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Pakistan Leads a Selective Deterioration Week
A selective deterioration week led by Pakistan, with additional publication-grade cases in South Sudan.
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This issue is best read as a selective deterioration week with two clearly publication-grade cases rather than a broader multi-theater escalation week. The analytical story of W05 is concentrated in Pakistan as the clearest week-specific political-violence escalation and South Sudan as a multi-item deterioration in a fragile peace-process setting.
Outside the lead case, W05 also produced a publication-grade deterioration case in South Sudan, while the watch layer widened with six new entries and three cooling-off moves.
Jan 26–Feb 1, 2026 in brief
- Lead case
- Pakistan
- Published cases
- 2
- Watch cases
- 18
- Mechanism
- Political violence
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