The gig economy has exploded over the last decade, and now it seems like you can’t throw a rock without hitting someone who makes a living through it. Companies like Uber and Lyft rely on gig workers ...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto recently announced that his country may partner with China, Russia or the United States to build its nation’s first nuclear power plant by 2032. This development, ...

The vast Russian Federation, spanning two continents with over 180 ethnicities and a multitude of religions, presents a complex governance challenge. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia became ...

[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 ...

The Vietnamese President’s recent state visit to India reflects the steady consolidation of India’s engagement with Southeast Asia. High-level exchanges with Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, ...

In the year 1948, George Orwell authored his iconic dystopian novel, 1984. Television was just emerging as a consumer item. Orwell understood the media’s potential as he imagined how a technology ...

Two years after the US successfully targeted the Al-Qaeda chief in Afghanistan, Israel allegedly conducted a covert operation in Iran, assassinating Ismail Haniyeh, a key Hamas leader. The operation ...

Fair Observer’s Video Producer Rohan Khattar Singh speaks with historian Daniel J. Fernández-Guevara about why Cuba, despite facing one of the gravest crises in its modern history, still has not ...

Kerala’s physical and social infrastructure is world-renowned for its equity, accessibility and effectiveness. The state has effectively eradicated extreme poverty, and a 100% literacy rate for its ...

Wars are often judged by their outcomes — victories, defeats and territorial gains. Yet some conflicts resist such clear conclusions. The war in Ukraine increasingly appears to be one of them: a ...

Radical politics do not simply come out of nowhere. Numerous critical issues in recent years have generated a great deal of fear and anger around the world, with the richest and most egalitarian ...

Sudan’s war is not a duel of generals. It’s the return of a Muslim Brotherhood project that seized the state in 1989, survived the 2019 ...