# military industrial complex (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover military industrial complex. Page: Feed: --- ## [Ceci N’Est Pas Une Amie, But Loneliness Is Real](https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/ceci-nest-pas-une-amie-but-loneliness-is-real/) _2026-08-26 · Francesca Collu · Fair Observer_ \[The people quoted anonymously in this article were reached through online AI companion communities and interviewed via email or chat.\] A growing mental health crisis has driven millions to rely on AI companions for emotional and romantic fulfillment. Many wonder: Can these bots replace human connection? Perhaps that’s the wrong question. While AI companions are… Continue reading Ceci N’Est Pas… ## [After America: The Causes and Consequences of US Global Decline](https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/after-america-the-causes-and-consequences-of-us-global-decline/) _2026-08-26 · Alfred W. McCoy · Fair Observer_ While Washington’s war with Iran drags on, month after month, without any end in sight, the world is witnessing the very real limits of US global power. As US President Donald Trump lurches repeatedly from threats of devastation to promises of peace, it’s becoming increasingly clear that US military might is no longer capable of… Continue reading After America: The Causes and Consequences of US… ## [FO Talks: Making Sense of Trump’s Relationship with Russia](https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/us-news/fo-talks-making-sense-of-trumps-relationship-with-russia/) _2026-08-26 · Craig Unger · Fair Observer_ Fair Observer’s operations chief of staff Cheyenne Torres and veteran investigative journalist and author Craig Unger discuss US President Donald Trump’s decades-long connections to Russian figures and Unger’s argument that Soviet and Russian intelligence cultivated Trump as an asset. Drawing on his books, House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump… Continue reading FO Talks:… ## [Who’s Delusional About Screen-Based Learning? — Part 2](https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/whos-delusional-about-screen-based-learning-part-2/) _2026-08-25 · Peter Isackson · Fair Observer_ My continuing conversation with Kimi about the state of education in the digital age was sparked by the startling results of a serious Finnish study that compared the performance of students who had worked with digital devices and spent time on screens with others who had no access to edtech. It turned out that, contrary… Continue reading Who’s Delusional About Screen-Based Learning? — Part 2 The… ## [Going, Going, Gone! The President of Decline May Take the Planet Down with Him](https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/going-going-gone-the-president-of-decline-may-take-the-planet-down-with-him/) _2026-08-25 · Tom Engelhardt · Fair Observer_ Iran, Iraq, Irate. What a world! It couldn’t be much stranger, could it? And by the way, what is it about the Middle East? Since the Gulf War of 1990–1991, it’s just never really ended, has it? Who cares that the region is halfway around the world from Washington, DC? Yes, the US fought Iraq… Continue reading Going, Going, Gone! The President of Decline May Take the Planet Down with Him The post… ## [The Political Archeology of Viktor Orbán’s Legacy](https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/the-political-archeology-of-viktor-orbans-legacy/) _2026-08-25 · Elliot Neaman · Fair Observer_ Hungary’s 2026 election was a political earthquake. To measure the Richter equivalent size and strength, one needs to conduct an archeological dig around the regime former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán constructed between 2010 and 2026. After the fall of communism in 1989 and before Orbán consolidated power in 2010, Hungarians established a stable, parliamentary… Continue reading The… ## [Who’s Delusional About Screen-Based Learning? — Part 1](https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/whos-delusional-about-screen-based-learning-part-1/) _2026-08-24 · Peter Isackson · Fair Observer_ No one today would deny that education is in crisis. But of course, it is not alone. Almost everything we view as a foundational institution appears destabilized or disconnected from the reality that once defined it: government, democracy, higher education, international law, the media, the stock market, the dollar. The only possible exception may be… Continue reading Who’s Delusional About… ## [Sport and Politics: Strange Bedfellows or Friendly Ones?](https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/sport-and-politics-strange-bedfellows-or-friendly-ones/) _2026-08-24 · David O. Stewart · Fair Observer_ Attracted, mothlike, to the bright lights of media attention at an event that was not about him, US President Donald Trump feverishly sought the soccer spotlight during the summer’s World Cup spectacle in North America. His pursuit of publicity recalled the truism that the most dangerous place to stand at a public event is between… Continue reading Sport and Politics: Strange Bedfellows or… ## [FO Talks: Why the US Treasury Dumped Euro to Save Yen](https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/fo-talks-why-the-us-treasury-dumped-euro-to-save-yen/) _2026-08-24 · Manu Sharma · Fair Observer_ Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Partner Manu Sharma examine the historic US intervention to support the Japanese yen and what it reveals about a changing global economy. They explain Japan’s importance to international capital markets, growing economic pressure on the country and the risk that