1. Cec and What Future for Europe Report. Cec’s Answer to the Future of European Integration. A Case for Churches State Capacity? • Henri Aaltonen, University of Helsinki.

2. The Machiavellian State and Its Progeny: Security, Religion, and the Production of Political Violence in Pakistan • Waqar Ahmad, Ph.D Student in University of Peshawar ; Muhammad Riaz, University of Peshawar.

3. ‘A Mirror of the Times’ (Mir'at Al-Zaman): Conceptualizing & Operationalizing Ulama-State Relations with Biographical Dictionaries by Unfreezing History • Hasher Nisar, University of Michigan.

4. From Debate to Document: Text Mining Ideology in Ireland's Constitutional Founding • Litong Wang, Emory University.