RealClearWorld February 23, 2026 Archives

RealClearWorld AM Update

U.S. Diplomacy & the Lost European Mind

Ralph Schoellhammer Brussels Signal

The Tragedy of Great-Power Foreign Policy

Stacie E. Goddard Foreign Affairs

Donald Trump’s Iran Trap

Michael Doran Hudson Institute

The Coming Air and Missile War With Iran

Douglas Macgregor The Realist Review

Loyalty to IRGC May Not Be Worth the Cost

Jerusalem Post

Trump Is Accelerating American Decline

Alfred McCoy TomDispatch

Will Trump Choose Xi’s Favor or Taiwan’s Defense?

Daniel DePetris DC Examiner

The Erosion of Swiss Banking Reliability

Frank Salvato RealClearWorld

Does Anyone Know Why We’re Still Doing Tariffs?

Noah Smith Substack

Keep Calm, the Tariffs Are On

Oren Cass and Daniel Kishi Common Place

So Much for the Two-State Solution

Gary Rosenblatt Times of Israel

Huckabee’s Israel Comments Condemned by Arab Nations

Maia Davies BBC News

The Saudi Prince’s Wound

Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin Tablet

There's More at Stake Than Just Medals

Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon

Violence in Mexico After Cartel Leader Killed

Cristian Benavides et al. CBS News

RealClearWorld PM Update

Protesters Erupt Across Iran

Alex Croft The Independent

Merz Faces Restless CDU and Rising AfD

Zoltán Kottász The European Conservative

MAGA’s Approach to Europe Hasn’t Changed

Mark Leonard ECFR

As Iran Looms, Trump, Rubio Score Big Win in Caribbean

Steve Mollman Newsweek

China’s Consumption Problem

Erik Green & Olivia Parker IISS

Trump’s “Maritime Action Plan” Is Sound Policy

James Holmes The National Interest

After Leader's Death, What is the Future for His Cartel?

CBS News

RealClearWorld Podcasts

Is There an Endgame in Ukraine?

Foreign Affairs