Michael Bluhm
Freelance Writer
Michael Bluhm is a senior editor at The Signal, where he covers global politics, economics, and authoritarian populism. He was previously the managing editor at the Open Markets Institute, where he also wrote white papers about monopoly and the anti-competitive practices of tech giants. He was a writer and editor for The Daily Star in Lebanon, where he lived for seven years. He wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on Tunisia’s Arab Spring revolution. He has taught courses on political science, international relations, the Middle East, and media at The George Washington University, the American University of Beirut, Charles University in Prague, and other schools.
Latest articles by Michael Bluhm
Putin’s new offensive is now underway. Can Ukraine withstand the Russian assault?
“Volatile” but not “a powder keg”: An expert explains the state of play in a tense Asia-Pacific region.
The unnerving similarities — and key differences — between our current moment and the Cold War, explained by an expert.
The ban on semiconductor exports to China is one of the most important policy moves of the year — and could set off a geopolitical quake.
The UK has seemed to be in constant crisis for a few years now. There’s one big reason why.
A Q&A with Samantha Gross of the Brookings Institution on what OPEC’s cuts mean and where things might go from here.