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When Constitutional Functions Blur (opens the original)
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Constitutional orders rarely announce that they are becoming less constitutional. More often, the institutions remain in place while their functions begin to blur.A legislature still meets. Courts still issue opinions. An executive still claims to act under law. Yet the practical balance changes when one institution starts doing work that normally belongs to another, or when one branch becomes too weak to perform its own role.Thanks for reading The Duck of Minerva! Subscribe for free to receiv
What If Iran Acquired the Nuclear Bomb? (opens the original)
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Amid US and Israeli strikes aimed at preventing Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons, sovereignty and security have become an urgent priority for Tehran. This has been reinforced with peace negotiations stuck in limbo while Tehran and Washington have just exchanged the biggest round of attacks in a month. Iran has moved from a state of having the potential to acquire nuclear weapons to realising that the lack of it may mean unsuccessfu
Middle East Studies: Still beating that strawman? (opens the original)
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The hypothetical science (opens the original)
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The Pedagogical Legacies of the Pandemic (opens the original)
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