The guns have fallen silent along the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistani- and Indian-administered Kashmir. A fragile ceasefire is in place, but this calm is unlikely to last. Pakistan has a long ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” It’s like a conversation with an intelligent friend, sharing ideas and challenging some of the explanations. Do ...

This piece examines the fragile security situation in Syria following the takeover of Damascus by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), highlighting ongoing extremist threats despite HTS’s attempts at political ...

The international concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the repression of women’s rights, especially after Mahsa Amini's death, are profound. Nuclear weapons development could worsen the ...

The journey into what statistician Erica Thompson calls “Model Land” began innocuously enough. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the emergence of statistical methods that promised to bring ...

[Usama Malik wrote this article before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Although it does not reflect post-election events, Fair Observer believes the analysis remains insightful and relevant.] The ...

No nation has more immigrants than America. As foreign students and scholars at Harvard and other academic institutions learn that their visas may be revoked, I find it hard to sit still as a US ...

It was the fall of 2024. The leaves were doing their autumn thing — burnished reds, crisp yellows — perfect for a drive into Pennsylvania. Shortly after crossing the New Jersey state line, the scenery ...

The Northeast region of India, which shares borders with China, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar, has historically been a home for various insurgent factions advocating for autonomy or secession over ...

US President Donald Trump was not alone in seeing in Elias Rodriguez’s crime a far bigger problem than the genocide the perpetrator denounced in his manifesto. On the morning following these murders, ...

The current geopolitical changes are less alarming than they tend to be presented. This mirage may partly result from an unusually long period of single-superpower dominance along with the human ...

On June 14, 2022, the Indian government changed over two centuries of tradition in military recruitment policy. According to the new policy, called Agnipath (“path of fire”), the military inducts new ...