Week of May 11, 2015 Archives

RealClearWorld Morning Edition

Monday, May 11
The Killing of Osama bin Laden
Seymour Hersh, London Review of Books
Who Wants to Be David Cameron?
Joel Weickgenant, RealClearWorld
Unlike U.S. Politicians, British Pols Have Class
Alex Berezow, RCW
Two Years to Decide Europe's Destiny
Carl Bildt, Project Syndicate
The U.S. and the Gulf Need a Reset
Hussein Ibish, The National
India and China Seek Their Nixon Moment
Economist
How Labour Must Rebuild
Tony Blair, The Guardian
Russia and China, Sitting in a Tree
Matt Schiavenza, The Atlantic
The Rule of Law Rises in China
Peter Drysdale, East Asia Forum
The Next Phase in Britain's Era of Global Retreat
A. Applebaum, WaPo
Russia Is Losing World War II
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Repeating Rwanda's Dark History in Syria
Dick Durbin, Politico
Clear-Cutting Romania's Carpathian Wonder
Nils Klawitter, Der Spiegel
Central Asia's Soviet Approach to Islam Continues
C. Putz, The Diplomat
Today's Germany Proves Enemies Can Reconcile
Dow Marmur, Tor. Star
Tuesday, May 12
The Afghans Fighting Assad's War
Christopher Reuter, Der Spiegel
There's Something Strange in the Eurohood
Andy Langenkamp, RCWorld
ISIS Threatens a Water War
Walaa Hussein, Al Monitor
Europe Needs Its Own NSA
Kaj Leers, RealClearWorld
Dictatorship and the Nature of the Vatican
Carlos Alberto Montaner, RCW
What if Apple Bailed Out Greece?
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
The Pointless Politics of Nostalgia
Ana Palacio, Project Syndicate
Truth and Fiction in Russia's Remembrance
Alex Golts, Moscow Times
India Shows How to Keep ISIS Out
Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald
Israel Should Come Clean About Chemical Arms
Tal Niv, Haaretz
What Caused Capitalism?
Jeremy Adelman, Foreign Affairs
Hersh's Strange Alternative History on bin Laden
Bobby Ghosh, Quartz
The Saudis Cut Adrift from Washington
Peter Baker & Michael Shear, NYT
Hezbollah and Iran Manufacture Victory in Syria
Hanin Ghaddar, NOW
The U.S. Must Reach Out to China
David Adelman, Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, May 13
World War II and the Origins of American Unease
G. Friedman, Stratfor
The U.S. Senate's Populist Moment
Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Are North Korean Subs a Nuclear Worry?
B. Thomas-Noone, Interpreter
The U.S. Economy May Be Leaving China in the Dust
D. Scissors, RCW
ICYMI: Burundi's Backward Step
Charlotte Florance, RealClearWorld
Murder, Sharia, and Hope in Afghanistan
Ann Jones, TomDispatch
Commie or Not, Castro Lives Like a King
William O'Connor, Daily Beast
My Ukraine
Chrystia Freeland, Brookings
How China Creates Young Criminals
Zhang Ming, Caixin
Criminalizing Malaysia's Opposition
Nurul Izzah Anwar, New York Times
Russia and China Are Weak in Similar Ways
Richard Weitz, WPR
US Should Push for Freedom in China
Blumenthal & Inboden, W Standard
We Don't Know How to Stop Radicalization
Marie Barse, ScienceNordic
Eastern Europe's Auto Powerhouse
Nathan Siegel, Ozy
Britain Is in Crisis
Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
It's a Conspiracy! Ganging Up on Seymour Hersh
G. Grandin, The Nation
Rubio Always Was Wacky on Foreign Policy
D. Larison, Am. Conservative
Europe's NFL Fans Weigh in on Deflategate
David Francis, Foreign Policy
Thursday, May 14
For Putin's Friends, Anything. For All Others, the Law
K. Dawisha, WAJ
Yes, Congress Has a Role in Foreign Affairs
Kevin Kosar, RealClearWorld
Springtime for Dictators
Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
A 10-Step Guide to Taking Over a Small Country
Sean McFate, WOTR
Was Killing bin Laden a War Crime?
