October 19, 2019 Archives

Week of October 14, 2019 Archives

RealClearWorld Morning Edition

Monday, October 14

Graeme Wood, The Atlantic

Our Choice Between Compromise and Genocide

Mazloum Abdi, Foreign Policy

Who’s Who in Northern Syria?

Lindsay Maizland, Council on Foreign Relations

A Full Withdrawal From Northern Syria

Amberin Zaman & Jack Detsch, Al Monitor

In Syria, Turkey Will Pay the Price for an Imperfect Buffer

Stratfor

US Should Support, But Also Prod, Ukraine

Lawrence Haas, The Hill

Sports Diplomacy: The Case of the Two Koreas

Layne Vandenberg, The Diplomat

What Just Happened With the NBA in China?

Brook Larmer et al, ChinaFile

Three Nations That Tried Socialism and Rejected It

Lee Edwards, National Review

How the Press Can Avoid Playing Trump’s Game

Carla Anne Robbins, American Interest

Why Liberal Democracy Is Such a Rare Beast

Dani Rodrik, Project Syndicate

Is the Western Alliance Doomed?

Jacob Heilbrunn, National Interest

Poland's Law and Justice Party Increases Majority

Christian Davies, Guardian

EU Builds a Trade Bazooka

Jakob Hanke, Politico EU

Iran: Hardliners’ Anti-Graft Drive Masks Wider Goals

Najmeh Bozorgmehr, Fin. Times

American Brexit

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch

Updates: Assad's forces move into area hit by Turkey

Tuesday, October 15

The Demolition of U.S. Diplomacy

William Burns, Foreign Affairs

The Origins of New U.S.-Turkish Relations

George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures

For U.S. Soldiers, 'a Dagger to the Heart' to Abandon Kurds

David Ignatius, WaPo

A Long-Overdue Rethink on Syria

Ahmed Charai, The Hill

Syria Withdrawal: Are We Asking the Right Questions?

Paul Pillar, National Interest

Trump Is Repeating Obama's Big Middle East Mistakes

Rich Lowry, New York Post

In Egypt, Protests Return to the Streets

African Arguments

The Return of the Pakistani Taliban

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, The Diplomat

Morales or Mesa? Either Way, Bolivia Faces Tough Questions.

Raúl Peñaranda, AQ

Austerity Bites for Ecuador's President

Mac Margolis, Bloomberg

What Next for Female Kurdish Fighters Who Battled ISIS?

H. Khezri, Conversation

Without Encryption, We Lose All Privacy

Edward Snowden, Guardian

NATO Needs Multinational Amphibious Task Force

J. Hooker & M. Meyer, Proceedings

Trudeau May Yet Give Canadians a Coalition

Kelly McParland, National Post

Trudeau’s Liberals Have Been Hit Where It Hurts

Adam Pankratz, Globe and Mail

The Best Days of Andrew Scheer's Campaign

Shannon Proudfoot, Maclean's

The NBA’s Cowardly Response to China

Jonah Goldberg, National Review

After Poland, No Democracy Is Safe

Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic

Wednesday, October 16

Is the U.S. Nearing an 'East of Suez' Moment?

Robert Manning, The Hill

America Must Protect the Kurds From the Turkish Tyrant

Shmuley Boteach, Jer. Post

‘Decline Is a Choice’

Jay Nordlinger, National Review

Can the Last Surviving Democracy of the Arab Spring Hang On?

R. Zaretsky, Slate

China Looks Brittle and Insecure

Mark Clifford, South China Morning Post

Chinese Propaganda Has No Place on Campus

Andreas Fulda, Foreign Policy

5 Takeaways From the Polish Election

Jan Cienski & Zosia Wanat, Politico EU

Goodbye to the Middle East

Peter Zeihan, Zeihan on Geopolitics

Can a West African Currency Union Work?

