Week of May 15, 2017 Archives

RealClearWorld Morning Edition

Monday, May 15
The United States Is Losing Asia to China
Ely Ratner & Samir Kumar, Foreign Policy
Xi Positions China at Center of New Economic Order
J. Perlez & K. Bradsher, NYT
China and Africa: Changing the Narrative in 2017
Aubrey Hruby, RealClearWorld
Who Loves EU, Baby
Economist
Sorry, But Putin’s Still Winning
Christian Caryl, Washington Post
Tories Target Blair Country
Tom McTague, Politico EU
Can Macron's Charisma Heal France and Europe?
Julia Amalia Heyer, Der Spiegel
Macron Is Not Committed to the EU in Its Current Form
Susi Dennison, ECFR
Germany Must Appease Macron or Hand France to Le Pen
Paul Gillespie, Irish Times
Trump's Troubling South China Sea Policy
Mark Valencia, Japan Times
New Allies for a New World
Stephen Kinzer, Boston Globe
Turkey’s Authoritarian Legacy
Halil Karaveli, Cairo Review
Who in His Cabinet Can Trudeau Actually Trust?
Andrew MacDougall, Ottawa Citizen
Why Africa Should Go Cashless
Carl Manlan, Project Syndicate
As Lake Chad Turns to Sand
Sarah Stacke & Jane Hahn, National Geographic
How Kate, William, and Harry Became UK’s Reality Show
Freddy Gray, Spectator
Tuesday, May 16
Initial Thoughts on the Post's Trump/Russia Story
Jack Goldsmith et al., Lawfare
Trump, Russia, and the Breathless Media
Charlie Martin, PJ Media
Trump, Erdogan, and How Democracies Die
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Can Rouhani Pull Off a Win in Iran?
Saeid Golkar & Dina Smeltz, RealClearWorld
Cyberattacks: Breaking Into a Broken System
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Why Russia Can’t Be America’s Ally
George Barros, Providence Mag
Stop Treating Putin Like a Supervillain
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, The Week
Why India Steers Clear of China's Big Summit
Srikanth Kondapalli, Indian Express
China's New 'Silk Road' Is About Its National-Security Agenda
James Carafano, TNI
U.S.-Pakistan: The Refracted Relationship
Munir Akram, Dawn
We’re Edging Closer to Nuclear War
Milo Beckman, FiveThirtyEight
Donald Trump Killed the 'Indispensable Nation.' Good!
Jeet Heer, New Republic
America Should Remain the ‘Indispensable Nation’
David French, National Review
France’s Europhile-in-Chief About to Meet a Berlin Wall
Paul Hockenos, Foreign Policy
Germany and France: Ready to Boogie?
Derek Scally, Berlin Policy Journal
This Doctor Saved 1,000 ISIS Slaves
Emily Feldman, Daily Beast
North Korea’s Consistently Apocalyptic Propagandists
Hannah Beech, New Yorker
The Carnage in Mali While Trudeau Delays
Paul Wells, Maclean's
Wednesday, May 17
Will Venezuela's Government Survive 2017?
Allison Fedirka, Geopolitical Futures
Macron and the Uprooting of France
Matthew Del Santo, Lowy Institute
The World Is Getting Hacked. Can't We Stop It?
Zeynep Tufekci, New York Times
Brexit Britain Should Root for a Merkel Landslide
William Cook, Spectator
Brexit Has Unified Germans: They Want Britain to Pay
Jeremy Cliffe, New Statesman
The World Is More Stable Than the News Suggests
Economist
Secrets of Paradise: Violence Mars Caribbean Life
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald
Intelligence Lapses and the Media's Double Standards
Andrew McCarthy, Nat'l Review
Trump Is Russia's Useful Fool, and He Just Proved It
Michael Hayden, Wash. Post
Is the American Military Suffering From Myopia in Asia?
Grant Newsham, Asia Times
Japan's Military: Fighting History
Isabel Hardman, Bloomberg View
Japan Risks Isolation in the Asia-Pacific
Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Straits Times
ASEAN Summit's China Tilt Portends New World Order
June Teufel Dreyer, Yale Global
China's Stake in the Kashmir Dispute
Fahad Shah, The Diplomat
Poland’s WWII Museum Under Political Bombardment
Claudia Ciobanu, Politico EU
Labour's Manifesto Is a Template For the Struggling Left
Owen Jones, Guardian
State Ownership Is Not the Answer
Alex Brummer, Daily Mail
A Murderous History of Korea
Bruce Cumings, London Review of Books
Thursday, May 18
Searching for Beijing in the Old Borscht Belt
Kevin Sullivan, RealClearWorld
A China Policy That Works—For America
Gordon Chang, Strategika
Is America Losing to China in a New Great Game?
Noah Millman, The Week
Trump Drawn Into Saudi Game of Thrones
Kenneth Vogel & Theodoric Meyer, Politico
Why Ukraine Said 'Nyet' to Russian Social Networks
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloom. View
Trump's Trip: A Test of Our Nerves
Richard Haass, USA Today
Let's Celebrate Our Foreign Policy Success in Colombia
Peter Schechter, RCWorld
What's the Point of Donald Trump's Afghan Surge?
Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
Trump’s Islam Speech Is a Big Mistake
Daniel Larison, American Conservative
Barghouti Forcing Israel to Decide Between Bad and Worse
Avi Issacharoff, TOI
Eurovision Tells Everything About the State of Europe
Kathy Sheridan, Irish Times
Why Do Iranians Even Bother Voting?
Shervin Malekzadeh, The Atlantic
What's Wrong With Germany's Green Party
Annett Meiritz, Der Spiegel
Greece: Between Deterrence and Integration
Daniel Howden, Refugees Deeply
Will China, India Lead Next Wave of Globalization?
Tourangbam & Amin, Diplomat
Why Murder in Mexico Is Rising Again
Economist
Friday, May 19
How the World Can Help Venezuelans Save Their Democracy
Frida Ghitis, WPReview
A Momentous Week for the Iran Nuclear Deal
Anthony Blinken et al., Politico
The U.S. Must Respond to Turkey’s Attack on Washington
Tom Rogan, Nat'l Review
Yet Again, a Presidential Corruption Scandal Hits Brazil
Emily Tamkin, Foreign Policy
The Toothlessness of the United Nations
Volker Stanzel, Out of Order
How Russia Weaponized Social Media in Crimea
Michael Holloway, The Strategy Bridge
A Jihadi Cloud Gathers Over Chechnya
Kamran Bokhari, Geopolitical Futures
Russia, Populism, and Democracy's Challenges
Condoleezza Rice & Tom Bevan, RCP
Why North Korea Can Unite Russia and Japan
Dmitry Streltsov, Moscow Times
Is Turkmenistan's Government in a Panic?
EurasiaNet
Dear Britain: Europe Has Moved On
Caroline De Gruyter, ECFR
What's Next for Macedonia?
Balkanist
Is Mexico World's Second-Deadliest Conflict Zone? Probably Not
B. Phillips, WaPo
What Would Canada Get for a U.N. Security Council Seat?
Aaron Wudrick, Nat'l Post
Burying the Thatcherite Dogma
George Eaton, New Statesman
It's Over With Thatcher and On With May For Tories
Paul Goodman, Conservative Home
Is It Finally Curtains for Greece's Debt Drama?
Johanna Treeck, Politico EU
How Should We Remember the Six Day War?
Alan Elsner, Jerusalem Post
Saturday, May 20
'WikiLeaks Will Always Be the Bad Boy'
Michael Sontheimer & Jorg Schindler, Der Spiegel
Meet France's New Prime Minister, the Clever Boxer
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany, FT
Macron Is Bad News For Britain's Borders
Chris Murray, Politico EU
How Kosovo Poisoned America's Relationship with Russia
Ted Galen Carpenter, TNI
Russia’s Cold War Habit
Vladislav Inozemtsev, Project Syndicate
The Opportunity Cost of Reading 'Das Kapital'
Kristian Niemietz, Acton
Lula's Corruption Case Could Return Him To The Presidency
J.P. Da Fonseca, Folha
Ukraine's Independence Is Key to U.S. Security and Stability
Victor Rud, Forbes
Scapegoating Iran Will Not Resolve Middle East Challenge
Shireen Hunter, LobeLog
‘People Here Think Trump Is a Laughingstock’
Susan Glasser, Politico
Russians Are Laughing at the U.S., Not Just at Trump
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloom. View
Trump Takes Aim at Extremism in Saudi Arabia
David Andrew Weinberg, FDD
Obama Admin Backed Off Syria For Russians' Sake
Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy
Sunday, May 21
Why Netanyahu Is Unimpressed by Trump
Haviv Rettig Gur, Times of Israel
The Worst-Case Scenario for Trump in Israel
Daniel Gordis, Bloomberg View
Conservatives Make Ground Across England’s Rust Belt
Matt Singh, Financial Times
Will Ukraine Ever Change?
Tim Judah, New York Review of Books
U.S. Sends Signal to Iran: Containment Is Back
Michael Weiss & Hassan Hassan, CNN
Rouhani’s Win Good News for Iran, Bad News for Trump
Robert Fisk, Independent
Venezuela Veers Back Toward Dictatorship
Mark Schneider, Washington Times
The U.S. Is Waging a Massive Shadow War in Africa
Nick Turse, Vice News
Can J-nomics Save South Korea’s Economy?
Lee Jong-Wha, Project Syndicate
Cubans Become Road Warriors of DC Diplomatic Corps
Mimi Whitefield, Miami H'ld
Zambia Quietly Drifting Toward Authoritarianism
Nic Cheeseman, Quartz
Can Egypt Find Its Anti-Sissi?
Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor
Macron’s 'Radical Centrism' Sure Looks Like Conservatism
James McAuley, WaPo
Viktor Orban’s (Big) Mouth
Lili Bayer, Politico EU
Montreal, You Look Good for 375
Konrad Yakabuski, Globe and Mail
On Cultural Appropriation, Canadians Are Hypocrites
Robert Jago, The Walrus
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