Week of August 22, 2016 Archives
RealClearWorld
Evening
Edition
Monday, August 22
The Week Democracy Died
Yascha Mounk
,
Slate
Why Can’t We See We’re Living in a Golden Age?
Johan Norberg
,
The Spectator
What Follows Neoliberalism?
Martin Jacques
,
The Guardian
France Buries Its Head in the Sand on Burkinis
Konrad Yakabuski
,
Globe and Mail
Can Merkel Ban the Burka?
Christopher Caldwell
,
Weekly Standard
Is China Ready for a Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe?
Samuel Ramani
,
The Diplomat
Australia’s Tough Border Policies Are Necessary
Tom Switzer
,
Washington Post
Is Ehud Barak Plotting a Political Comeback?
Mazal Mualem
,
Al-Monitor
Can Thailand Really Hide a Rebellion?
Matt Wheeler
,
New York Times
RCAsia:
Jihad Returns to Pakistan
.
RCEurope:
What About Gibraltar
?
Tuesday, August 23
Italexit Would Make Brexit Look Like a Picnic
Desmond Lachman
,
Economics 21
Russia's Illusion of Influence in the Middle East
Kamran Bokhari
,
Geopolitical Futures
'Ransom' May Be Least of U.S. Concerns Over Payment to Iran
Aaron D. Miller
,
WSJ
A Gem of a Soccer Underdog That Explains Europe
Beppe Severgnini
,
New York Times
Let’s Be Clear: Syria's War Is a Chemical War
Sebastien Roblin
,
War Is Boring
Many Donors to Clinton Foundation Met With Her at State
S. Braun
&
E. Sullivan
,
AP
Romania Could Be EU's Next Tech-Startup Hub
Sarah Shearman
,
Quartz
Understanding a New Militancy in the Niger Delta
Adetula David
,
Ventures Africa
Wednesday, August 24
Trump and Clinton Have No Idea How to Deal With Putin
Matthew Rojansky
, FP
Trump’s Pro-ISIS Foreign Policy
Fawaz Gerges
,
Project Syndicate
Turkey’s Great Purge
Mustafa Akyol
,
New York Times
Repairing the U.S.-Turkish Alliance
Aaron Stein
,
War on the Rocks
Why Italy Is Prone to Devastating Earthquakes
Maria Gallucci
,
Mashable
Only Haitians Can Save Haiti
Joel Dreyfuss
,
Washington Post
Why I Created the Burkini
Aheda Zanetti
,
The Guardian
Canadians Giveth, the Taxman Taketh Away
John Robson
,
National Post
Looking Back at Obama's Foreign Policy
Michael McFaul
,
RCP Changing Lanes
Thursday, August 25
Why Turkey Went to War in Syria
Faysal Itani
,
Foreign Policy
Bad News for ISIS, Bad News for Turkey, Bad News for Kurds
Robert Fisk
,
Indy
Where Is the West’s Moral Compass?
Michael Young
,
The National
Might the Americas' Longest War Now End?
Nicholas Casey
,
New York Times
Norway Builds a Fence
Walter Russell Mead
, The
American Interest
Decline and Fall of the British Lobbying Empire
Tara Palmeri
&
Quentin Aries
,
Politico
Obama Faces a Judgment Day on Iran
Seth Lipsky
,
New York Sun
How Congo Is Linked to Hiroshima
Susan Williams
,
Talking Humanities
God, Stalin & Patriotism: Meet Russia's New Ed Chief
Eva Hartog
,
Moscow Times
RCAmericas:
Build a Wall? San Diego-Tijuana Has a Different Idea
Friday, August 26
Deprogramming the Jihadi
Mark Bourrie
,
National Post
Anne Frank Today Is a Syrian Girl
Nicholas Kristof
,
New York Times
Both Sides Are Wrong in the Burkini Wars
Maajid Nawaz
,
The Daily Beast
Colombia’s Gift to the World
Shlomo Ben-Ami
,
Project Syndicate
When Donald Met Nigel
David Francis
,
Foreign Policy
The Euro Has Destroyed the EU and Led Right to Brexit
Jeremy Warner
,
Telegraph
The Euro Is Not What's Holding Europe Back
John Tamny
,
RealClearMarkets
From Timbuktu to Grimsby, Heritage Is to Be Revered
Simon Jenkins
,
Guardian
The Band Making Canada Proud
Madelaine Drohan
,
1843 Magazine
RCEurope:
We 'Old' Immigrants Are Concerned About Who's Arriving