31 Dec, 2020
Biden and the world: A deeper look at his foreign affairs team
In a previous column, I introduced the president-elect’s team: a group of serious professionals...
31 Dec, 2020
18 Mar, 2020
Stop Tightening the Thumb Screws, A Humanitarian Message
“U.S. sanctions against Iran, cruelly strengthened in March of 2018, continue a collective punishment of extremely vulnerable people. Presently, the...
11 Mar, 2020
War, profit and the coronavirus
“If you want expertise, don’t bother reading any further here. I know as much about coronavirus as any stunned disbeliever...
23 Jan, 2020
Turning Point: The new documentary “Coup 53”
“A historical turning point is a moment, perhaps small, perhaps larger, that becomes uniquely causative of events that follow. Obvious...
6 Jan, 2020
Instead of real-time commentary, eight common-sense reasons for not going to war with Iran
“In the wake of the assassination of Iranian military leader Major General Qasem Soleimani and nine other people by a...
3 Jan, 2020
Killing General Soleimani: Hail Mars! Hail Pluto!
“The United States killed Iranian Quds Forces Commander General Qassam Soleimani. There is no hyperbole or exaggeration too great to...
3 Jan, 2020
It’s time
““Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate...
18 Sep, 2019
No war for Saudi oil!
“Even if US intelligence decisively shows that some of the drones and cruise missiles used in the attack on Saudi...
23 Jul, 2019
Rotary International as a model for statecraft
“The established paradigm of nation-states formulating their policies on the basis of a limited vision of self-interest is dissolving on...
3 Jul, 2019
An honorable course in Iran: End sanctions, resume dialogue
“Last week, Elham Pourtaher, an Iranian graduate student at the State University of New York in Albany, wrote about…” Author:...
2 Jul, 2019
Provoking World War III with Iran and a U.S. history of provocation
“In the history of the United States and its history of interventionism, the recent attacks on oil tankers in the...
29 Jun, 2019
The Trump way of war
“Notice how similar are the Trump administration’s interactions with Iran and North Korea? The pattern” Author: Mel Gurtov Published in:...
27 May, 2019
Day of bad memory
“The frustration I experience with dishonest politics reached a peak with Memorial Day this year…” Author: Wim Laven Published in:...
25 May, 2019
Another Fake “Emergency”
“Just a few months ago Saudi Arabia’s leader, Mohammed bin-Salman (MBS), was on the defensive…” Author: Mel Gurtov Published in:...
17 May, 2019
Iran wags impeachment dog
“Trump is blustering at Iran and to the world that we might just need to crush that pipsqueak terror country…”...