Space is increasingly important to the planet’s infrastructure – but it is also a potential battleground, write Patricia Lewis and David Livingstone.

The British government’s focus on nonviolence is meant to champion democratic values, but authoritarian states are using it to do just the opposite, writes Jane Kinninmont.

The focus is on winning over the American electorate, but how the debates shape the perceptions of the US around the world will frame the winner’s foreign policy opportunities, writes Jacob Parakilas.

NATO’s failure to clearly communicate its plans for multinational battalions in Poland and the Baltics is doing nothing to counter Russian claims that they are unnecessary and provocative, writes Keir Giles.

The emergence of new forms of civil society in Jordan has the potential to help strengthen social solidarity, encourage more active and informed engagement by citizens, and could help support a smoother transition to a functioning democracy, writes Heba AlNasser.

The fall-out from the latest crisis with India damages Pakistan’s already weak international position and risks shifting the balance of domestic politics in favour of the military, write Gareth Price and Farzana Shaikh.