BLOG… Post #503: Why the US-Iran Talks Failed 12 Apr 202620 Apr 2026 The first face-to-face high-level talks between the US and Iran since 1979 have ended without agreement. Hardly surprising; both sides put forward positions not subject to actual bargaining. On the…
BLOG… Post #502: Trump’s Way of War 10 Apr 2026 Stretching Presidential Power Donald Trump has made waging war more centered than ever before on presidential prerogative. The same president who once fulminated against his predecessors’ penchant for going to…
BLOG… Post #501: Pete Hegseth’s Crusade 5 Apr 2026 “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” – Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis would have recognized Pete Hegseth immediately—a Christian nationalist whose…
BLOG… Post #500: No Exit in Iran 27 Mar 202627 Mar 2026 A Hopeless US Proposal Donald Trump thinks a 15-point plan will end the war with Iran. Seems like a hope and a prayer. Predictably, Iran rejected it out of hand…
BLOG… Post #499: Cuba is Trump’s Next Imperial Project 22 Mar 2026 Another Nonexistent Threat Regime change in Cuba may be the next stop for the Trump war machine. Here’s what he told CNN in an interview March 6: “Cuba is gonna…
BLOG… Post #498: Unexpected Gifts: Beijing and Moscow Gain from Trump’s War 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026 I have previously commented about the strategic blunders the Trump regime has made in its war on Iran. Add this one: the gains both China and Russia have made at…
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 #492: TACO Time or Wartime? Examining Trump’s Latest Threats 1 Feb 2026 Donald Trump is on the warpath again, threatening Greenland, Iran, Canada, and Cuba. Will he be TACO—Trump Always Chickens Out—or will he carry through on the threats—seizing Greenland, seeking to…
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…
APB… APB: Regime Change in Venezuela 3 Jan 20264 Jan 2026 America First; Who's Next? The US has overthrown the Maduro regime in Venezuela, captured its leader, Nicolas Maduro, and occupied the country. Continuing a long history of US interventions in…
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 #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…
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