Week of August 21, 2017 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, August 21
No Clash of Civilizations, But a Crisis of Cultures
Scott Atran
,
The Guardian
On Road to Somewhere: The Divide Between Elites, Populists
David Goodhart
,
NRO
Terror Cell in Spain Was Planning a Much Larger-Scale Attack
Chas Danner
,
NY Mag
Playing Chicken With China
Graham Allison
,
Wall Street Journal
Global Seniors Flock to Canada’s 'Super Visa'
Douglas Todd
,
Vancouver Sun
How to Get Away With Murder in India
Ellen Barry
,
New York Times
India Still Haunted by Aftershocks of Partition
Michael Kugelman
,
National Interest
Ireland’s Story Doesn’t Make Sense Anymore
Fintan O'Toole
,
Irish Times
Would-Be Reformer Saakashvili Cast Out of Ukraine
Christian Esch
,
Der Spiegel
How Russia Treats Its Ukraine Veterans
Christopher Miller
,
The Atlantic
China’s African Knot
Felipe Cruvinel
,
The Diplomat
A Merkel Alliance With the Greens? It Could Happen
Birgit Jennen
,
Bloomberg BW
Iran Is Not About to Fall for Trump's Trap
Alex Vatanka
,
Foreign Policy
The Disturbing, Eugenics-Like Reality Unfolding in Iceland
Bonnie Rochman
,
Quartz
How Trump Is Enabling Famine
Jackson Diehl
,
Washington Post
Will Couillard Survive Wrath of Quebec Anglophones?
Konrad Yakabuski
,
Globe & Mail
In England, New Offshore Wind Farms Mean Jobs
Derrick Jackson
,
Boston Globe
Tuesday, August 22
America Is Out of Ideas in Afghanistan
Susan Glasser
,
Politico Magazine
Trump Lays Out a Winning Strategy for Afghanistan
Luke Coffey
,
Daily Signal
Afghanistan Is Trump's War Now
Andrew Bacevich
,
Los Angeles Times
Xi Jinping Has Assumed the Role of a Dictator
Robert Fulford
,
National Post
Bannon Will Make 2018 and 2020 a Referendum on China
Walter Russell Mead
,
WSJ
Steve Bannon’s 'Economic Nationalism' Is Total Nonsense
Matthew Yglesias
,
Vox
What We Still Don’t Know About ISIS' Foreign Fighters
Graeme Wood
,
The Atlantic
The Long Shadow of Al Andalus
James Badcock
,
Foreign Policy
Catalonia’s Fight for Independence Turns Nasty
Mark Nayler
,
The Spectator
Sierra Leone Disaster Was Caused by Neglect, Not Nature
Lansana Gberie
,
NY Times
Tokyo Needs Distance From Trump Train Wreck
William Pesek
,
Japan Times
Macron’s Hopes of Grand Euro Bargain Misplaced
Martin Sandbu
,
Financial Times
U.S. Can Look to Far East for Advice on Its Monuments
Thomas Shattuck
,
Wash Post
The Economic & Moral Case for Global Open Borders
George Eaton
,
New Statesman
Switch to Renewables Won't End Geopolitics of Energy
Meghan O'Sullivan
,
Bloomberg
The Rise and Rise and Rise of Israel’s Right-Wing Media
Miriam Berger
,
BuzzFeed
The Immense Challenge of the Northwest Passage
Margaret Wente
,
Globe and Mail
Wednesday, August 23
Is Africa's North Korea Finally Opening Up?
Hayley Elszasz
,
RealClearWorld
Trump Puts America First in Afghanistan
James Jay Carafano
,
The National Interest
The Conflict at the Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy
Robert Zoellick
,
Financial Times
Trump's Afghan Strategy Isn't to Win, But to Not Lose
David Ignatius
,
Washington Post
Germany Must Abandon Its Military Reluctance and Lead
Anne Applebaum
,
Spiegel
From Kabul to Baghdad, My Bird's-Eye View
Thomas Friedman
,
New York Times
Iran Extends Reach With Fight to Mediterranean
B. Mroue
&
Q. Abdul-Zahra
,
AP
Saudis Open Iraqi Border and Forge Ties to Counter Iran
Margherita Stancati
,
WSJ
Saudis Woo Persian-Speaking Sunnis in Central Asia
Hamidreza Azizi
,
Al-Monitor
Why India Should Buy Into Trump's Afghan Plan
Mihir Sharma
,
Bloomberg
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Limits of U.S. Influence
Chris Clary
,
War on the Rocks
What the West Got Wrong in Syria
Nikolaos van Dam
,
Foreign Policy
Trudeau Should Thank Trump for His Continued Popularity
Chantal Hebert
, The
Star
The Achilles Heel of Putin’s Regime
Anders Aslund
,
Project Syndicate
Putin’s Dangerous Game With North Korea
Anna Nemtsova
,
The Daily Beast
A Dose of Fiscal Reality for Scottish Nationalists
Alex Massie
,
The Spectator
Thursday, August 24
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Zapad 2017
Michael Kofman
,
War on the Rocks
Putin's Foreign Policy Non-Options
Pavel Baev
,
Jamestown Foundation
What a Korean Agreement May Look Like
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
If Nixon Went to China, Trump Can Talk to North Korea
Seigfried Hecker
,
Politico
India Feels the Heat From China's Belt and Road
Dhruva Jaishankar
,
Lowy Interpreter
Time Is Up on Rex Tillerson
Max Boot
,
Foreign Policy
Better Algorithms, Not Censorship, Will Protect Democracy
Eileen Donahoe
,
CFR
Canada's Long Literature of Fears of U.S. Invasion
Robert McGill
,
The Walrus
When Do We Leave Europe?
