Week of August 28, 2017 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, August 28
North Korea's Impending Perfect Storm
Martin Seitz
,
Japan Times
Kushner’s Peace Push Is Going Nowhere -- and Israelis Love It
Benny Avni
,
TDB
Will Jordan, Palestinians Form Confederation?
Uri Savir
,
Al-Monitor
Ghosts of France’s Industrial Past Haunt Macron
H. Fouquet
&
Ania Nussbaum
,
BBW
Macron Must Stop Pandering to the Populists
Natalie Nougayrede
,
The Guardian
Why Every European Country Has a Trump or Sanders
Richard Drake
,
AmCon Mag
The Cold War and America’s Delusion of Victory
Odd Arne Westad
,
New York Times
U.S. and Russia Must Embrace Detente -- Despite Trump
Katrina vanden Heuvel
, TNI
Trump Right to Go After Pakistan, But There Will Be a Cost
David Rothkopf
,
National
America and China’s Codependency Trap
Stephen Roach
,
Project Syndicate
Germany's Hard Line on Turkey Begins to Soften
P. Mueller
&
C. Schult
, Der
Spiegel
Post-Apartheid South Africa Is Failing the People It Liberated
Lynsey Chutel
,
Quartz
China Is Waging a Water War on India
Brahma Chellaney
,
Hindustan Times
Islamist Violence Now a Normal Part of European Life
Douglas Murray
,
The Spectator
How Acapulco Became Mexico’s Murder Capital
Joshua Partlow
,
Washington Post
China Is Trying to Give the Internet a Death Blow
James Palmer
,
Foreign Policy
Trudeau Muddles the Message to Asylum Seekers
Konrad Yakabuski
,
Globe and Mail
Tuesday, August 29
How to Get Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal
John Bolton
,
National Review
Socialism Set Fire to Venezuela's Oil Crisis
Julian Adorney
,
RealClearWorld
Mattis's Rebuke
Fred Kaplan
,
Slate
Tillerson's Comments Defy Anything We've Seen
Aaron Miller
&
Richard Sokolsky
,
CNN
What Trump Got Right About Foreign Policy
Stephen Walt
,
Foreign Policy
In North Korea, Perception Is Reality
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
Whatever Happened to East Africa's Oil Boom?
Luke Patey
,
African Arguments
NATO in Kyiv
Vitaly Portnikov
,
Euromaidan Press
Why Some Countries Prefer A Weak Currency
Rodolfo Terragno
,
Worldcrunch
Hurricane Harvey's Toll on Texas Energy
Stratfor
Russia Moves From War Budget to Election Budget
Ben Aris
,
Intellinews
The Truth About America’s Civil Religion
Gerald Russello
,
The American Conservative
Fascism, American Style
Paul Krugman, New York Times
Brexit Is Beginning to Look Like No Brexit
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
How CanLit Was Born
Brian Bethune
,
Maclean's
Understanding Africa’s ‘Leaders for Life’ Syndrome
Claire Felter
,
CFR
France's Macron, Seeking to Reshape Europe, Heads East
R. Lough
& L.
Kelly
,
Reuters
Wednesday, August 30
Zapad 2017: Rattling the West's Cage
Yuval Weber
,
RealClearWorld
Can Europe Stop a Venezuelan Civil War?
MEP
Dina Chararanzova
,
RealClearWorld
Is Trump Changing the Executive Branch Forever?
Wittes
&
Hennessey
,
Lawfare@FP
Trump Needs to Fully Staff the U.S. Government. Now.
Fred Kaplan
,
Slate
Trump’s Biggest North Korea Mistake Is Coming
Michael Auslin
,
Politico
North Korea and Nukes: Should Presidents Alone Decide?
Tom Nichols
,
USA Today
Now Boarding the Brexit Express to Frankfurt
Joe Miller
,
BBC
Looking For a New European Security Architecture
RealClearWorld
When Transgender Trumps Treachery
James Kirchick
,
New York Times
Trump's Business Record in Russia Is Humiliating, Not Scary
Leonid Bershidsky
, BV
A Consistent Effort by Russia For Leverage on Trump
Natasha Bertrand
,
Bus. Insider
Gone Gorka
Dan Drezner
,
Washington Post
Please, Theresa, Sack Boris Johnson
Owen Jones
,
Guardian
Britain's Brexit Charm Offensive Is Failing
Simon Marks
&
Giulia Paravicini
,
Politico EU
A Solution to Russia’s Standoff With the West?
