January 19, 2019 Archives

Week of January 14, 2019 Archives

RealClearWorld Morning Edition

Monday, January 14

The Naval Power Shift in the Black Sea

Michael Petersen, War on the Rocks

Xi Jinping will Give Donald Trump a Victory on Trade

Graham Allison, National Interest

Doubling Down on the Hard Line Against China

Michael Auslin, National Review

Iraq’s Hard-Won Gains Fall Victim to Petty Politics

Mina Al-Oraibi, The National

Britain Has a Bright Post-Brexit Future

Dominic Raab, CapX

The Elite Generals of Brexit Sit Safe Behind the Front Lines

Chris Johns, IT

The Threat of a Brexit Coup in Parliament Is Real

Nikki da Costa, Spectator

Leonardo Was a Man of the Renaissance, Not Narrow Nationhood

T. Hunt, Guardian

I, For One, Welcome Our New Parliament Overlords

Andrew Coyne, National Post

Canaan, Haiti: One of the World Newest Cities, Inspired by Moses

Reuters

Global Business Clouds Over as China's Economy Falters

L. Hornby & C. Giles, FT

Only Steve King Could So Besmirch ‘Western Civilization’

John Podhoretz, NY Post

Truth First, Reconciliation Later

Ayenat Mersie, Foreign Policy

Syria’s Kurds Seek Help to Netogiate With Regime

Hossam Rabie, Al Monitor

Will Belarus Be Next to Acheive Autocephaly?

Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia

Tuesday, January 15

The Gilets Jaunes, Vanguard of a Politically Incorrect Uprising

G. Mortimer, Spec.

Why Colombia Welcomed Venezuelan Migrants—Until Now

Megan Janetsky, FP

The Trade Realities That Await Brexit Britain

Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

A No-Deal Brexit? Leaders Are Alarmed; Voters, Not So Much

Ellen Barry, New York Times

Brexit's Impact on Europe's East

Janusz Bugajski, Center for European Policy Analysis

A Nation Bored of Brexit Risks Sleepwalking Into Disaster

John Harris, Guardian

Reining in Saudi's Prince of the Blood

Jamie Fly, Washington Examiner

South Korea Steps Up on the Korean Peninsula

Sarah Teo, East Asia Forum

Agonizing over Afghanistan

Richard Haass, Project Syndicate

Russia Behaves Strangely for a Country Bent on Conquest

Ted Galen Carpenter, TAC

Poland Is Horrified by the Murder of Gdansk’s Mayor

Economist

Jay Nordlinger, National Review

The Bauhaus, 100 Years On

Matthias Streit, Handelsblatt

France Weighs Its Syria Presence, Cooperation With Russia

Igor Delanoe, Al Monitor

Conditions in Mosul Ripen for Return of Islamic State

Rafid Jaboori, Jamestown

Wednesday, January 16

Britain Is Lost and Adrift

Jonathan Freedland, Guardian

Theresa May's Humiliation Offers Glimmer of Hope

Therese Raphael, Bloomberg View

British Politics Goes Over a Cliff

Tom McTague, Politico EU

A Very British Thrashing

Owen Matthews, Foreign Policy

Hold a Second Brexit Referendum

Roger Cohen, New York Times

A 'No Deal' Brexit Is Best for Britain and the United States

Nile Gardiner, Fox News

Are China, Russia Winning the AI Arms Race?

Peter Apps, Reuters

What Options Does May Have Left After This Brutal Defeat?

James Forsyth, Spectator

Populism in Asia Is Built to Last

Richard Heydarian, South China Morning Post

May Can't Pass Brexit, Corbyn Can't Win Confidence. Now What?

Stephen Bush, NS

Pessimism Sweeps Russia

Vladislav Inozemtsev, Moscow Times

Congo Voting Data Reveal Huge Fraud in Election

Tom Wilson et al, Financial Times

Thursday, January 17

Mexico’s New Foreign Policy: A Return to the Past

Allison Fedirka, Geopolitical Futures

Francis Fukuyama’s Shrinking Idea

Alan Wolfe, New Republic

Macron's Cahiers de Doléances

Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Policy

A China Chip on New Zealand’s Shoulder?

Robert Ayson, Lowy Interpreter

The Stance Japan Should Take Amid a U.S.-China Showdown

Japan News

Marching Toward a Massacre in Sudan

Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

Disturbing New Reality for Diplomats Working in China

David Mulroney, Globe & Mail

Theresa May's Historic Defeat

Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker

May’s Historic Defeat, and Swift Triumph

Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review

From Now on, the Answer Will Be: 'That's What They Said About Brexit'

An Accidental Brexit Could Be the Best Thing for the UK

Douglas Carswell, CapX

Is This How Britain Ends?

Noah Millman, The Week

Belgium’s Integration Blues

Simon Desplanque, European Council on Foreign Relations

Saudi Arabia More Unpredictable Than Ever

Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor

Turkey’s Threat to Kurds Demands U.S. Protection

Dov Zakheim, The Hill

Guatemala's Corruption Crisis

Rachel Bowen, The Conversation

Friday, January 18

The Inflection Point in the Middle East

Jon Alterman, Cairo Review

Americans are Tired of Middle East Mayhem

Daniel DePetris, National Interest

Zimbabwe Crackdown Saps Hopes of Reform

Jefcoate O'Donnell & Robbie Gramer, FP

Brexit Was Never About Europe. It's Britain's Self-Reckoning

F. O'Toole, Guardian

European Parliament Backs Plan to Link EU Funds to Rule of Law

Lili Bayer, Pol EU

Russia and China Leave the U.S. Behind in War of Weapon Supremacy

ToL

No, Tech Companies Shouldn't Fund Journalism

James Ball, CJR

Run Down the Brexit Clock

Yanis Varoufakis, Project Syndicate

How Will Ukraine’s Next President View the World?

Mykola Vorobiov, Atlantic Council

A Century Later, the Versailles Treaty Still Haunts Our World

Doug Bandow, The American Conservative

Could Boris Johnson Ride to the Rescue of Brexit?

Stephen Glover, Daily Mail

The Political Theatre Is Far From Over

Lowe & Springford, Centre for European Reform

Arrogant Remainers Want a Second Vote. Bad Idea

Chris Bickerton, Guardian

Leavers Killed the Best Chance of Brexit Ever Happening

Matthew Parris, Spectator

One Way to Do Brexit: Unilateral Free Trade

Kevin Williamson, National Review

The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class

Pankaj Mishra, New York Times

Britain's Elite No Longer Hide Their Effort to Nullify Brexit

Dan Hannan, Examiner

Saturday, January 19

In the Yellow Jackets’ Heartland

John Lichfield, Politico EU

The World Still Needs NATO

Ursula Von Der Leyen, New York Times

What Will Be the Fate of Trump’s Afghan Campaign?

Aaron O'Connell, WOTR

Putin's Gift to Serbia's Vucic

Dimitar Bechev, Al Jazeera

Arafat and the Ayatollahs

Tony Badran, Tablet Magazine

Middle East Mayhem Will Skyrocket When America Leaves

Tanya Goudsouzian, TNI

4,141 Latvians Were Just Outed as K.G.B. Informants

Andrew Higgins, NYTimes

Here Come the Internet Blackouts

Justin Sherman, New America

Israel Goes After Hamas in Sinai

Adnan Abu Amer, Al Monitor