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INTERVIEW: Why there are grounds for optimism in Indonesia, even in an age of global democratic regression

  • Professor Robert Hefner,

What’s the state of Indonesian democracy after two years of COVID-19? Will the pandemic’s pressures result in a resurgence of Islamist groups?

How the law in the Maldives paved the way for a Sunni legal tradition

  • Dr Shamsul Falaah,

It could be argued that Sunni Islam has been predominantly practised in the Maldives since the earliest written Islamic history.

Afghanistan’s laws and legal institutions under the Taliban

  • Assistant Professor Haroun Rahimi,

For the Taliban, the state’s main purpose is not protecting individual rights, but making individuals honor their obligations.

Political Islam(s) in the Pakistani context: inclusionary and exclusionary

  • Hamza Surbuland,

In studying the tensions of Imran Khan’s politics, we can learn much about the intellectual currents of political Islam in Pakistan.

INTERVIEW: Women play a key role in preventing geopolitical conflict and the success of peacekeeping initiatives

  • Natasha Stott Despoja AO,

The lives of civilians, particularly women, are often overlooked in relation to the impact of geopolitical competition.