turmoil could spread through global markets. They broaden their discussion… Continue reading FO Talks:… ## [What Should Mexico’s Stance Be At the First Post-North American Trade Negotiation?](https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/what-should-mexicos-stance-be-at-the-first-post-north-american-trade-negotiation/) _2026-08-23 · Iván Farías Pelcastre · Fair Observer_ For the second time in less than a decade, the future of regional trade among the North American countries has become uncertain. On July 1, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), under the Trump administration, announced the country’s decision not to renew the US-Mexico-Canada agreement (USMCA). The announcement was likely anticipated by… Continue reading What Should Mexico’s… ## [100,000 Bonus Points Await You (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YnZ1Dz7n4o8J) _2026-08-23 · **Sponsored**_ Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. ## [Bangladesh’s Campuses Made Muslim Piety Suspect](https://www.fairobserver.com/region/central_south_asia/bangladeshs-campuses-made-muslim-piety-suspect/) _2026-08-22 · Wayej Kuruni · Fair Observer_ Bangladesh’s public universities must confront a difficult inheritance. For years, ruling-party student fronts turned residential halls into spaces of surveillance, discipline and fear. Between 2009 and 2024, this system worked most powerfully through the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) — the student wing of the Bangladesh Awami League, founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on January 4,… Continue… ## [Women’s Empowerment and Economic Growth Through Dairy Cooperatives](https://www.fairobserver.com/economics/womens-empowerment-and-economic-growth-through-dairy-cooperatives/) _2026-08-22 · Ramesh Kotnana · Fair Observer_ According to the Indian Government’s Economic Survey 2025–26, agricultural and allied activities contribute nearly one-fifth (17–18%) of India’s national income, underscoring their continued importance to the economy. According to the recent Periodic Labour Force Surveys, Indian women account for more than half of the agricultural workforce, with more females (21.7 million) than males (19.7… ## [Revisiting India’s “Push-in” Policy: An International Legal Perspective](https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/revisiting-indias-push-in-policy-an-international-legal-perspective/) _2026-08-22 · Md. Himel Rahman · Fair Observer_ On 24 June, the Naogaon Battalion (16 BGB) of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) prevented the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from inserting nine individuals, including women and children, into Bangladeshi territory. This is the latest attempt by the BSF to conduct a “push-in” of people into Bangladesh, which has continued since early May 2025.… Continue reading Revisiting India’s “Push-in”… ## [The Procurator, the Petition and the People’s Pride: Canada’s Removal of Hoekstra](https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/the-procurator-the-petition-and-the-peoples-pride-canadas-removal-of-hoekstra/) _2026-08-21 · Ranjani Iyer Mohanty · Fair Observer_ By and large, Canadians are nice. They are easy-going. They are trusting. They tend to laugh at themselves. They are very polite; they even say “sorry” when someone else bumps into them. They’re not brash. And they certainly don’t go about throwing out ambassadors on a whim. So, I was surprised to hear that a… Continue reading The Procurator, the Petition and the People’s Pride: Canada’s Removal… ## [Nagasaki Remembered… and Its Lesson Forgotten?](https://www.fairobserver.com/region/asia_pacific/nagasaki-remembered-and-its-lesson-forgotten/) _2026-08-21 · Peter Isackson · Fair Observer_ On the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of two Japanese cities, Nagasaki’s Mayor Shiro Suzuki, in the presence of Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, emphatically declared that “humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.” It isn’t difficult to sense what Suzuki is getting at. But is he right or wrong? If we treat it as… Continue reading Nagasaki Remembered… and Its Lesson Forgotten? The… ## [FO Podcasts: Stairways to the Skies — The Secrets of Hiking](https://www.fairobserver.com/more/environment/fo-podcasts-stairways-to-the-skies-the-secrets-of-hiking/) _2026-08-21 · Christine Gabriel · Fair Observer_ Fair Observer’s Editor-at-Large Ranjani Iyer Mohanty and lifelong hiker Christine Gabriel explore the enduring appeal of hiking, the skills it demands and the environmental changes reshaping trails around the world. Drawing on decades of experience across Canada and abroad, Gabriel reflects on how hiking builds resilience, community and appreciation for nature. She also explains practical…… ## [How Europe’s Migration Dilemma Became the Taliban’s Leverage](https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/how-europes-migration-dilemma-became-the-talibans-leverage/) _2026-08-20 · Saqib Fikree · Fair Observer_ Across Europe, the pressure to expel failed asylum seekers, particularly those with a criminal record, is growing domestically as public opinion hardens and far-right parties make gains. But deportations to Afghanistan effectively stopped after 2021, because the Taliban refused to accept the deportees. The Taliban has been pushing for concessions in exchange for permission to… Continue reading How… ## [Would Nixon Survive Watergate Today?](https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/us-news/would-nixon-survive-watergate-today/) _2026-08-20 · Ellis Cashmore · Fair Observer_ For over half a