Germany’s government has collapsed following the breakup of its "traffic light" coalition, an alliance between the Social Democrats (SPD), Greens, and Free Democrats (FDP), named after their ...

Concerns of nuclear war are growing internationally. The US has expanded its nuclear deployments while Russia and China have deepened their cooperation. Iran and several Asian countries can quickly ...

What would have happened if John Lennon hadn’t met Paul McCartney at the Woolton Parish Church Garden Fete, Liverpool in 1957? Or if director Brian De Palma hadn’t introduced Martin Scorsese to his ...

In the months since our last installment of Money Matters, alongside continuing wars, we have seen two troubling political developments, troubling in the sense that they have thrown the art of ...

Artificial intelligence seems to be a novel concept implanted in public memory owing to recent exorbitant investments and its impact on the job market. However, AI as an idea can be traced back ...

After three decades of relative stability since the Cold War, the global landscape has shifted. The unipolar world order that defined geopolitics since the 1990s is crumbling, and a new and ...

The results of Austria’s September 29 parliamentary election did not differ much from what polls had indicated for over a year. Nevertheless, they came as a surprise to the political establishment.

Mexico is experiencing a profound shift in its political landscape. The first weeks of Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s administration are marked by concerns of democratic backsliding, ...

Fair Observer will shortly renew our regular publication of an ongoing dialogue we call “Money Matters.” In it we publish the reflections, insights and matters for debate shared by a group of experts ...

In December 2023, Time previewed 2024 as “The Ultimate Election Year.” It counted programmed elections in “at least 64 countries (plus the European Union).” In the final count, there were more than 64 ...

In this episode of FO° Podcasts, Atul Singh interviews Martin Plaut about South Africa’s complex past. They discuss the country’s early formation, starting with the arrival of the Dutch in 1652 and ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” It’s like a conversation with an intelligent friend, sharing ideas and challenging some of the explanations. A ...