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    Defense Without Strategy: India’s Strategic Pretense

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    The Indian subcontinent is undergoing profound political, economic and ideological churns. Afghanistan has returned to Taliban rule, Pakistan is trapped in economic collapse and civil–military dysfunction, Bangladesh is plummeting into Islamist mobilization, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are facing political and economic fragility, and Myanmar’s junta is involved in civil war. These developments directly… Continue reading Defense Without Strategy: India’s Strategic Pretense
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      The Myth of Pakistan’s War Economy: Debunking the “Dollars for Conflict” Narrative

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      For much of the 21st century, Pakistan has found itself at the center of a complicated intersection between security, diplomacy and economics. From geopolitical tensions along its borders to the global war on terror that unfolded after 2001, the country’s strategic position has led to difficult choices, ones often misunderstood beyond its borders. A particularly… Continue reading The Myth of Pakistan’s War Economy: Debunking the “Dollars for Conflict” Narrative
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      The Hunt for Nationalism in the Age of Dhurandhar

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      As the Hindi-language film Dhurandhar is breaking all Indian box office records, it was a strange coincidence to watch it and The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case, a Hindi-language web series, in the same week. Both pieces of media deal with monumental terrorist attacks, the related national security challenges and the maze of India’s… Continue reading The Hunt for Nationalism in the Age of Dhurandhar
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      Bangladesh Heads to the Polls as Minorities Face an Uncertain Future

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      Between December 2025 and January 2026, Bangladesh saw a renewed spate of violence against religious minorities, especially members of the Hindu community, according to police reports and documentation by human rights groups including Amnesty International and the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC). A series of killings was reported in the aftermath of the… Continue reading Bangladesh Heads to the Polls as Minorities Face an Uncertain Future
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      FO Exclusive: Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Signals Rising Paranoia in China

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      Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Senior Partner Glenn Carle, a retired CIA officer who now advises companies, governments and organizations on geopolitical risk, examine the political and military significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to purge senior military leaders of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). They raise questions about Xi’s grip on power and… Continue reading FO Exclusive: Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Signals Rising Paranoia in China
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      Why Coffee Is Becoming Southeast Asia’s Quiet Foreign Policy Tool

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      Coffee rarely announces itself as foreign policy. Across Southeast Asia, nations are turning it into a quiet, aromatic instrument of power, trust and survival in a region where supply chains, rather than slogans, increasingly shape geopolitics. From the volcanic soils of Indonesia to Vietnam’s Central Highlands, coffee now sits at the intersection of economics, climate… Continue reading Why Coffee Is Becoming Southeast Asia’s Quiet Foreign Policy Tool
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      The Politics of Cheapness: Japan’s Consumption-Tax Truce, the Yen’s Fragility and the Long Shadow of a Weaker Dollar

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      In politics, there are few ideas more seductive than cheapness. Not efficiency, not reform, not even growth — but the promise that tomorrow will cost less than today. Cheapness is democratic. It asks nothing of voters except gratitude. It allows leaders to appear generous without confronting trade-offs, and it flatters the belief that pain can… Continue reading The Politics of Cheapness: Japan’s Consumption-Tax Truce, the Yen’s Fragility and the Long Shadow of a Weaker Dollar
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      FO° Talks: Freebies, Religion and Corruption: The Brutal Reality of India’s Politics

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      Fair Observer’s Video Producer Rohan Khattar Singh speaks with Dhruv Jatti, a young Congress spokesperson from Karnataka, India, about how Indian democracy functions. The country’s elections are often explained through ideology, religion or social media narratives. Drawing on his experience in both rural and urban politics, Jatti strips away abstraction and focuses on turnout, money,… Continue reading FO° Talks: Freebies, Religion and Corruption: The Brutal Reality of India’s Politics
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      Governance Without Legitimacy: The Kurdish Region’s Descent into Stagnation

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      For more than three decades, particularly since 1991, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has been presented as a semiautonomous polity with its own institutions and an ethnically distinct identity. But beneath that veneer of autonomy lies a more troubling reality.  Corruption has deteriorated the region, and it is not an aberration in the Kurdish… Continue reading Governance Without Legitimacy: The Kurdish Region’s Descent into Stagnation
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