Jadaliyya

The IISS: The Myth and Ethics of Think-Tank Independence

Questions raised by Bahrain's bank-rolling of a prominent international security think tank.

The Intercept

Phone-Cracking Cellebrite Software Used to Prosecute Tortured Dissident

Like any good, vaguely sinister spy outfitter, Cellebrite deflects questions about whether it would sell its phone-breaching tools to a repressive regime.

BBC

Why every Pakistani politician needs a shipping container

Forget the soapbox - the must-have accessory for the modern politician in Pakistan seems to be the shipping container.