Week of May 7, 2018 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, May 7
The Perils of a Putsch in Venezuela
Brian Fonseca
,
Foreign Policy
The Rise of 'Amlo': Mexico's Next President?
David Agren
&
Tom Phillips
,
Guardian
Nicaragua's Political Battle Moves Forward
Glenn Garvin
,
Miami Herald
Argentina’s Unseen Fragility
Martin Guzman
,
Project Syndicate
How We Moved From Cold War to Hot Peace
Michael McFaul
,
Globe and Mail
From Russia's Spy Archives: The Art of the Dangle
Michael Weiss
,
Daily Beast
Don’t Scuttle the Iran Nuclear Deal
FM
Boris Johnson
,
New York Times
The Nonsense Russians Are Spoonfed About Europe
Anne Applebaum
,
Wash. Post
Religious Titles at the Heart of Iran's Political Games
Rohollah Faghihi
,
Al Monitor
The Elections in Lebanon Are a Desperate Tragicomedy
R. Dergham
,
The National
Will the Turkish Opposition's Tactics Against Erdogan Work?
Murat Yetkin
,
Hurriyet
It’s Official: Tut’s Tomb Has No Hidden Chambers After All
National Geographic
Are You Ready For Premier Doug Ford?
Shannon Proudfoot
,
Maclean's
The Battle Over the Yamuna River
Amy Kazmin
,
Financial Times
Burundi Moves Forward With Constitutional Controversy
Robbie Corey-Boulet
,
WPR
Israel-Lebanon War Would Only Help Hezbollah
Peter Burns
,
Providence Mag
Why Trump Supports Diplomacy With N. Korea But Not Iran
N. Hassibi
,
The Bulletin
Literary Greatness Should Not Be Up to 18 Swedes
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
Tuesday, May 8
The First Saudi-Iranian War Will Be an Even Fight
Afshon Ostovar
,
Foreign Policy
The Netanyahu Doctrine: Bibi’s Moment on Iran Is Here
Anshel Pfeffer
,
Haaretz
Don’t Let Bibi Sell Us Another War
Graham Allison
,
National Interest
The Death Spiral of the Islamic Republic
Sohrab Ahmari
,
Commentary
Why Can't the Trump Admin Brand More of Its Foreign Policy?
Daniel Drezner
,
WaPo
Why Russia Wants the Iran Deal
Vladimir Frolov
,
Moscow Times
Europe Could Take the Blame For Nuclear Deal Collapse
Mahsa Rouhi
,
Al Monitor
Is a Multipolar World Emerging?
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
A Fragile Normalcy Returns to Baghdad
Scott Peterson
,
Christian Science Monitor
The Woes EU Funding Brought to Hungary
Andras Lukacs
,
Hungarian Spectrum
Malaysia's Najib Razak Fights for Political Life
Marc Lourdes
,
CNN
Malaysia's Shakespearean Election
Sholto Byrnes
,
The National
Malaysia Is Fed Up With Chinese Cash
Adam Minter
,
Bloomberg View
How Indians See Nikki Haley
Bobby Ghosh
,
Daily Beast
EU Post-Brexit Defenses Are Taking Shape
Euractiv
The U.S-China Trade Standoff: Both Sides Dig in
Clay Chandler
,
Fortune
We’re Not Losing to China in a Trade War
Tori Whiting
&
Riley Walters
,
Daily Signal
The Russian Officers Involved in Deaths of Ukrainian Civilians
Bellingcat
Wednesday, May 9
The Art of the Regime Change
Stephen Walt
,
Foreign Policy
A Courageous Trump Call on a Lousy Iran Deal
Bret Stephens
,
New York Times
Keeping Pressure on Iran
Jamsheed Choksy
&
Carol Choksy
,
Yale Global
Europe Must Start Holding U.S. to Account For Wrecking Mideast
S. Tisdall
,
G'dian
Freeloading Europe Unprepared to Play a Global Role
Dalibor Rohac
,
Politico EU
The Case for North Korea's Liberalization
Phillip Orchard
,
Geopolitical Futures
The Day After: Fallout From Trump's Decision
Suzanne Maloney
et al,
Brookings
Obama Killed His Own Iran Deal
Sohrab Ahmari
,
Commentary
Trump’s Dumb Nuclear Bombshell
Daniel Larison
,
The American Conservative
Trump Dumps Iran Deal — Hallelujah!