Ari Afilalo
,
Times of Israel
A New G-2: China and the EU?
Andrei Lungu
,
The Diplomat
Could Japan Sit Out a Conflict in Korea?
Grant Newsham
,
Asia Times
Kushner Chases Middle East Peace
Emily Jane Fox
,
Vanity Fair
Unusual History of Heligoland, 'Crown Jewel' of the North Sea
N. Ascherson
,
LRB
The Geopolitics of Crazy
John Feffer
,
LobeLog
Can Anything Stop Rural Decline?
Alana Semuels
,
The Atlantic
Trump’s Conservative Internationalism
Henry Nau
,
National Review
Trump Puts the Squeeze on China and Russia
Sean Keeley
,
The American Interest
History Will Not Be Kind to the Anti-Brexit Camp
The Commentator
Why Is Westeros Still Poor?
Adam Ozimek
,
Forbes
Friday, August 25
No Future: The Ultimate Algorithm of the Nuclear Age
Julian Cribb
,
Sydney Mor. Her.
The Uprising of the Global Middle Class
Moises Naim
,
The Atlantic
Shoddy Translations Are Increasing Nuclear Tensions
Ariane Tabatabai
,
The Bulletin
Has Netanyahu Defeated the Palestinians?
Daniel Levy
,
National Interest
Cutting Off Cairo
Michele Dunne
,
Carnegie Middle East Center
NATO's Black Sea Allies: Ripe for Russian Aggression?
Eugene Kogan
,
Balkan Insight
Piece by Piece, the Case for Brexit Falls Apart
Martin Kettle
,
Guardian
Will Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Split by 2020?
Shadi Hamid
&
Will McCants
,
Brookings
On Afghanistan, There's No Way Out
Bret Stephens
,
New York Times
The Nation-Building Straw Man
Elliott Abrams
,
Weekly Standard
Netanyahu Raises Alarm on Iran, Again
Ben Caspit
,
Al-Monitor
Why Europeans Slack Off in August
The Economist
North Korea: A Gift to Japan's Military Ambitions?
Erin Murphy
,
Raddington Report
The Old Western Disease
Jonah Goldberg
,
National Review
How to Handle Statues of Che and Robert E. Lee
Andres Oppenheimer
,
Miami Herald
Saturday, August 26
Making Kim Jong Un Sweat
Roger Cohen
,
New York Times
Turkey: In the Eye of the Storm
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
How Democracy Is Hijacked
John Shattuck
,
Boston Globe
Kidnapped by the Taliban
Dorothy Wickenden
,
New Yorker
What Still Unites Us?
Patrick Buchanan
,
The American Conservative
Vladimir Putin Threatens Belarus
Jed Babbin
,
Washington Times
What Russia Can Do for America
Conrad Black
,
National Interest
Myanmar’s Problem State
Tom Lambert
,
Chatham House
Sunday, August 27
The West Needs a Strategy
Andrew Michta
,
The American Interest
How Diana Saved the Queen
Jenni Russell
,
New York Times
Is Trump Gearing Up for a Trade War With China?
Irwin Stelzer
,
Weekly Standard
China Looks at Western Universities and Smells Weakness
Christopher Balding
,
FP
What Does Brexit Mean for Northern Ireland?
Jorg Schindler
,
Der Spiegel
The Day a Rapist Held India Hostage
Barkha Dutt
,
Washington Post
Bollywood Meets Nepali Nationalism
Peter Gill
,
The Diplomat
Russian Actions in Belarus Are Cause for Concern
Daniel Kochis
,
Daily Signal
Catalonia’s Terror Response Shows It's Ready for Independence
L. Stobart
,
Guardian
Koike Tests Possibilities and Perils of Populism in Japan
Jeff Kingston
,
Japan Times
Irish Nationalism Needs a Revolution
Fintan O'Toole
,
Irish Times
Glossing Africa
Namwali Serpell
,
New York Review of Books
Up All Night in the Most Expensive City on Earth
Chloe Buire
,
Even Magazine
Greece’s Island of the Absurd
David Patrikarakos
,
Politico EU
Ezra Levant’s Failed Bid to Change Canada
Jonathan Kay
,
The Walrus