BLOG Post #490: The United States is an International Lawbreaker 6 Jan 2026 The illegality of US intervention in Venezuela has been amply cited with reference to its attacks on alleged drug boats, its declaration of an oil blockade, and its kidnapping of…
BLOG… Post #489: The Year in Review 2 Jan 20262 Jan 2026 A podcast of this post is available at https://melgurtov.substack.com/p/global-citizen-international-digest-916 The reelection of Donald J. Trump is clearly the most notable event of 2025. We thought we knew him and what…
BLOG… Post #488: Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Crusade 25 Dec 2025 The New Know Nothings In the mid-19th century, an influential political party, the Know Nothings, carried on about the dangers of immigration—not from African slaves but from Europe. The Know…
BLOG Post #487: The National Security Strategy Paper on China 18 Dec 2025 The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy paper released this month is filled with nasty, nativist language and half-truths straight out of the Project 2025 playbook. But amidst the bluster about…
BLOG Post #486: The US National Security Strategy Paper Puts Europe on Edge 11 Dec 202511 Dec 2025 The Trump administration has issued a National Security Strategy (NSS) document that fundamentally transforms US relations with Europe. Traditional closeness is out; open hostility to liberal governments and alignment with…
BLOG Post #485: The Trump Peace Plan: A Study in Diplomatic Malfeasance 28 Nov 202528 Nov 2025 Coaching Russia The official US line on how the peace plan to end the Ukraine war emerged has Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner developing it, Marco Rubio…
BLOG Post #484: Zelensky’s Predicament 23 Nov 202522 Nov 2025 A Plan for Ukraine Without Ukraine's Consent The US has forged a peace proposal with Russia that, as the French are putting it, amounts to Ukraine’s capitulation. For President Volodymyr…
BLOG… Post#483: Wag the Dog in Venezuela 15 Nov 202514 Nov 2025 Analysis of why countries go to war sometimes argues that leaders are motivated by problems at home. They attack another country to divert attention from an economic crisis, an unlawful…
BLOG Post #482: Trump’s War on America 12 Nov 2025 The Abuse of "National Security" Throughout much of the post-World War II history of American foreign policy, national security has meant international security—that is, defense of the US homeland was…
BLOG Post #481: No Big Deal: The Trump-Xi Meeting in Korea 3 Nov 2025 Promises, Promises The much-awaited meeting in Korea between Pres. Trump and Pres. Xi Jinping promised—according to Trump—a major trade deal. The Chinese seemed prepared to offer much less. In remarks…
BLOG Post #480: Gunboat Diplomacy in the Caribbean 27 Oct 2025 Disproportionate Force, Hidden Motives The Trump administration has now conducted ten known strikes on boats off the Venezuelan and Colombian coasts that supposedly carry drugs destined for the US. The…
BLOG Post #479: A Plan for Halting the Ukraine War 17 Oct 2025 Separating the Practical from the Ideal Intractable conflicts are wars without end, and Russia’s war with Ukraine seems to fit the bill. Now three and a half years old, the…
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