century, Richard M. Nixon has been the personification of a bad president and Watergate a byword for political corruption. In 1974, Nixon was forced into an ignominious resignation, forever becoming America’s political bête noire. His administration’s involvement in the break-in and wiretap at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington’s Watergate… Continue… ## [FO Talks: Make Sense of the Tensions Within Israel](https://www.fairobserver.com/region/middle_east_north_africa/fo-talks-make-sense-of-the-tensions-within-israel/) _2026-08-20 · Josef Olmert · Fair Observer_ Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and Josef Olmert, a former Israeli government official and Middle East scholar, examine growing divisions within Israeli politics and society. A dispute between Defense Minister Israel Katz and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) over the future of a senior West Bank commander highlights tensions between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and… Continue… ## [Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Dilemma in Yemen](https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/saudi-arabias-strategic-dilemma-in-yemen/) _2026-08-19 · Abdul Galil Shaif · Fair Observer_ The greatest challenge facing Saudi Arabia in Yemen has never been purely military. It has always been political. Since Riyadh launched its intervention against the Houthi movement in 2015, the Kingdom has possessed overwhelming advantages in conventional military power, air capability and financial resources. Yet after years of conflict, the Houthis remain entrenched in northern… Continue reading… ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lkwLjFtZIyvr) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Kids’ AI Chatbot Legislation Must Treat Both the Causes and Symptoms of Harm](https://www.fairobserver.com/more/science/kids-ai-chatbot-legislation-must-treat-both-the-causes-and-symptoms-of-harm/) _2026-08-19 · Jeff Weiner · Fair Observer_ Most young people have now fully adopted AI chatbots for tasks from homework help to advice about navigating their lives and relationships, and countless others. A December Pew Research report found that 64% of youth aged 13–17 have used them, with around three in ten doing so daily. It is widely understood that chatbots tuned… Continue reading Kids’ AI Chatbot Legislation Must Treat Both the… ## [FO Talks: The Psychology of Geopolitics — How Authoritarianism Impacts Human Behavior](https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/fo-talks-the-psychology-of-geopolitics-how-authoritarianism-impacts-human-behavior/) _2026-08-19 · Dr. Bahareh Sahebi · Fair Observer_ Editor Lucy Golish speaks with Bahareh Sahebi, a clinical psychologist and licensed marriage and family therapist, about how authoritarian systems shape the psychology of the people who live under them. Drawing on Sahebi’s professional expertise and her experience as an Iranian American, they explore how fear, uncertainty and collective trauma influence relationships, family dynamics and… Continue… ## [Abundance Has a Landlord: AI Is Shifting Scarcity From Software to Substance](https://www.fairobserver.com/more/science/abundance-has-a-landlord-ai-is-shifting-scarcity-from-software-to-substance/) _2026-08-18 · Usama Malik · Fair Observer_ In 2026, a company whose entire business was knowing things lost roughly 60% of its value over the past year. Gartner sells research. For decades, executives paid subscription fees for access to analysts who had spent careers accumulating industry knowledge, and the arrangement worked because that knowledge was genuinely hard to assemble on your own.… Continue reading Abundance Has a Landlord: AI… ## [Who Should Form Expectations?: The Future of Monetary Policy](https://www.fairobserver.com/economics/who-should-form-expectations-the-future-of-monetary-policy/) _2026-08-18 · Masaaki Yoshimori · Fair Observer_ Modern monetary policy rests on a simple but powerful idea: Expectations matter. Over the past three decades, central banks have increasingly recognized that monetary policy influences the economy not only through interest rates but also through expectations about future policy. Inflation, investment, asset prices and financial conditions all depend on how households, firms and investors… Continue… ## [Empire Envy and Forked Tongues: How Washington Talks Itself Into War — Part 2](https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/empire-envy-and-forked-tongues-how-washington-talks-itself-into-war-part-2/) _2026-08-18 · Peter Isackson · Fair Observer_ In my conversation with Claude provoked by an essay in Foreign Affairs analyzing the phenomenon of Washington’s addiction to foreign wars, we got to the point at which Claude pointed to a fundamental structural problem. The deeper diagnosis your Empire Envy framework points to is right, I think: it’s not that Washington forgets to ask… Continue reading Empire Envy and Forked Tongues: How… ## [The Syntax of Erasure: How Western Media Discredits the Gaza Death Toll](https://www.fairobserver.com/region/middle_east_north_africa/the-syntax-of-erasure-how-western-media-discredits-the-gaza-death-toll/) _2026-08-17 · Avichal · Fair Observer_ Western media is engaging in a subtle syntactical trick to discredit Palestinian loss of life in Gaza. This trick came into effect from the beginning of the Israeli invasion of Gaza after the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023. Western media uses certain phrases repeatedly to shape the narrative, which mitigates the genocidal military and… Continue reading The Syntax of Erasure: How Western…