Andrew McCarthy
,
National Review
An Outbreak of Organized Stupidity
Michael Axworthy
,
New Statesman
Malaysia's Unappetizing Choice
James Crabtree
,
Nikkei Asian Review
Renewed Uganda-Rwanda Tensions Will Ripple Across East Africa
A. Green
,
WPR
Jeremy Corbyn Shifts Toward the Center
Tom Peck
,
Independent
Russia’s Blunders Abroad Have Galvanized Europe
Courtney
&
Haltzel
,
Moscow Times
Thursday, May 10
Malaysia’s Chance to Clean Up
Economist
Era-Changing Election Reverberates Far Beyond Malaysia
Michael Vatiokitis
,
Nikkei
The Second Political Life of Malaysia's Mahathir
Agence France-Presse
Why Marx Was Wrong
Carl Bildt
,
Project Syndicate
What Is Kim Jong Un’s Game?
Jean-Pierre Cabestan
,
New York Times
Turkey's Perfect Path to Autocracy
Marc Pierini
,
Carnegie Europe
From Alignment to Autonomy: India's Foreign Policy
Jeff Smith
&
Melanie Berry
,
NBR
Europe Reacts to U.S. on JCPOA: Keep Calm and Negotiate On
Nick Fishwick
,
TCB
Human Rights and the Fate of the Liberal Order
Joseph Nye
,
The Strategist
Iran's Opening to China
Ladane Nasseri
,
Bloomberg
Iranians May Turn to 'Military President'
Rohollah Faghihi
,
Al Monitor
Time to Talk About a Middle East Strategy
Hassan Hassan
,
The National
Iran's Entrenchment in Syria Set Back Months
Amos Harel
,
Haaretz
America Realigns
Andrew Bacevich
,
Spectator
Time for Europe to Step Up
Ellie Geranmayeh
,
European Council on Foreign Relations
Friday, May 11
Iraqi Voters are Fed Up with the Old Guard
The Economist
Amid Iran Tensions, Israel Embraces Russia
Maxim Suchkov
,
Al Monitor
Something Good Is Happening
Ophir Falk
,
Jerusalem Post
After 15 years, Is Turkey Saying 'Enough' to Erdogan?
Louis Fishman
,
Haaretz
Kim Should Ally With the U.S.
Chun Young-gi
,
JoongAng Daily
How to Prevent Escalation in the Middle East
Julien Barnes-Dacey
,
ECFR
Europe Doesn’t Have to Be a Doormat
Steven Simon
&
Jonathan Stevenson
,
NY Times
China and the Future of Democracy
Barry Eichengreen
,
Project Syndicate
Russia Wants to Take Advantage of U.S. Nuclear Sector Decline
G.D. Banks
,
RCW
A Muslim Among Israeli Settlers
Wajahat Ali
,
The Atlantic
Trump Withdraws From Iran Nuclear Deal. What now?
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Central Asia Opens the Door to Afghanistan
James Durso
,
The Diplomat
'America First' on Drug Pricing Could Have Global Cost
Karlin-Smith
&
Wheaton
,
Pol EU
Israel Shows America How to Deal with Iran
David French
,
National Review
The Making of a Kurdish Mandela
Henri Barkey
,
Foreign Policy
Europe Stuck Between a Bomb and a Hard Place
Christiane Hoffmann
,
Der Spiegel
The Center Wakes Up to 'Authoritarian' Populism
Ishaan Tharoor
,
Washington Post
China Is Basically Paying for the U.S. Navy’s Build-Up
Jonathan Russo
,
Observer
Vladimir Putin Is an Evil Man
John McCain
,
Wall Street Journal
Saturday, May 12
Italy Could Blow Up Europe as We Know It
Ryan Heath
,
Politico EU
Iran vs. Israel: Is a Major War Coming?
Avi Issacharoff
,
The Atlantic
On Brexit Island It's All Getting a Bit Lordship of the Flies
Marina Hyde
,
Guardian
Five Myths About the US Embassy Move to Jerusalem
Aaron David Miller
,
CNN
Argentina’s IMF Talks Setting Off Alarm Bells
Ciara Nugent
,
Time
Trump Showed His Savvy With Kim - Can We Trust Him on Iran?
Mary Dejevsky
,
Ind.
Britain Offered Duterte Urban War Materials
Joe Sandler Clarke
,
New Statesman
Iraq’s Elections: Red Flags and Opportunities
Bilal Wahab
,
Washington Institute
As Iraq Goes to the Polls, the U.S. and Iran Hang Back
Rhys Dubin
,
Foreign Policy
Fulfilling an Old Promise with Jerusalem Embassy Move
Daniella Greenbaum
,
BI
Malaysia's Vote a Model for Southeast Asia
Umesh Pandey
,
Bangkok Post
Plastics Mines? Europe Struggles as Pollution Piles up
Alister Doyle
,
Reuters