Week of May 8, 2017 Archives

RealClearWorld Morning Edition

Monday, May 8
China Is Bent on World Domination, But Not in the Way You Think
Fred Hiatt, WP
What Is Your State's China Strategy?
Mercy Kuo, RealClearWorld
How Trump Gave China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Scheme a Boost
Cary Huang, SCMP
France Has Its Napoleon IV
James Traub, Foreign Policy
If Europe Doesn't Change, This Is Only a Reprieve
Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian
France's Youngest Ever President Sweeps the Old Guard Aside
Bernd Riegert, DW
The Third Party of France: The Abstainers
Jonathan Miller, The Spectator
Tillerson Defines 'America First'
Paul Saunders, National Interest
Rex Tillerson Doesn't Understand America
Eliot Cohen, The Atlantic
Shinzo Abe’s Wager on Weaning Japan Off Pacifism
Leo Lewis, Financial Times
In Venezuela Chaos, Elites Play High-Stakes Game for Survival
Taub & Fisher, NYT
Trump Goes to Riyadh
Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor
What Does Marine Le Pen Do Now?
James Reynolds, BBC News
How Marine Le Pen Lost French Election, But Still Won
Daniel Solomon, Forward
In War-Torn Yemen, a Red Sea Port Becomes Key
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times
Escalating Threats to Secularism in Bangladesh
Jeff Kingston, Japan Times
Hillary, Obama Should Take a Lesson From Stephen Harper
Rex Murphy, Nat'l Post
U.S.-China: Welcome to Chinafornia | Trump Pushing Europe East | More
Tuesday, May 9
Is France's Political Crisis Just Beginning?
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
24 Big Issues America's Elites Completely Ignore
Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch
What Theresa May Has Learned From Margaret Thatcher
Sebastian Payne, FT
From Macron to Renzi: The Center Fights Back
Mike Rann, Lowy Institute
With Le Pen Defeat, Europe’s Far-Right Surge Stalls
M. Birnbaum & A. Faiola, WaPo
What Comes Next For France?
Adriano Bosoni, Stratfor
Macron's Win in Context
Jonathan Fenby, Foreign Affairs
Why Russia Won't Cave to Western Demands
Vladimir Frolov, Moscow Times
Could the Arctic Thaw U.S.-Russia Relations?
Blake Franko, RealClearWorld
The Decline of South Africa's Geostrategic Relevance
Saliem Fakir, Daily Maverick
Why U.S. Must Strengthen Immigration Policy Toward Cuba
Ana Quintana, Heritage
North Korea’s Mysterious New Islands
Damen Cook, The Diplomat
Syria Needs to Be Partitioned
Carol Choksy & Jamsheed Choksy, Yale Global
Why Rouhani Is Winning Iran's Foreign Policy Debate
Hassan Ahmadian, Al-Monitor
An Imperial Sheep Chase in Inner Mongolia
Sakura Christmas, China Dialogue
50 Years of ASEAN: ‘A’ Is for Angst
Graeme Dobell, The Strategist
Israel is Not a Western Country, and Never Has Been
Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post
Poland’s Populists Draw Protests and Polling Drop
Emmet Livingstone, Politico EU
Wednesday, May 10
Trump, Comey, Russia, a Nightmare
Benjamin Wittes & Susan Hennessey, Lawfare
Places Where Democracy Really Does Die in Darkness
B. Weingarten, City Journal
The Comey Firing
Jonah Goldberg, National Review
America, This Is Not a Drill
David Frum, The Atlantic
The West’s Civil War
Nicholas Grossman, Arc
Young Koreans Are Winning Their Generational War
Troy Stangarone, Foreign Policy
The Main Policy Pledges of South Korea's New Leader
C Kim & J Chung, Japan Times
The Best-Laid Plans of Saudi Arabia and Russia
Jacob Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
Brussels’ Brexit Strategy: Leak Early, Leak Often
David Herszenhorn, Politico EU
The Remain Delusion: There Is No '48 Percent'
George Eaton, New Statesman
Matteo Renzi, Comeback Kid
Mark Gilbert, World Politics Review
Let's Get Real About Pacifism
Lauryn Oates, Huffington Post
AQAP Leader Calls For ‘Simple’ Attacks in the West
T. Joscelyn, Long War Journal
The Fierce Competition Between US, China, and Everyone Else
J Pinkerton, Breitbart
China's Belt-and-Road Express Runs Into Bumps
Economist
China's Big Play for Middle East Oil
Robin Mills, Bloomberg View
Thursday, May 11
Trump-Russia Imbroglio Eats the U.S. From Inside
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloom. View
Germany’s Strategic Frivolousness
Leon Mangasarian & Jan Techau, Handelsblatt
South Korea Defects?
