Week of May 16, 2016 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, May 16
A U.S. Strategy Beyond the Cold War
George Friedman
,
RealClearWorld
A Son of the Cultural Revolution
Ma Jian
,
Project Syndicate
It Was the Worst of China's Times
Economist
Power and Ideology: China's Cultural Revolution
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
Of Course London's Fat Cats Love the EU
Boris Johnson
,
Telegraph
Are We Going the Way of Rome?
Michael Auslin
,
National Review
Sadiq Khan Shows How Fear Can Be Beaten
George Eaton
,
New Statesman
General Hayden's Offensive
Charlie Savage
,
New York Review of Books
What's Next For Brazil's Political Crisis
Jesselyn Cook
,
Huffington Post
The End of the End of the World
Jonathan Franzen
,
New Yorker
How Do People See Russia? Eurovision Gives One Answer
Mary Dejevsky
,
Guardian
France's Socialist Game of Thrones
Robert Zaretsky
,
Foreign Policy
Extremists Fear the Iranian Nuclear Deal Might Work
Stephen Kinzer
,
Boston Globe
Iran Hardliners Hate Foreign Investment. You Shouldn't
Marc Champion
,
Bloom. View
What We Don't Get about Sykes-Picot
John Richard Cookson
,
National Interest
Ancient Maya Culture Brought Back to Life In Old Europe
B. Seewald
,
Worldcrunch
Tuesday, May 17
Six Stubborn, Essential Middle East Truths
Aaron David Miller
, RealClear
World
The Cultural Revolution, Then and Now
Merriden Varrall
,
Lowy Interpreter
China's Scarred Memory
Perry Link
,
The Diplomat
Israel's Enduring Kibbutz Controversy
Dana Regev
,
Deutsche Welle
Europe Has Had Enough of Turkey
Cengiz Candar
,
Al-Monitor
Cold War Theater: A Frightening Next Act
Fred Kaplan
,
Slate
Trump Takes on British Politicians
Rob Garver
,
Fiscal Times
Kim's Coronation and North Korea's Future
Scott Snyder
,
Council on Foreign Relations
How the CIA Sold Out Nelson Mandela
Goldie Taylor
,
Daily Beast
6 Things to Know About Iran's Pillar of Revolutionary Power
Afshon Ostovar
,
Vox
Power Shifting as India Rises Above Its Former Rulers
Rayhan Chouglay
,
GR Insights
'Ça va mieux,' Says the French President
Pierre Briançon
,
Politico EU
The Migrants' Saint
Levi Vonk
,
The Atlantic
What About the European Youth of London?
Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura
,
New York Times
Poland's Economic Nationalism Just Might Work
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
Wednesday, May 18
The Bullshistory of 'Sykes-Picot'
Adam Garfinkle
,
The American Interest
How Isolation Is Bringing China and Israel Together
Stratfor
Twilight of the Petrostate
Petr Aven
&
Vladimir Nazarov
&
Samvel Lazaryan
,
National Interest
What Extremist Success Means for Democracy
Dirk Kurbjuweit
, Der
Spiegel
Nuclear Terrorism and ISIS: How Scared Should We Be?
N. Guibert
,
Worldcrunch
What ISIS Women Want
Simon Cottee
,
Foreign Policy
How to Fix Venezuela
Jeff Spross
,
The Week
Why Are Ukrainians Dying for the Donbas?
Alexander Motyl
,
World Affairs Journal
Argentina: A Smoother Ride for the Economy
Kaitlin Lavinder
,
The Cipher Brief
Can Trudeau Do Better Than Harper on Democratic Reform?
Nathan Cullen
,
OC
Who Are the Guilty Men on Iran?
Jonathan Tobin
,
Commentary
Trump Gives These Chinese People Something to Believe In
Beimeng Fu
,
BuzzFeed
What We Learned from Piers Morgan's Trump Interview
Ed West
,
Spectator
When Diplomats Get Punished for Doing Their Jobs
David Ignatius
,
Washington Post
America First? More Like American Leadership Last
Eliot Cohen
,
New York Times
Thursday, May 19
The Quick Death of the EU-Turkey Refugee Deal
Kaj Leers
,
RealClearWorld
Why Iran Needs Turkey, Not Russia, in Syria
Hamidreza Azizi
,
Al-Monitor
Keeping Up With Russia's Military Robots
Samuel Bendett
,
RealClearWorld
How Good Is China's Military Tech?
Andrew Erickson
,
War on the Rocks
World Has Seen This Before: How Fascism Comes to America
Robert Kagan
,
WaPo
Leaving Europe Is a Risk the U.K. Shouldn't Take
Michael Bloomberg
,
Bloomberg View
Economists Have Failed for a Century. Now They Back Remain.
