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September 14, 2026

🌊 How social media turned economic pain into a war on feminism

Haktan Ural Haktan Ural draws on social media posts from Türkiye's anti-alimony campaigns to show how a currency crash and years of economic insecurity fuelled rage against gender equality. When progressive politics failed to answer economic pain, anti-gender movements stepped in Read more
September 11, 2026

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

Saima Afzal Pakistan has emerged as an important diplomatic channel between Iran and the United States. Saima Afzal explains why Islamabad’s relationships with Iran, Washington and the Gulf often seen as a difficult balancing act have instead become a source of diplomatic leverage Read more
September 11, 2026

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

Amélie Godefroidt A quarter-century after 9/11, Islamist terrorism no longer dominates headlines. But has the public really become less responsive to it? Many politicians, journalists, and scholars think so. But research by Amélie Godefroidt, Micha Germann, and Fernando Mendez suggests that Islamist attacks continue to shape political attitudes in Western democracies as much as they did two decades ago Read more
September 7, 2026

Why winning seats may not make a new party politically decisive

Eytan Ellenberg Eytan Ellenberg uses Israel’s fragmented party system to ask four questions often collapsed into one: can a new party enter parliament, enlarge its political bloc, improve its chances of governing, and reconfigure the alliances through which a majority becomes possible? Read more
September 3, 2026

🧭 The Iceland EU referendum vote changes nothing

Veronica Anghel Icelanders have voted against reopening accession talks with the European Union. Veronica Anghel and Erik Jones claim that the result prevents Iceland from seeking a formal decision-making role for now, but changes nothing about how deeply Iceland already participates in the European project Read more
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

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