Week of July 23, 2018 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, July 23
The First Nationalist
Kevin Williamson
,
National Review
The New Illiberal International
John Lloyd
,
New Statesman
Iran May Be Wearing Out Welcome Even in Iraq and Syria
Evelyn Gordon
,
Commentary
Pride and Prejudice in Tehran
Hooman Majd
,
Foreign Policy
Everybody Is Wrong About Trade
Adam Tooze
,
New York Times
Why Is Russia Producing Rocket Engines No One Wants?
Paul Goble
,
Jamestown
The Real Reason the U.S. Must Talk to Russia
Pepe Escobar
,
Asia Times
How Putin Squandered His Helsinki Triumph
Andrei Soldatov
,
The Atlantic
Time to Rethink Everything
Edward Lucas
,
Center for European Policy Analysis
South Sudan: Time for U.S. to Hold Combatants Accountable
J. Meservey
,
Heritage
Putin and Trump Are Allies, and It's Important to Acknowledge Why
R. Kagan
,
NPR
North Korea’s Power Structure
Eleanor Albert
,
Council on Foreign Relations
The Left's Dangerous Monopoly on Virtue
Oliver Wiseman
,
CapX
Is The LNG Floating Storage Boom Over?
Tsvetana Paraskova
,
Oil Price
Emboldened, Nicaragua's Ortega Vilifies Catholic Church
Tim Johnson
,
Miami Herald
Meet the U.S. Officials Who Now Lobby For China
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
,
D. Beast
Impunity Rules in Southeast Asia
Michael Vatikiotis
,
Nikkei Asian Review
7 Stunning Natural Wonders in the Middle East
Sunny Fitzgerald
,
National Geographic
Tuesday, July 24
The Syrian War Is Over, and America Lost
Steven Cook
,
Foreign Policy
Iraq Is Back?
Seth Frantzman
,
National Interest
Why Eritreans Are Getting Nervous
Abraham Zere
,
African Arguments
Xi and the Trade War: The Curse of the Strong Leader
Kerry Brown
,
The Diplomat
What China Needs to Do to Win Europe Over
Andreea Brinza
,
South China Morning Post
China, EU Seize Control of World’s Cyber Agenda
Eric Geller
,
Politico EU
Israel's Left Ditched Zionism and Doomed Itself
Uri Heitner
,
Israel Hayom
Israel Has Finally Come Out as an Ethno-Religious State
Haidar Eid
,
Al Jazeera
A Way Out of the Trade War?
Barbara Matthews
&
Earl Anthony Wayne
,
Atlantic Council
The UK Faces a Vaping Dilemma
Linda Bauld
,
Financial Times
From Brexit to Breferendum
Anatole Kaletsky
,
Project Syndicate
Can Russia Be Governed When Everyone Hates the Regime?
Paul Goble
,
WoE
Latin America Looks Past U.S. on Trade
Shannon O'Neil
,
Bloomberg
Kurds Discouraged by Hardliners in Turkey's New Cabinet
M. Bozarslan
,
Al Monitor
The Impatient Reporting on North Korea
Leon Sigal
,
38 North
The Battle For Central Punjab
Cyril Almeida
,
Dawn
Voting For a ‘New Pakistan’?
Rosita Armytage
&
Markus Bell
,
East Asia Forum
Foreign Policy Highlights:
Kissinger's Grave Warning
Wednesday, July 25
The Real Roots of Germany's Defense Spending Problem
Barbara Kunz
,
WOTR
It's Too Early to Write Off Indo-Pacific Strategy
Stephen Nagy
,
Japan Times
Rim of the Pacific: Talk the Walk
James Fanell
,
Proceedings
Imran Khan Can't Fix Pakistan's Foreign Policy
Mehreen Zahra-Malik
,
Foreign Policy
Time for Pakistan’s Generals to Stop Meddling in Politics
The Economist
Corbyn's Build It in Britain Plan Isn't Radical
Larry Elliott
,
Guardian
6 Essential Reads After Russia Hacked U.S. Utilities
Jeff Inglis
, The
Conversation
Europe’s Political Stasis
Andrew Michta
,
The American Interest
Brexit Brings Britain's Repressed Tensions to the Surface
Martin Sandbu
,
Fin. Times
Theresa May Takes Back Control in Brexit Talks
Tom Goodenough
,
Spectator
Analyzing Italy’s 'Dignity Decree'
Silvia Merler
,
Bruegel
Spanish Conservatism's New Face
Diego Torres
,
Politico EU
Macron's Watergate, or a Passing Summer Scandal?
