Fair Observer

When Chinese leaders claim that the American empire is in decline, I immediately assume their analysts are decoding dispatches from ESPN, The Athletic and columnist Shams Charania. After all, it’s in sportswriting, ...

Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election is part of a growing global pattern of anti-democratic sentiment in mainstream politics. Prior years in American public life involved bipartisanship to shape civil protections and security. As Trump’s influence shows through his official actions, American civil life is being reshaped against historical norms. The political pressures o...

Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh hosts a discussion with former US Ambassador Gary Grappo, ex-CIA officer Glenn Carle and retired Royal Air Force officer Peter Hoskins to examine NATO’s uncertain future amid shifting American priorities, renewed European rearmament and Russia’s continued challenge to European security. While the alliance faces unprecedented political and strategic ...

For more than 25 years, Chavismo has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for political adaptation. From Venezuelan President

When Americans hear about an infectious disease outbreak, they often think first about emergency rooms, quarantines and public health agencies. But from an economist’s perspective, those elements are only the first layer of a much larger story.

Recent concurrent outbreaks in the US — including a major outbreak of