authors Archive for Mel Gurtov

Articles by Mel Gurtov

ukraine
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Analysis: Evaluating three ideas out there for peace plans for ending the war in Ukraine

china
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

China’s seemingly endless upward progression hits economic, political wall

japan
Environment, Op/Eds, Politics

The Fukushima tragedy resurfaces

Environment, Op/Eds

No free lunch: The hidden costs of EVs

china
Op/Eds, Politics

China’s (un)popularity

russia
Op/Eds, Politics

Russia, Niger, and coup politics in Africa

Israel
Op/Eds, Politics

The widening breach, in Israel and in Israel-US relations

china
Op/Eds, Politics

APB: China’s faltering economy and its implications

us china
Op/Eds, Politics

Assessing Treasury Secretary Yellen’s Beijing journey

china
Op/Eds, Politics

Who needs Chinese scientists? America does

russia
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Prigozhin backs down from challenge to Putin: The coup that wasn’t

india
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Democracy has nothing to do with the increased closeness of the U.S., India

donald trump
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Donald Trump is what he has been since 2016: A threat to national security

us china
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

China-U.S. relations thawing again over U.S. push for containment of CCP

Henry Kissinger
Op/Eds, U.S. & World

Henry Kissinger at 100: Legacy tarnished by malevolent intentions, costly outcomes

china
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Communications has been an issue for U.S.-China relations: Can we get to a detente?

korea
Op/Eds, Politics, U.S. & World

Do the ominous nuclear warnings to North Korea make South Korea safer?

tiktok
Op/Eds, U.S. & World

The political case against TikTok sidesteps U.S. government spying on its own citizens

china
U.S. & World

Macron plays right into Xi’s hands: France’s diplomatic disaster in China

fascism
U.S. & World

Republicans expel the Black two of the Tennessee Three: A political lynching

climate change
U.S. & World

The ticking climate time bomb: The clock is working against us on this one

china
U.S. & World

China brokers of Saudi Arabia-Iran agreement: Why this is a huge deal

korea
U.S. & World

Deepening tensions on the Korean peninsula demand new thinking in Washington

russia ukraine
U.S. & World

No exit: Two proposals for peace in Ukraine that are doomed to go nowhere

Israel
U.S. & World

Israel PM Netanyahu is pursuing a far-right agenda on two fronts

china
U.S. & World

Economic diplomacy is at the center of China’s approach to Europe.

china
U.S. & World

More on the China balloon episode: So much ado about so very little

us china
U.S. & World

The U.S. government is overreacting to the Chinese surveillance balloon

japan
U.S. & World

Is Japan’s new security profile more likely to deter rather than incite armed conflict?

russia ukraine
U.S. & World

Ukraine can’t join NATO, but it is performing NATO’s mission: Defeating Russian aggression

earth
U.S. & World

Assessing which is the bigger security threat to the U.S.: Russia, or China?