Week of May 23, 2016 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, May 23
China's Coming Revolution
Gordon Chang
,
National Interest
The Suicide of Venezuela
Joel Hirst
Obama's Asian Nuclear Nightmare
Michael Crowley
,
Politico
Taliban Will Be Fine Without Slain Leader
Susanne Schmeidl
,
Lowy Interpreter
Tunisia's Ennahda Movement: An End to 'Political Islam'
Frederic Bobin
,
Worldcrunch
A Quiet, Zealous Revolution in Israel
Jonathan Cook
,
The National
Israel's Army Goes to War With Its Politicians
Ronen Bergman
,
New York Times
Israel's Doomsday Prophets Are Wrong
Smadar Bat Adam
,
Israel Hayom
Vexed in Vienna, and Across Europe
Economist
A Drive Through Eastern Europe's Twilight Zone
Vijai Maheshwari
,
Politico EU
How the British Defeated Napoleon With Citrus
David George
,
The Conversation
Future Britons Will Marvel That Anyone Voted for EU
Boris Johnson
,
Telegraph
Were EgyptAir Pilots Killed Before They Could Send a Mayday?
Clive Irving
,
D. Beast
Why Firefighters Are Against Free Trade
Serge Halimi
,
Le Monde Diplomatique
Morocco Tires of the Hollywood Treatment
Jake Warga
,
Global Post
Can China Buy Its Way to Soccer Dominance?
Andi Thomas
,
Foreign Policy
Tuesday, May 24
America in a Fractured New World
Michael Mandelbaum
,
The American Interest
Moving Forward in Vietnam
John Kerry
,
John McCain
&
Bob Kerrey
,
New York Times
Donald Trump, the China Dream, and the Great Power Blues
Kerry Brown
,
Diplomat
Backward Thinking on Orientalism and Chinese Characters
David Moser
,
China File
When Anti-Trade Nativism Ruined the Ancient Greeks
Barry Strauss
,
WS Journal
Reshaping the Post-Ottoman Order: Get the Politics Right
David Ignatius
,
Wash. Post
What's Left of the Syrian Arab Army?
Tom Cooper
,
War Is Boring
The Iran Deal Wasn't About Nukes at All
Tom Nichols
,
The Federalist
Surrounded by Jew-Haters
John Banville
,
New York Review of Books
India: One State, Many Countries
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
Why the Right Wing Is Angry We Blocked War With Iran
Joe Cirincione
,
Huff. Post
In Syria, Doctors at War
Borzou Daragahi
,
BuzzFeed
This Map Shows Every Country's Major Export
Joe Myers
,
World Economic Forum
The Great Swiss Bank Heist
Patrick Radden Keefe
,
New Yorker
What Is a 'National Interest'?
Brandon Christensen
,
Notes on Liberty
Poland Is Testing the EU's Commitment to Democracy
Noah Feldman
,
Bloom. View
Wednesday, May 25
Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel-Palestine
Thomas Friedman
,
New York Times
Is War with China Now Inevitable?
Jerry Hendrix
,
National Review
Is New Defense Minister Dangerous for Israel?
Ben Caspit
,
Al-Monitor
Vietnam, the U.S., and the Centrality of Geopolitics
George Friedman
,
Geo. Futures
Vietnam, Once a Bitter Enemy, Now a U.S. Bulwark in Asia
Kelly McParland
,
Nat'l Post
Saudi Oil Policy Is Set in Stone
Matthew Bey
,
Stratfor
Europe Does Just Enough on Greece, Again
Pierre Briançon
,
Politico EU
How to Save America
David Rothkopf
,
Foreign Policy
Austria's Election, Jews, and Israel
Samuel Laster
,
Jerusalem Post
Wake Up, Zambia, Smell the Roses
Greg Mills
&
Dickie Davis
,
Daily Maverick
The Russian Threat: NATO Struggles to Recover
Konstantin von Hammerstein
,
Spiegel
Why Ukraine Should Disengage
Alexander Motyl
,
World Affairs Journal
The Pro-EU's Beatdown Campaign: Memories of Tony Blair
Iain Martin
,
CapX
The Huckster Leading Britain's Legislative Dunkirk
Brendan Simms
,
New Statesman
What the British Report on Iraq War Won't Tell Us
John Rentoul
,
Independent
Thursday, May 26
All Doubts Are Gone: China Is in Big, Big Trouble
Jonathan Russo
,
Observer
Romania's Crossroads to Bear
Joel Weickgenant
,
RealClearWorld
‘Brexit' Is Most Important Vote in Europe in a Half-Century
George Will
,
Wash. Post
What Good Is a United Europe to America?
