February 26, 2019 Archives

Week of February 25, 2019 Archives

RealClearWorld Morning Edition

Monday, February 25

Misreading China’s Strength

Stephen Roach, Project Syndicate

Five Years in Ukrainian Politics

Ian Bond, Centre for European Reform

America Must Question Ally Actions in Yemen

Matthew Reisener, National Interest

Europe Should Do Better on Venezuela

Pawel Zerka, ECFR

India Can't Isolate Pakistan Diplomatically Anymore

Ayesha Siddiqa, Indian Express

A Time For Restraint

Riaz Hussain Khokhar, Riaz Mohammad Khan & Inamul Haq, Dawn

The War in South Asia

Kevin Williamson, National Review

The Era of Two-Party Politics Is Over

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View

America's Religion Is Work

Derek Thompson, The Atlantic

Saudi Arabia's Balancing Act in South Asia Continues

Devirupa Mitra, The Wire

EU Brexit Ultimatum to May: Prove Parliament Backs You

Tom McTague, Pol. EU

There Is Now a Force to Disrupt Brexit

Matthew D'Ancona, Guardian

Socialism, Capital, and Venezuela's Oil

Omar López-Arce, Mises Institute

How Tech Utopia Fostered Tyranny

Jon Askonas, New Atlantist

The Corruption of the Vatican’s Gay Elite Has Been Exposed

A. Sullivan, NYMag

Tuesday, February 26

Iran's Charmer in Chief Resigns

Eli Lake, Bloomberg View

Are India and Pakistan on the Verge of a Water War?

S. Amrith with K. Johnson, FP

The EU 27 Are Not Ready For No-Deal Brexit

Pieter Cleppe, Spectator

What Maduro’s Supporters Are Thinking

Ivan Briscoe, Foreign Affairs

Brexit Endgame: One Month Out With no Clarity in Sight

Amanda Sloat, Brookings

May Marches On, But Without a Map

Rachel Sylvester, Times of London

At last, Jeremy. Now Labour Has a Mission

Polly Toynbee, Guardian

Labour Cannot Be Saved With Corbyn in Charge

Robert Shrimsley, Financial Times

The Stupidity of Russia's Nuclear Threats, Illustrated

Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner

Stalin’s Great Crime in the Caucasus

Neil Hauer, Moscow Times

NATO's Pointless Burden-Sharing Debates

Anthony Cordesman, CSIS

'Socialism' Has Lost All Meaning in American Politics

Alex Shephard, New Republic

What to Do About the Rebirth of Socialism

Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon

Intel: Iran’s Top Diplomat Offers Resignation

Al Monitor

Can Data Save U.N. Peacekeeping?

Adam Day, World Politics Review

Wednesday, February 27

The Real North Korea Summit Is Inside the Trump Administration

The Second Trump-Kim Summit: Where Is China?

Yun Sun, 38 North

Can Trump Avoid Caving to Kim in Vietnam?

Susan Rice, New York Times

The Second Trump-Kim Summit: What Will Success Look Like?

A. Kumar Sen, AC

How Zarif Turns Claimed Weakness Into Strength

Mohammad Ali Shabani, Al Monitor

From Germany to Japan, the Strategic View From Two Capitals

K. Weinstein, RCW

China Again - and Again and Again

William Reinsch, CSIS

Jordan's Public Shares U.S. View on Iran, Regional Peace

David Pollock, Wash. Ins.

Are Political Parties Over?

Anne Applebaum, Washington Post

Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit betrayal Is Complete

Brendan O'Neill, Spectator

A Cautious Welcome to Ireland's Brexit Apocalypse Bill

Miriam Lord, Irish Times

A Second Brexit Referendum Is Now Essential

Martin Wolf, Financial Times

A New Era of Nuclear Rearmament

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, Yale Global

Why Otzma Yehudit Is Dangerous

Noah Siegel, Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu Courts Trouble to Retain Political Power

Paul Pillar, National Interest

A Welcome Sight in Britain

Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom

Live: India-Pakistan tensions escalate

Thursday, February 28

The U.S. Can Afford a Peace Deal in Korea

S. Nathan Park, Foreign Policy

Give Peace a Chance, Just Not Like This

John Schaus, CSIS

Trump Serves the North Koreans a Power Cocktail

Austin Bay, Strategy Page

North Korea Is Not Vietnam

Geoffrey Cain, New Republic

Why Has Somaliland Succeeded, and Not Iraqi Kurdistan?

