RealClearWorld May 15, 2026 Archives

RealClearWorld AM Update

Why Xi Invoked the Thucydides Trap

Aaron Maclean The Free Press

Trump’s China Trip Underscores How Power Has Shifted

Charlie Campbell Time

In Beijing, Trump Easily Holds the Winning Hand

Nick Snyder The Hill

Trump Needs a Deal, but Xi Needs It More

Francis Pike Spectator World

After the Ayatollah

Jason Greenblatt Tablet

The Value of the U.S. “Foreign Policy of Restraint”

Lora Karch Fair Observer

Israel’s ‘Abrahamic NATO’

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez Washington Examiner

Lebanon is Walking a Thin Line With Israel Talks

Faysal Itani and Dania Arayssi WOTR

Israel’s Election Season Could Become Its Ugliest Yet

Yaakov Katz Jerusalem Post

What UK & Hungary Elections Mean for U.S. Conservatives

Colin Dueck TNI

The Putsch To Oust Starmer Is Taking Shape

Bloom Blewett and Dawson Politico EU

Emperors Lost in Their Labyrinths

Karl Pfefferkorn Brussels Signal

Trump and Xi Score Own Wins From China Summit

John Feng Newsweek

China’s Economy Is Entering Another Quarter of K-Shaped Growth

Bloomberg

Iran War Threatens Gulf Investment Boom in Central Asia

James Durso OilPrice

RealClearWorld Podcasts

The Rise of Islam and the Radicalization of America

Tablet

When Two Superpowers Meet

Foreign Affairs