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Why Pakistan is well placed to mediate between Iran and the US

September 11, 2026

Twenty-five years after 9/11, Islamist terrorism still shapes public opinion

September 11, 2026

Why winning seats may not make a new party politically decisive

September 7, 2026

When civil society repression looks like ordinary administration

September 4, 2026

🧭 The Iceland EU referendum vote changes nothing

September 3, 2026
August 27, 2026

Pakistan merged its tribal areas but never settled the land

Alia Qaim Bukhari Alia Qaim Bukhari argues that Pakistan's merger of its Federally Administered Tribal Areas did not replace older land authority. Legal procedures, customary shares, oral histories and British records have accumulated, leaving the state to determine which forms of evidence should count when competing claims collide Read more
August 26, 2026

A new layer of deterrence: the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement

Syeda Saba Batool Syeda Saba Batool argues that a new defence agreement between Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia could diversify regional security options. It may also strengthen collective deterrence, and reshape the security architecture of West and South Asia Read more
August 25, 2026

Turning the EU's South Caucasus moment into a permanent strategy

Murad Gafarov Recent wars in Ukraine and Iran have raised the South Caucasus's strategic value to the EU. Murad Gafarov argues Brussels should move beyond engaging Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia case by case, building a permanent strategy around the region's shared interdependence instead Read more
August 24, 2026

Exploiting international law for political persecution

Aleh Baradzin How could European legal mechanisms possibly serve the interests of an authoritarian leader? Aleh Baradzin examines how the brutal regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus exploits international law to involve European courts, police, and migration authorities in the transnational persecution of political opponents Read more
August 21, 2026

How political science learned to stop worrying and love liberal democracy

Hugo Bonin Drawing on a systematic review of 2,401 scientific articles, Hugo Bonin shows how 'liberal democracy' has shifted from a contested analytical concept to a defensive catchphrase. The more the term circulates, the less scholars are examining it. But examining the term is crucial for how we think about democracy's future Read more

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