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Cuba’s Fate Should Not Be in US Hands

Another Venezuela? Negotiations are ongoing between the US and Cuba as the Trump administration decides whether or not to apply the Venezuela model to...

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Mel Gurtov

Reality Proves Again and Again Trump's Attack on Iran Was Horrible Decision

Reality Proves Again and Again Trump's Attack on Iran Was Horrible Decision

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22.04.2026 4

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Mel Gurtov

Pete Hegseth’s Crusade

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” – Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis would have recognized Pete...

07.04.2026 10

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Mel Gurtov

No Exit in Iran

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...

31.03.2026 8

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Mel Gurtov

Cuba is Trump’s Next Imperial Project

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:...

23.03.2026 8

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Mel Gurtov

Unexpected Gifts: Beijing and Moscow Gain from Trump’s War

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...

18.03.2026 10

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Mel Gurtov

War on Iran

The Illogic of War The Trump administration reportedly cannot understand why Iran is refusing to accede to US demands that it halt uranium enrichment,...

02.03.2026 20

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Mel Gurtov

Trumped on Tariffs

Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” just got squashed. The Supreme Court on February 20 denied, by a 6-3 decision, the Trump administration’s...

25.02.2026 20

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Mel Gurtov

Purges in the Chinese Military

The Anti-Corruption Campaign China’s purge of Gen. Zhang Youxia, long considered a confidante of Xi Jinping and a vice-chairman of the powerful...

17.02.2026 70

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Mel Gurtov

The National Security Strategy Paper on China

The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy paper, released this month, is filled with nasty, nativist language and half-truths straight...

30.12.2025 30

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Mel Gurtov

A Plan for Halting the Ukraine War

Separating the Practical from the Ideal Intractable conflicts are wars without end, and Russia’s war with Ukraine seems to fit the bill. Now three...

20.10.2025 10

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Mel Gurtov

Honeymoon Over: Trump Divorces India

Friends No More In 2019, Donald Trump and Narendra Modi paraded their bromance with a 50,000-person “Howdy Modi” rally in Houston. They followed...

25.08.2025 20

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Mel Gurtov

Will the US Invade Mexico?

The Limits of Friendship Donald Trump is proving time and again to foreign leaders that counting on friendly relations is senseless. Most recently,...

11.08.2025 30

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Mel Gurtov

The Gutting of America’s Scientific Research

Once Upon a Time There was a time not too long ago when American scientists and American research facilities were the envy of the world. In those...

22.07.2025 10

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Mel Gurtov

The Failure to “Obliterate” Iran’s Nuclear Sites

Damage Control President Trump’s childish and out-of-touch message following US strikes on Iran is now, properly, a matter of contention. He said:...

30.06.2025 10

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Mel Gurtov

It’s Trump’s War Now

President Trump announced that the US had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites. Then he messaged that “now is the time for peace.” No, it is time...

23.06.2025 20

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Mel Gurtov

Trump’s Crazy Trade War

A Scatter Gun Approach The Trump tariff shock is going to take a bit of time to sink in, though stock markets worldwide have already sunk. Altogether,...

07.04.2025 10

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Mel Gurtov