A shifting cycle
PAKISTAN’S 2024 election results marked the end of a political cycle that began in the early 2000s. Less often noted is that this cycle expired at roughly the same moment as the global order which framed it. Signs of political and cultural realignment are now fully emergent, and their trajectory passes through events of the past 25 years — the ‘war on terror’ and its effects on Muslim societies,…

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PAKISTAN’S 2024 election results marked the end of a political cycle that began in the early 2000s. Less often noted is that this cycle expired at roughly the same moment as the global order which framed it. Signs of political and cultural realignment are now…