26 Mar, 2023
A Big Deal: China’s Middle East Diplomatic Coup
A Big Deal: China’s Middle East Diplomatic Coup by Mel Gurtov 937 words A Big Deal for Some By any...
26 Mar, 2023
19 Mar, 2023
Deepening Tensions on the Korean Peninsula Demand New Thinking in Washington
Deepening Tensions on the Korean Peninsula Demand New Thinking in Washington by Mel Gurtov 1213 words The Mounting Danger Tensions...
5 Mar, 2023
Whose Red Lines?
Whose Red Lines? by Lawrence S. Wittner 964 words In the conflict-ridden realm of international relations, certain terms are particularly...
22 Feb, 2023
China and Europe: Profits versus Principles
China and Europe: Profits versus Principles by Mel Gurtov 996 words With all the attention on US-China relations, Beijing’s on-again,...
13 Feb, 2023
More on the China Balloon Episode: Much Ado About Very Little
More on the China Balloon Episode: Much Ado About Very Little 697 words We have just exited Phase 2 of...
4 Feb, 2023
APB: The Balloon is Up
APB: The Balloon is Up by Mel Gurtov 365 words During World War I, British forces sent up hot-air balloons...
26 Jan, 2023
Risky Business: Japan Steps Out
Risky Business: Japan Steps Out by Mel Gurtov 1040 words Background to a Changing Strategic Perspective Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida...
14 Jan, 2023
Poetic Nonviolent Victory over War
War is a language of lies. Cold and callous, it emanates from dull, technocratic minds, draining life of color.
3 Jan, 2023
The Threat Business: Russia or China?
Dual Enemies For those in charge of US national security, the central challenge is identifying threats and determining how to counter them. The Biden administration has cast China and Russia, in that order, as the major threats to US security...
4 Dec, 2022
China’s COVID uprising
Significant dissent in China reared its head for the first time since the Tiananmen uprising in 1989. In many of China’s major cities, protesters joined hands to denounce the COVID restrictions and, though not in all cases, also denounce the Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.
23 Nov, 2022
China, Russia, and the Bomb
Even international alliances can unravel when nations confront the insanity of a nuclear holocaust.
22 Nov, 2022
The Biden-Xi summit in Bali
Some Reasons for Optimism The much-ballyhooed first in-person summit between Pres. Biden and Xi Jinping on November 14 went off pretty well.
13 Nov, 2022
The need for global unity: How world law can save us all
If humanity is to survive in the face of climate change, nuclear proliferation, and international political conflict, our best option is to adopt the mindset with which world leaders approached the enormous task of ensuring global peace following the horrors of World War II.
19 Sep, 2022
Avoiding a War without a Winner: How we Could Ease the Deadly US-China Dispute
In a world haunted by the specter of nuclear war, needlessly aggressive competition among nations could lead to an apocalyptic catastrophe.
24 Aug, 2022
Another missed opportunity in US-China relations
The Washington Post reports that Xi Jinping personally asked President Biden to find a way to put off House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan.