Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into the function of ad-hoc organizations that are formed to address a specific crisis — and then often get dissolved when the crisis ends.
Secular parties won Tunisia’s election, but they may have to govern with Islamists
The complete results from Iraq’s election are not in yet. But the jockeying to form the next ruling coalition has already begun. Anchor David Baron speaks with Roger Hardy, the BBC’s Middle East analyst.