BLOG… Post #522: Trump’s Threats and Alliance Realities 24 Aug 2026 As global crises descend around him, Donald Trump seems increasingly incapable of a rational response. He rants and rails, threatens and indulges in delusions—and then retreats to one or the…
BLOG… Post #521: Trump’s Bromance Dream Undermines Relations with South Korea 18 Aug 2026 A South Korean Peace Initiative Likely to Go Nowhere South Korean’s President Lee Jae Myung used the occasion of the country’s Liberation Day, which marks the end of Japan’s colonial…
BLOG… Post #520: Netanyahu at War as an Election Looms 9 Aug 2026 Netanyahu Rejects Trump's Gaza Plan The Trump-led Board of Peace claimed it had concluded an “historic” deal with Hamas and Israel under which Hamas agreed to disarm and turn over…
BLOG… Post #519: A Bad Deal with Saudi Arabia 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026 A Deal Without Safeguards The Trump administration has approved a deal with Saudi Arabia under which the US will provide the material and technical capacity for that country to build…
BLOG… Post #518: Forever War 29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026 A Widening War After nearly three weeks of resumed warfare, it is safe to say not only that the cease-fire is over but so is the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).…
BLOG… Post #517: Armed Conflict is Surging, Peacemaking is Flagging 20 Jul 2026 A Record-Setting Pace Wars in Iran, Ukraine, and Israel have drawn attention away from a stark fact: armed conflict is on the rise worldwide in and between states. Two Swedish…
BLOG… Post #516: The Retreat from Global Warming and Environmental Protection 16 Jul 202616 Jul 2026 Walking It Back We once took for granted that everyone concerned with global warming outside the Trump administration’s orbit accepted the scientists’ conclusion that 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming was…
BLOG… Post #515: Putin’s Predicament 12 Jul 202616 Jul 2026 Three Policy Directions President Vladimir Putin’s increasingly problematic position in the war with Ukraine would seem to lead Russia in three possible directions: stay the course and keep throwing soldiers…
BLOG… Post #514: Out of Control 4 Jul 2026 Mentally Unstable Ordinarily, July 4 would be a time to celebrate the virtues of America. But whatever virtues we once possessed, Donald Trump and his inner circle of family and…
BLOG… Post #513: The Missing Art of the Deal with Iran 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026 Understanding the MOU Most of the critical commentary on the Trump administration’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran centers on the specific commitments each side is supposed to have made…
BLOG… Post #512: Dissecting the US-Iran Agreement 18 Jun 2026 The US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) has now been revealed, and it is clear why it took days before a US official read it out to reporters in advance of…
BLOG… Post #511: Lebanon, Netanyahu’s Nightmare and Opportunity 8 Jun 20268 Jun 2026 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of reelection hinge on carrying on the war Hezbollah and keeping the fires burning with Iran. At the same time, he must assuage Donald…
In the Human Interest - Mel Gurtov 
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