RealClearWorld Week of December 30, 2024 Archives

RealClearWorld AM Update

Monday, December 30

2024 Was Truly the End of the ‘End of History’

Dan Perry Newsweek

Neo-Imperialism Is Making a Comeback

Ralph Schoellhammer Brussels Signal

The End of the World’s Four Legacy Empires

Alfred McCoy TomDispatch

Trump Settles MAGA Movement Feud on Tech Visas

David P. Goldman Asia Times

Report: China Rapidly Builds up Its Military

Chuck DeVore The Federalist

Reasons China’s Productivity Slowed Down

Noah Smith Substack

Failing Iran Gives Growing Opportunity for Regime Change

Dan Diker JPost

Time Is Running Out for Iran-U.S. Diplomacy

Jon Hoffman The Hill

The Houthis Turned Their Weaknesses Into Strengths

Ari Heistein Times of Israel

Europe’s Farmers Dealt a Righteous Blow to the Green Elites

Tim Black Spiked

Democracy Is Rotting in Europe

Gavin Mortimer Spectator World

What Jimmy Carter Left Behind

Tom Donilon Foreign Affairs

The Untold Story of Carter’s Fateful Foreign Policy

James W. Carden TAC

As ISIS Exploits Syria’s Void, Will Trump Cede Fight to Turkey?

Colin Clarke A-M

Turkey’s Resurgence Has Left the West Flat-Footed

Philip Pilkington UnHerd

Tuesday, December 31

Europe’s Emerging Centers of Power

Politico EU

The Perils of Escalation With Russia Are Still Very Real

Ramzy Mardini TNI

America Needs a Maximum Pressure Strategy in Ukraine

Alina Polyakova FA

Germany 2025: What Political Challenges Lie Ahead?

Jens Thurau DW-World

U.S. Economy Surprised Again in 2024 Despite Drama

Augusta Saraiva Bloomberg

China’s Hacking Frenzy Has Reached the U.S. Treasury

Ian Williams Spectator World

Canada-America Union: A Fantasy That Just Won’t Go Away

Andrew Latham 1945

This Time, It Is All Different: Trump Is Back

Kevin Myers Brussels Signal

Israel Should Strike Iran Now, Paving Way for Trump 2.0

Seth Cropsey The Hill

A Better Chance Without France?

Kamran Bokhari The National Interest

The Top Five Foreign Influence Fails of 2024

Ben Freeman Responsible Statecraft

For South Korea, 2024 Was Bad & 2025 Could Be Worse

William Pesek Asia Times

The Argentine Miracle

Joseph Addington The American Conservative

End the Cold War in Cuba

Juan David Rojas Compact

South Africa Chairs G20: Ambitious Plans, Geopolitical Woes

David Ehl DW-World

Mozambique—the Roots of Violence

P. Costa Simões The European Conservative