May 23, 2019 Archives

Week of May 20, 2019 Archives

RealClearWorld Morning Edition

Monday, May 20

The Morning After Maduro in Venezuela

Fabiana Sofia Perera, War on the Rocks

What Will India Look Like If Modi Returns to Power?

James Crabtree, Foreign Policy

Nuclear War Is Still Very Possible

Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg View

Strache’s Downfall Weakens Europe’s Far Right

Ben Hall, Financial Times

No Compelling Reason For War With Iran — Yet

A.D. Miller & Ri.Sokolsky, LA Times

Is War Coming With Iran? We're Already in One

Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

Romania's Referendum - a Bid to Combat Corruption

Lavinia Stan, EU Observer

Australia’s Voters Reject Leftist Ideas

John Fund, National Review

The Brexit Party’s Success Should Be a Wake-Up Call

James Forsyth, Spectator

Austrian Government Collapses Over Russia Scandal

Matthew Karnitschnig, Pol. EU

I Am Offering a Bold Chance to Deliver on Brexit

PM Theresa May, Times of London

What Trash Talk in the Philippines Reveals

Alexander Hynd & Alexine Sanchez, Lowy

Morrison's Rare Opportunity to Shape Australia

Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald

Sudan Revolution Struggles to Keep Momentum

Katrin Kuntz, Der Spiegel

China Has Already Lost the Trade War

Christopher Whalen, The American Conservative

Tuesday, May 21

The Dangers of Courting Merkel

Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

Russia Never Forced Corruption and Populism on the West

Mark Galeotti, MT

Australia's Liberals Know Their Voters. Do UK's Tories?

Paul Goodman, Cons. Home

A Calibrated Message From Iran

Micha'el Tanchum, Istituto Affari Internazionali

Be Afraid of the World, Be Very Afraid

Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy

Yes, the BDS Movement Is Anti-Semitic

Aaron Kliegman, Free Beacon

Realism Is About Understanding Interests and Red Lines

Daniel DePetris, National Interest

Boris Johnson May Be the Tories' Best Hope

James Forsyth, Spectator

Boris Johnson Will Provide a Fitting End to This Dark Decade

Polly Toynbee, Guardian

Lesson's From the EU's Machiavellian Moment

Luuk Van Middelaar, New Statesman

Is Sri Lanka Really a Victim of China’s ‘Debt Trap’?

Umesh Moramudali, The Diplomat

The BJP Is Not Invincible in Uttar Pradesh

Zoya Hasan, The Hindu

If Exit Polls Are Right, Indian Politics Have Changed For Good

S. Bhalla, Ind. Expr.

The U.S. Is Outplaying Iran in a Regional Chess Match

Seth Frantzman, Nat'l Review

What Comes Next in the U.S.–China Trade War?

Stephen Roach, East Asia Forum

In Australia, Experts Again Underestimated Conservative Message

Wednesday, May 22

China Deserves Donald Trump

Thomas Friedman, New York Times

The Global Consequences of a Sino-American Cold War

Nouriel Roubini, Pro. Syn.

The Implications of Iran's 'Prudent Resistance' Strategy

Mehdi Khalaji, Wash. Inst.

The Return of the Irish Question

John Bew, New Statesman

The Medieval Practices That Reshaped Europe’s Fish

Lorraine Boissoneault, Atlantic

Russia and China: 20 Toxic Tactics, Revisited

Edward Lucas, CEPA

The European Election Campaign in Germany

Almut Möller, Clingendael

The U.S.-China Conflict Challenges the World

Martin Wolf, Financial Times

The China Model's Rise in Thailand

Benjamin Zawacki, Nikkei Asian Review

The EU’s Rising Red Tide

David Herszenhorn & Maïa de La Baume, Politico EU

Balancing Principles and Politics in Austria

Declan Leary, National Review

How to Lobby Washington to Death

Mashal Hashem & James Allen, TomDispatch

Why Colombia Is Key To Venezuela's Democratic Future

Ronal Rodríguez, Worldcrunch

A Political Dynast Is Favored to Be Japan's Next Prime Minister

Economist

Can Pakistan Protect CPEC?

Muhammad Akbar Notezai, The Diplomat

Thursday, May 23

The High Cost of Polarization For Mexico’s Young Democracy

Victoria Gaytan, GA

Theresa May Abandons Plan For Vote on Brexit Bill

Francis Elliott, Times of London

Could This Really Be the End For the Tories?

Polly Toynbee, Guardian

Labour Is Being Devoured by Its New Enemies

Nick Cohen, Spectator

China's Orwellian War on Religion

Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

Voter Turnout Will Decide Europe's Fate

Yves Leterme & Sam Van der Staak, EU Observer

Britain's Broken Politics Are About to Get Much Worse

Alex Massie, CapX

The Showa Era Is Growing Distant

Kuni Miyake, Japan Times

Russia’s Managed Poverty

Denis Grekov, Riddle

Electric Cars: China Powers the Battery Supply Chain

Henry Sanderson, FT

More Questions Than Answers For South Africa's Ramaphosa

James Hamill, WPR

The Brexit Party Poses an Existential Threat to the Tories

John O'Sullivan, NRO

What War with Iran Would Mean for the Kurds

Diliman Abdulkader, National Interest

Why Pollsters Got Australia's Elections So Wrong

Latika Bourke, The National

What U.S. Tech Companies Really Want in China: Data

Graeme Maxton, SCMP

Iran and the Problem of Occupation Warfare

George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures

Pompeo Is Right About Canada's North

David Bercuson, National Post

Why the U.S. Must Counter China's Efforts to Isolate Taiwan

Aaron Kliegman, FB

Friday, May 24

The Impossible Future of Christians in the Middle East

Emma Green, The Atlantic

America’s Lack of a Long-Term China Plan Is Beijing’s Gain

Andreea Leonte, SCMP

Death of the Nile

Ayah Aman, Al Monitor

American Middle East Strategy May Be Fraying

Jonathan Ariel, Times of Israel

Modi Reigns Supreme, Now India's Economy Awaits

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg View

India Chooses Modi 2.0 in Clean Sweep

Deccan Chronicle

It’s Modi’s India Now

Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy

A One-Size-Fits-All Europe Is Doomed to Failure

Kai Weiss, CapX

Grading Mogherini's Five Years as EU Foreign Policy Chief

Rachel Rizzo, WPReview

A Monument to Middle East Wars

Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch

A Blueprint for a National Security Strategy

Happymon Jacob, The Hindu

Purist Remainers Are as Bad as Brexiteers

Philip Collins, Times of London

IR Theory and ‘Game of Thrones’ Are Both Fantasies

Paul Musgrave, Foreign Policy

The Strong Favorite to Become Greece's Next Leader

Giorgos Christides, Der Spiegel

Facial Recognition and Fear

James Andrew Lewis, CSIS

UK: Theresa May resigns as prime minister

Saturday, May 25

France Faces Its Extremes

Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs

On Immigration, the UK Is Already in a Post-Brexit Era

J. Portes, New Statesman

The Grave Mistake That Killed May's Brexit

James Forsyth, Spectator

Theresa May Broke Britain

Alex Massie, Foreign Policy

Planning For the Day After Turkey's S-400 Acquisition

Aaron Stein, War on the Rocks

The Virtues of Patriotism

John Fonte, American Greatness

Andrew Sullivan, New York Mag

We Want It Like in Ukraine, Part 2

Vladimir Ruvinsky, Vedomosti

Trump's 'Emergency' to Justify Saudi Arms Sales

Eli Lake, Bloomberg View

EU Election: Live blog