RealClearWorld August 31, 2026 Archives

RealClearWorld AM Update

Iran Is Facing Its Soviet Moment and Possibly Its End

Joseph Epstein Newsweek

U.S. Signals Major Security Shift in the Middle East

Abdelrahim Shalaby RS

A Power Struggle in Iran

Mostafa Salem CNN

U.S. and Iran Have First Known Clashes in Weeks

Alex Horton et al. Washington Post

The Trump Administration Is Eroding the U.S. Military Edge

Michael Schiffer TNI

What is Driving Russia To Threaten the West

Yaroslav Trofimov Wall Street Journal

Why Ukraine Hasn’t Broken

Sebastian Junger The Free Press

Why CBC News Will Adjust Its 9/11 Language Guidance

Basem Boshra CBC

The End of Germany’s Fragile Recovery?

Hans van Leeuwen The Telegraph

Nordic Outsiders Remain Beyond Brussels’s Reach

Antonio O'Mullony Brussels Signal

The Road Through Damascus

Jesse Marks and Nicholas Lyall Foreign Affairs

The Key Lesson of the Global War on Terror

Brent D. Sadler The National Interest

9/11 is Becoming History, We Must Not Forget

Evan Fallor Fox News

‘Cuba Is Opening Up.’ Reforms Begin as U.S. Tightens Grip

Rick Jervis USA Today

Nigeria’s Insecurity Tests President's Reelection

Alexander Onukwue Semafor

RealClearWorld PM Update

Agentic America

Ross Calvin RealClearWorld

A Great Rebalancing Is Coming

Michael Pettis Foreign Affairs

One Month Later in Ceuta, Spain Faces a Decision

Rodrigo Ballester Brussels Signal

Putin Might Sense Weakness

Andrew Latham 19FortyFive

Saudi Press: Mecca Agreement Reflects Disappointment With U.S.

MEMRI

Regional Shifts: Mecca Agreement, & Israel-Greek Pact

Seth Frantzman JPost

Alaska Can Help End China’s Rare Earth Threat

Mike Dunleavy Fox News