Michael Rubin, AEI

This May Be the World’s Deadliest Job. But Joining Is a Must

Zucchino & Abed, NYT

Should Colombia Give Up on Peace Talks With the ELN?

Robert Valencia, WP Review

Europe Is Starting to Turn French

Zaki Laïdi, Financial Times

Burlington’s Foreign Policy

Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review

India-Pakistan: Shadow Dancing in the Himalayas

David Brewster, Lowy Interpreter

How Socialism Broke Venezuela

Joshua Muravchik, Commentary

The Major Players in the SNC-Lavalin Affair

Jenna Moon, Toronto Star

Wilson-Raybould's Testimony May Cost Trudeau His Job

John Ivison, National Post

Think Like a Civilization

Shiv Visvanathan, The Hindu

Following Washington's Foreign-Policy Money Trail

Ben Freeman, TomDispatch

Friday, March 1

Modi and Khan Must Discount Short-Term Gains

Farzana Shaikh, New Statesman

With Nuclear Powers on Brink Of War, Misinformation Rages

P. Dixit & N. Jha, B-F

Europe Crosses Its Fingers on Algeria

Bobby Ghosh, Bloomberg View

How Will Kim Respond to Trump's Move?

James Jay Carafano, Fox News

Trump Was Right to Walk Away

Peter Feaver, Foreign Policy

Did Trump Team Miss Key Summit Signals?

Christopher Hill, The Hill

3 Reasons Not to Worry About DPRK's Post-Summit Statement

T. Rogan, Examiner

Trump Went to Vietnam, and Michael Cohen Made It Hell

S. Glasser, New Yorker

Hanoi Summit: Trump Hit a Bump On a Long Road

Doug Bandow, National Interest

Kim Jong Un Played Trump - Again

Josh Rogin, Washington Post

Can Either Labour or the Tories Survive Brexit?

James Forsyth, Spectator

The Rise of China’s Private Armies

Odil Gafarov, Chatham House

Jeremy Corbyn’s Anti-Semitic Labour Party

Roger Cohen, New York Times

Inside the Chaotic Early Days of Trump’s Foreign Policy

Nahal Toosi, Politico

Osama bin Laden's Son Hamza Emerging as al-Qaeda Leader

K. Hjelmgaard, USAT.

After Correa, Ecuador's Moreno Struggles to Offer His Own Vision

Oliver Stuenkel, Americas Quarterly

Saturday, March 2

Déjà Vu in Venezuela as U.S. Misjudges Local Realities

J. Sachs & F. Rodríguez, PS

Can Trump Save Netanyahu?

Aaron David Miller, Politico

Japan Grows Nervous About the U.S.

Robert Kaplan, Wall Street Journal

Spain Needs a Coalition of the Sober

Economist

India and Pakistan on the Brink

Sudha Ramachandran, The Diplomat

This Side of War

Ashaar Rehman, Dawn

Understanding the Mixed Signals From Pakistan

Mohammed Ayoob, The Hindu

India’s Media Is War-Crazy

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, Foreign Policy

Assessing the Hanoi Summit

Sue Mi Terry & Lisa Collins, CSIS

From Policies to Values: Rebuilding Religious Zionism

M. Rainsbury, Times of Israel

The Biggest Loser From Summit Collapse? China

Ethan Epstein, Washington Times

Hanoi Summit: Two Cheers for Donald Trump

Alexander Vershbow, Atlantic Council

Kim Has No Incentive to Fix His Regime

Paul Roderick Gregory, The Hill

Algeria Protests Grow Against Bouteflika, Ailing and Out of Sight

Adam Nossiter, New York Times

Battle Of The Ages In Algeria

Natalie Malek, Worldcrunch