Week of August 1, 2016 Archives
RealClearWorld
Evening
Edition
Monday, August 1
Infertile Crescent: The Middle East Is Baking
The Economist
Latin America's Radical Left Unravels
Fabio Rafael Fiallo
,
RealClearWorld
Assange, Trump & Putin: A Troika for Our Insane Era
Michael Weiss
,
Daily Beast
How Trump Adviser Manafort Wielded Power in Ukraine
Myers
&
Kramer
,
NYT
Why Political Purges Are Often Necessary
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
The Coup That Still Haunts Erdogan
Ishaan Tharoor
,
Washington Post
Learning from Labour's Heartlands
Stephen Bush
,
New Statesman
May's Stance on China Is Bad News for England's North
Brian Groom
,
FT
Benjamin Netanyahu for Hillary
Jeff Barak
,
Jerusalem Post
Why I’m Leaving My Beloved Istanbul
Louis Fishman
,
Observer
Tuesday, August 2
The Real Reason Washington Calls Putin a Thug
Peter Van Buren
,
Reuters
How Israel Plays Syria’s Civil War
Neri Zilber
,
The Daily Beast
Abbas Sues History. Not a Parody.
Jonathan Tobin
,
Commentary
The West’s Decline Would Hurt China Too
Minxin Pei
,
Project Syndicate
Britain Has to Learn to Live With China
John McTernan
,
Daily Telegraph
After Massive Purge, What’s Next for Turkish Armed Forces?
Metin Gurcan
,
ALM
Turkey’s Fractured State
Halil Karaveli
,
New York Times
Italy's Disastrously Incoherent Foreign Policy
Francesco Galietti
,
National Interest
The Slow Decay of the Taj Mahal
Heenay Patel
,
The Diplomat
Wednesday, August 3
Why Trump’s Crimea Gaffe Matters
John Schindler
,
Observer
Would Russian Meddling in Election Really Be a Shock?
Herbert Lin
,
Newsweek
How ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers
Rukmini Callimachi
,
New York Times
Europeans Must Choose Between Disparate Visions
Sholto Byrnes
,
The National
Amid Western Turmoil, It’s Canada’s Moment to Seize
John McArthur
,
Toronto Star
Blaming Singapore Will Not Solve Malaysia’s Problems
Walter Russell Mead
,
TAI
China's Trouble With Bubbles
Tom Orlik
,
Bloomberg View
Brexit Means Brexit? Not for Cornwall
Ben Chu
,
The Independent
Thursday, August 4
Russia Will Do Whatever It Wants in Rio
Peter Berlin
,
Politico EU
Brazil's Olympic-Sized Political Headache
Marian Blasberg
&
Jens Gluesing
,
Spiegel
Poland Tilts Right and Away from the Rule of Law
Judy Dempsey
,
Washington Post
Syria's Civil War Is a Post-Factual Conflict
James Denselow
,
Al Jazeera
Syria’s New Warlords Are Invested in Endless War
Paul Wood
,
The Spectator
France’s Real State of Emergency
Ramzi Kassem
,
New York Times
Israel’s ‘Fascist’ Defense Minister Is a Pragmatist
Neri Zilber
,
Foreign Policy
Nothing Happens in Russia Without Connections
Andrei Babitsky
,
Moscow Times
How Barcelona Is Taking City Streets Back from Cars
David Roberts
,
Vox
Friday, August 5
Obama Will Never Give up on Iran
Max Boot
,
Commentary
Libya, Not Syria, Is the Front Line Against ISIS
Andrew Hammond
,
Independent
The False Narrative of U.S. "Withdrawal" from the World
Dan Larison
,
AmCon Mag
Trump Finds a Russian Policy He Won’t Defend
Max Fisher
,
New York Times
How IOC Ruthlessly Protects the Olympics Brand
Dev Saif Gangjee
,
New Republic
How Erdogan Hopes to Erase Ataturk's Turkey
Rose Asani
,
The Spectator
An Uphill Climb for Nepal's Prachanda
Kamal Dev Bhattarai
,
The Diplomat
Science, History Align to Hint at China’s Founding Legend
Te-Ping Chen
, WSJ