Week of August 8, 2016 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, August 8
Russia’s Superior New Weapons
Robert Scales
,
Washington Post
How a U.S.-China War Could Play Out
Peter Apps
,
Reuters
Is Primacy Overrated?
Robert Kaplan
,
National Interest
Turkey's Model of Democracy
Thanassis Cambanis
,
Boston Globe
Why the Turkish-American Alliance Will Re-Emerge
George Friedman
,
Geo. Futures
The Politics of English Forgetfulness
Madeleine Bunting
,
Granta
A New Role for a Bold Britain
James Rogers
&
Philip Shetler-Jones
,
War on the Rocks
The Question Along UK-Ireland Border: What's Next?
Stephen Castle
,
New York Times
Xi Jinping: A Four-Year Report Card
Kerry Brown
,
Lowy Interpreter
Amid the Blame Game, Will South Africa's ANC Learn?
R. Munusamy
,
Daily Maverick
The UN Is Not Broken...Yet
Kevin Rudd
,
Guardian
How Edinburgh Became the King of Festivals
K.
Wardrop
& A.
Leask
, The
Conversation
Malawi's Tobacco Farming Addiction
Tobias Zick
,
Worldcrunch
President Trump and the Future of the West
Nicholas Vinocur
,
Politico EU
Kremlin Tightens Grip on Devastated Donbas
Alexander Motyl
,
World Affairs Journal
Tuesday, August 9
Why ISIS Fears Israel
Graham Allison
,
National Interest
Back to the 1850s? Putinism's New Historic Phase
Mark Galeotti
,
ECFR
Bahrain Slides Back
Ronald Neumann
,
The American Interest
Could Brexit Usher In a Second Dutch Golden Age?
Sean Braswell
,
Ozy
Britain's New Relationship With China Already Falters
Tania Branigan
,
Guardian
Thailand's Democracy Erodes
Karen Brooks
&
Eleanor Albert
,
Council on Foreign Relations
China the Great Neighborhood Bully
Peter Hartcher
,
Sydney Morning Herald
Trump: Terrible Salesman for Good Foreign Policy Ideas
Stephen Walt
,
Foreign Policy
Israel Is Shifting Toward Erdoganization
Uzi Baram
,
Haaretz
The Future of the Chrysanthemum Throne
Michael Auslin
,
Wall Street Journal
Hillary's Deadly Iran Deal
Shmuley Boteach
,
Jerusalem Post
The World Loves Refugees, When They're Olympians
Roger Cohen
,
New York Times
Why Couldn’t the Romans Hold and Conquer Scotland?
Alison Campsie
,
Scotsman
Russian Envy
Gregory Feifer
,
Foreign Affairs
U.S. Olympian Does What IOC Couldn't Do to Russia
Nico Hines
,
Daily Beast
Just a Reminder, USA, Your Team's Full of Drug Cheats Too
Piers Morgan
,
Daily Mail
Wednesday, August 10
The Problem With Europe Is the Euro
Joseph Stiglitz
,
Guardian
Europe's Path From De Gaulle to British Gaullists
Ronald Tiersky
,
RealClearWorld
For Turkey, Crisis Is Nothing New
Omar Lamrani
,
Stratfor
Don’t Celebrate ISIS Setbacks Too Soon
William McCants
,
Brookings Institution
Russia's Central Asian Worries Grow
Samuel Bendett
,
RealClearWorld
Why Clinton Wouldn’t Be a Foreign Policy Hawk
Jeremy Shapiro
&
Richard Sokolsky
,
Vox
Of Course Clinton Will Be Very Hawkish as President
Daniel Larison
,
Amer. Cons.
Aleppo: Is the Turnaround Sustainable for the Rebels?
Fabrice Balanche
,
Wash. Inst.
Rebels Break the Siege of Aleppo, But at a Cost
Economist
Zambia's Democracy Hovering on the Precipice
Danielle Resnick
,
The Conversation
Three Paths to European Disintegration
Philippe Legrain
,
Project Syndicate
Russia Is Schooling Obama at Every Turn
Tom Rogan
,
National Review
The Dems Embrace the Anti-Israel Left
Jonathan Tobin
,
Commentary
Europe's Wave of Migration Brought Too Many Men
Megan McArdle
,
Bloomberg View
How Angela Merkel Imperiled Europe's Future
Damon Linker
,
The Week
The Decline of One of World's Most Important Fisheries
Matt McGrath
,
BBC
Thursday, August 11
Obama's Worst Mistake
Nicholas Kristof
,
New York Times
Turkey-Russian Courtship Won't End in Marriage
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
Turkey Is No Longer a Reliable Ally
Steven Cook
&
Michael Koplow
,
Wall Street Journal
Syria's Future Will Be Determined in Ankara and Moscow
Robert Fisk
,
Independent
American Views of Our Military
David Craig
,
RealClearDefense
What Happened to Austria's Economy?