A. Heath
,
Telegraph
Five reasons to hate the EU referendum
Iain Martin
,
CapX
The Maldives' Brief Flirtation With Democracy
J.J. Robinson
,
Foreign Affairs
Does the European Parliament Matter? A Guide
Ryan Heath
,
Politico EU
Clinton's Hawk-in-Waiting
Philip Giraldi
,
The American Conservative
Can America Ever Escape Its Failing Foreign Policy?
John Allen Gay
,
National Interest
The Death of Free Media in Russia
Anna Nemtsova
,
Daily Beast
A Rebuke to Venezuela's President
Ernesto Londono
,
New York Times
America's Culture Wars Have Gone Global
Economist
Friday, May 20
Defeating the Islamic State: Advice from Sun Tzu
Ronald Tiersky
,
RealClearWorld
An Anti-Russia Alliance Emerges From the Black Sea
Lili Bayer
,
Geopolitical Futures
Why Political Islam Matters
Kevin Sullivan
,
RealClearWorld
A History of Sustainable Violence
Aaron David Miller
,
Foreign Policy
How to Bring Vietnam Into the U.S. Fold
Sandy Pho
,
RealClearWorld
How Europe's Populist Politicians Got This Powerful
Anton Troianovski
,
WS Journal
How Spain's Far Left Could Win
Economist
Austria Shows Moderates Must Learn to Fight Back
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloom. View
Brexit and New Europe
Laszlo Bruszt
&
Nauro Campos
,
Project Syndicate
There Are No Answers in Sykes-Picot
Alan Philps
,
The National
Canada -- Russia's Toxic Waste Dump
Michael Byers
,
National Post
The Kremlin Is Frustrated and Dangerously Paranoid
Armine Sahakyan
,
Huff. Post
The Sort-Of Italian Job: Fake Nation Rocked by Online Coup
Giulio Gavino
,
W-Crunch
Tourists, Don't Give Up on Egypt
Simon Calder
,
Independent
Is the Problem Egypt or France?
Michael Rubin
,
American Enterprise Institute
Saturday, May 21
Ploughshares Group Helped Sell Iran Deal, Also Funded Media
Bradley Klapper
,
AP
We Did Nothing Wrong in Supporting Independent Media
Ploughshares Fund
The Anti-Democratic Temptation of the Foreign Policy Experts
Eli Lake
,
Bloom View
Is the Iran Deal Unraveling? Think Again.
Suzanne Maloney
,
Brookings
How Iran Shapes Hezbollah
Tony Badran
,
Weekly Standard
Facing Off with China
Tom Rogan
,
National Review
Can U.S.-Vietnam Relations Rise Above China?
Brian Andrews
,
National Interest
Malcolm Turnbull's Doomed Faustian Pact
Peter Hartcher
,
Sydney Morning Herald
The U.S. Should Consider a Foreign Legion
Steven Metz
,
World Politics Review
Israel's Right-Wing Defense Minister Left, Citing Extremism
Zack Beauchamp
,
Vox
Israel Wants Its New Defense Minister
Mati Tuchfeld
,
Israel Hayom
Ya'alon Calls Israel's Sane Right to Arms
Yossi Verter
,
Haaretz
Would the U.S. Drop the Bomb Again?
Scott Sagan
&
Benjamin Valentino
, WS
Journal
U.S. Warns ISIS Capital: Get Out Now
Nancy Youssef
,
Daily Beast
Sunday, May 22
Obama's Pivot to Asia Is Working
Doyle McManus
,
Los Angeles Times
The U.S. Can Defeat ISIS, But Can It Save Iraq?
David Ignatius
,
Washington Post
State of the World Is Better Than You Think
Stewart Patrick
&
Megan Roberts
, WPR
Radical Tourists Have Been Deluded Pimps for Venezuela
Nick Cohen
,
Guardian
How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS
Carlotta Gall
,
NY Times
The Saudis Clamp Down on the Hajj
Bruce Riedel
,
Al-Monitor
The World Needs GMO Crops More Than Ever
Doug Saunders
,
Globe and Mail
If Britain Leaves the EU, Where Will It Turn?
Conrad Black
,
National Post
Cameron Is Turning Britain Into a Banana Republic
Simon Heffer
,
Telegraph
Putin Should Heed This Russian's Oil Warning
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
The Vietnam War Is Still Killing People
George Black
,
The New Yorker
How the West (and the Rest) Got Rich
Deirdre McCloskey
,
Wall Street Journal
Austria's Cornflower Controversy
Bethany Bell
,
BBC Magazine
In Defense of Denmark
James Kirchick
,
Foreign Policy
Decapitated Churches in China's Christian Heartland
Ian Johnson
,
NY Times