Week of February 27, 2017 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, February 27
Surprise! Trump's Foreign Policy Turning Out OK
M. O'Hanlon
&
D. Gordon
,
Brookings
Le Pen Is Slowly Seducing Voters With France First Pitch
Konrad Yakabuski
,
G&M
Will Trump End the 'Total Disaster' in Afghanistan?
Javid Ahmad
,
National Interest
Reclusive Provocateur Geert Wilders Rises Before Dutch Vote
Alissa Rubin
,
NYT
How China Can Stop a Pandemic
Adam Minter
,
Bloomberg View
Martin Schulz Might Beat Merkel. But Can He Save Europe?
Josephine Huetlin
, DB
Sea Change Awaits Trump in Thailand
Benjamin Zawacki
,
Yale Global
What's the Matter With Sweden? Don't Ask Its Leaders
Tino Sanandaji
,
NRO
Trump and the Institutional Quandary
Christine Guluzian
,
RealClearWorld
The Deep State Comes to America
Steven A. Cook
,
Foreign Policy
China, Taiwan, and an Important Anniversary
Thomas Ward
,
Washington Times
What a Palestine-Jordan Confederation Might Look Like
Uri Savir
,
Al-Monitor
How Poor Countries Foot the Refugee Bill
Jorge Moreira da Silva
,
Project Syndicate
Japan's Senkaku Challenge
Brahma Chellaney
,
Japan Times
Islamic Liberalism: Real or False Hope?
Mustafa Akyol
&
Shadi Hamid
,
Cato Institute
The Writer Who Dreamed of a World Without Borders
Benjamin Ramm
,
BBC
Tuesday, February 28
Why Everybody Suddenly Has a Ukraine Plan
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
The Donbas Revolution Devours Its Children
Maxim Rust
,
New Eastern Europe
Putin Faces an Enemy of His Own Design in the Duma
Stratfor
A Safe Zone in Southern Syria: Jordan's Role
David Schenker
,
Washington Institute
Moscow Is Regaining Sway in the Balkans
Economist
Nemtsov's Night Watchmen
Eva Hartog
,
Moscow Times
Britain Is Now a One-Party State
Robert Colvile
,
Foreign Policy
Corbyn's Leftists Tighten Their Grip
Tom McTague
,
Politico EU
Brexit and the Fate of North Sea Fish
Paul McLean
,
Financial Times
Trump's Defense Budget: Money For Nothing
Fred Kaplan
,
Slate
A Significant Iranian Military Exercise
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
The Future of Palestinian Diplomacy in the Trump Era
Ido Zelkovitz
,
Jerusalem Post
Can Algeria's Fractured Islamists Retain Movement Appeal?
Vish Sakthivel
, WPR
Chinese Antibiotics Create Global Health Menace
Cyrille Pluyette
,
Worldcrunch
The Key to Military Innovation
Chuck Wald
&
Joe Mariani
,
US News & World Report
Selling Trump -- and Americans -- on Afghanistan
Josh Rogin
,
Washington Post
Wednesday, March 1
Political Winds Scatter Europe's Borderlands
Eugene Chausovsky
,
Stratfor
History's Lessons: The Zimmerman Telegram
Richard Hurowitz
,
Weekly Standard
North Korea Should Be Put Back on the Terrorist List
Bruce Klingner
,
Heritage
The Commission's 5 Scenarios for a Future EU
Florian Eder
et al,
Politico EU
Why Russia Is Returning to Afghanistan
Jeffrey Mankoff
,
World Politics Review
Debunking a Myth about Central Asia's Borders
Alexander Morrison
,
LobeLog
India's High Stakes in Kazakh Transition
Michael Tanchum
,
South Asia Monitor
India's Next Tryst With Destiny
Martin Wolf
,
Financial Times
Faragism Will Shape UK's Post-Brexit Future
Stephen Bush
,
New Statesman
Brexit Is About to Go From Mantra to Reality
Mark Gilbert
,
Bloomberg View
Northern Ireland Election: A Day of Anger or Apathy?
Ed. Curran
,
Belfast Telegraph
Losing a War One Bad Metaphor at a Time
William Astore
,
TomDispatch
How a Murder in Kansas Looks in Kolkata
Sandip Roy
,
New York Times
A Five-Story Story
Maxim Trudolyubov
,
The Russia File
Trump Needs to Make Strategic Military Investments
Lauren Fish
,
National Interest
The American Dream Has Moved to Canada
Scott Gilmore
,
Maclean's
Thursday, March 2
Why Geert Wilders Loses
Kaj Leers
,
RealClearWorld
How the Dutch Fell Out of Love With the EU
Rem Korteweg
,
Carnegie Europe
Interview With a Dutch Populist's Brother
Claus Hecking
,
Der Spiegel
Nationalism and Liberal Democracy
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
What Liberal World Order?
Mark Leonard
,
Project Syndicate
A Strategy for China's Imperial Overstretch
Daniel Blumenthal
,
The American Interest
Is Beijing Outflanking the U.S. in South China Sea?
