CNN
A&S political scientist Fahd Humayun says “While public confidence in the country’s institutions has clearly fluctuated in the past few years, these elections, for all their flaws, have proven that there was considerable political mobilization around the issue of representation, and that should inspire hope for Pakistan’s future.”
The Conversation
A&S historian Ayesha Jalal discusses the aftermath of Pakistan's general election and what the next government may look like.
The Conversation
Fletcher’s Tara D. Sonenshine examines historical U.S. immigration trends and looks at the current global response to immigration.
The Conversation
A&S historian Diego Javier Luis examines the spiritual life of colonial Latin America, where Spanish control “was far from absolute.”
CNN
A&S political scientist Fahd Humayun comments on the political and economic uncertainty in Pakistan ahead of its crucial 2024 elections, noting “any government coming to power through suspicious elections is not only likely to be on a weak footing and reliant on the military for its political survival but will also be unlikely to attract the capital inflows so badly needed."
Al Jazeera
A&S anthropologist Amahl Bishara joins this The Listening Post segment to discuss the experience of Gaza journalists
Al Jazeera
Fletcher Visiting Scholar Pavel Luzin comments on Russia’s massive industrial production of FPV drones, which he says are “less effective in comparison with high-precision means of destruction.”
The Conversation
Fletcher’s Monica Duffy Tofts explores the long history of armed conflict over homeland territories, discussing successful resolutions in Northern Ireland and the Alsace-Lorraine region and why “straightforward solutions” to reconciliation between Israel and Palestine may be challenging to achieve.
Washington Post
Fletcher’s Chris Miller comments on President Biden’s selection of a defense supplier for the inaugural CHIPS Act Grant saying, “If you look at this particular facility, its chips are used in military communications, in space, in radars, in electronic warfare systems. So there’s a pretty clear link here between what the security interest is, and what the CHIPS Act is accomplishing.”