Week of April 9, 2018 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, April 9
The Consequences of America's 'War Gap'
Franz-Stefan Gady
,
The Diplomat
3 Wars Trump Should End Right Now
Daniel DePetris
,
National Interest
Iraq Is Still So Far From Peace
Kamran Karadaghi
,
The National
A Trump-Castro Showstopper at Summit?
Andres Oppenheimer
,
Miami Herald
Cuba After the Castros: Escaping a Long Shadow
John Paul Rathbone
,
Financial Times
Reporting Past the End of History
Ben Smith
,
BuzzFeed
A Lesson From Ukraine on War With Russia
Nolan Peterson
,
Daily Signal
Lula Goes to Jail
Economist
Look Where Democracy Is Returning
Doug Saunders
,
Globe and Mail
Israel Is Now Directly Confronting Iran in Syria
Amos Harel
,
Haaretz
Expect Trump to Strike Syrian Forces Again
Eli Lake
,
Bloomberg View
Burkina Faso's Courts Try to Find Their Voice
Robbie Corey-Boulet
,
World Politics Review
The Nonviolent Violence of Hamas
Hussein Ibish
,
Foreign Policy
Are Palestinians Contemplating One-State Solution?
Uri Savir
,
Al Monitor
The Indo-Pacific? The Quad? Please Explain ...
Graeme Dobell
,
The Strategist
Skripal Case Descends Into a Propaganda War
Der Spiegel
The Logic of Assad's Inhumanity
Thanassis Cambanis
,
The Atlantic
Tuesday, April 10
Did China Just Place Australia in Check?
Peter Hartcher
,
Sydney Morning Herald
The End of Human Rights?
David Rieff
,
Foreign Policy
The West’s Defeat in Syria Is Complete
Dominic Green
,
Spectator
Assad Doesn't Commit These Horrors Alone
Thomas Joscelyn
,
Weekly Standard
Trump Threatens to Repeat Obama's Mistakes
Marc Thiessen
,
Fox News
Orban Poised to Tighten Grip on Power
Lili Bayer
,
Politico EU
‘Orban or Turbans’: Hungary’s Wild Election
Will Collins
,
American Conservative
The Big Winners in Hungary's Election?
Anna Nemtsova
,
Daily Beast
How Orban Wins
Eszter Zalan
,
Berlin Policy Journal
Don’t Be Fooled: Hamas Is Losing
Dexter Van Zile
,
Times of Israel
How New Power Works
Tom Fletcher
,
The National
If Jeremy Corbyn Were American, His Career Would Be Over
Rosa Prince
,
CNN
What Are the French Doing to Protect Jews? A Lot
Pamela Druckerman
,
NY Times
The Power of Netanyahu's Base
Ben Caspit
,
Al Monitor
Why Expelling Russian Diplomats Isn't Enough
Jakub Janda
,
Atlantic Council
Russia’s Anxious Neighbors Toughen Up
Reid Standish
,
Politico EU
Wednesday, April 11
It Will Be Tough to Respond in Syria Without Provoking Escalation
Sam Heller
,
ICG
The Return of Chemical Warfare Is the Syria War's Legacy
Faisal Al Yafai
,
National
What Would Follow Strikes on Syria?
Paul Goodman
,
Conservative Home
A Telling Moment For Trump's Foreign Policy
Jonathan Tobin
,
National Review
Orban's Hungary Is the Very Picture of Europe's Dying Past
Cas Mudde
,
Guardian
What Orban's Win Could Mean For Europe
Keno Verseck
,
Der Spiegel
Lula's Jailing Sends a Strong Signal: Era of Corruption Is Over
Robert Rotberg
,
Globe and Mail
Jailing Lula Is an Attack on the Global Working Class
V. Jagarnath
,
Daily Maverick
A Trade War Between These Economies Will Kill Jobs and Hope
Jack Ma
, SCMP
How Can the West Manage Its Rivalry With China?
Martin Wolf
,
Financial Times
The Arms Race Bankrupting the Balkans
Borna Sor
,
Balkan Insight
The Geoeconomic Dilemma of Italy-Russia Energy Ties
Emanuele Scimia
,
Jamestown
Israel Tries to Expand Power in Africa
Raluca Besliu
,
Yale Global
The Unexpected Victory of Carlos Alvarado
Economist
Russia Might Not Be Ready For OPEC Commitment
Nikolay Kozhanov
,
Al Monitor
How Russia and America Could Go to War in Syria
Dave Majumdar
,
National Interest
Thursday, April 12
Syria's War: Tracking the Descent Into Horror
Zachary Laub
,
CFR
Australia vs China, Europe vs Russia
Daniel Woker
,
Lowy Interpreter
Italy Struggles to Form a Government
Economist
How France Can Lead Europe in the Middle East
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil
,
ECFR
Trump Shows His Disdain For Latin America Again
Andres Oppenheimer
,
Miami Herald
Which Law Rules in Brazil Today?
