys findings from a rapid analysis to understand refugees’ perspectives on […] -
Perceptions of Rohingya Refugees: Marriage and Social Justice After Cross-Border Displacement
June 14, 2021This policy brief, a joint publication by Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University (CPJ), and The Asia Foundation, conveys findings from a rapid analysis to gather community perspectives on […] -
Emerging Marketplace Dynamics in the Rohingya Refugee Camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
February 23, 2021This briefing paper examines the emergence of informal camp markets in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the products sold, and the types of economic activity undertaken. This […] -
Community Perspectives on Access to Civil Justice after Cross-Border Displacement: The needs of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
February 23, 2021This policy brief, a joint publication by Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University and The Asia Foundation, conveys findings from a rapid analysis of Rohingya refugees’ views on access […] -
Covid-19 and Escalating Conflict: Three Priorities for Rakhine State
January 19, 2021Myanmar’s Rakhine State has specific, complicated challenges—an ongoing health crisis alongside pre-existing humanitarian crises, a complex conflict landscape with violence that escalated even during the pandemic, and restrictions on humanitarian […] -
Prevention from Below: Civil Society Efforts to Prevent Violent Extremism in Southeast Asia
October 28, 2020Preventing violent extremism is typically seen as a task for government security agencies, and yet civil society organizations also play a vital role. From community networks operating at the grassroots […] -
Violent Conflict, Tech Companies, and Social Media in Southeast Asia
October 28, 2020Online spaces are the new frontier of conflict and violence in Southeast Asia. With the rapid spread of mobile broadband, inexpensive smartphones, online social networks, and messaging applications, the internet […] -
How Covid-19 and Conflict Intersect in Kachin State
October 27, 2020Myanmar’s Northernmost region, a zone of long-term violent conflict, rising geopolitical tensions, and great natural resource wealth, has thus far been spared the worst of Covid-19, but maintaining these positives […] -
Navigating the Margins: Family, Mobility and Livelihoods Amongst Rohingya in Bangladesh
September 9, 2020This research paper describes the many ways that individuals and families living in refugee camps in Bangladesh cope with hardship and life in displacement. It presents new information on family […] -
How Have Myanmar’s Conflicts Been Affected by Covid-19 and What Should be Done About it
August 19, 2020The Covid-19 crisis has had mixed impacts on Myanmar’s disparate conflicts and the ongoing peace process. The pandemic response has highlighted deep fragmentation across Myanmar society, in particular along ethnic […] -
Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in Asia: Lessons in South-South Cooperation
June 16, 2020Conflict is a longstanding and persistent element of Asian domestic and international relations. As development cooperation increasingly focuses on connectivity between nations, regions, and continents, interstate and intrastate conflict becomes […] -
Beyond Relief: Securing Livelihoods and Agency for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
May 7, 2020Several waves of displacement and migration since 1990 have resulted in the splintering of many Rohingya families, who live indefinitely separated across Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and other countries. Meanwhile, refugees […] -
Inequality and Identity-Based Conflict: The State of the Evidence
January 17, 2020In this paper, Joel Selway from Brigham Young University reviews the academic literature on the linkages between inequality and identity-based conflict, and identifies research gaps that local violent event datasets […] -
Trade in the Sulu Archipelago: Informal Economies Amidst Maritime Security Challenges
October 31, 2019This study describes the networks of formal and informal actors involved in the trade, and the various ports and channels they pass through when importing high value goods and commodities […] -
Understanding Violent Extremism: Messaging and Recruitment Strategies on Social Media in the Philippines
February 13, 2019Violent extremist activity on social media in the Philippines is a relatively new phenomenon in the complex conflict environment that exists in the southern part of the country. The rise […] -
Asian Approaches to Development Cooperation: Supporting Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
June 25, 2018Organized jointly by the Korea Development Institute (KDI) and The Asia Foundation, the Asian Approaches to Development Cooperation (AADC) dialogue series brings together development experts and government officials from the […] -
The Contested Areas of Myanmar: Subnational Conflict, Aid, and Development
October 16, 2017Far from being a problem restricted to the periphery, Myanmar’s subnational conflicts are widespread and shape many of the country’s most pressing national challenges. Subnational conflicts directly affect up to […] -
The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia
October 11, 2017In response to critical gaps in existing conflict data, The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia presents a concise, evidence-based overview of the complexity of violence in 14 Asian […] -
Survey on Access to Land, Tenure Security and Land Conflicts in Timor-Leste
January 15, 2017This study aimed to pilot an innovative land survey to provide quantitative data regarding land-related issues in Timor-Leste, in order to support the Timorese government and parliament in developing evidence-based […] -
Rido: Clan Feuding and Conflict Management in Mindanao
April 29, 2014The new 2014 Rido: Clan Feuding and Conflict Management in Mindanao – Expanded Edition is edited by Wilfredo M. Torres III and published by The Asia Foundation and the Ateneo de Manila University Press. An expanded edition of the 2007 edition, this is a comprehensive and informative resource on rido... -
The Contested Corners of Asia: Subnational Conflict and International Development Assistance
October 7, 2013Subnational conflict is the most widespread, enduring, and deadly form of conflict in Asia. Over the past 20 years (1992-2012), there have been 26 subnational conflicts in South and Southeast Asia, affecting half of the countries in this region. This study was conducted to help improve how development agencies address...