RealClearWorld August 19, 2026 Archives

RealClearWorld AM Update

Iran’s Regional Ambitions Have Been Scaled Back

Aviva Klompas USA Today

Donald Trump Is Trapped in the Iran War

Robert E. Kelly 19FortyFive

Iran Rebuilds Its Ranks With the Old Guard

Efrat Lachter Fox News

Fired Defense Minister Demands Elections in Ukraine

Stern & Galouchka Wash. Post

Putin’s Bluster and Russian Incompetence

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon The Telegraph

U.S. Envoy: Israel's Strikes in Syria Risk Escalation

Amichai Stein Jerusalem Post

Turkey’s Bid for a Modern Ottoman Empire

Kassy Akiva The Daily Wire

Trump Has Handed a Gift to Kim Jong Un

Brad Lendon CNN

Hungary’s New Government is 'All in on NATO'

Logan C. West RealClearWorld

Moscow’s Former Colonies Are Done Taking Orders

Joseph Epstein Newsweek

How the Danish Migration Model Works

Antonio O'Mullony Brussels Signal

The Remarkable Longevity of Nigel Farage

Gareth Roberts Spectator

Will Trump Target Mexico Next?

Juan David Rojas UnHerd

Taliban Has Brought Afghanistan Near Collapse

Amin Saikal Asia Times

AI and the New Age of Bioweapons

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Foreign Affairs

RealClearWorld PM Update

Iran Has Lost Significant Control of the Strait of Hormuz

David Goldman CNN

Mecca Joint Defense Agreement

Nayef Sha'aban Geopolitical Monitor

Hamas Is Still the Spoiler in Gaza

Ariel Cohen The National Interest

Japan Is No Longer Asia’s Defensive Power

Ronny P. Sasmita Asia Times

Fedorov’s Wartime Election Call Unsettles Kyiv

Daria Zakharova Politico EU

Morocco Plays All Sides While Europe Kills Itself

Ricardo Chamorro Brussels Signal

Islamic Leaders See Ballot Box as Path to Paradise

Paul Sperry RCI