MEL GURTOV

Taiwan has returned as a troubling issue in US-China relations.

War Over Taiwan? Avoiding a US-China Miscalculation

Photos: YouTube Taiwan has returned as a troubling issue in US-China relations. It is no longer merely a case of verbal jousting over the ...

Both Lehava and Otzma Yehudit have demonstrated an intent and capacity to terrorize Palestinians and to incite others to do the

Violent Right-Wing Israeli Groups Should Be Added to US Terror List

Photos: YouTube In Jerusalem today, Lehava, the virulent Israeli citizen’s group at the epicenter of armed attacks, race-mongering, and incitement of terror against Palestinians, ...

once again, Israelis and Palestinians are at war

Achieving Peace With Justice In Israeli Palestinian War Isn’t Impossible

Photos: Twitter “The problem with the Middle East is that you can try to turn your back on it, but it won’t turn its ...

The military’s response to the peaceful protests this time has been horrific

Myanmar Democracy Facing Increasing Military Repression While International Community Remains Silent

Photos: Twitter Democracy in Myanmar suffered a severe setback on February 1 when the Tatmadaw, the country’s military, seized power. The coup did not ...

To Joe Biden falls the task of dealing with Putin as a powerful adversary

Biden Must Avoid A New Costly Cold War With Putin’s Russia

Photo: YouTube\Twitter Joe Biden has barely had time to get reacquainted with the White House and he already faces a serious rift with Moscow. ...

The Biden administration has a golden opportunity to recapture the white middle class with an appeal based on jobs, opportunity,

Biden’s Agenda: Where We Are and Where We’re Headed

Photos: Wikimedia Commons\YouTube screenshot As the Biden administration settles in, let’s pause to take stock of where American politics now stands. It’s not a ...

Biden might say he prefers “competitive coexistence”

Biden Must Explore Important Cooperative Opportunities With China—While Still Being Firm

Photos: YouTube The dominant view of China in both Washington and in American public opinion is that the United States faces an increasingly ruthless ...

How can the Democrats find "unity" and "healing" with a Trump Republican Party

How Can Democrats Unite With Trump’s Republican Party of White Supremacy?

Photo: YouTube How can the Democrats find “unity” and “healing” with a Trump Republican Party who won’t hold him accountable for his crime of ...

Joe Biden has proposed, rightly I think, that the “power of example” offers the best way to promote democracy

A Progressive Foreign Policy Agenda for Joe Biden’s White House

Photo: Wikimedia Commons The predominant direction of a progressive US president should be toward “Making America Safe for the World.” That means focusing on ...