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On October 22, 2012, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wrote an unprecedented open letter to Iran’s judiciary accusing them of unconstitutional conduct. The letter was written in response to judiciary’s...
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LAHORE – Pakistani institutions are evolving rapidly. With executive authority increasingly in the hands of elected representatives, rather than dispersed among various competing institutions, the...
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This article was originally published by the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) on 9 September 2016. On 2 September (although unofficial reports cited 29 August as the date), the President of Uzbekistan,...
View ArticleNorth Korea: Intra-elite Conflict and the Relevance for Global Security
This article was originally published by Pacific Forum CSIS on 24 May 2017. ‘This third-generation Kim already holds the titles of supreme leader, first secretary of the party, chairman of the military...
View ArticleNorth Korea: Intra-elite Conflict and the Relevance for Global Security
This article was originally published by Pacific Forum CSIS on 24 May 2017. ‘This third-generation Kim already holds the titles of supreme leader, first secretary of the party, chairman of the military...
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