Checkpoints, conflict and scam logistics: Mobile control and the politics of circulation in the China–Myanmar–Thailand borderlands

Xu Peng

Checkpoints, conflict and scam logistics: Mobile control and the politics of circulation in the China–Myanmar–Thailand borderlands

Xu Peng

Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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Original language	English
Publisher	Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
ISBN (Electronic)	978-87-7236-234-2
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2026
Externally published	Yes

Series	DIIS Working Paper

Funding

Funders
XCEPT

Keywords

Roadblocks
Checkpoints
Myanmar
China
political economy of conflict
Borderlands

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DIIS-WP-series-Roadblocks-13-Checkpoints-conflictFinal published version, 3.37 MB

2 Active

TRACE: TRACE—Trade, Rents, and Authority in borderland Checkpoint Economies
Schouten, P. (PI)
01/09/2025 → 01/09/2026
Project: Research
Trade-Based Statecraft: The New Spatial Logic Of The State
Schouten, P. (PI), Norman, J. (CoI) & Thakur, S. (CoI)
01/11/2023 → 31/10/2026
Project: Research

4 Papers and Working Papers

Checkpoint fragments and hierarchies: Competing regimes of circulation in wartime Yemen, 2015–2026
Jalal, I., 8 Jul 2026, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), (DIIS Working Paper).
Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

File
Checkpoints, transport networks, and armed conflicts: towards a relational approach
Walther, O., 10 Jun 2026, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), (DIIS Working Paper).
Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

Open Access
File
Governing routes across the contested Sahara: Checkpoints and the political economy of trans-Saharan trade around Kufrah
Lndi, A., 2 Jul 2026, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), (DIIS Working Paper).
Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

Open Access
File

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Checkpoints, conflict and scam logistics: Mobile control and the politics of circulation in the China–Myanmar–Thailand borderlands

Funding

Keywords

Access to Document

Projects

TRACE: TRACE—Trade, Rents, and Authority in borderland Checkpoint Economies

Trade-Based Statecraft: The New Spatial Logic Of The State

Research output

Checkpoint fragments and hierarchies: Competing regimes of circulation in wartime Yemen, 2015–2026

Checkpoints, transport networks, and armed conflicts: towards a relational approach

Governing routes across the contested Sahara: Checkpoints and the political economy of trans-Saharan trade around Kufrah

Cite this