The events of September 11, 2001, will forever be etched in the annals of history as a turning point in global geopolitics, especially in the Middle East. The terrorist attacks on the United States ...

The series Fair Observer’s Devil’s Dictionary has been running since October 2017. In this final contribution, we return to the very roots of the project: how language, which conveys meaning, can be ...

In 2024, the Sahel region accounted for 51% of the world’s terror-related deaths. Jihadist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS are resurging across the Sahel, exploiting political instability, security ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces mounting challenges as his third term nears its end, with rising public discontent over national security failures, cronyism ...

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021 after the collapse of the elected government and the withdrawal of foreign troops. They have dismantled democratic institutions and reimposed ...

The steep forbidding wilderness of Montara Mountain, a narrow ridge abuttin the famous San Andreas fault in Northern California, is a kind of perfect wilderness. We Coastsiders – that is, those who ...

In Part 1, I began a conversation with Gemini about a Financial Times article on the hype around artificial intelligence. I then tried the identical experiment with ChatGPT. Here is the prompt I ...

I arrived in the UK in the autumn of 1996 to study law at Oxford. I came without knowing practically anyone in the country — a distant family friend who had met me just once before was kind enough to ...

Despite slowing inflation rates, consumers remain concerned about high prices due to cumulative cost increases since the Covid-19 pandemic. This disconnect between consumer sentiment and market-based ...

The presidency of the United States has a surprisingly undemocratic selection process. In my previous article on American democracy, I pointed out that the president is not elected by popular vote, ...

Hinduism is the third-largest religion in the world, and probably the most misunderstood. Despite widespread misconceptions, however, it has had a surprisingly large influence in America ever since ...

As a sovereign nation, the State of Israel has existed since 1948, following the end of the 30-year mandate for British administration of Palestine, when the Jewish Agency declared the territory as ...