RealClearWorld Week of May 19, 2025 Archives

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Monday, May 19
Trump’s Bromance With Arab Leaders
Ward Kalin & Leary Wall Street Journal
Why Did the Houthis Agree to Peace With America?
James Holmes TNI
Netanyahu’s Climb and Collapse
Amotz Asa-El Jerusalem Post
The Evolution of India’s Strategy Against Pakistan
Arzan Tarapore War on the Rocks
Japan Not Rushing Into a Bad Trade Deal With Trump
Scott Foster Asia Times
China’s Sales Disappoint; Industrial Output Grows
Anniek Bao & Evelyn Cheng CNBC
China Has Secretly Installed Kill Switches in Solar Panels
David Averre Daily Mail
Election Cliffhanger in Poland
Zoltán Kottász The European Conservative
Pro-Eu Moderate Wins Romanian Election
Tim Ross et al. Politico EU
Portugal Swings to the Right
Carl Deconinck Brussels Signal
Starmer’s ‘EU Reset’ Is a Fairytale
Wolfgang Munchau UnHerd
China’s Surveillance Uses Latin America as a Base
Arturo McFields The Hill
In Bolivia, Candidates Scramble After President Drops Out
Joseph Bouchard RCW
What Democrats Can Learn From Mexico's Morena Party
Juan David Rojas Substack
The U.S. Needs a New Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan
Austin Wu RealClearDefense


Tuesday, May 20
The Geopolitics of Middle Powers
Eamonn Bellin Providence
China’s Dominance Game in the South China Sea
Euan Graham ASPI Strategist
The Taiwan Tightrope
Oriana Skylar Mastro and Brandon Yoder Foreign Affairs
Nobody in Ukraine Thinks the War Will End Soon
Anne Applebaum The Atlantic
Welcome to the New and Even More Chaotic Nuclear Age
Hal Brands Bloomberg
Erdogan Has Become One of World’s Most Powerful Men
Tom O'Connor Newsweek
Pakistan’s Terror Challenge Isn’t Just India’s Problem
Kriti Upadhyaya RCW
Conflict Helped Boost the Pakistan Military’s Image
Abid Hussain Aljazeera
How Pakistan Might React to Military Setback vs. India
Michael Rubin 19FortyFive
Romanian Centrist Victory Brings Relief to Allies
Alison Mutler CEPA
The EU Plot To Crush Free Speech in Ireland
Andrew Tettenborn Spiked
Race for Poland’s Presidency Blows Wide Open
Cienski and Kość Politico EU
Blow for ‘Progressive’ Tusk
Henry Olsen Brussels Signal
Could Boris Make a Comeback?
James Heale Spectator World
Farm-to-Table International Economics
Robert F. Graboyes Substack


Wednesday, May 21
There Is No Ukraine Ceasefire. Ever.
Jamie Dettmer Politico EU
Russia Can Afford To Take a Beating in Ukraine
Meisel and Burrows War on the Rocks
Russia’s Strategy To Win: Casualties Don’t Matter
Brent M. Eastwood NSJ
Is the U.S. Drifting Toward a Taiwan War With China?
Ramon Marks TNI
Liberal Taiwan in a Realist World
Han Feizi Asia Times
Trump Needs To Stay Focused on U.S. Interests With Iran
Robert Torres RCW
Ignore Iran’s Tough Talk — Hold the Line on Enrichment
New York Post
Israel is prepared to go it alone in Gaza
Jonathan Sacerdoti Spectator World
India’s New Normal Dominance of Pakistan
Jyotishman Bhagawati Asia Times
Romania’s Postponed Reckoning
Veronica Anghel Foreign Affairs
Trump and Ramaphosa: Awkward Meeting Could Have Upsides
Dan Ford RS
South Africa's Chance to Reset Relations With Trump
Richard Tren RealClearWorld
New Pope, Old Problem: Will Leo XIV Resist Tyranny?
Brian T. Kennedy The Blaze
How China Co-Opted the Green Movement
Joel Kotkin UnHerd
Double Standards On Wikipedia: Quran Yes, Bible No
RealClearPolitics


