Week of February 26, 2018 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, February 26
The Terror of Corbynism
Brendan O'Neill
,
Spectator
Corbyn Should Embrace Soft Brexit
Matthew d'Ancona
,
The Guardian
The China Model For Korean Unification
Ronald Tiersky
,
RealClearWorld
The Party Pushes for Xi's Power
Ben Blanchard
&
Michael Martina
,
Reuters
China Moves to Let President Xi Stay in Power
Chris Buckley
&
Keith Bradsher
, NY
Times
In Defense of Strategic Thinking
Thomas Bodine
,
RealClearWorld
How Iran's Rise Is Remaking the Middle East
Michael Axworthy
,
New Statesman
Iran Among the Ruins
Vali Nasr
,
Foreign Affairs
Bernie Sanders Missed Something About Denmark
John Reiniers
,
Wash. Examiner
This Is the Foreign Policy Canadians Deserve
David Mulroney
,
Globe and Mail
Shredding the Putin Playbook
Laura Rosenberger
&
Jamie Fly
,
Democracy Journal
How Fidesz Lost a Stronghold in a Rout
Eva Hartog
,
Hungarian Spectrum
Wake Up! Jeremy Corbyn Is a Real Threat
Ruth Sunderland
,
Daily Mail
What a Chemical Attack in Syria Looks Like
Scott Pelley
,
CBS News
A New Beginning for European Defense
Mark Leonard
&
Norbert Rottgen
,
ECFR
Another Reason Norwegians Are the Worst
Michael Booth
,
Politico EU
Pessimism Is Sometimes an Enlightened Outlook
Pilita Clark
,
Financial Times
Tuesday, February 27
After the Olympics, the Chinese Reach Out
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
China Now Faces the Downsides of Dictatorship
Noah Feldman
,
Bloomberg View
China's Stability Myth Is Dead
James Palmer
,
Foreign Policy
Xi Won’t Go
ChinaFile
Charting the Rise of the Xi Dynasty
Ashish Kumar Sen
,
Atlantic Council
Corbyn Offers a Moon-on-a-Stick Brexit
Mark Wallace
,
Conservative Home
A Cosy Corbyn Brexit Pitch Is a Political Winner
Rafael Behr
,
Guardian
Labour's Customs Union Proposal Is a Non-Starter
Aarti Shankar
,
Open Europe
The Return of the Irish Question
Chris Patten
,
Project Syndicate
Mexico's Far-Left Frontrunner May Get Moscow's Help
Alidad Vassigh
,
Worldcrunch
The Afterlife of Pablo Escobar
Jon Lee Anderson
,
New Yorker
What Has $49 Billion in Foreign Military Aid Bought?
A. Miller
&
R. Sokolsky
,
TAC
Macedonia's Waiting Room
Judy Dempsey
,
Carnegie Europe
A Feeble Sermon For Rattled Liberals
John Gray
,
New Statesman
Following the Afghan Silk Road With Satellites
Michael Buchanan
,
Share America
Wednesday, February 28
Samantha Power Lied to My Face About Syria
Tony Badran
&
Kassem Eid
,
Tablet Mag
Why America Can't Go Swiss on Guns
Kevin Sullivan
,
RealClearWorld
Why China Opted For a Strongman
Phillip Orchard
,
Geopolitical Futures
How China Plans to Leverage Its Relationship With Japan
Stephen Nagy
,
TNI
China-South Korea Relations: A Delicate Détente
Kristian McGuire
,
The Diplomat
China's Vision for a Reshaped International Order
Nadege Rolland
,
Jamestown
Bauhaus in Mexico
J. Hoberman
,
New York Review of Books
Mideast Marches Toward Israel's Nuclear Nightmare Scenario
C. Freilich
,
Haaretz
Chaos Under Control: Lessons From Quiberon Bay
Andrew Graff
,
Proceedings
Portrait of a Turkish Novelist as Prisoner
Ahmet Altan
,
New York Times
Hungary's Parliamentary Election Just Got Interesting
Lili Bayer
,
Politico EU
Why Is Silvio Berlusconi Back (Again)?
