For far too long, the European Union has treated Pakistan as a strategic exception. That needs to change, as it continues to repeatedly violate nearly everything the EU stands for. At a time when Pakistan continues to enable extremism and suppress dissent, the EU can no longer hide behind diplomatic niceties. Illustration by Eurasian Meridian And to its credit, the EU has often acted with patience and the belief that engagement is better than isolation. The EU must begin aski

For over a decade, Pakistan has enjoyed one of the more generous trade arrangements the European Union offers any developing country. The GSP+ scheme, which grants zero-tariff access for roughly two-thirds of EU tariff lines, was never meant to be an unconditional gift. It was designed as an incentive structure: preferential access in exchange for the ratification and, crucially, the effective implementation of twenty-seven international conventions covering human rights, lab