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
Kurdistan Emerges, Kurdish Tradition Fades
Kate Eshelby, Spectator
Jeb Bush's Iraq Quagmire
Paul Waldman, Washington Post
Did Putin and Kerry Really Have Anything to Discuss?
J. Keating, Slate
This Is a Big Trade Deal, so Get It Right
Richard Katz, Foreign Affairs
UK Moves Toward the End Game on Europe
Erlanger & Castle, NY Times
Paranoia, Gore, and Brutal North Korean Executions
Elias Groll, FP
Nigeria's South African Mercenaries
John Campbell, CFR
Poland's Election: The Pollsters Lose Again
Economist
Extremists Target Tunisia's Islamic Mystics
Celine Lussato, L'Obs
Chechnya's Leader, the Aspiring Polygamist
Georgy Bovt, Moscow Times
The Prince's Letters to the British Government
Guardian
Jeb Should Have Clearer Words About Iraq
David Frum, Politico
Russia's Depraved State Darwinism
Ulrich Speck, Berlin Policy Journal
Friday, May 15
Has Turkey's President Gone Mad?
Thomas Seibert, Daily Beast
The Cluelessness of the Iran Surrender Caucus
J. Greenberg, Jer. Post
A Military Without Limits
William Astore, TomDispatch
Asia's Giants Strive for Closer Ties
Rowan Callick, The Australian
Will Australia Hold an Election This Year?
M. Grattan, The Conversation
The Last Seven Jews in Egypt
Mina Thabet, Mada Masr
Why Should the U.S. Suck Up to Saudi Arabia?
A. Bacevich, LA Times
This Angry Arab Moment
Roger Cohen, New York Times
China Acknowledges an Industrial Woe
Adam Minter, Bloomberg View
A Border Town Built for Chinese Vice
Brendon Hong, Narratively
A Neverending Crisis Hits Russia
Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes
Politics in North Korea: Purge or Perjury
Economist
Turkey's Electoral Graveyard
Sibel Hurtas, Al Monitor
A Tale of Two British Exceptionalisms
Andrew Glencross, FPRI
No Future for the China-Russia Alliance
James Holmes, RealClearDefense
Could South Korea's 'Scotland' Force a Change?
S. Denney, The Diplomat
Saturday, May 16
Putin Tries to Freeze-Frame Ukraine
L Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Marco Rubio's Tyrant Trap
Kevin Sullivan, The Week
Egypt's Morsi Sentenced to Death
Associated Press
Israel's Own, Unapologetic 'Michelle Bachmann'
Jodi Rudoren, NY Times
Good Deeds Don't Win Israel Any Friends
Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
The Americans Who Would Set West Papua Free
Alexander Zaitchik, FP
Conservatives Face the Iraq Question
Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Jeb Bush Gave the Right Answer the First Time
Joseph Wilson, TPM
Cuba's 12 Most Absurd Prohibitions
Yusnaby Perez, Daily Beast
Putin Wants U.S. to Arm Ukraine
L. Todd Wood, Washington Times
Ending the Islamic State's Siren Song
J. Choksy, e-International Relations
Sarkozy Is Back, and He Wants to Be France's Pres
JA Heyer, Der Spiegel
Sunday, May 17
20 Feet from War with Russia
Ahmed Rashid, New York Review of Books
U.S. Forces Carried Out a Big Raid in Syria
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
Why Venezuelans Are Fleeing in Droves
Karla Zabludovsky, BuzzFeed
5 Battles that Changed the Middle East
A. Pillalamarri, National Interest
Brexit Is Dead; Thank Cameron
Will Hutton, Guardian
Did the Syria Raid Accomplish Its Goal?
Joshua Keating, Slate
Is the U.S. About to Get More Involved in Syria?
Lynch & Naylor, FP
Muslim Cartoonists Take on ISIS
Christiane Gruber, Newsweek
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