Kian Tajbakhsh, a Presidential Fellow and Lecturer at Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought, is the author of ...

Kian Tajbakhsh shows how the country’s administrative scaffolding could serve as the backbone of a post-Islamist order.

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Nicu Popescu & Goran Buldioski urge policymakers to win over skeptical voters before growing opposition derails rearmament efforts.

Antara Haldar considers what lies behind the unraveling of Poland’s Solidarity-era consensus.

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Ian Buruma explains why the US and Israeli air strikes did not spark an uprising against Iran’s sclerotic theocracy.

Steve Pincus warns that the US administration is repudiating the commitments celebrated each year on the Fourth of July.

Vanessa Nakate warns the bloc that watering down the 2040 emissions-reduction target would undermine global action.

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