22 Apr, 2020
Trump is not a wartime president — and COVID-19 is not a war
“Using a war narrative to talk about COVID-19 plays into the hands of white supremacist groups. U.S. officials and the...
22 Apr, 2020
5 Apr, 2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic, Like Other Global Catastrophes, Reveals the Limitations of Nationalism
“We live with a profound paradox. Our lives are powerfully affected by worldwide economic, communications, transportation, food supply, and entertainment...
1 Apr, 2020
Developing a vaccine against war
“What if the vaccine that’s eventually developed is so large in scope it includes the words of UN Secretary-General António...
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...
6 Mar, 2020
On International Women’s Day, say No to drafting women – or anyone!
“March 8th is International Women’s Day. It’s a day to work for women’s equality in all sectors of our world....
29 Jan, 2020
Maneuvering hell for our advantage
“When the mainstream media writes about war, even critically, the image that often comes to mind for me is an...
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...
10 Dec, 2019
The Afghanistan Pentagon Papers
“The war in Afghanistan, America’s longest, has cost about 2,300 US lives, over 20,000 wounded, and about $1 trillion. Now,...
22 Nov, 2019
Repeal the nearly two-decade-old war authorizations
“In 2001 and in 2002 Congress passed authorizations for war. While not declarations of war, these mandates, each titled an...
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...
16 Sep, 2019
Farewell, John Bolton
“The firing (or, he insists, the resignation) of John Bolton as national security special assistant is…” Author: Mel Gurtov Published...
8 Aug, 2019
Dead canaries
“Many people think that the fight for America is already lost. They couldn’t be more wrong. This is just the...
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...
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:...
16 May, 2019
War’s unanswered questions
““Over these last few years, given the wars it has waged and the international treaties it has arbitrarily reneged on,...