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The November 2025 Fair Observer Monthly maps a fractured international order. The rules-based order has crumbled, and we live in a rather more chaotic world. Power, symbolism and institutional decay characterize this era. In the US, Pooka MacPhellimey — an author who uses a pseudonym and describes himself as a member of the devil class — analyzes the high-stakes electoral dangers posed by Republican gerrymandering and its potential unintended consequences. American journalist Joey McFadden critiques the superficiality of “conservative art” while Spanish academic Laura Pavon reviews Nobody’s Girl. This is the memoir of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of the prolific pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s many victims, and Pavon finds that the pursuit of justice against powerful figures reveals a lack of accountability of elites. Liv McAuslan, a member of the Peace Corps in The Gambia, addresses the culture of silence at elite universities regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict and links this silence to fears that talking about the issue could harm student careers.

Truly global perspectives on issues that matter

Foreign policy wonk Gerald Walker chronicles the mass atrocities following the fall of El Fasher in Darfur and the controversial role of the United Arab Emirates in prolonging the civil war in Sudan. Professor, researcher and diplomat Emir Hadzikadunic of Bosnia and Herzegovina analyzes Europe’s diminishing global power and increasing dependence on the US. Japanese economist Masaaki Yoshimori analyzes the US-China rivalry over technology and rare-earth minerals, while Indian venture capitalist Manish Maheshwari examines India’s legislative efforts to regulate deepfakes in a bid to promote “truth sovereignty” in the digital realm. 

At a time when some companies are worth trillions of dollars, an eminent retired Venezuelan diplomat, Alfredo Toro Hardy, explores the evolution of corporate power from the British East India Company to modern AI firms. Meanwhile, young Durshun Singh of the US reflects on the human cost of conflict after visiting Hiroshima. Finally, Chief Strategy Officer Peter Isackson, our sage who grew up in California but now lives near Cognac, critiques the use of an “existential threat” narrative to justify military Keynesianism in Europe, while noted British sociologist Ellis Cashmore analyzes Australia’s social media ban as yet another case of “moral panic” that afflicts society from time to time.

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Content of Publication

Why Talking About Israel and Gaza Feels so Taboo in the Best US International Affairs School – Liv McAuslan

Belém, the Climate Crossroads: The “A Side” of Adaptation for the Global Future – Luiz Villares

India’s Deepfake Dilemma: The World’s Biggest Democracy Tests the World’s Newest Technology – Manish Maheshwari

Europe’s Ambitions vs. Sobering Reality: What the Numbers Reveal – Emir Hadzikadunic

The Unseriousness of Young Revolutionaries – Tara Yarwais

Is Taylor Swift Really as Great as Shakespeare?* – Ellis Cashmore

Republicans Test the Limits of Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression – Pooka MacPhellimey

The World Must Act to Save Darfur’s Innocents From Further Massacre – Gerald Walker

Lines of Power: Resilience Defines the US and China’s Futures – Masaaki Yoshimori

Australia’s Idiotic Social Media Ban – Ellis Cashmore

Nobody’s Girl: Virginia Giuffre’s Memoir Reached Libraries Six Months After Her Suicide – Laura Pavon

Corporate Power: From Armies and Cannons to AI – Alfredo Toro Hardy

Europe Endorses Assisted Dying: Its Own Suicide – Peter Isackson

Reflections from Hiroshima: Eighty Years After the Atomic Bomb – Durshun Singh

The “Conservative Art” Trap: Reactionary Conservatism Misses the Values That Make Art Great – Joey T. McFadden