Pakistan’s government has democratic forms but the substance is military rule. I have no way of knowing whether Imran Khan is guilty of those corruption charges. (I don’t know the details of them.) I also don’t know whether this is an instance of selective prosecution over something all politicians do. But the “un-Islamic marriage” charges […]

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The UK has a military base on Cyprus, which it is using for attacks on Houthi missile and drone launching facilities that it is using to threaten shipping. Now some Cypriots demand an end to this cooperation. They make two arguments. One is the reductionism that labels the Houthis and their patron, Iran, as “good” […]

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