Dalia Marin
,
Bruegel
How the Army Replaced Hope in Russia
Mikhail Fishman
,
Moscow Times
Stop Demonizing Russia, It's Time for a Thaw
Tony Brenton
,
Telegraph
The Grinding Fight to Root Out ISIS in Battered Libya
Frederic Wehrey
,
New Yorker
Aleppo May Be Most Crucial Battle of Syria's Civil War
K. DeYoung
&
H. Naylor
,
WaPo
Will Egypt's Growing Ties With Israel Leave Palestinians Out?
A. Abu Amer
,
Al-Mon.
2084: A Global Islamic Dictatorship?
Martina Meister
,
Worldcrunch
There Are No Successful Black Nations
Chigozie Obioma
,
Foreign Policy
Like It or Not, Europe Has a Say Over Brexit
Jonathan Freedland
,
Guardian
Ukraine Contains Multitudes
Alex Weisler
,
Times of Israel
Mystery Man Hoping to Rule Croatia
Harry Cooper
&
Andrew MacDowall
,
Politico EU
A Realignment in Zambian Politics
Kevin Lees
,
Suffragio
Friday, August 12
What Exactly Is Going On In Ukraine?
Hannah Thoburn
,
Hudson Institute
Moscow, Potemkin Village
Lucian Kim
,
Berlin Policy Journal
Putin’s Latest Crimean Gambit
Adrian Karatnycky
,
Politico EU
Venezuela's Leaders Think Hunger Is a Game
Javier Corrales
,
Huffington Post
If Trotskyists Are on the March There’s Chaos Ahead
John Harris
,
Guardian
4 More Foreign Policy Challenges Clinton Could Botch
Patrick Smith
,
Fiscal Times
How Global Elites Foresake Their Countrymen
Peggy Noonan
,
Wall Street Journal
How to Bring U.S. Foreign Policy to Main Street
Sean Kay
&
Patrick Cronin
,
WOTR
The Horrifically Contemporary World of Hieronymus Bosch
Ulrike Knofel
,
Der Spiegel
What’s Worse: $400 Million to Iran or $4 Billion To Cuba?
H. Fontova
,
The Blaze
The Payment to Iran was Diplomacy at Its Finest
Allen Weiner
&
Duncan Pickard
,
WaPo
Get U.S. Nukes Out of Turkey
Steve Andreasen
,
Los Angeles Times
Palestinians Run Away From Peace
Ilan Evyatar
,
Jerusalem Post
Women in Hijabs Play Sports. Get Over It.
Shireen Ahmed
,
Daily Beast
Orders for U.S. Forces in Syria: "Don't Get Shot"
Eli Lake
,
Bloomberg View
Saturday, August 13
Russia, Ukraine and Threats
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
How Putin Creates Showstoppers
Maxim Trudolyubov
,
Kennan Institute
Taking Turkey Seriously
Carl Bildt
,
European Council on Foreign Relations
Cuba's Castros: No New Tricks for These Old Parrots
Carlos Alberto Montaner
, RC
W
Nation-States in the Digital World
Antonia Colibasanu
,
RealClearWorld
Russian Hacking Campaign Hits Republicans, Too
Elias Groll
,
Foreign Policy
How Labour's 'Fortress Scotland' Was Slighted
Julia Rampen
,
New Statesman
What Comes After ISIS Is the Real Challenge
David Petraeus
,
Washington Post
With So Many Foreign Backers, Nothing Is Changing in Syria
P. Cockburn
,
Ind.
How Obama Failed Women Raped in War
Akila Radhakrishnan
,
Time
What Trump’s Early Position on Iraq Would Have Meant for ISIS
A.D. Miller
,
WSJ
Putin Renews His Dangerous Game in Ukraine
Rob Garver
,
Fiscal Times
Anti-Semitism at the Olympics Is Completely Out Of Control
Bre Payton
,
Federalist
Stunning Images From a Town Liberated From ISIS
Hayes Brown
,
BuzzFeed
Sunday, August 14
ISIS and the Changing Face of London
Christopher Caldwell
,
Weekly Standard
The Democratic Party's Silence on Syria
Kim Ghattas
,
Foreign Policy
A Tale of Two Victories Against Assad’s Regime
Hassan Hassan
,
The National
Sharia Supremacism Is the Larger Mideast Threat
Andrew McCarthy
,
National Review
Trump's ISIS Comments Are Outrageous and Ignorant
Zack Beauchamp
,
Vox
What Is ‘Mayism’? New British PM Must Explain, and Fast
Anne McElvoy
,
Guardian
Soviet Lessons for 21st-Century Populism
Stephen Sestanovich
,
Wash Post
Putin’s Turkish Delight
Guy Verhofstadt
,
Project Syndicate
A Strong Ruble Doesn't Mean a Russian Recovery
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg
Aid & Attention Dwindling, Migrant Crisis Intensifies in Greece
Liz Alderman
,
NYT
ISIS Orders Its Franchises to Kill Christians
Philip Obaji, Jr.
,
The Daily Beast
Algeria Cracks Open the Door to U.S. Influence
Julian Pecquet
,
Al-Monitor
Brazil Beat the Zika Mosquito Once -- Can It Do It Again?
Alexandra Zavis
,
LAT
A Sri Lankan Wife Asks: Where Is My Husband?
Ananthi Sasitharan
,
Narratively