Marc Alves
,
Worldcrunch
What the War of the Worlds Means Now
Philip Ball
,
New Statesman
Russia Key to Jordan-Syria Reset
Osama Al Sharif
,
Al Monitor
Live Updates
:
Pakistan Election Results
Thursday, July 26
RIP Taiwan?
John Mearsheimer
,
National Interest
Cultural Revolution and Capitalism Destroyed China's Morals
Lijia Zhang
,
SCMP
Vietnam: Dawn of the SEZs
Nguyen Minh Quang
,
The Diplomat
This Former British Spy Exposed the Russian Hackers
Haley Byrd
,
Weekly Standard
China and Africa: The Zimbabwe File
Stuart Doran
,
The Strategist
Kissinger Pushed Trump to Work With Putin to Box In China
Suebsaeng
et al,
DB
Tariffs Are a Tax that Will Hurt U.S. Companies Like Mine
Tom Linebarger
,
NY Times
Qatar's Blockade Shows Irrationality of Remainers
Daniel Hannan
,
Conservative Home
Hard Days Ahead For Pakistan
I.A. Rehman
,
Dawn
Pro-Trump, Not Pro-America: Europe's Divided Populists
L. Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg
Is There Hope For New Palestinian Reconciliation Bid?
Ahmad Melhem
,
Al Monitor
The Positive Balance of Trump's Impact
Isi Leibler
,
Jerusalem Post
Time to Talk to the Taliban
Bonnie Kristian
,
Reason
EU Court Damns Polish Legal System
Maïa de La Baume
&
Magdaline Duncan
,
Politico EU
ICYMI:
Can Imran Khan Be the New Face of Pakistan?
Friday, July 27
Europe Shouldn't Create a Humiliated 'Weimar Britain'
T. Garton Ash
,
Guardian
So What if Trump Wants to Destroy the World Order?
James Kirchick
,
Foreign Policy
Immigration Roils Politics in Guyana
Matt Foley
,
Ozy
Cut Adrift at the End of Europe’s Migrant Trail
Stephen Starr
,
Irish Times
Can India Compete With China in Latin America? Not Likely
WIlliam Naylor
,
GA
Italian-French Competition Pushing Libya Toward Chaos
Mustafa Fetouri
,
Al Monitor
Behind Greece’s Deadly Fires: Failures of the State
Yanis Varoufakis
,
Project Syndicate
Mexico and the Nicaraguan Quagmire
Jorge Castañeda
,
New York Times
The Race to Connect the World Heats Up
Matt Reynolds
,
Wired
Labour Is Close to Point of No Return on Anti-Semitism
Patrick Maguire
,
NS
What Benalla Scandal Reveals About Macron's Presidency
G. Mortimer
,
Spectator
Fears of a Pakistani Strongman
Omar Waraich
,
The Atlantic
Imran Khan’s Triumph Set to Trigger Chaos in Pakistan
Deccan Chronicle
Imran Khan’s Victory a Boost For Democracy in Pakistan
R. Husain Syed
,
Globe & Mail
Zimbabwe’s Looming Elections Are a Test for the U.S.
Mark Bellamy
,
War on the Rocks
Zimbabwe Election: What a Strongman Leaves Behind
Joseph Cotterill
,
FT
Saturday, July 28
China’s Debt Threat
Martin Wolf
,
Financial Times
The Elite Fixation With Russiagate
Aaron Maté,
The Nation
Imran Khan: The Lahore Aristocrat Who Made Good
Saad Shafqat
,
Mumbai Mirror
Russia-Turkey Ties Face Moment of Truth
Kirill Semenov
,
Al Monitor
China Has No Idea How to Handle Trump
Fraser Howie
,
South China Morning Post
The U.S. Administration's Actions on Russia
A. Polyakova
&
F. Letsas
,
Brookings
How Silicon Valley Became a Den of Spies
Zach Dorfman
,
Politico
Jews in Britain: United We Stand
Jewish News, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Telegraph
Coalition Admits to Killing More Civilians in Iraq, Syria
Tom O'Connor
,
Newsweek
EU and U.S. Pledge to Boost Natural Gas Trade
Tim Daiss
,
Oil Price
Nigeria's Reasons to Delay Signing Africa’s Free Trade Deal
O. Akinkugbe
,
Quartz
The Vote That Could Stop Brexit
Martin Fletcher
,
New Statesman