RealClearWorld January 30, 2026 Archives

RealClearWorld AM Update

Has Europe Broken the Trump Code?

Hal Brands Bloomberg

Brussels, Mercosur, and the Theatre of Control

Tobias Teuscher TEC

Russia: Six Lessons From Iran’s Uprising

Alexander Kolyandr CEPA

Why Iran’s Response to a US Attack Could Be Different

Amir Azimi BBC News

The Rightward Drift of Latin America

Matt Cookson RealClearWorld

Venezuela’s Zombie Transition Cannot Last

Paola Romero Law & Liberty

The Unsettling Implications of Xi’s Military Purge

Christopher Johnson Foreign Affairs

Why the U.S.’s “One China Policy” Is Fading Away

Paul Heer The National Interest

Xi’s Control of His Regime Is Looking Ever More Stalinist

Ying Yu Lin ASPI Strategist

Ankara’s Opportunistic ‘Hedging’ Strategy

Tim Chattell Chatham House

Is Saudi Arabia Drifting Away From the U.S.?

Ali Shihabi Newsweek

The Saudi-Emirati Divergence

H A Hellyer War on the Rocks

Pakistan’s Sharply Shrinking Economic Sovereignty

Vivek Y Kelkar Asia Times

Iraq Can't Shake off Iran’s Influence

Bridget Toomey The National Interest

Is Islamism Waning?

Mustafa Akyol Law & Liberty