Week of August 8, 2016 Archives
RealClearWorld
Evening
Edition
Monday, August 8
Saudi Arabia's Moment of Truth in Yemen
Bruce Riedel
,
Al-Monitor
Paying Ransom to Iran
Lee Smith
,
Weekly Standard
Sending Cash to Iran Is Better Than Sending Troops
Noah Feldman
,
Bloomberg
America’s Dangerous Putin Panic
Ivan Krastev
,
New York Times
Putin Would Eat Trump’s Lunch
Jackson Diehl
,
Washington Post
Japan’s Monarch Takes On Imperialist Abe
Yamamoto
&
Adelstein
,
Daily Beast
China: Dragon or Chrysanthemum?
Daniel Twining
,
National Review
Tunisia’s Glorious Confusion
Christian Caryl
,
Foreign Policy
The Brexit Tourist Boom to Britain Is On
Tom Goodenough
,
The Spectator
Sweden May Have the Answer to America’s Gun Problem
Tom Heberlein
,
Vox
Tuesday, August 9
Guns of August: Fears of Full-Scale War Return in Ukraine
Chris Miller
,
RFE/RL
China Isn't a Threat to World Order
Zhu Feng
,
Bloomberg View
Emperor Akihito and Japan's National Identity Crisis
Max Fisher
,
New York Times
Will Obama Set Mideast Guidelines for Next President?
Uri Savir
,
Al-Monitor
The Brexit Wild Card? Ireland
William Booth
,
Washington Post
Europe From the Outside: Britain's View
Mark Leonard
,
ECFR
Emperor Modi Killed the Gandhi Dynasty
Kanchan Chandra
,
Foreign Policy
Will Kenya's Military React to Election Violence?
James Barnett
,
RealClearDefense
Inside Global Times: China’s Hawkish, Belligerent Tabloid
Zheping Huang
,
Quartz
Wednesday, August 10
Is Ukraine About to Blow?
Michael Weiss
&
Pierre Vaux
,
The Daily Beast
Putin Raises the Stakes in Crimea
Shaun Walker
,
The Guardian
What the West Struggles to Understand About Turkey
Ishaan Tharoor
,
Wash Post
The Global Democratic Recession
Gideon Rachman
,
Financial Times
El Chapo and the Secret History of the Heroin Crisis
Don Winslow
,
Esquire
Middle Class and Hungry in Venezuela
Carlos Hernandez
,
New York Times
Does China’s Silk Road Lead to Damascus?
Chris Solomon
,
Global Risk Insights
China Makes Its Latest Power Play in the East China Sea
Arthur Herman
,
NRO
Could Trump Happen in Canada? You’d Be Surprised
Tony Keller
,
Globe and Mail
Trade With China Is a Net Plus for Americans
Bryan Riley
,
RealClearPolicy
Thursday, August 11
How the Most Dangerous Place on Earth Got Safer
Sonia Nazario
,
New York Times
Putin Fans the Flames in Ukraine Once Again
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
Obama’s Failed Syrian Strategy
Konrad Yakabuski
,
Globe and Mail
South Africa Just Had Its Most Hopeful Elections Ever
Andrew Kenny
,
Spectator
South Africa Entering New Era of Permanent Coalition
Hassan Isilow
,
Anadolu
NATO Plays Cool as Russia, Turkey Grow Closer
Keith Johnson
&
John Hudson
,
FP
Ontario's Minister of Monopoly
Terence Corcoran
,
National Post
Is Trump Fit For an Intelligence Briefing?
John McLaughlin
,
Ozy
Hillary’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable
Greg Grandin
,
The Nation
Friday, August 12
Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart
Scott Anderson
,
New York Times
Where Did the Muslim Brotherhood Go Wrong?
Eric Trager
,
Cipher Brief
Kyiv Is Better Off Without Donbass
Alexander Motyl
,
Foreign Policy
Abenomics Won't Work. And That's OK.
Chen Zhao
,
Bloomberg View
No, Obama Was Not the 'Founder' of ISIS
Peter Bergen
,
CNN
Obama and the $400 Million Question
Carl Cannon
,
RealClearPolitics
What's Justin Trudeau's Anti-Terror Plan?
Chris Selley
,
National Post
Is "Modinomics" Working in India?
Bloomberg