BLOG… Post #74 – After Cuba: Will Obama Follow Up with Venezuela? 14 Apr 201527 Feb 2017 A year ago mainstream news reports out of Venezuela suggested that the post-Hugo Chàvez era was going badly for his successor, Nicolás Maduro. The US media painted a picture of…
BLOG… Post #59 – What Works: Engaging Cuba 17 Dec 201427 Feb 2017 President Obama has finally reversed what he called the “failed policy” of isolating Cuba, announcing today (December 17) the start of normal relations. “These 50 years [without official relations] have…
BLOG… Post #58 – The Abe-Xi Mini-Summit: A Positive Moment 14 Dec 201427 Feb 2017 The Chinese have a diplomatic tradition of “drawing from strength to offset weakness” (qu chang bu duan). The tradition was on display recently when China’s President Xi Jinping met with…
BLOG… Post #56 – What is to be Done? Six Paths to a New US Policy in the Middle East 1 Dec 201427 Feb 2017 If I am correct that the United States has once again fallen into a quagmire in the Middle East, one with some of the same features that marked the Vietnam…
BLOG… Post #54 – Is North Korea Having a Coming-Out Party? 18 Nov 201427 Feb 2017 Considering the overwhelming margin by which a UN General Assembly committee voted on November 18 to condemn North Korea for human-rights violations, one might think that establishing a stable relationship…
BLOG… Post #41 – The US-China Tangle Over the South China Sea 21 Aug 201427 Feb 2017 The best way to describe the latest round of U.S.-China dispute over the South China Sea (SCS) is “déjà vu all over again.” (See post #23 for background.) The setting…
BLOG… Post #29 – Obstacle Course: Engaging Iran 19 Jun 201427 Feb 2017 If the ongoing negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program fail to result in a comprehensive agreement by the July 20 deadline—an interim deal has been in place since January—it…
In the Human Interest - Mel Gurtov 