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Was Sweden ever Neutral?
When Sweden finally does join NATO – which is likely to happen later this year, it will mean the end of over 200 years of supposed ‘neutrality’. But was Sweden ever really neutral? Jason Pack and Karl Karim Zakhour explore for the NDCF.
No More Neutrality: NATO and the Twilight of Swedish Exceptionalism
Jason Pack & Karl Karim Zakhour write for The National Interest on how NATO membership signifies expedience at the expense of a self-aggrandising national myth that has become increasingly difficult to sustain.
Tunisian Exceptionalism: Kais Saied and the Democratic Condition
Karl Karim Zakhour writes for InsideArabia about how Tunisia’s brand of populism reveals important implications about the nature of democracy and the inherent threats to it.
‘Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder’ by Jason Pack - Book Review
Jason Pack’s latest book contends that the world has entered a new historical epoch that he terms ‘The Enduring Disorder’, an era defined by insurmountable collective action problems.