World Politics

Fair Observer’s Video Producer Rohan Khattar Singh and Young Voices spokesperson Sophia Hamilton discuss the resurgence of political violence in the United States, mainly aggressive raids by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Their conversation traces how immigration enforcement, expanding surveillance, collapsing dialogue and deepening partisan hostility have formed a single, combustible ecosystem. Hamilton argues… Continue reading FO° Talks: America on Edge: ICE Raids, Campus Killings and the Rise of Political Violence
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Fair Observer’s Video Producer Rohan Khattar Singh speaks with Awami League activist Nijhoom Majumder about Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentencing former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death by hanging. Majumder argues the verdict is legally void and politically motivated. Khattar Singh presses him on the legitimacy of the interim government led by Bangladeshi… Continue reading FO° Talks: Sheikh Hasina Sentenced to Death: Inside Bangladesh’s Most Explosive Political Crisis
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As the general officer commanding the Kargil Sector, I remember standing on the 13620 ridge in December 2012, overlooking the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan, feeling the wind bite through the high-altitude cold and realizing that what we faced was not simply a military opponent. I realized then that we faced a doctrine that… Continue reading Pakistan Army’s Strategic Posture: Why Our War Will Never End
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[Disclaimer: Lauren Greenberg was speaking in her personal capacity and not for her firm.] Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and Lauren Greenberg, the Deputy General Counsel of the Office of General Counsel of White & Case LLP, discuss the evolution of women’s athletics under Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments. Greenberg traces her own journey from… Continue reading FO° Podcasts: The Right to Play: How Women Fought and Won the Battle for Equality in Sports
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The Democratic Party has a youth problem — and not in the way leadership may think. It’s not that young voters are apathetic or naïve. It’s rather that the Democratic Party and its older voters treat its young voters with condescension and, occasionally, outright contempt. That disdain is driving away and disillusioning an entire generation… Continue reading The Democratic Party’s Disdain for Youth Will Have Consequences
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Singapore’s evolution since 1965 is not one of natural endowment but of deliberate choice. With no oil, no fertile hinterland and a population of only 5.7 million, the city-state’s leaders recognized early that its only true resource was its people. This insight reshaped national policy: Invest first in human capital through education and health, and… Continue reading Can ASEAN Scale a Singapore-Style Human Capital Strategy?
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We have often heard Western right-wing politicians describe Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime as “conservative.” They justify this by pointing to his proclaimed defense of traditional family values and his resistance to left-wing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) protests in Russia.  Yet, does Putin’s conservatism truly rest on any genuine philosophical foundation — the… Continue reading Why Putin Is Not a Conservative: The Destruction of Integrity
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre — one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s most vocal and prominent victims — was born in Sacramento, California, in 1983, but soon moved with her family to Palm Beach County. When she was 16, her father found her a side job as a towel girl in the spa at the Mar-a-Lago… Continue reading Nobody’s Girl: Virginia Giuffre’s Memoir Reached Libraries Six Months After Her Suicide
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