The tectonic plates of #Pakistan's political structure are shifting in ways that foretells a "coming crisis" of governability, which is bigger than the rift between @ImranKhanPTI and #Pakistan's military 🧵on my article with @MayaJTudor in @JoDemocracy https://t.co/WKxXlA4sFt

One of the quiet privileges of academia: you spend your days surrounded by some of the brightest people on the planet — all trying to understand something deeply. Not to sell it, not to exploit it, just to understand. That changes you.

George Orwell once said: “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed—everything else is public relations.” While the media hides the truth, real journalism is being done by the people on 𝕏. Here are 20 truth-tellers they don’t want you to follow. 🧵 THREAD

Look forward to hosting @Karam__Shaar in @UniofOxford for a conversation on Syria’s political economy post-Assad.

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.” — Søren Kierkegaard

"The ruler is like a man riding a lion and every one is scared of the lion. But no one is more scared than the rider (i.e. the ruler)" --- Ibn al-Muqaffa, Secretary in the Umayyad and early Abbasid courts

"Teach smarter: listen to your students first." -Craig

Aghion (with several co-authors) also has a paper on China. They recognised long ago & before many, that the Chinese model departs from the general East Asia model in having Darwinian struggle-to-the-death competition amongst firms behind a wall of protection. It pairs

🆕 How political connections shape Mozambique’s private sector Today on VoxDev, @esamjones (@UNUWIDER), @schllingerkurs (ADC Consulting) & @FinnsAngle (@uni_copenhagen) discuss the risks associated with political elites owning private businesses:

Perfectly applies to autocracies (e.g., Pakistan & Egypt) "corruption control and the enforcement of the law, even when it begins with a serious intention, can easily end up as an instrument for silencing the opposition, critical media and voices of dissent in society."

Politicizing Business by Ning Leng Offers a fresh revisit of China's political economy, showing how the state politicizes firms and unintentionally hinders private investment. 📚 https://t.co/PWOzKwiqId

We get a lot of questions when it comes to herbal safety while pregnant or breastfeeding. “Safety” is a matter of opinion because there are no medical studies to provide data one way or the other - and there won’t be. Google often defaults to risks and dangers because that’s how

One of the real missed turns of development economics was Lin’s stint as World Bank chief economist — a perfect opportunity for the Bank to revisit its ‘90s skepticism of East Asian policies and look for lessons from China’s growth for other developing countries. Didn’t happen.

How Israel has become the Middle East’s new shared threat? And Why Washington Will Rue the Costs of Israeli Aggression? @SanamVakil & I wrote on Israel’s doomed strategy at hegemony for @ForeignAffairs “The Middle East That Israel Has Made” https://t.co/tkJtBuzhyb @ChathamHouse

"Power and Violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent"---Hannah Arendt

Breaking news: Saudi Arabia has signed a 'strategic mutual defence' pact with Pakistan, signalling to the US and Israel that the kingdom is willing to diversify its security alliances as it looks to bolster its deterrence. https://t.co/YY9Q7nyEWr

Hailuo 2.3 dropped on Higgsfield and is insanely impressive. People are unlocking new creatives ways to use it. 5 wild examples + how to try: 1. Human transformation

#BREAKING: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sign the Joint Strategic Defense Agreement

As traditional donors like the US and UK cut back, the answer for Africa and the Global South is not in charity, but in a fundamental restructuring of how the world economy is organised, writes Fadhel Kaboub (@Independent Sep. 9, 2025). https://t.co/4QJpZfqmcf

Biometrics, when tied with social service delivery, can increase state capacity and strengthen the state-society relationship. This @CGDev note recaps the Pakistan experience

#Conflict leaves lasting damage on health. #Iraq, #Libya, and #Syria show sharp rises in disease and injury burdens after war - effects go beyond battlefield injuries, undermining economies and health systems. Vulnerable groups pay the highest price. 🔗 https://t.co/BgK81OgJRz

1/ Fred Finan and I have written a chapter for the forthcoming Handbook of Political Economy, where we summarize what we have learned in the past 20 years from micro evidence about why Democracies Malfunction in the Developing Countries https://t.co/gdcUKrCPZJ

We don’t need more studies, we need action. Stop wasting time: Act now! Every minute counts. “Famine confirmed in Gaza City for first time, UN-backed report says”.

Our paper on the long-term effects of Trump 2.0 tariffs is published in the JIE (open access link below). TLDR: While tariffs may deliver short-term revenues & welfare gains for the US, the long-term cost of undermining global cooperation is enormous. A thread on key results🧵

Voting rights alone did not transform political participation or competition in India, but they did shift government priorities in favour of the newly enfranchised voters. Read today's article w/ @GuilhemCassan, L Iyer (@KeoughGlobalND) & RA Mirza: https://t.co/HeCU0PZPmJ