Gordon Chang, Daily Beast
24 Crazy Hours of Russia-Trump
Alex Ward, Vox
Comey Was a National Embarrassment
Sean Hannity, Fox News
The Authoritarian Next Door
Stephen Marche, The Walrus
How to Know if the Trump-Russia Story Has Momentum
Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
Trump’s Uncontrolled Foreign Policy
Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review
Socialism and Nationalism on the Danube
Owen Hatherley, Places Journal
Macron's First 50 Days
Philippe Le Corre, Brookings Institution
Emmanuel Macron’s EU Honeymoon: Nice While It Lasted
David Herszenhorn, Pol. EU
How the Kremlin Turned Macron Against Russia
Ola Cichowlas, Moscow Times
Advice for South Korea's New President
Chung Duck-koo, JoongAng Daily
Moon’s South Korean Ostpolitik
Yoon Young-Kwan, Project Syndicate
Despite Heavy Losses, ISIS Structures Remain Resilient
Hassan Hassan, National
American Universities Are Welcoming China’s Trojan Horse
Rachelle Peterson, FP
Friday, May 12
How U.S. Messed Up Bosnia, NATO, and Its Foreign Policy
Ted Galen Carpenter, TNI
Trump Administration Hails U.S.-China Trade Deal
Shawn Donnan & Tom Mitchell, FT
How to Revive TTIP
Anthony Gardner, Politico EU
The NBA's Outsize Impact on China
Ford Carson, RealClearWorld
The Annexation of Crimea Isn't Going as Planned
Lily Hyde, Foreign Policy
Vladimir Putin’s Ambitions For Russia Are Frozen
L. Todd Wood, Washington Times
Trump Will Love the Likely Next Czech Prime Minister
Emily Tamkin, Foreign Policy
From Czechia With Love
Chris Yurko, RealClearDefense
Fight Over Soros University Shows U.S. Power Vacuum in Europe
M. Gonzalez, DS
This Is Britain's Worst Election in 50 Years
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
Leaked Labour Manifesto a Cornucopia of Delights
Polly Toynbee, Guardian
Those Smiling Images of Trump and the Russians
Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
The Future of Iran’s Militant Proxies in Iraq
M. Eisenstadt & M. Knights, War on the Rocks
Arabs Still a Long Way From Accepting Israel
P. David Hornik, PJ Media
Trump Should Ignore the New York Times on This One
Noah Rothman, Commentary
Saturday, May 13
The Return of Marco Polo's World
Robert Kaplan, Center for a New American Security
Is the Sun Setting on the U.S. Imperium?
Ramesh Thakur, Japan Times
Germany Holds the Key to Europe’s Future
Andrew Michta, The American Interest
A Most Welcome Sino-U.S. Trade Deal, But Much To Do
Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Trump's 10-Point Trade Plan for China
Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic
The U.S. and Turkey Debate Approach to ISIS
G. Friedman & J.Shapiro, Mauldin
Why Corbyn-Bashing Liberals Must Vote Corbyn
Joseph Harker, Guardian
What Grassley & Feinstein said about Trump, FBI, & Russia
Byron York, DC Examiner
Election Hacking: A False Russian Flag in France?
George Beebe, National Interest
Working With Macron: Views From Europe's Capitals
ECFR
Le Pen's Loss Is Still Putin's Win
Natalia Antonova, Politico EU
Detente With Russia Is Back
Patrick Smith, Fiscal Times
Sunday, May 14
Vladimir Putin Is No Geopolitical Genius
Carl Bildt, Washington Post
The U.S. and Turkey Are on a Collision Course in Syria
Colin Kahl, Foreign Policy
Why Arming the Kurds Is Worth Angering the Turks
Michael J. Totten, The Tower
Vision of a Closer Europe Is retreating to the Core
Tony Barber, Financial Times
Whistling Past the Geopolitical Graveyard
Nouriel Roubini, Project Syndicate
Are Hezbollah, Israel Heading for a Third War?
Nour Samaha, Al-Monitor
Trump Makes a Decent Deal With China
Christopher Balding, Bloomberg View
Trump Should Access Hollywood to Gain Leverage Over China
Ben Domenech, TNI
Portugal Ends 49-Year Losing Streak at Eurovision
Patrick Freyne, Irish Times
Who's Killing Women Tourists in Panama?
Jeremy Kryt, The Daily Beast
The Lib Dem Election Strategy Isn’t Working
Andrew Grice, The Independent
Germany’s Road to Global Leadership Passes Through Africa
Lynsey Chutel, Quartz
Merkel Hopes to Consolidate Gains in Big State Election
Alison Smale, NY Times
When Cambodia Burns
Alex Consiglio, The Diplomat
For Guatemalan Migrants, Life Without Papers Is Pricey
Francisco Rodríguez, MH
In Canada's Odd Cultural Appropriation Debate, the Mob Wins
Jon Kay, Nat'l Post
White Canadian Editors Really Love Cultural Appropriation
Sarah Hagi, Vice
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