Peter Isackson
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Fair Observer’s Breakfast Conversation with New Friend Chad, aka ChatGPT
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Can ChatGPT Do a Better Job than Tony Blinken?
The only thing worse than a bad start in foreign policy is no start at all. Yet, that seems to be the latest trend in so-called diplomatic problem-solving. It’s touted as “sticking to principles.” Its consequences may be catastrophic. → Read More
Has Macron's Memory Succumbed to the Heat?
A president who once compared himself to Jupiter seems to have lost his grip on the past, present and future. Macron claims no one could have foreseen either the wave of inflation or, more startlingly, the exceptional series of heat waves this past summer. → Read More
From Bosnia to Ukraine: A Deeper, More Worrying Lesson
History is always complex, especially in Eastern Europe. One of our authors draws lessons from the collapse of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s to make a case for Western intervention in Ukraine. This interpretation is simplistic and misleading because there are many other lessons to draw from the 1990s Balkan conflict. → Read More
Is Thinking Now Forbidden in the Media?
A Daily Devil’s Dictionary entry from June 2018 proposed its revised definition of one of the most common verbs in the English language: think. Because many observers have noticed a growing deficit of thinking in the legacy media, it may be time to revisit that definition. A second look tells us that the definition of… Continue reading Is Thinking Now Forbidden in the Media? → Read More
What Really is the Popular Will in the Italian Election?
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What Were Modi and Putin Really Talking About?
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Turkish President Recep Erdoğan’s Talent for Mischief
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Corruption, Debt and the Crisis of Global Capitalism
The pattern is becoming too obvious for the comfort of policymakers in Washington, DC. They must be aware of it, but they simply cannot change their habits. This is partly due to the fact that they count on the legacy media in the US to keep every story framed in the way they prefer. But… Continue reading Corruption, Debt and the Crisis of Global Capitalism → Read More
A Crisis of Willingness for Joe Biden?
The US has long understood that it can’t rule the world alone. That would seem to be the logical position of any nation committed to the idea of democracy. Isn’t democracy about preventing a monopoly on power? In the background is an ethical principle generally recognized as appropriate to democratic societies: respect for diversity. And… Continue reading A Crisis of Willingness for Joe Biden? → Read More
Who Can Put a Price on the Ukraine War?
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Exploring the Confessions of a Modern Indian
Dear Maanas, Reading your fascinating article, Confessions of a Modern Indian, I was intrigued by a distinction you made, which people outside India may not be aware of. You wrote, “The difference between Westernism and Liberalism used to be a fine line for me until I realized that there was indeed a large gap.” I… Continue reading Exploring the Confessions of a Modern Indian → Read More
How It Took Six Years to Achieve the Victory of Polarization
Six years ago, the world’s news cycle was treated to what in the movie business is called a double feature. It began with a British tragicomedy called Brexit, in the category of a heist drama, starring blonde bombshell Boris Johnson as the brains of a brilliantly designed and executed scam. It was followed by the… Continue reading How It Took Six Years to Achieve the Victory of Polarization → Read More
India’s Foreign Minister Schools Western Journalist
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Assessing the True Meaning of US Generosity in Ukraine
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Mitt Romney’s Excessive Evening
A Republican politician known as a moderate revives the McCarthyite mindset and the nuclear threat. → Read More
Can Anything About US Foreign Policy Be Normal?
The Biden administration is doing its best to conform to a norm defined by Jared Kushner. → Read More
When Bad Habits are Set in Stone, Is a Reset Possible?
For any citizen of the world today, there is no lack of reasons for worry on a global scale. For a start, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. Though some, for political or economic reasons, publicly deny its reality, any rational human with access to any form of media will be aware of two… Continue reading When Bad Habits are Set in Stone, Is a Reset Possible? → Read More
Is Ukraine about Weathering a Storm?
Smedley Butler called war a racket. It has become an addiction and the dealers are profiting handsomely. → Read More
India Looks to Finland for an Effective Educational Model
A tiny European country may provide the key to elevating the education of the world’s biggest student population. → Read More