Mel Gurtov
Trump Administration Diversion Attack on China Benefits Russian Disinformation
[Trump Administration\China] PeaceVoice\Mel Gurtov: “I suspect that behind the new level of China bashing lurks another motive: to divert Americans’ attention from Russia’s disinformation ...
The Israel-UAE Agreement: Good for a Few, Bad for Most
[Israel-United Arab Emirates Agreement] PeaceVoice\Mel Gurtov: Martin Indyk…argues in the October issue of Foreign Affairs that the UAE leader’s decision to recognize Israel was ...
World Bank’s Poverty Illusion diminishes scope of Suffering
[World Bank\Poverty] Gurtov: “The World Bank estimates that 40 million to 60 million people will fall into extreme poverty (under $1.90/day) in 2020, compared ...
Falling Behind: COVID-19, Climate Change, and Chaos
[COVID\Climate Change] Gurtov: “As environmental security worsens, so does human security. The reason is simple: the intersection of worsening climate conditions and the pandemic. ...
Will Trump Create National Emergency to Remain in Power?
[2020 Elections] Hart: “We have recently come to learn of at least a hundred documents authorizing extraordinary presidential powers in the case of a ...
Trump Using Secret Police Tactics to Target Peaceful Protesters
[Trump’s Secret Police\Portland] Sen. Jeff Merkley: “Authoritarian governments, not democratic republics, send unmarked authorities after protesters…these agents are snatching people off the street with ...
Will U.S. Military Have to Remove Trump After He Loses 2020 Election?
[2020 Elections\Donald Trump] Gurtov: “Former defense department officials recently wrote to urge that military leaders ‘get ahead of Trump’s temptations and insinuations and vow ...
TRUMP’S FASCISTIC MILITARIZED RESPONSE TO GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS REMINISCENT OF TIANANMEN SQUARE
[Trump\Fascism] Mel Gurtov: “US military leaders seem more and more likely to have to deal with orders from a president who is truly out ...
TRUMP’S FAILED PRESIDENCY IS THE WORST IN U.S. HISTORY
[Trump Presidency] Mel Gurtov: ” Donald Trump has failed to be a healing national leader, thus cementing his place as the worst president in ...
TRUMP’S INDIA TRIP ACHIEVED LITTLE LIKE MUCH OF HIS PRESIDENCY
[Trump in India] Professor Gurtov: “Trump is ready to believe fellow autocrats rather than bother with evidence. Doing so is calculated: Trump wants something ...