Simplice Asongu, Project Syndicate

A Feminist Take on Canada's Election

Y. Jiwani, F. Scala & S. Paterson, The Conversation

The Trudeau Liberals' Record: Four Faddish Years of Nothing

Conrad Black, NatPost

The EU’s Brexit Unicorn

Dominic Walsh, Spectator

Is Boris Johnson Actually Winning?

Tom McTague, The Atlantic

Will Macron and Merkel Help Deliver 'Boris Brexit?'

Anne McElvoy, Evening Standard

The 'Woke' NBA Became a Joke When It Caved to China

Charlie Kirk, Newsweek

Thursday, October 17

Trump's Quiet, Profound Geopolitical Failures

Robert Kaplan, Washington Post

The West Remembers Why It Liked U.S. Leadership

Janan Ganesh, Financial Times

Why China Fears Sending the Tanks Into Hong Kong

Howard French, Guardian

Hong Kong: Not So Special Anymore

Benjamin Haas, New Statesman

Xi Jinping’s Hong Kong Dilemma

Gary Anderson, Washington Times

America's Options for the Middle East After Syria

Seth Frantzman, National Interest

Signposts for an Islamic State Comeback in Iraq

Michael Knights, Washington Institute

America's Predictable, Avoidable, Unnecessary Syrian Disaster

N. Grossman, Arc

American Withdrawal and the Future of Israeli Security

Dore Gold, American Interest

Majority of Iranians Now Want to Quit Nuclear Deal

Barbara Slavin, Al Monitor

Can NATO Members Kick Turkey Out?

Associated Press

Hong Kong Has No Need for Bread and Circuses

Claudia Rosett, New York Sun

When Are Exit Strategies Viable?

David Kampf, War on the Rocks

Democracy Survives in Central and Eastern Europe

S. Sierakowski, Balkan Insight

How UK Establishment Helps Keep Bahrain’s Rulers in Power

Curtis & Kennard, DM

Updates: EU, Boris Johnson reach draft Brexit deal

Friday, October 18

Assad Is Now Syria’s Best-Case Scenario

Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy

Trump Admin's Successful War on Bureaucratic Bullies

Rachel Bovard, USA Today

Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President

William McRaven, New York Times

Everyone Needs Brexit Off the Table

Simon Jenkins, Guardian

Can Johnson Pass His Brexit Deal Through House of Commons?

R. Mason, G'dian

Brexiteers Need to Vote for This Deal

Iain Martin, Times of London

Why Mexico Is Cooperating With Us on Immigration

Mark Krikorian, National Review

The Dangerous Deterioration of Rwanda-Uganda Relations

Sophie Neiman, WPR

Erdogan’s Costly Victories

Jed Babbin, Washington Times

The End of Sri Lankan Democracy?

Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate

China's Push for More Economic and Political Power

A. Batabyal, The Conversation

Ukraine Peace Talks Get Some Help From Putin

Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

Can China, Hong Kong Rejuvenate ‘One Country, Two Systems?'

B. Wong, Diplomat

The Threat of a Socialist Britain

Oliver Wiseman, City Journal

A Cheaper Nuclear Sponge

Steve Fetter & Kingston Reif, War on the Rocks

Saturday, October 19

3 Likely Scenarios for Canada's Election

Brian Platt, National Post

Another Brick in the Berlin Wall

William Boyd, New Statesman

Conservative MPs Should Give Johnson Benefit of Doubt

Paul Goodman, CH

The Moment Remainer Dreams May Die

Jonathan Freedland, Guardian

The Senate Must Rein In Trump

Chris Coons, The Atlantic

Withdrawing From Syria Is a Grave Mistake

Sen. Mitch McConnell, Washington Post

The Syrian Cease-Fire Is Already Breaking Apart

Republican Voters Largely Back Trump’s Withdrawal From Syria

On Syria, We Need the Serious Trump

James Jay Carafano, Heritage Foundation

How the American Public Views China

Alexander Hitch, RealClearWorld

Updates: Tough vote in UK Parliament on Brexit