Sandra Erwin
,
RealClearDefense
The Joe Arpaio Pardon Won’t Destroy Democracy
Jonathan Tobin
,
National Review
Cambodian Clampdown Yields a Deafening Silence
David Hutt
,
Asia Times
From Trial to Exile?: What's Next for Thailand’s Yingluck
Elliot Brennan
,
Lowy
Thursday, August 31
Why Germans Are So Ambivalent About Russia
Daniel Tost
,
Handelsblatt
Enemies Inside And Out: The Double Threat Facing The West
Renaud Girard
,
Figaro
Trump Is Right to Punish the Profiteers of Venezuela's Misery
Ana Quintana
, RC
W
Get South Korea and Japan Off the U.S. Defense Dole
Doug Bandow
,
National Interest
The North Korean Threat Beyond ICBMs
Graham Allison
,
The Atlantic
Are Think Tanks Doomed?
Dan Drezner
,
Politico
Hurricane Harvey: A Geopolitical Force of Nature
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
U.S. Ad Agency Boosts German Populists
Melanie Amann
,
Der Spiegel
Six Charts To Help Americans Understand Germany's Election
Anna Hazard
,
538
Crunch Time in Paris
Holger Schmieding
,
The Globalist
Erdogan Hastens His Executive Presidency
Metin Gurcan
,
Al-Monitor
Contractors, Not Troops, Will Save Afghanistan
Erik Prince
,
New York Times
Afghanistan and the War Against the West
Clifford May
,
Washington Times
Victory for Assad Looks to Be in the Cards
Martin Chulov
,
Guardian
Disaster in the Donbas Is Just One Spark Away
Sebastian Kurz
,
Politico EU
How Kazakhstan Could Help Prevent Nuclear War
Igor Ivanov
,
Moscow Times
How Britain & the World Mourned Diana, the ‘People’s Princess'
Jennifer Amur
,
WP
Hajj and Luxury: A Controversy Grows
Tom O'Connor
,
Newsweek
Friday, September 1
I Was a Mercenary. Trust Me: Erik Prince’s Plan Is Garbage.
Sean McFate
,
Politico
Supreme Court Cancels Kenya's Election
BBC
Global Media Discover 'Iranian Corridor to the Sea'
Seth Frantzman
,
Jerusalem Post
North Korea Tests Again: What Did Pyongyang Achieve?
Jonathan Pollack
,
Brookings
Firebrand Trump Strategizes ‘All Options’ DPRK Approach
Austin Bay
,
Observer
Why Keep State Department Special Envoys?
Krishnadev Calamur
,
The Atlantic
Russia War Plans Laid For Years
L. Todd Wood
,
Washington Times
Belarus Goes to 'War'
Kavitha Surana
,
Foreign Policy
Mueller Enlists the IRS For His Trump-Russia Investigation
Betsy Woodruff
,
D. Beast
Scandal Upstages Guatemala's Comedian Leader
Mac Margolis
,
Bloomberg View
L’Europe qui protège: Conceiving the next European Union
Mark Leonard
,
ECFR
Brexit Talks: 3 Rounds and a Gaping Divide
David Herszenhorn
&
Charlie Cooper
,
Pol. EU
Defying Trump, IAEA says Iran Honoring Nuclear Deal
Laura Rozen
,
Al-Monitor
‘Designating’ Antifa a Terrorist Organization Is a Bad Idea
Andrew McCarthy
,
NRO
Trump’s Big Decision in Syria
David Ignatius
,
Washington Post
Saturday, September 2
North Korea: The End of the Nuclear Taboo?
Franz-Stefan Gady
,
The Diplomat
The Merkel Interview: 'I Aim to Strengthen Democracy'
Brinkbaumer
&
Pfister
,
Spiegel
Erdogan Foes May Exploit His Weak Spot: Istanbul
Pinar Tremblay
,
Al-Monitor
Middle East Politics and Trump's Appeal
Daniel Marans
,
Huffington Post
Nazis and Hipsters
Mark Leonard
,
Project Syndicate
Spin, Lies and Social Media Obscure Crisis in Myanmar
David Mathieson
,
Asia Times
How Jeremy Corbyn Accidentally Saved the Union
Alex Massie
,
CapX
Time to Consider a Military Option on the Korean Peninsula
Conrad Black
,
LifeZette
How Merkel Reclaimed Immigration and Blunted Far-Right
Melissa Eddy
, NY
Times