Week of August 20, 2018 Archives
RealClearWorld
Morning
Edition
Monday, August 20
America's Anxiety of Influence
Stephen Walt
,
Foreign Policy
The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Disengagement
David Ignatius
,
Wash. Post
China Dismantling of CIA Ring Shows Dystopian Surveillance State
Trevithick
,
TWZ
Poll: Nearly Half of Russians Ignorant of '68 Czechoslovakia Invasion
Andrew Roth
,
Guardian
Sanctions on Russia's Oil and Gas Sector: Damage Assessment
T. Mitrova
,
Car.Mos.
An Unprecedented Test For Erdogan Regime
Christiane Schlötzer
,
Worldcrunch
Western Admirers of Strongmen Are in For a Rude Awakening
D.
Lawson
, The
Times
Theresa May’s Exit Strategy
Katy Balls
,
Spectator
Against Identity Politics
Francis Fukuyama
,
Foreign Affairs
South Korea: The Fear of China's Shadow
Bryan Harris
,
Financial Times
A Nuclear Armed Germany Would Be a Mistake
Tobias Fella
,
National Interest
It's Not Too Late to Ditch Qatar 2022
Gawain Towler
,
CapX
U.S. Outsources Syria Aid to Gulf
Bryant Harris
,
Al Monitor
China’s $60 Billion Tariff Announcement
Chad Bown
,
Zhiyao Lu
&
Jeffrey Schott
,
PIIE
Botched CIA Comms Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents
Zach Dorfman
,
Foreign Policy
Tuesday, August 21
The Rise and Fall of Soft Power
Eric Li
,
Foreign Policy
Soviet Collapse Echoes in China's Belt and Road
David Fickling
,
Bloomberg
It Can Get Even Worse For Venezuela's Oil Industry
Lisa Viscidi
&
Nate Graham
, WP
R
Will South Africa Follow the Path of Zimbabwe?
John Fund
,
National Review
How Civil Society Resists State Capture
Ivor Chipkin
&
Mark Swilling
,
Mail and Guardian
Why Is the U.S. War in Afghanistan Still Going?
Tanisha Fazal
&
Sarah Kreps
,
For. Affairs
The Life and Extraordinary Satires of Vladimir Voinovich
Cathy Young
,
Weekly Standard
Fixing Pakistan’s Financial Woes
Atif Mian
,
Dawn
Swedish Nationalists Tabbed For Huge Gains Next Month
Rick Moran
,
PJ Media
'Nativism' and the Upcoming Swedish and Bavarian Elections
B. Stokes
,
EU Observer
Measuring Turkish Contagion Risk For Emerging Markets
Schmieding
&
Hesse
,
Glob.
Hopefully, Turkey Won't Trigger a Global Economic Calamity
Desmond Lachman
,
The Hill
A Massacre of Innocents in Yemen
Daniel Larison
,
The American Conservative
Forgotten Memories of Libya's Vibrant Jewish Community
Eness Elias
,
Haaretz
A Right-Wing Maverick Lights Up Brazil's Presidential Campaign
Joe Leahy
,
FT
Wednesday, August 22
Planning For a New World Order
Foreign Minister
Heiko Maas
,
Handelsblatt
Was the Pre-Trump World Normal or Abnormal?
Victor Davis Hanson
,
National Review
Could Trade War Lead to the Real Thing?
Kevin Rudd
,
Bloomberg View
How 'We' Got Turkey Wrong. (And China, Russia...)
Leon Hadar
,
Spectator
Space Force, Done Right, Will Move U.S. Ahead
James Jay Carafano
,
Heritage
Kofi Annan’s Unaccountable Legacy
Philip Gourevitch
,
New Yorker
Kofi Annan, the Peacemaker Who Could Play Big-Power Politics
R. Gowan
,
WPR
Can Amsterdam Save Itself From Tourism?
Der Spiegel
In Greece, the EU’s Legacy of Immiseration
James Galbraith
,
The Atlantic
Don't Celebrate Greece's Bailout Exit Just Yet
Paul Wallace
,
Reuters
The Ukrainian Military: From Degradation to Renewal
Denys Kiryukhin
,
FPRI
The Great Fiscal Lever: Italy's Economic Obsession
Alessio Terzi
,
Bruegel
Turkey’s Losing Economic War
Ayla Jean Yackley
,
Foreign Policy
Israel-Hamas Talks Isolate Abbas
Ben Caspit
,
Al Monitor
Latvia’s Money-Laundering Mud Fight
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
,
Politico EU
Thursday, August 23
Venezuela: When Money Dies
Jason Mitchell
,
Spectator
Maduro Tries to Stop a Train With a Cardboard Wall
Julio César Alonso
, Worldcrunch
The Violence Against Christians in India
M. Sudhir Selvaraj
,
Diplomat
What Xi Jinping Sees in Kim Jong Un
Adam Cathcart
,
NK News
Is This Daniel Ortega's Last Stand?
