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Haruko Satoh, an eminent geopolitical analyst at the Osaka School of International Public Policy in Japan, speaks with Florian Schneider, the Chair Professor of Modern China at Leiden University in Germany. They examine how digital nationalism has become a defining feature of contemporary China while exposing tensions within Chinese society. Their discussion explores China’s evolving… Continue…
In this episode of The Dialectic, Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Senior Partner Glenn Carle, a retired CIA officer who now advises companies, governments and organizations on geopolitical risk, analyze the postwar trajectory of Japan, the land of the rising sun. Japan has evolved economically, demographically, politically and militarily since World War II. For decades… Continue reading The…
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh speaks with former counterterrorism operative Jeffrey James Higgins about narcoterrorism, a threat that sits between organized crime, insurgency and geopolitical conflict. Higgins argues that illicit drug networks are no longer merely criminal enterprises. They fund armed groups, corrupt institutions, hollow out communities and, in some cases, operate like shadow states.…
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and Kent Jenkins Jr., a former political reporter from The Washington Post turned communications consultant, explore what they call the “immigration paradox” at the heart of US politics. Donald Trump returned to office in 2025 on a clear promise: to secure the southern border and carry out large-scale deportations. While his administration… Continue reading FO Podcasts:…
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and Cynthia Farahat, an Egyptian author and political activist, discuss the origins, ideology and evolution of the Muslim Brotherhood. Their discussion traces the movement from its founding in 1928 to its global reach today, while probing a central question: Is the Brotherhood a political organization that adapted over time, or a movement… Continue reading FO Podcasts:…
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Senior Partner Glenn Carle, a retired CIA officer who now advises companies, governments and organizations on geopolitical risk, turn their attention eastward to examine the sharp escalation in China–Taiwan tensions over the last few years in general and the Chinese military blockade of its tiny island neighbor at the end… Continue reading China–Taiwan Tensions —…
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Senior Partner Glenn Carle, a retired CIA officer who now advises companies, governments and organizations on geopolitical risk, turn their dialectic eastward to examine India’s political economy under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Atul uses a provocative metaphor — “Vegetarian Stalinism” — to describe the current governing model of India.… Continue…
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and Benjamin Delille, foreign correspondent for the French newspaper Libération, discuss US President Donald Trump’s confrontation with Venezuela. The discussion probes Washington’s stated war on drugs, the revival of the 1823 Monroe Doctrine and the internal dynamics that continue to insulate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from regime change. Delille situates…
Fair Observer’s Video Producer Rohan Khattar Singh and Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, the Executive Director of the South Asia Project at the Millennium Project, discuss Myanmar’s elections, which have been held since December 28, 2025. They examine why the military junta is pressing ahead with a vote amid an intensifying civil war, widespread humanitarian collapse and the… Continue reading FO°…
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and Kent Jenkins Jr., a former political reporter from The Washington Post turned communications consultant, discuss America’s “forbidden C-word:” class. They argue that class shapes opportunity, identity and political behavior, even as Americans prefer a national story of rugged individualism. Jenkins frames himself as a class migrant — someone who grows up… Continue…