Edward Delman
,
The Atlantic
Obama Administration Helps Iran Get Its Money Back
Emanuele Ottolenghi
,
RCWorld
In Real Life, Venezuela Is a Ticking Time Bomb
Samy Adghirni
,
Worldcrunch
How Venezuela Lost All Its Friends
Luis Ferreira Alvarez
,
Ramen IR
The Democrats' Dangerous Split Over Israel
Jason Horowitz
&
Maggie Haberman
,
NYT
Fearing Russian Bear, Sweden Inches Toward NATO
Reid Standish
,
Foreign Policy
The U.S. Cannot Go It Alone in Asia
Hitoki Den
,
Japan Times
Putin For Life
Paul Roderick Gregory
,
Forbes
China-Taiwan Relations Now
Eleanor Albert
,
Council on Foreign Relations
New Deal Aims to Forget Greece, Not Forgive It
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
Are Gazprom's Halcyon Days Over?
Judy Dempsey
et al,
Carnegie Europe
Are Trade Deals Good For Anything?
Gene Grossman
,
Harvard Business Review
Dick Cheney: Forgetting the Lessons of 9/11
American Enterprise Institute
The Geopolitics of Holy Sites in the Middle East
Stratfor
Friday, May 27
America's Doomed China Strategy
Ted Galen Carpenter
,
National Interest
How Russia Engineers Its New Patriotism
Samuel Bendett
,
RealClearWorld
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Moral Necessity
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
Roosevelt's Words Echo as Obama Heads to Hiroshima
Carl Cannon
,
RealClearPolitics
Our Absurd Debates About Hiroshima
Jeffrey Lewis
,
Foreign Policy
Putin Is the Loser in Prisoner Swap With Ukraine
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
GI Defector's Sons Now Star for North Korea
Anna Fifield
,
Washington Post
What Is North Korea's Place in South's New Nationalism?
Andrei Lankov
,
NK News
The Desperate Plight of Petrostates
Michael Klare
,
TomDispatch
Austrians' Message: We Are Disgusted
Benjamin Cunningham
,
Slovak Spectator
ISIS Targets the Alawite Heartland - And Russia
Fabrice Balanche
,
Washington Institute
Will ISIS Turn Syria Into Another Afghanistan for Russia?
Micah Halpern
,
Observer
Americans Don't Want an Aggressive Foreign Policy
Daniel Larison
,
Amer Conservative
Stephen Harper's Lasting Legacy
Maclean's
A Very British Form of Corruption Towers Over London
Simon Jenkins
,
Guardian
Turkey's Era of Travails
Ian Lesser
,
German Marshall Fund
Saturday, May 28
NATO Prepares For War With Russia As If Inevitable
Monica Perosino
,
La Stampa
If the U.S. and China Go to War: The Battle of the Senkakus
Chen Pokong
,
Nat'l Int.
The Other Middle East Lobby
Kevin Sullivan
,
RealClearWorld
The Roman Way
Remi Brague
,
Spiked
On a Loneliness That Resembles Happiness
Svetlana Alexievich
,
New Republic
Why Obama Blinked on Rights in Vietnam
Shawn Crispin
,
The Diplomat
Obama Wins Respect in Hiroshima
Jake Adelstein
&
Mari Yamamoto
,
Daily Beast
Why Trump Is a Bigger Hawk Than Clinton
Zack Beauchamp
,
Vox
What Is German?
Anna Sauerbrey
,
New York Times
What About Nagasaki?
Matt Vasilogambros
,
The Atlantic
Japan's Military
Isabel Reynolds
,
Bloomberg View
The Secret American Life of Kim Jong Un's Aunt
Anna Fifield
,
Washington Post
China's Pakistani Outpost
Brahma Chellaney
,
Project Syndicate
Fallujah, Again
Economist
Sunday, May 29
Russia's Long Road to the Middle East
Yaroslav Trofimov
,
Wall Street Journal
Putin: Romania, Poland May Be in Russia's Cross-Hairs
Denis Dyomkin
,
Reuters
Britain's Secret Mideast Wars
Rori Donaghy
,
The Independent
Iran-Led Push to Retake Fallujah From ISIS Worries U.S.
Tim Arango
,
NY Times
The Hiroshima Bombing Was Right and Necessary
David French
,
National Review
Venezuela Goes from Bad to Catastrophe
Ian Bremmer
,
Time
The Brazilian Coup's Image Problem
Gianpaolo Baiocchi
,
Boston Review
This Woman May Be Erdogan's Biggest Threat
Sukru Kucuksahin
,
Al-Monitor
Obama Displays Rare Moment of Realism
Charles Krauthammer
,
National Post
Austria Just the Beginning of a More Polarized World
Alex Gorlach
,
Huffington Post
Africa Is Sitting on a Ticking Time Bomb: Eurobond Debt
Trevor Hambayi
,
Quartz
Why Iran Encourages Holocaust Denial
Reuel Marc Gerecht
&
Ray Takeyh
,
Wash Post
White House Blocks Transfer of Cluster Bombs to Saudi Arabia
John Hudson
,
FP