December 14, 2025
Benin Stopped A Coup. Its Democracy Is Still In Peril
Benin faces renewed scrutiny as a failed coup raises questions about its political direction. History offers a stark reminder of e...
by Casey Herrmann
December 7, 2025
Japan and China Edge Toward Open Confrontation Over Taiwan
This week, Japan faced renewed strain with China after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi adopted a hard line on Taiwan and wartime mem...
by Casey Herrmann
November 30, 2025
Why Iran’s Dress Code Is Such a Serious Issue
Iran’s youth has been defying the government's strict regulation of dress code, especially for the youth. On September 16, 2022,...
by Farhang Faraydoon Namdar
November 23, 2025
Assisted Suicide, Perceptions of Death Around the World
A discussion around assisted suicide and how we choose to leave this world has a lot to teach all of us about how complex humanity...
by Roberta Ferrara, Nick St-Sauveur, Casey Herrmann & Farhang Faraydoon Namdar
November 16, 2025
Should Quebec Become Its Own Country?
Premier Francois Legault tabled a new draft constitution that challenges Canadian multiculturalism and English authority. Some lib...
by Nick St-Sauveur
November 9, 2025
What Gerrymandering in California Means for American Democracy
On November 4, California voters approved Proposition 50 to redraw congressional districts in favor of Democrats after Texas Repub...
by Casey Herrmann
November 2, 2025
How Did Javier Milei Win Again? He Was Losing…
Javier Milei’s surprising midterm comeback in Argentina was driven less by enthusiasm for his reforms than by fear of a Peronist...
by Roberta Artemisia Campani, Casey Herrmann, Nick St-Sauveur & Farhang Faraydoon Namdar
October 26, 2025
Bolivia’s Historic Runoff: How a Centrist Victory Could Redefine the Andes
Bolivia’s voters ended nearly two decades of leftist rule by electing centrist Rodrigo Paz as president. Economic turmoil, corru...
by Nick St-Sauveur, Casey Herrmann & Farhang Faraydoon Namdar
October 19, 2025
The World Weighs in: Gaza Ceasefire and Next Steps
This week’s Media Watch surveys how global outlets covered the Gaza ceasefire — from Israel’s political reckoning to Gaza’...
by Roberta Artemisia Campani, Casey Herrmann & Farhang Faraydoon Namdar
October 12, 2025
Eleven Storms, One Season: Vietnam on the Frontlines of Climate Change
Typhoons keep battering Vietnam, testing both resilience and regional cooperation. As seas warm and storms intensify, the country...
by Casey Herrmann & Farhang Faraydoon Namdar 
October 5, 2025
Iran’s Seesaw Between Sanctions and War
Iran is reverting to 2015. The UN-led snapback sanctions have returned, the rial is collapsing, Israel has launched devastating st...
by Farhang Faraydoon Namdar & Casey Herrmann 
September 28, 2025
France on the Brink: Protests, Debt and a Fading Europe
President Emmanuel Macron’s government faces rising anger as debt grows, unions rally and both the left and right gain strength ...
by Casey Herrmann, Nick St-Sauveur & Roberta Artemisia Campani
September 21, 2025
The Weight of Water: Climate, Conflict and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia has completed construction of the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa on the Blue Nile River. The dam has become a source...
by Casey Herrmann
September 14, 2025
Nepal’s Shock Week — What Happened, Why It Matters, What’s Next
This week, Nepal’s elected communist government ordered telecoms to block major social media platforms, provoking anger among yo...
by Roberta Artemisia Campani
September 7, 2025
Great Britain is Now in Great Crisis
Great Britain is going through a polycrisis reminiscent of the 1970s. The feisty deputy prime minister has resigned, bond markets ...
by Atul Singh
August 31, 2025
Guyana’s Oil, Elections and a Border Dispute
Guyana, with fewer than one million people, votes on September 1, 2025, in a high-stakes election. The country has become one of t...
by Roberta Artemisia Campani
August 24, 2025
Cuba, 10 Years In, After Castro: Beyond the Headlines of a Collapsing Nation
Nine years after Former Cuban President Fidel Castro’s death, Current President Miguel Díaz-Canel leads the country under the s...
by Roberta Artemisia Campani
August 16, 2025
Bolivia Votes: After 20 Years of MAS Rule, a Nation at a Crossroads
Bolivia heads to the polls today after two decades of MAS dominance and years of economic decline. The ruling party is fractured, ...
by Roberta Artemisia Campani
August 10, 2025
Georgia, Moving Away From the West, Unwillingly
Roberta reflects on Georgia’s geopolitical shift away from EU integration, despite strong public support for Europe, highlightin...
by Roberta Artemisia Campani
August 3, 2025
France: Citizens Reclaim Agency Even In a Fading Political Scene
Beyond the Loi Duplomb, here’s a glimpse into systemic disintegration. Roberta Campani, head of Fair Observer’s Communications...
by Roberta Artemisia CampaniJuly 27, 2025
Watch Your Language: Linguistic Pride Turns Dangerous in India
India is witnessing a rise in linguistic-based assaults that highlight a troubling trend of cultural pride turning dangerous. From...
by Rohan Khattar Singh
July 20, 2025
Brazil, Football, God, Trump and Bolsonaro
US President Donald Trump has defended former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil's top court weighs charges against the ...
by Roberta Artemisia Campani
July 12, 2025
Italy’s Africa Plan Smacks of a Colonial Approach
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has revived former public administrator Enrico Mattei’s postwar doctrine that aims to retu...
by Roberta Artemisia CampaniJuly 6, 2025
NATO Leaders 5% on Defense and Discussions on Neutrality
At the recent NATO summit, European leaders promised to spend 5% of their GDP on defense by 2035. This has triggered ferocious deb...
by Roberta Artemisia CampaniJune 29, 2025
Are Gentrification and Hate Speech Killing Germany’s Soul?
Germany is confronting two deep societal tensions: how to curb hate speech without compromising free expression, and how to addres...
by Roberta Artemisia Campani
