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    The Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Spectacle

    Guy Debord (1931–1994), was a French writer and filmmaker who cofounded the Situationist International, a late 1950s radical European avant-garde movement, which preached that, in the modern age, people had become like American science fiction author Philip K. Dick’s androids, dreaming of electric sheep, machines that simulate life to fill the emotional void left behind… Continue reading The Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Spectacle
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    The Great Betrayal: Why the Western Left Ignores Iranian Victims

    History will record the early 21st century as the era of the “Great Betrayal.” We witness a profound moral collapse within Western academia, media and political movements — a collapse defined by a deafening silence regarding the systematic butchery of the Iranian people by the Islamic Republic, contrasted against the ever-present, mobilized rage against the… Continue reading The Great Betrayal: Why the Western Left Ignores Iranian Victims
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    Defense Without Strategy: India’s Strategic Pretense

    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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    Marco Rubio Reassures Europe to Death

    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio received a standing ovation at last week’s Munich Security Conference in Germany after delivering a speech the conference chair, retired German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger, effusively described as “reassuring.” Speaking for the entire audience, he drew Rubio’s attention to “the sigh of relief” heard “through this hall.” The timing was… Continue reading Marco Rubio Reassures Europe to Death
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    Should Powell Stay on the Warsh Board?

    Two weeks after US President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve Chair, risky assets are struggling to crawl back to their pre-announcement levels. Some market participants realized belatedly that Warsh is not as hawkish as his past views purport, while others still believe in the institutional robustness of… Continue reading Should Powell Stay on the Warsh Board?
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    Freedom Talk, War Risk: America’s Iran Playbook

    Iran is never a simple subject in Washington. It is easy to point to Tehran’s own failures and stop there. But that move turns every American threat into a moral project by default, and it lets policymakers avoid a harder audit: what US pressure does in practice, and what it reliably produces.  Right now, that… Continue reading Freedom Talk, War Risk: America’s Iran Playbook
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    FO Talks: Decoding Mark Carney’s Davos Speech Amid Rising Global Strategic Competition

    Fair Observer’s Video Producer Rohan Khattar Singh speaks with Christopher Coates, a former Royal Canadian Air Force lieutenant general and former North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) deputy commander, about Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s viral speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Is the post-World War II rules-based global order finished? Or… Continue reading FO Talks: Decoding Mark Carney’s Davos Speech Amid Rising Global Strategic Competition
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    The Arctic Litmus Test: Greenland and the Collapse of Global Order

    When Russian tanks crossed the Ukrainian border, the concussive force did more than shatter a sovereign frontier; it fractured the metaphysical foundation of the post-1945 world. It signaled a retreat from the rule of law back toward the rule of force. Today, this erosion of global norms finds a new, chilling epicenter in the Arctic.… Continue reading The Arctic Litmus Test: Greenland and the Collapse of Global Order
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