RealClearWorld May 12, 2026 Archives

RealClearWorld AM Update

This Trump-Xi Summit Will Actually Matter

Hal Brands Bloomberg

The Illusion of Chinese Strength

Sasha Gong American Greatness

China Is Squandering a Golden Opportunity

Shambaugh and Jackson Foreign Affairs

U.S. Must Open the Strait of Hormuz by Force

Mark Montgomery New York Post

In Double Trouble: Iran’s Oil Crisis

Mike Evans Jerusalem Post

How Central Asia Became Russia’s Quiet Economic Lifeline

Steven Hendrix RCW

Things Are Not Going So Well for Russia

Dimitar Bechev Aljazeera

Zelensky and Ukraine Are in a World of Trouble

Ted Snider The American Conservative

Merz’s Comeback Tour Descends Into Shambles

James Angelos Politico EU

Starmer Will Not Quit Without Leadership Challenge

Elgot and Crerar The Guaridan

Who Could Replace Starmer

Telegraph The Telegraph

Beijing Summit Preview Edition

Oren Cass and Daniel Kishi Common Place

Another Crack in the Tariff Wall

William Alan Reinsch CSIS

Red Diaper Tourism

Roger D. McGrath Chronicles

The Problem With Liberal Empire

Christopher Coyne Law & Liberty

RealClearWorld PM Update

Trump, Xi and the Iran Crisis

Tom O'Connor Newsweek

America’s Trump Card in China

Michael Sobolik Spectator World

Trump-Xi Summit Will Be No ‘Nixon in China’ Moment

Rana Mitter Asia Times

A Reality Check on the Chinese Economy

Melissa Chen X

The ‘Donroe’ Doctrine Comes Into Its Own

Martin Arostegui American Spectator

Ankara’s Crossroads

Ryan Gingeras War on the Rocks

How Lebanon Could Finally Leave Iran’s Orbit for Good

Khalid Al-Jaber TNI