Jude Webber
,
Financial Times
Why My Work Was Targeted by Russian Hackers
Ben Judah
,
The Atlantic
Iraq, Lebanon Must Choose Between Voters’ Will and Iran
B. Alamuddin
,
Arab News
Leaving Labour: Why a Party Split Is Now Inevitable
Stephen Bush
,
New Statesman
How Will Britain's Departure Change the EU Landscape?
Henry Newman
,
Cons. Home
Merkel Quashes Foreign Minister’s (Anti) American Dream
M.
Karnitschnig
,
Pol. EU
Venezuelans Grapple With Maduro's Baffling Econ. Plan
A. Rosati and F. Zerpa
,
B'berg
Australia Considers Discarding PM. Why?
Peter Hartcher
,
Sydney Morning Herald
Losing Wars by 'Winning'
Anthony Cordesman
,
Center for Strategic and International Studies
A Major Hurdle in Trade Talks: Different Rules
Wendy Wu
,
SCMP
Why Is Anti-Semitism Returning to Germany?
Mark Leonard
,
Handelsblatt
Friday, August 24
Australian Democracy Is Now an Even Bigger Laughing Stock
Peter Hartcher
,
SMH
How Far We've Fallen Since the Triumph of 1989
Edward Lucas
,
Times of London
Kabila Is Still a Threat to Congo and the World
James Glassman
,
RealClearWorld
Three Cheers For Trump’s Foreign Policy
Randall Schweller
,
Foreign Affairs
The Death of the Nation-State Was Greatly Exaggerated
Geoffrey Aronson
,
TAC
In Syria, an Ugly Peace Is Better Than More War
Jimmy Carter
,
New York Times
Moon Jae-in's Mistaken Rush to Unify
Gordon Chang
,
National Interest
Sweden's Center-Left Faces a 100-Year Political Storm
Richard Milne
,
Financial Times
Latin America's Fragile Open Door For Venezuelan Refugees
Gedan
&
Saldías
,
FP
Ex-FARC Mafia Alliances Fuel Colombia Criminal Shakeup
Asmann
&
Bargent
,
ICrime
Brutal Diplomacy: El Salvador's Recognition of the PRC
Evan Ellis
,
Global Americans
How Washington's Two-Track Policy Plays Out in South America
Frida Ghitis
,
WPR
In Morocco, a Draft to Dodge Radicalization
Allison Fedirka
,
Geopolitical Futures
Why Australia Can't Keep a Prime Minister in Power
David Fickling
,
Bloomberg View
How Australian Politics Were Broken
Jewel Topsfield
&
Latika Bourke
,
Canberra Times
The Bombs of August
Victor Davis Hanson
,
National Review
Saturday, August 25
America Needs the Muhammad Ali Doctrine
Stephen Walt
,
Foreign Policy
Exit Turnbull, Enter ScoMo
Paddy Manning
,
The Monthly
Is It Time For Peace With India's Maoists?
Prakash Singh
,
Indian Express
Mike Pompeo Faces Moment of Truth on North Korea
Josh Rogin
,
Washington Post
How Turkey Dumbed Itself Down
Durmus Yilmaz
&
Selim Sazak
,
Foreign Policy
As Pope Francis Arrives, the Anger in Ireland is Palpable
Una Mullally
,
CNN
Britain Needs a Multipronged Assault on 'S###-Life' Syndrome
Will Hutton
,
G'dian
Hocus Pocus Economics in Venezuela
The Economist
CIA's Kremlin Sources Go Quiet
Julian Barnes
&
Matthew Rosenberg
,
New York Times
South Korea: The Fear of China’s Shadow
Bryan Harris
,
Financial Times
How Daniel Ortega Became a Tyrant
Gioconda Belli
,
Foreign Affairs
How Greece Will Feel the Scars of Austerity Long After Bailout
Y. Baboulias
,
NS