Fair Observer

In my previous column, Claude and I tried to make sense of the preposterous illogic playing out in today’s crazy geopolitical landscape. The meaning of globally significant events has always been distorte...

When he’s on full blast, Donald Trump (not so long ago the “drill, baby, drill” candidate for president) is distinctly a furnace. And he seems intent on turning this planet, our only world, into a versio...

As Sweden heads toward general elections on September 13, old fears and irrationalities about national identity and religion are once again a central part of the political debate. One of the clearest examples is the recurring claim that Sweden must never become “a Muslim c...

Everyone who seeks to analyze geopolitics has a good reason to appear calm and rational, even at the cost of hiding very legitimate emotions. It’s the price they pay for their public credibility. The expression of pure emotion may suit demagogic politicians, but it’s a game political commentators cannot play, lest they be accused of losing track of the logical threads we expe...

Infrastructure monitoring is undergoing a significant transformation. Across industries, organizations are moving away from slow, manual inspections toward faster, data-driven approaches. According to Deloitte — a British multinational professional services network — drone-based inspections are helping organizations improve operational efficiency, reduce manual inspection ris...