Mel Gurtov

Mel Gurtov is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Portland State University, Editor-in-Chief of Asian Perspective, an international affairs quarterly and blogs at In the Human Interest.

Defeats in the Middle East, One Place at a Time

China Plays It Smart in the Iran War

Trump’s Way of War

Where We Are and Where We Need to Be on Iran

Cuba’s Fate Should Not Be in US Hands

Pete Hegseth’s Crusade

No Exit in Iran

Cuba is Trump’s Next Imperial Project

Unexpected Gifts: Beijing and Moscow Gain from Trump’s War

War on Iran

Trumped on Tariffs

Purges in the Chinese Military

TACO Time or Wartime? Examining Trump’s Latest Threats

The National Security Strategy Paper on China

The Trump Peace Plan: A Study in Diplomatic Malfeasance

Wag the Dog in Venezuela

No Big Deal: The Trump-Xi Meeting in Korea

Gunboat Diplomacy in the Caribbean

A Plan for Halting the Ukraine War

Trump Upends the International Economic Order

Trump, Drugs, and War

Honeymoon Over: Trump Divorces India

Will the US Invade Mexico?

Israel and Genocide

The Gutting of America’s Scientific Research

The Failure to “Obliterate” Iran’s Nuclear Sites

It’s Trump’s War Now

Trump and Netanyahu Play “Good Cop, Bad Cop” with Iran

The Trump-Xi Conversation: One Step in a Long March

Donald in Arabia

In Trump’s Trade War, It’s Advantage China

Assessing the US-Iran Nuclear Talks

Trump–Four Disgraceful Acts

Trump’s Crazy Trade War

Embrace Russia, Contain China?

The Destructiveness of “America First” Begins at Home

America in Retreat

The Trump-Zelensky Feud: The Lies Have It

Appeasement in Europe

The Trump-Musk Outlaw Regime–The Scorecard So Far

The Limited Future of the Ceasefire in Gaza

The People’s List of Trump’s Worst (Part 2)

The Year Past and the Year Ahead

The People’s List of Trump’s Worst

Trump and China–The Rocky Road Ahead

Donald Trump’s Tariff Fantasies

On the Brink in the Middle East

The Republicans’ “China Week”

Cease-fire Agreements in the Middle East Seem More Remote than Ever

China Views the US Election