RealClearWorld Week of March 16, 2026 Archives

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Monday, March 16
How History Keeps the U.S. and Iran on a Collision Course
James Durso Oil Price
Trump’s Ill-Fated Attempt To ‘Mow the Grass’
Brandan P. Buck Responsible Statecraft
U.S. Can Deter China and Defeat Iran
Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon
A Closure and Reopening: The World as It Has Always Been
Andrew Michta RCD
How Iraq Is the New Frontline of the Iran War
Seth Frantzman The National Interest
Europe’s Hollow Iran War Outrage
Leon Hadar Asia Times
A Shattered Iran Would Be a Nightmare for the Middle East
Andrew Latham 1945
Israel’s Hezbollah Challenge
Jerusalem Post
The Power of Small States
Kristi Raik iai
Willful Blindness Has Stoked the Islamist Terror Threat
James Gagliano NY Post
When Do Protest Observers Become Participants?
Ben Weingarten RCI
Cubans Intensify Protests After Sundown
José de Córdoba Wall Street Journal
Cuban Leaders Signal Concessions, Seek Political Survival
P. McDonnell et al. LAT
How Takaichi Can Triumph
Michael J. Green Foreign Affairs
Can South Korea and Japan Resolve Past Grievances
Jong Eun Lee Providence


Tuesday, March 17
The U.S.-Israeli Strategy Against Iran Is Working
Muhanad Seloom Aljazeera
How America’s War on Iran Backfired
Nate Swanson Foreign Affairs
Who Was Ali Larijani, the Iranian Official Killed by the IDF?
James Genn JPost
Washington’s War in Iran Will Encourage Nuclear Proliferation
Alex Madajian RCW
How Does the Iran War Affect China’s Energy Security?
Yun Sun War on the Rocks
Gulf Producers 'Nuclear Option'
Alex Kimani Oil Price
Trump Risks It All on Regime Change Abroad
Ted Galen Carpenter TAC
Trump’s Gaza Gambit
S.L. Nelson RealClearDefense
Young Venezuelans Voice Hope and Frustration
Ione Wells BBC News
Trump May Have to Deal with Venezuela Again
Richard Sanders RealClearWorld
Flailing Cuba Invites Exiles To Return, but Hurdles Remain
Patrick Oppmann CNN
Cuba’s Crisis Is More Dangerous Than Washington Thinks
Ron MacCammon DC Ex.
French Local Elections Reveal Deeply Divided Country
Hélène de Lauzun TEC
UK is Worse Than Anarcho-Tyranny
Sebastian Morello The European Conservative
Why Are the Houthis Sitting Out the Iran War?
Nadav Samin The National Interest


Wednesday, March 18
Geopolitics, War and Iran
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Gulf States Press U.S. To Neutralize Iran for Good
Samia Nakhoul Times of Israel
Don’t Expect Iran To Surrender
Michael Nazir-Ali The Telegraph
Israel Is Hunting Down Iranian Regime Members
Lieber Faucon & Raice WSJ
Three Scenarios for How the Iran War Might End
Wesley Clark USA Today
Costly Mistakes Trump Has Already Made in Iran
Joseph Bosco The Hill
Why Attack Iran Now?
Brian T. Kennedy American Mind
Trump’s Coalition of the Unwilling
Swaran Singh Asia Times
Europe's Moral Quagmire Between U.S. and Evil Iran
Conrad Black Brussels Signal
Ukraine’s Victory Would Make America Safer
Andrew Chakhoyan RealClearWorld
The Lasting Wounds of the War in Ukraine
Dara Massicot Foreign Affairs
Israeli Politics After the Gaza War
Joshua Yaphe The National Interest
Spain’s Sánchez Shift to the Left
Itxu Díaz The European Conservative
Hungary Braces for a Post-Election Battle
Jamie Dettmer Politico EU
Pursue Negotiations, Not Regime Change, in Cuba
Thomas Cavanna RealClearWorld


Thursday, March 19
Why Iran Was Always a Threat to the U.S.
Ahmed Charai The National Interest
What if America ‘Loses’ the Iran War?
Gabriel Elefteriu Brussels Signal
U.S. and Israel Must Not Let Up
David Horovitz Times of Israel
The Islamists Are Winning
Michael Deacon The Telegraph
The Strategy Behind Trump’s War on Iran
Ilan Berman Newsweek
Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz
Alfred W. McCoy Tom Dispatch
What If the U.S. Navy Isn’t in a Hurry to Reopen the Strait?
John Konrad gCaptain
A Peace Deal That Holds Putin Accountable
Heather Nauert RealClearWorld
Putin: The Real Winner of the U.S.-Iran War?
Ian Bremmer GZero Media
The Iran War Roils UK Politics
Fraser Myers The American Conservative
Takaichi's Mission in Washington D.C.
Paul Sracic RealClearWorld
Cubans at Their Limit
Carla Gloria Colomé El Pais
Joe Kent's Exit Complicates Things for Trump Administration
Philip Wegmann RCP
The End of Tulsi Gabbard’s Dubious ‘Antiwar’ Persona
Ben Burgis MS Now
Can Mexico Avoid a Confrontation With the U.S.
Arturo Sarukhan Foreign Affairs


Friday, March 20
A Grand Strategy, Anyone?
Srdja Trifkovic Chronicles
Pete Hegseth Is Having a Good War
Ira Stoll Washington Free Beacon
Iran Might Become a Hollow Victory for the United States
Larry Elliott The Guardian
Gulf Nations Have a Stark Decision
Keir Simmons et al. NBC News
Iran’s Dilemma in War and Peace
Najeeb Ghanem Al-Jazeera
Iran’s Top Officials Underestimated Mossad’s Reach
Akhtar Makoii The Telegraph
The Dangers of ‘Not Our War’
Anthony J. Constantini Brussels Signal
France's Capability vs Strategic Coherence
Nicoletta Kouroushi European Conservative
Machiavellian Meloni Faces High Risk Referendum
Martuscelli & Barigazzi Politico EU
Trump, Xi, and the Case for Strategic Calm
Ryan Hass Foreign Affairs
Surviving Trump, Takaichi Leaves DC a Winner
Mike Mochizuki Responsible Statecraft
The Inevitability of Chinese Military Purges
Rob Pierce War on the Rocks
The Cuban Mirage: A Revolution Exposed
Daniel J. Mahoney American Mind
Cuba's Fragile Power Grid Finds a Powerful New Partner
Haley Zaremba Oil Price
Make American Passports Great Again
Todd Huizinga Restoring the West


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