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51吃瓜 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. 51吃瓜 Monthly does what we promise: make sense of the world.

This month reveals a world strained by conflict, political upheaval and shifting power. Punsara Amarasinghe and Alan Waring both focus on Israel鈥檚 harsh campaign in Gaza, highlighting the worsening humanitarian crisis and the risks of strategic collapse, while Srijan Sharma highlights how strikes on Iran鈥檚 nuclear sites escalate regional tensions without curbing Tehran鈥檚 ambitions. In New York, Christopher Roper Schell critiques mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani鈥檚 elite-backed socialism as risking failed economic models amid inequality.

Global economic and political conflicts also deepened this month. Luiz Cesar Pimentel exposes the US鈥揃razil tariff standoff as political blackmail that threatens Brazil鈥檚 economy. Masaaki Yoshimori details Japan鈥檚 election shock and the rise of populism amid fiscal risks. He also shows how technology, namely AI, biotech and semiconductors, shapes national power. Mario Zamponi recalls Cold War imperialism through a jazz-infused documentary on Congo, while Ellis Cashmore and Peter Isackson explore complex struggles over racism and moral reckoning in Britain and Israel. From Sudan鈥檚 civil war to Serbia鈥檚 protests, citizens confront authoritarianism and inequality in a fractured global order, demanding justice and strategic diplomacy.

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Content of Publication

What Can Netanyahu Learn from Sun Tzu鈥檚 鈥淕olden Bridge鈥�? – Punsara Amarasinghe

Zohran Mamdani: Hypocrisy, Socialism and the Danger of Elitist Politics – Christopher Roper Schell

Operation Rising Lion to Midnight Hammer: Why the US and Israel are Gambling with Iran鈥檚 Nuclear Ambitions – Srijan Sharma

Geopolitics by Design: Rethinking Power in the Age of Critical Technologies – Masaaki Yoshimori

The Problem with the Dollar: When One Nation’s Currency Becomes the World’s – Alex Gloy

Is Diane Abbott Right? – Ellis Cashmore

The World鈥檚 Silent Complicity in Israel鈥檚 War on Gaza – Alan Waring

Latin America: A French Idea That Outlived Its Empire – Alfredo Toro Hardy

Trump’s Gordian Knot: Brazil is Under Threat Thanks to Bolsonaro and Big Tech Lobbying – Luiz Cesar Pimentel

The One Big Beautiful Bill: Trumpism in Legislative Form – Alex Gloy

Soundtrack to a Coup d鈥橢tat: Jazz and International Politics in L茅opoldville – Mario Zamponi

Japan鈥檚 2025 Upper House Election: Fiscal Reckoning, Market Jitters and the Waning Patience of the Middle Class – Masaaki Yoshimori

The Cost of Silence: Why Global Inaction Is Betraying the People of Sudan – Fernando Carvajal

Genocide鈥� and Then Some! – Peter Isackson

Crackdown Against Protesters Quickly Reveals Old Wounds In Serbia –聽 Harrison Budak