Peter Apps
,
Reuters
Report: Sessions Didn't Disclose Russia Meetings
Entous
,
Nakashima
&
Miller
,
WaPo
What Trump Gets Right on Trade
Alan Tonelson
,
New York Times
Putin Learns the Hard Way: Crimean Crime Doesn't Pay
P. Dickinson
,
Atlantic Council
Liberia's Bold Experiment in School Reform
Economist
The KGB Spy Who Lived the American Dream
Brian Wheeler
,
BBC
To Kurdistan and Back: Iran's Forgotten Front
David Pollock
,
Fikra Forum
The Road to Power in Ukraine Runs Through Donald Trump
Webb
&
Standish
,
FP
The Sorry State of State
Julia Ioffe
,
The Atlantic
ARCHIVES: US and Europe 'Must Unite' Against Russia
Jeff Sessions
Friday, March 3
Russia Weakens, Japan Rises
Laurenz Gehrke
&
Allison Fedirka
,
Geopolitical Futures
The Sobering Prospect of a Second Scottish Referendum
Alex Massie
,
Spectator
Jeremy Corbyn: Irrelevance of Great Consequence
Philip Stephens
,
Financial Times
The New Tug-of-War in Macedonia: EU Vs. Russia
Andrew Rettman
,
EU Observer
Trump's Alpha Male Foreign Policy
Susan Glasser
,
Politico
Trump is Good News for Allies and World Peace
Peter Viggo Jakobsen
,
WOTR
Let's Settle the Russia Question Once and for All
Gary Hart
,
National Interest
Which Classic IR Book Best Describes Today's World?
Dan Drezner
,
Washington Post
How to Train a Ukrainian Soldier
Christopher Bobyn
,
The Walrus
South Korea's Political Storm Swirls
J. Berkshire Miller
,
World Politics Review
U.S. Foreign Policy Powers: Congress and the President
Jonathan Masters
,
CFR
Revenge of Obama's 'Former Officials'
Noah Rothman
,
Commentary
Did Sessions Meet With a Spymaster?
Michael Weiss
,
Daily Beast
Sergei Kislyak: Consummate Diplomat or Intel Mastermind?
M. Bodner
,
Mos. Times
A Warning From the Middle East
Stephen Kinzer
,
Boston Globe
To Annihilate ISIS, Trump Will Have to Cross Putin
Benny Avni
,
New York Post
Perez, Ellison and the Meaning of Antisemitism
Caroline Glick
,
Jerusalem Post
Sticking With the Complicated U.S.-Iran Relationship
Alireza Nader
,
The Cipher Brief
Saturday, March 4
Asia's Precarious Rise
Michael Auslin
,
Wall Street Journal
A German Debate Over Europe Is Long Overdue
Marcel Fratzscher
,
Financial Times
China May Have to Get off Sidelines in Middle East
Michael Clarke
,
Foreign Policy
Why Saudi King Salman Is in Asia
James Dorsey
,
South China Morning Post
Inside the Black Box of Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Michael Herzog
,
American Interest
How Shunned North Korea Could Grow Increasingly Dangerous
Doug Bandow
,
TNI
The End of a United Kingdom?
Stewart Patrick
,
Council on Foreign Relations
In Romania, Faith in Globalization Survives
Mircea Geoana
,
New York Times
Geert Wilders Doesn't Want to Govern
Justin Fox
,
Bloomberg View
Shiite Trio Competes for Power in Iraq
Ammar Alsawad
,
Al-Monitor
Correa's Ecuador 'Miracle' a Monumental Sham
Andres Oppenheimer
,
Miami Herald
After Brexit, Is Ireland Next to Go?
Ray Bassett
,
Globe and Mail
Russia Heats Up Its Infowar With the West
Ilan Berman
,
The Daily Beast
From Bad to Worse for Puerto Rico
Joseph Stiglitz
&
Martin Guzman
,
Project Syndicate
American Cocaine Use Is Way Up. This Might Be Why
Nick Miroff
,
Washington Post
Alexis Tsipras' €100 Billion Problem
Will Horner
,
Politico EU
Why Brussels Is Not the New Berlin
Katerina Gregos
,
The Art Newspaper
Sunday, March 5
Why Wilders Wins, No Matter What Happens
Rem Korteweg
,
Centre for European Reform
What Palmyra Tells Us About U.S. Policy in Syria
Hassan Hassan
,
The National
How Anti-Democratic Propaganda Is Taking Over the World
C. Walker
,
Politico
Trump Inherits Secret Cyberwar Against NK Missiles
D. Sanger
&
W. Broad
,
NYT
In Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein Surges
Helen Lewis
,
New Statesman
The U.S., Turkey, and the Kurds
Eric Czuleger
,
Geopolitical Futures
Out of Benefactors, Cuba Turns to Its Caribbean Neighbors
Robert Looney
,
WPR
A Primer for Europeans in Post-Brexit Britain
Wolfgang Munchau
,
Financial Times
This is Not What Putin Planned as He Cosied Up to Trump
Oliver Bullough
,
Guardian
Australia's Economy: Best in History?
Jessica Irvine
,
Sydney Morning Herald
How W.E.B. Dubois Wound Up in Ghana
Amy Yee
,
Daily Beast
Brexit Opponents Find Their Voice Again
Therese Raphael
,
Bloomberg View
Is Italy's Populist Five Star Movement Ready to Govern?
Economist