BLOG… Post #497: Aggression in Iran 7 Mar 2026 Conduct that Defies Logic, Law, or Sound Purposes As the invasion of Iran grinds on and its boundaries expand, the House and Senate have rejected resolutions that would bring the…
BLOG… Post #495: Trumped on Tariffs 23 Feb 2026 Reacting to Defeat Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” just got squashed. The Supreme Court on February 20 denied, by a 6-3 decision, the Trump administration’s power to impose tariffs under the…
BLOG… Post #494: Bored of Peace 20 Feb 202622 Feb 2026 A Board Like None Other Donald Trump has turned the presidency into a vanity project, putting his name and image all over Washington (most recently, a banner of him atop…
BLOG… Post #493: Purges in the Chinese Military 15 Feb 2026 The Anti-Corruption Campaign China’s purge of Gen. Zhang Youxia, long considered a confidante of Xi Jinping and a vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), and General Liu Zhenli,…
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#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…
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