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At a Joint Summit of the Arab League (AL) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Riyadh on November 11, 2023,…

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This article explores the complex and often paradoxical engagement of contemporary Shia jurisprudence with non-normative sex and gender identities, focusing on the…

Control over key technologies and supply chains has become the strategic mantra of our time. But if national security logics keep crowding…

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a universal technology, promising the same tools and opportunities to all. However, it may be becoming…

In September 2025 alone, ten states – including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Portugal, and the United Kingdom – recognized the State of…

In his work “War Making and State Making as Organized Crime,” Tilly (1985) famously wrote that “war makes the state,” and as…

How can we examine US President Trump’s domestic policy and foreign policy through the lens of race? The idea here is not…

Moldova has become a significant political acid-test in the renewed struggle between Russian and EU influence. Its elections in the past decade…

In the preface of their 2013 book Why Nations Fail, now Nobel Laureates Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson state their thesis…