RealClearWorld August 18, 2026 Archives

RealClearWorld AM Update

‘Axis of Resistance’ Is Bloodied but Unbroken

Nabih Bulos Los Angeles Times

Iran’s Rulers Wary of More Economic Pain

Parisa Hafezi Reuters

Europe Is Unprepared for a U.S. Victory in Iran

Henry Olsen Brussels Signal

Failing Chinese Economy Is Becoming Dangerous

Charles Parton The Telegraph

How Alliances Survive

Kurt M. Campbell and Rush Doshi Foreign Affairs

How President Trump Can End the Korean War

Michael S. Kochin American Greatness

Russia’s Outdated Military Culture Is Losing

David Kirichenko The National Interest

Strikes Won’t Give Zelensky a Military Advantage

Bethany Elliott UnHerd

The Test of U.S.-China Ties Is in the Western Pacific

Hal Brands Bloomberg

Iran Needs an Insurgency

Michael Rubin Middle East Forum

Advocating Insurgency, Vilifying the Insurgents

Ali Safavi RealClearWorld

The Ceuta Crisis Isn’t Over

Jim Lawley Spectator

British Parties Refused to Challenge Farage

Matt Cookson RealClearWorld

Who Are Hamas’s Adversaries in Gaza?

Neville Teller Jerusalem Post

What's Wrong in Canada?

Jonathan Leaf Washington Free Beacon

RealClearWorld PM Update

A Race Between Two Clocks in Iran

Aaron Maclean The Free Press

Trump Torches Allies As Iran Exposes Limits of Hard Power

Zachary Basu Axios

Iran’s Bleak Future Under Economic Pressure

James Carafano 19FortyFive

Europe’s Regulatory Overreach Is a U.S. National Security Risk

Steven Bucci TDS

Macron Is an Embarrassment to France

Gavin Mortimer Spectator

A Chinese in Havana

Sasha Gong American Greatness

Did Castro’s Decades-Long Defiance Doom Cuba?

Arturo Lopez-Levy Res. Statecraft