Last week, a Foreign Affairs article offering insight into Washington’s “forever wars” caught my attention. After reading it, I felt the need to go over my impressions with my chatbot friend, Claude, and began with this prompt: Most honest and lucid observers outside the Beltway acknowledge that US global power has entered a phase of… Continue reading Empire Envy: How Think Tanks Manage the Decline They Cannot Name — Part 1 The post Empire Envy: How Think Tanks Manage the Decline They Cannot Name — Part 1 appeared first on Fair Observer.

The Trump administration concluded a recent mineral deal with Kazakhstan that, not surprisingly, enriches not only US President Donald Trump’s own family but that of his secretary of commerce, Howard Lutnick. Trump’s two eldest sons, part owners of Dominari Securities, are set to profit from the Kazakh tungsten deal. So is Cantor Fitzgerald, the investment… Continue reading Trump Enrichment Syndrome: Graft, Accountability and the Long-Lasting Impact of Corruption The post Trump Enrichment Syndrome: Graft, Accountability and the Long-Lasting Impact of Corruption appeared first on Fair Observer.

Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh speaks with eminent scholar Ishtiaq Ahmed and Professor Thomas Barfield about the historical roots of tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan. They trace the origins of the Durand Line dispute, examine why Pakistan’s long-standing strategy toward Afghanistan has repeatedly failed and consider how history, ethnicity and economics continue to shape relations between the… Continue reading FO Live: Make Sense of New and Old Pakistan–Afghanistan Tensions The post FO Live: Make Sense of New and Old Pakistan–Afghanistan Tensions appeared first on Fair Observer.