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.

Trump Attacks Earth, Resistance and Innovation

Defying the Hawks on the Way to a Trump-Kim Summit

Getting to “Yes” with North Korea

Ignorance and Greed: Trump’s War on the Environment

Was There Really a Breakthrough in US-North Korea Relations?

The Middle East Peace Process: A Cruel Joke

Kushner and China: Where Money Talks

Dubious Partnership: The US and Saudi Arabia

Momentum for Talks with North Korea?

The Calculated Destruction of America’s Government

Stop the Wars: Congress vs. the President

The Trump-Xi Meeting in Beijing, Very Briefly

Are We in a “Post-American Era”?

Trump’s Benghazi

The Tragedy of American Foreign Policy

Trump and Kim, A Dangerous Pairing

Dealing with North Korean Missiles

Echoes of Reagan: Another Nuclear Buildup

Farewell, Steve Bannon

Trump’s Collapsing World

Trump’s Threats

Reaching Paris Without Stopping in Washington

APB: The US-China-North Korea Tangle

Advise, Assist, Arm: The United States at War

Disengaging with Cuba

Keeping Trump Alive: A Strange Consensus

Anti-Science Trumps Climate Change

Watergate II? A Scenario for Trump’s Resignation

Our Imperiled Democracy

No Exit? The NY Times and North Korea

Trump’s Shortsighted Intervention in Syria

“They’ll Never Learn” Department: Trump and North Korea

Trumpcare: An International Embarrassment

While Our Attention is Elsewhere, Climate Change Worsens

Trump, Europe, and Chaos

The Honeymoon Is Over

Bannon’s Coup

How To Make Enemies

Trump’s America—and Ours

Donald Trump’s Lies And Team Trump’s Headaches

Donald Trump’s Fake News Conference

Unfit to Command

Voting Against Peace in Colombia

America’s Dangerous Moment

The Final Days of Donald Trump

Mission Impossible in the Middle East

How Trump Deals

Our Deteriorating Environment: Is Anybody Listening?

China’s Bad Day in Court

Unintended Consequences and the Warfare State