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Fair Observer Monthly is a chance for you to sit down, look back and think about the month past. A month lasts 28 to 31 days, a suitably appropriate time to take stock of the world. We publish daily on our website and we select some of our best articles every month in our e-magazine. We will give you context and multiple perspectives on issues that matter. We will inform and educate you. Fair Observer Monthly does what we promise: make sense of the world.
This month, national identity, authoritarian governance and the fragility of democracy take center stage. In Syria, former UN Security Council expert Fernando Carvajal details mass executions of Alawite civilians by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and the international community’s muted response, raising urgent questions about sectarian revenge and transitional justice. Political scientist Leonard Weinberg probes the split within the US veteran community over Donald Trump, highlighting how military allegiance and democratic values are increasingly at odds. Meanwhile, investigative journalist Steve Shaw uncovers China’s suppression of information following a deadly Tibetan earthquake, revealing how natural disasters intersect with state control and ethnic repression.
Elsewhere, economic policy and historical grievance shape international relations. Japanese financial analyst Masaaki Yoshimori traces the fraught history of the Japan–South Korea currency swap line, revealing how pragmatic cooperation is repeatedly derailed by nationalist memory. German investment professional Alexander Gloy critiques Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico as self-inflicted economic wounds, while CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin and independent foreign policy researcher Nicolas J.S. Davies question whether NATO’s eastward expansion signals the birth — or death — of a new Cold War. Finally, academic editor and cultural commentator Ranjani Iyer Mohanty reflects on the shifting global image of Americans through the lens of film, offering a cultural counterpart to these geopolitical currents.
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Content of Publication
Trump’s Canada and Mexico Tariffs Are a Magnificent Own Goal – Alex Gloy
Kill Capitalism — Before It Kills Everything Else – Davor Džalto
Authorial Intent and Psychosis: How Authors Make Meaning From Chaos – Dustin Pickering
Trump’s Meeting With Zelenskyy Revealed His Plot to Kill Ukraine – Douglas Hauer
Winners and Losers – Deciphering Germany’s Election Results – Alex Gloy
International Community Bears Responsibility for Red Sea Crisis and Houthi Crimes – Fernando Carvajal
The History and Political Context of the Japan–South Korea Currency Swap Line – Masaaki Yoshimori
Is This the Beginning or the End of a New Cold War? – Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Tu vuò fà l’americano? – Ranjani Iyer Mohanty
Syria’s De Facto Leader Faces Home Truths: Alawite Executions –Fernando Carvajal
Where Do Defenders of Democracy Really Stand? – Leonard Weinberg
Can Aging Better Prepare Us For Death? – Gabriel Andrade
Tibet and the Earthquake China Doesn’t Want You to See – Steve Shaw
The Signal Leak: US Incompetence Meets Europe’s Inconsequence – Peter Isackson
Outside the Box: ChatGPT, Intellectual Humility and a Collective “Crucible of Collaboration” – Peter Isackson
