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Articles by Mel Gurtov

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Mel Gurtov is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Portland State University and Senior Editor of Asian Perspective. His latest book, Engaging China: Rebuilding Sino-American Relations, will be published in October by Rowman & Littlefield. He blogs at In the Human Interest: Critical Appraisals of Foreign Affairs and Politics from a Global-Citizen Perspective.

The China Balloon Incident: The Drama within the Drama

Xi Jinping Under Pressure in Central Asia and Taiwan

In the South Pacific, Chinese Opportunism Meets Western Indifference

After the Biden-Xi Summit: Finding Common Ground with China

The Biden China Initiative, A Flawed and Dysfunctional Policy

The Afghanistan Debacle

Presidential Warfare and the “Forever Wars”

The “End of Poverty” Illusion: Global and East Asian Realities in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mel Gurtov and Mark Selden

The Dangerous New US Consensus on China and the Future of US-China Relations

At Home and Abroad, Trump Tramples Human Rights

Lauren Richardson Introduction by Mel Gurtov

Protesting Policy and Practice in South Korea’s Nuclear Energy Industry

Diplomatic Remedies for THAAD Madness: The US, China and the Two Koreas

Sanctions and Defiance in North Korea

Rules and Rocks: The US-China Standoff Over the South China Sea Islands

The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Deeply Flawed Partnership (TPP)

China's Triangle Diplomacy

Time for the U.S. to Engage North Korea

Xi Jinping Visits Seoul: The Bigger Picture

The Uncertain Future of a 'New Type' of US-China Relationship

Obama's Japan Visit and US-Japan-China Relations: A Missed Opportunity for Conflict Prevention

Averting War in Northeast Asia: A Proposal –––

From Korea to Vietnam: The Origins and Mindset of Postwar U.S. Interventionism−−

Reconciling Japan and China