James Gelvin gelvin@history.ucla.edu gelvin@history.ucla.edu James Gelvin is Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Most Recent Turkish Attack on Syria Endangers a Remarkable Democratic Experiment by the Kurds James Gelvin Load More Latest Articles 1 Why Europe Should Stop Buying American Weapons for Ukraine by William Hartung 2 America’s Future is Oil, Not Soy by Jason Reed 3 Carney at Davos: Removing that Sign in the Window by Binoy Kampmark 4 The Return of Backyard Power Politics by Mohamed Amersi 5 Spectral Threats: China, Russia and Trump’s Greenland Rationale by Binoy Kampmark