Rachel Donadio
,
The Atlantic
The Myth of North Korea, the USS Pueblo, and Nuclear War
Mitchell Lerner
,
38 North
A Central Figure in Russia-Trump Probe Has Gone Quiet
Alberto Nardelli
,
BuzzFeed
The Real Russian Disaster
Victor Davis Hanson
,
National Review
China's Ce#sors Banish the Letter N
Guardian
The Murdered Journalist Who Took On Italy's 'Ndrangheta
OCCRP
Thursday, March 1
We Should Care That U.S. & Russia May Have Fought a Battle in Syria
French
,
NRO
China's President Trades One Set of Risks For Another
Stratfor
Jordan and Turkey Get Cozy
Osama Al Sharif
,
Al Monitor
Does Iran's Constitution Promote Export of Islamic Revolution?
Eldar Mamedov
,
LL
A New Arab Spring Builds, Driven by 'Discontent Approaching Despair'
Roule
,
TCB
A Summer Vacation in China’s Muslim Gulag
Anonymous,
Foreign Policy
Xi Jinping's Chilling Power Grab
Charles Burton
,
The Conversation
Italian Mafia Tentacles Reach Into Slovak Politics
Jan Kuciak
,
Politico EU
Italy's Strange Road to Political Gridlock
Walter Mayr
,
Der Spiegel
What's Gone Wrong in China’s Rust Belt
Economist
Time for Brexit Fudge Coming to a Close
Pat Leahy
,
Irish Times
Europe's Dangerous Game With the Irish Border
Stephen Booth
,
Open Europe
How Long Will EU's Brexit Inflexibility Last?
Pieter Cleppe
,
CapX
The Rise of the Radical Left
New Statesman
The EU and Britain Play High-Stakes Chicken
Anand Menon
,
Guardian
Friday, March 2
The West's Bet on China Has Failed
Economist
Turkey Is Turning Into the Next Pakistan
Eli Lake
,
Bloomberg View
Trump’s Tariffs Aren't a Trade War, Yet
John Edwards
,
Lowy Interpreter
Trump’s Trade War Could Erase All the Tax-Cut Gains
John Podhoretz
,
New York Post
Four Guidelines For the President When Considering Tariffs
Tori Whiting
,
Heritage
Hearing Poland’s Ghosts
Eva Hoffman
,
New York Review of Books
Referendums Break Democracies
Tim Harford
,
Financial Times
Vladimir Putin Flexes His Nuclear Muscles
Ashish Kumar Sen
,
Atlantic Council
Juncker’s Dangerous Defense Strategy
Ana Palacio
,
Project Syndicate
What’s Behind the Sudden Ouster of Top Saudi Military Brass
B. Riedel
,
Brookings
'I Want My Face Back': Anti-Mafia Witness Stands in Italy Election
L. Tondo
,
Guard.
Will Jordanians Bear the Burden of Reforms?
Omar Rahman
,
World Politics Review
China's War on Tycoons Intensifies
Clara Ferreira-Marques
,
Reuters
Is China the World Leader in Biomedical Fraud?
Alex Berezow
,
Foreign Policy
Netanyahu's Case 4000 Takes Center Stage
Ben Caspit
,
Al Monitor
Saturday, March 3
'Everything Here Is Fake'
Robert Kaplan
,
Washington Post
The Truth About the Russian Deaths in Syria Is Elusive
Christoph Reuter
,
Der Spiegel
Mideast Braces For War: Israel vs. Iran-Backed Hezbollah
Mona Alami
,
Al Monitor
The Fatal Delusions of Western Man
Patrick Buchanan
,
The American Conservative
Will Italy Send in the Clowns?
Multiple Authors,
Project Syndicate
Italians Aren't Fascists. They’re Angry About Immigration
Nicholas Farrell
,
Spectator
All Eyes on Rome
Angela Giuffrida
,
Berlin Policy Journal
Into the Woods: The Italian Election
Thomas Jones
,
London Review of Books
Who Killed European Social Democracy?
Matthew Karnitschnig
,
Politico EU
Why Putin Is Rattling His Superweapons
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
India and Pakistan's Psychological Rivalry
Jawad Kadir
,
The Conversation
Europe Knows Where It Doesn't Want to Go
Andres Ortega
,
Elcano Royal Institute
How to Know When China Is Pulling Even With the U.S.
Steven Metz
, WP
Review
How Netanyahu Will Use Trump to Save His Hide
Aaron David Miller
,
Politico
Don't Cry For Theresa May
Jonathan Freedland
,
Guardian
The Challenge of Conservative Renewal as Corbyn Looms
Oliver Wiseman
,
CapX
Brexit and the Coming Northern Revolution
Callum Tipple
,
Progress