Rodrigo Nunes
,
Al Jazeera
Malaysia's Managed Election Obscures Growing Schisms
Daniel Moss
,
Bloom. View
China and India Spar Over Bangladesh
Forrest Cookson
&
Tom Felix Joehnk
, EA
Forum
How Thuggish Leaders Attack Civil Society
M. Abramowitz
&
N. Schenkkan
,
For. Affairs
Canada’s Little Stalins Make Politically Incorrect Authors Vanish
Barbara Kay
,
NP
Bitcoin Is Eating Quebec
Kathryn Miles
,
Technology Review
NATO Allies Go Head to Head in Syria
Oytun Orhan
,
German Marshall Fund
Tensions Flare Between Washington and Moscow
Dave Majumdar
,
National Interest
Why the U.S. Must Befriend Hungary's Populist Leader
Mike Gonzalez
,
Daily Signal
Trump’s Tweets and the Authorization of War
Amy Davidson Sorkin
,
New Yorker
Friday, April 13
Making the Most of Africa's Bold Free Trade Area
Luke
&
Sommer
,
African Arguments
America's Long Goodbye to the Middle East
Edward Luce
,
Financial Times
Syria Has the Elements of Past World Wars
Simon Jenkins
,
Guardian
Orban's Economic Miracle
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
Europe’s New ‘Eastern Bloc’
Martin Hala
,
Politico EU
The Syrian Tangle
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
Myanmar Won't Stop at the Rohingya
Azeem Ibrahim
,
Foreign Policy
The End of ‘Civilisation’
Andrew Ferguson
,
Weekly Standard
What Makes a Great Street?
Theo Mackey Pollack
,
The American Conservative
Trump's Embarrassing About-Face on TPP
Matthew Walther
,
The Week
How the United States Always ‘Gets China Wrong’
HDS Greenway
,
Boston Globe
President Trump, Remove Assad From Power
Emile Nakhleh
,
Cipher Brief
Now's a Good Time to Cancel Putin's White House Invite
Michael Carpenter
,
USAT
Russia Needs to Update Its South Caucasus Policy
Dmitry Trenin
,
Moscow Times
Analyzing the World's Breads
Julia Belluz
,
Vox
If Only Stephane Dion Had Saved Canada's Foreign Policy
Paul Wells
,
Maclean's
Islam's Influence on the Enlightenment
Jacob Soll
,
New Republic
Saturday, April 14
A New Age of Sea Power?
Alfred McCoy
,
Le Monde Diplomatique
The Plunging Morale of America’s Service Members
Phil Klay
,
The Atlantic
The Problem With U.S. Policy? The Urge to Do Something
Emma Ashford
,
New York Times
Military Strikes on Syria: Critical Considerations
Michael Eisenstadt
,
Washington Institute
Trump Strikes Syria Over Chemical Weapons
Robin Wright
,
New Yorker
Strike Does Little to Clarify U.S. Strategy
David Gardner
,
Financial Times
Theresa May's Syria Decision Will Cost Her
George Eaton
,
New Statesman
Theresa May Reveals Her Hawkish Side
James Forsyth
,
Spectator
Trump and Allies Order Strikes on Syria
ABC News
For Assad, Chemical Attacks Are a Tactic That Works
A.
Ekzayez
& R.
Thompson
,
CH
Russia and the U.S. Are Hostage to Their Global Power Status
Yuri Barmin
,
MT
How Syria's Death Toll Got Lost in the Fog of War
Megan Specia
,
New York Times
Iran’s Priorities in a Turbulent Middle East
International Crisis Group
Trumps Foreign Policy Team Is Looking Much More Republican
Josh Rogin
,
WaPo
10 Japanese Prison Camps in the Philippines
Brandon Christensen
,
RealClearHistory
Will Armenia's Transition Bring Change?
Thomas de Waal
,
Carnegie Europe
Was Trump’s Strike on Syria Justified?
Joshua Keating
,
Slate
The Importance of This Strike
Claudia Rosett
,
PJ Media
Can Elections Help Ease Divisions in Libya?
George Mikhail
,
Al Monitor