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Minoritised groups and the limits of political transitions in Iran and the Middle East

  • Davoud Osmanzadeh & Dr Fateh Saeidi,

Political transitions in Iran prioritise regime stability, treating demands from minoritised communities as threats to national integrity.

Why water governance in the Indus Basin must be beyond fraught India-Pakistan relations

  • D. Saran Prakash and A/Prof Robert Mizo,

Conflict between India and Pakistan shows how vital shared transboundary resources, such as water, can be placed at risk.

Persistent borderland insecurities and the transformation of violence in Waziristan

  • Syed Ali Akash,

Waziristan, located along the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands, has long been a major epicentre of insurgency and violence.

Afghanistan-Pakistan-India insecurity needs to be understood as an interconnected conflict system

  • M. Masoom Stanekzai & Sanullah Tasal,

Conflict involving Afghanistan, Pakistan and India is a complex interplay involving interstate rivalries, militant insurgencies, and global power competition.

Against the current: Acehnese women’s experiences of post-conflict transformation

  • Dr Muhammad Ammar Hidayahtulloh & Dr Shelli Israelsen,

The Indonesian province of Aceh is an example of the possibilities and limits of post-conflict transformation.