RealClearWorld Week of December 29, 2025 Archives

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Monday, December 29

The Strange Fear of Russia

George Friedman Geopolitical Futures

Takeaways From Trump-Zelensky Meeting

Max Rego and Tara Suter The Hill

The Ukraine War Will Decide Putin’s Fate

Andrew Latham 19FortyFive

Netanyahu Arrives in U.S. for Trump Summit

Amichai Stein Jerusalem Post

Who Won the War in Gaza?

Robert Satloff Times of Israel

Iran’s Water Crisis: A National Security Imperative

Scott Romaniuk et al. GeoMonitor

Obliterate Europe’s Managerial Plantation

John Waters & Ross Calvin RealClearWorld

Stopping Islamic Terrorists Marching Through Africa

Edmund Fitton-Brown NYP

The Top Geopolitical Stories of 2025

GZero Media

Elections Only Stand if Voters Make the “Right” Choice

Seth Hertlein Brussels Signal

The Bolsonaro Surname: An Advantage or Liability?

Naiara Galarraga Gortázar El Pais

Japan Reaching for a Bigger, Richer Stake in Central Asia

Scott Foster Asia Times

A Chinese Attack on Taiwan Would Be Japan’s Problem

Mandhana & Kiss WSJ

Brigitte Bardot & France’s Uneasy Liberation

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet UnHerd

The Winding Road to Prosperity

Asheesh Agarwal Law & Liberty

Tuesday, December 30

Trump Fills End of 2025 With Foreign Policy

Brett Samuels The Hill

Symbolism and Searching for Peace in Ukraine

Imran Khalid Newsweek

How Trump Can Push Europe to Secure Ukraine

Andrew Day American Conservative

As Russia’s War Grinds On, Its Society Is Fraying

Francesca Ebel Washington Post

To Save Gaza, Arab Nations Must Oust Hamas

New York Post

The Middle East Is on the Brink of a New Crisis

Alex Plitsas Atlantic Council

Grading Trump-Netanyahu Meeting

Yonah Jeremy Bob Jerusalem Post

Israel Mulls New Iran Strikes

Mohamed ELDoh Geopolitical Monitor

Venezuela’s Maduro Tries To Laugh off U.S. Campaign

Kejal Vyas Wall Street Journal

War in Venezuela: The Iraq War All Over Again?

Robert Kelly 19FortyFive

Will the BRICS ‘Unit’ Really Challenge the Dollar?

Chris Ogden Asia Times

China’s Military Is Staring Down the Barrel of Its Gun

Sean Durns DC Examiner

Europe’s 5 Stages of Grief

Ivo Daalder Politico EU

The Danish Immigration Lesson

Peter Van Buren The American Conservative

Why Did the United States Conduct Strikes in Nigeria?

Palmer and Oppel CSIS

Wednesday, December 31

Why Transatlantic Relations Broke Down

Nathan Pinkoski Compact

Europe Declares War on Free Speech in the U.S.

Jonathan Turley The Hill

A Middle Way for American Foreign Policy

Kupchan and Trubowitz Foreign Affairs

Why Getting to a Peace Deal in Ukraine Is So Hard

Reuben Johnson 19FortyFive

Europe Wants U.S. Protection. Israel Earns It

Jason D. Greenblatt Newsweek

Yemen Strike Shows Depth of Distrust Between Saudi Arabia and UAE

Reuters

Iran Protests Draw Swift Crackdown

CBS News

With Real Talks, Iran & U.S. Can Both Win

Abbas Araghchi The Guardian

We Should Help the People of Iran

Behnam Ben Taleblu New York Post

Trump’s Approach to the Western Hemisphere Comes at a Cost

The Guardian

Why a “Golden Fleet” Misses the Mark

John G. Ferrari American Enterprise Institute

It's Not About Battleships, It's Shipbuilding

James E. Fanell American Greatness

Japan Lost the Future in 2008, Not in 1990

Noah Smith Substack

India’s Approach to China

Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury War on the Rocks

Finding Light in Sudan’s Dark Night

Don Cheadle and John Prendergast The Hill

America Needs Free Speech. RealClear Needs You.

David DesRosiers RCP