World Politics

Fair Observer’s Communications and Outreach officer, Roberta Campani, speaks with Helder Ferreira do Vale, a professor of Political Science at the Catholic University of Brasília, about Brazil’s closely contested 2026 presidential election. Incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leads Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in first-round polling, but a runoff could produce a technical tie. Ferreira… Continue reading FO Talks: Lula vs Another Bolsonaro — Brazil’s 2026 Election
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When Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary this month, my first reaction was surprise. My second was dread. Surprise, because a Muslim American with an unmistakably Arab name and an unapologetically pro-Palestinian record had won a statewide primary in a swing state. He ran well to the left of the Democratic establishment without hiding… Continue reading Could Abdul El-Sayed Be the Muslim Politician America Needs?
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There has always been the promise that it won’t keep happening, that things will get better. There has always been the mantra that there is a diminishing racial chasm in America that will somehow generate a better economic and social order for Black and Brown people in the nation. But nothing better seems to happen,… Continue reading America’s Enduring Racial Chasm: Broken Promises and Systemic Injustice Deepen the Divide
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Activist Sonam Wangchuk gained nationwide attention by joining an indefinite hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in solidarity with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth-led movement demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over India’s exam scandals — and pushing for reform of the Indian education system and accountability for the suicides and paper leaks… Continue reading Why India’s Elite Universities Have Fallen Silent
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Indonesia’s disasters keep outrunning its budget. The country had not even finished recovering from the Sumatra floods when another disaster struck: On August 15, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit the sea off Flores, an island in East Nusa Tenggara province. At least 73 people died, and more than 1,100 were injured. The quake also set… Continue reading Disaster-Prone Indonesia, Reckless Fiscal Policy
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There are moments in Brazil’s history when the country’s affairs become almost impossible to explain to a foreigner without sounding as if you had invented part of it. This is one of them. We are less than a month away from the first round of a presidential election that will also renew the Chamber of… Continue reading Brazil’s 2026 Election Is Becoming a Competition for the Algorithm
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If we are to take seriously the reporting of the media, this week a devil was unleashed in the core of Europe. The tension had been building but the growing risk had hitherto been successfully contained. No more. A diabolical hand has knocked over the first domino in one regional election in Germany. Now all… Continue reading The Faustian Bargain: Why Germany’s Political Establishment Is Panicking
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It started as an intense military battle, costing over a thousand Iranian lives and billions of dollars in damage to Iran’s economy, military and internal infrastructure, as well as to the infrastructure of the Gulf’s Arab countries. The US has lost 18 servicemen and women, with an additional 600–750 wounded and extensive damage to or… Continue reading US vs. Iran: Battle of Wills in the Gulf
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