Thursday, May 22
America Is No Longer the Indispensable Nation
Andrew Latham NSJ
The End of Extended Deterrence in Asia?
David Santoro Foreign Affairs
Russia’s Negotiating Strategy
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Trump Just Let Putin off the Hook Yet Again
Jonathan Sweet and Mark Toth The Hill
Ukraine Faces a Growing Risk of Outright Military Collapse
Daniel Davis 1945
America Can’t Afford To Protect Europe
Doug Bandow The American Conservative
Cooler Heads Know Hamas Must Be Removed
Ralph Schoellhammer Brussels Signal
Our Embattled Anglosphere
James Allan Law & Liberty
Ireland Is Trump’s Trojan Horse
Eoin Drea Politico EU
South Africa’s Ramaphosa Held His Own With Trump
Sam Mkokeli Semafor
Trump Debunks Denials of South Africans’ Refugee Claims
Brianna Lyman Fed.
India’s Western Front Problem
Aparna Pande & Vinay Kaura The National Interest
China Caused the COVID Catastrophe
Vincent C. Chen The Hill
Trump’s Strategy of Peace
George Beebe UnHerd
Why U.S. Troops May Be in Iraq Indefinitely
Tanya Goudsouzian Responsible Statecraft


Friday, May 23
Why Israel's New Gaza Operation Is Different
Tom O'Connor Newsweek
It’s Time for Israel To Make Peace With Syria
Christopher Solomon Times of Israel
Welcome to the Intifada, America
David Harsanyi Washington Examiner
China Is Trapped in the South China Sea ‘Gray Zone’
Denny Roy 19FortyFive
The Next War Between India and Pakistan
Aqil Shah Foreign Affairs
Europe Must Learn the Art of ‘Unpowering’ Russia
Steven Everts Politico EU
Another Round of European Sanctions Won’t Deter Putin
Bethany Elliott UnHerd
Japan’s Panic Bond Sell-Off Is a Warning to U.S.
Paul Menchaca Investors Observer
Why China’s Yuan Can’t Replace the U.S. Dollar
Milton Ezrati The National Interest
Women’s Evolving Role in the Modern Middle East
Taylor Hathorn RealClearWorld
What Trump Got Right in the Middle East
Andrew Exum The Atlantic
Trump’s Historic Trip to the Middle East
Jim Hanson The Federalist
Burgum Warns Whoever Wins AI Race ‘Controls the World’
Philip Wegmann RCP
Salman Rushdie Canceled?
Ingrid Jacques USA Today
Armenia’s Political Climate Heats Up
Onnik James Krikorian Eurasia Daily Monitor
Saturday, May 24
Trump Revives Global Trade War
Myah Ward and Adam Cancryn Politico
Europe Needs a New Great Power
Edward Luttwak UnHerd
The Dollar May Be Down, but It’s Still on Top
Eswar Prasad Foreign Affairs
Trump, Rubio Take Aim at NSC’s “Deep State”
Marc Caputo & Alex Isenstadt Axios
Civilizational Multipolarity in a Post-Pax Americana World
Marcus Loh Asia Times
Trump Is Crushing the Netanyahu Myth
Yair Rosenberg The Atlantic
Awash in Anti-Semitism
Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon
The People of Gaza Are Not a Means to an End
Jason Jones American Conservative
Israel and Saudi Arabia Must Pursue Normalization
Eran Lerman Jerusalem Post
India Spurns Carbon Tax Threat
Vijay Jayaraj RealClearWorld
Economists: Canada Recession Has Already Begun
Mulima and Morgan Bloomberg
Can Russia Endure New Sanctions
Yerzhan Tokbolat and Moldir Mukan Asia Times
Trump Makes Deal of a Lifetime for U.S. Steel
Salena Zito Washington Examiner
Portuguese Politics Is Moving Fast-Forward
Bernardo Gomes Brussels Signal
Tensions Rise as Superpowers Scrap for the Arctic
Katya Adler BBC News
Can the New Pope Remind Americans of the Value of Nobility?
Rachel Lu L&L
The Risks of Memorial Day Not Being Personal
Scott Cooper War on the Rocks


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