APB – In the Human Interest – Mel Gurtov

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APB: US Immigration Policy at a Glance

11 Dec 202511 Dec 2025

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APB: The Atlantic’s Endorsement of Kamala Harris

The Atlantic’s endorsement was published on October 10, 2024. For the third time in eight years, Americans have to decide whether they want Donald Trump to be their president. No…

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APB: Why Joe Biden Should Step Aside

13 Jul 202412 Jul 2024

Like all of you, I’ve read numerous commentaries on the President’s post-debate situation and what should be done about it. Here are my brief reactions to the reasons most…

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APB: The Imperial Presidency is Now Legalized

The US Supreme Court’s July 1 decision to grant absolute immunity to a President’s official acts is indeed, as Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote on X,…

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APB: Sneak Attacks on Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden

The special counsel's report on Pres. Biden's handling of classified information raised unwarranted, and frankly disgusting, references to his age and memory. It was a sneak attack that may have…

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APB: China’s Faltering Economy and Its Implications

19 Jul 202319 Jul 2023

Growing Pains China’s economy is going through some of the same growing pains that Japan once experienced: lower consumer spending, overbuilding on homes and offices, local government debt that runs…

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APB: Kissinger at 100

At the ripe age of 100, Henry Kissinger remains an icon of the governing class and the foreign policy establishment. Amazingly, his advice is still sought, he writes lucidly…

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APB: The Balloon is Up

3 Feb 20235 Feb 2023

During World War I, British forces sent up hot-air balloons to spy on advancing enemy forces. Thus the expression, "the balloon is up." In recent times, a number of…

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ANNOUNCEMENT: MY NEW BOOK ON CHINA

8 Sep 202214 Oct 2022

Dear Readers: On October 15, Engaging China: Rebuilding Sino-American Relations will be published by Rowman & Littlefield. As you know from my blogs on US-China relations, I am at once…

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Five Reasons Why Nancy Pelosi Should Postpone a Trip to Taiwan

House Leader Nancy Pelosi seems intent on visiting Taiwan. That might not seem like a big deal to Americans, but these are dangerous times in US-China relations. That makes…

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FYI Afghanistan

Here are a few sources from recent days with hopefully interesting ideas about the current situation in Afghanistan. A Zoom interview with Benon Sevan, a longtime senior official with the…

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APB: Repression in Myanmar (and an Invitation to a Presentation)

22 Mar 202125 Mar 2021

Democracy in Myanmar suffered a severe setback on February 1 when the Tatmadaw, the country’s military, seized power. The coup did not come as a complete surprise: the National League…