RealClearWorld May 9, 2026 Archives

RealClearWorld AM Update

How the Strait of Hormuz Has Become a Weapon of War

Lee & Longley Bloomberg

The U.S. Blockade of Iran Is a Means, Not an End

Makovsky & Misztal TNI

America Has Lost the Will To Fight

Edward Luttwak UnHerd

Victory or Defeat, Iranian Old Regime's Fate is Sealed

Ronald Tiersky RCW

U.S. Intel Report on Iran’s New Supreme Leader

Cohen Bertrand & Sciutto CNN

America at 250: Museum or Nation?

James Thorne X

Two Wars That Show Russia is Falling Behind

Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon

No, Russia Isn’t Finished

Leonid Ragozin The American Conservative

The Most Significant Local Elections for a Generation

Tim Shipman Spectator

Britain’s Center Left Was Badly Bruised

Francois Valentin Persuasion

In Defense of Germany’s Merz

John Kampfner Politico EU

Many Labour MPs Are Blaming Starmer

Chris Mason & Iain Watson BBC News

Why Israel-UAE Ties Are Warming

Dov Zakheim The Hill

The New Age of Supply Chain Warfare

Richard Weitz The National Interest

Rare Earth Maps Are Being Redrawn to Include Greenland

Carl Popal RCW

War Against Iran Reinforces U.S. Hegemony

Sérvulo González & Fariza El País

China’s Grey-Zone Fleet Is Eroding Taiwan’s Control at Sea

Nathan Attrill ASPI

Why Oil-Rich Alberta May Secede From Canada

Tate Kaufman Reason