RealClearWorld Week of June 16, 2025 Archives

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Monday, June 16
Ukraine & Russia, Israel & Iran: The Significant
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Leaders Clamor To Be the G7’s Trump Whisperer
Stefan Boscia Politico EU
Tehran Endangers the Whole Middle East
Edward Luttwak UnHerd
Neocons and Hawks Play Dangerous Games
Douglas MacKinnon The Hill
As Iran Vows Our Destruction, Israel Unites
Yair Lapid Jerusalem Post
Don’t Give up on Diplomacy With Iran
Ali Vaez Foreign Affairs
India Breaks With China, Russia on Israel-Iran War
Andrew Korybko Asia Times
China and Russia’s Ties Are Deeper Than DC Thinks
Natalia Chabarovskaya CEPA
Tariff Dodgers Take Big Risks To Cut Small Corners
Gene Marks The Guardian
America Is Finally Getting Its Maritime Strategy Right
James Holmes TNI
Fracturing Transatlantic Allies, One Capital at a Time
Matthew Johnson China Brief
Mapping India-Pakistan Military Power
R. Pillai Rajagopalan & L. Cohen ASPI Strategist
Europe Must Rethink Its Energy Strategy — Now
Rafael Pinto Borges Brussels Signal
The Uniqueness of the EU
Henry T. Edmondson III Law & Liberty


Tuesday, June 17
How To Ensure Iran Never Gets the Bomb After Israel’s Strike
Russell Berman NSJ
Israel Risks Another War With No End
Matthew Chance CNN
Iran Remains Diplomatically Isolated Five Days Into Strikes
Seth Frantzman JPost
Russia Wants War Between Israel and Iran
Owen Matthews Spectator World
The Regime Change Maniacs Are Back
Sohrab Ahmari UnHerd
Trump Has Kept His Word on Iran
Lee Smith Tablet
Why War With Iran Was Not Inevitable
Jamie Cohen Times of Israel
India’s Great-Power Delusions
Ashley J. Tellis Foreign Affairs
Mark Rutte's Mission To Keep NATO United and Strong
Addison Graham RCW
What’s Next for Europe?
Sumantra Maitra The American Conservative
The Case Against a Pacific Defense Pact
Jimin Park RealClearDefense
Europe’s Countries Ready Their Hospitals for War
Giedrė Peseckytė Politico EU
The U.S. Is Already Losing the Next War
Holden Triplett The National Interest
Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack?
Adam Mill Chronicles
Israel’s Operation Rising Lion and the New Way of War
Benjamin Jensen CSIS


Wednesday, June 18
How Iran Lost
Afshon Ostovar Foreign Affairs
An Iran War Would Shatter Trump’s Legacy
John Allen Gay The National Interest
‘America First’ War With Iran?
Philip Wegmann RealClearPolitics
Iran’s Four Possible Responses to Israel — and Their Risks
Hal Brands Bloomberg
Can Trump Manage an Unbelievably Small War?
W. James Antle III TAC
Iran’s Target Isn’t Just Israel. It’s Us.
Mathias Döpfner Politico
Iran is Unlikely to Become a Democracy
Andrew Thomas Asia Times
Why Isn’t Russia Defending Iran?
Hanna Notte The Atlantic
America’s Middle East Trap is China’s Strategic Windfall
Adham Sahloul WOTR
NATO Should Stay in Europe — And Out of the Pacific
Michael Peck CEPA
How China Won Over America, and Then Lost It
John West ASPI
Why Liberals Ignored the Grooming Gang Scandal
Nick Tyrone Spectator World
The 3 Big Lessons for U.S. Air Power from Israel’s War on Iran
Rebecca Grant NSJ
The New KKK
To Put It Bluntly
Reclaiming Religious Freedom—A Liberal Responsibility
Nuri Kino Newsweek


Thursday, June 19
War With Iran Would Undercut U.S. China Strategy
Adam Gallagher National Interest
Iran ‘Sleepwalked’ Into a War With Israel It Can’t Win
Seth Frantzman NSJ
Khamenei May Be Fed False Data, May Lead to IDF Blunders
Yonah Bob JPost
Can Israel End Iran’s Nuclear Program?
Armin Rosen Tablet
A Last Chance at Middle East Peace
Sanam Vakil Foreign Affairs
Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Is Missing in Action
Raghavan & Said Wall Street Journal
Will Iran Actually Close the Strait of Hormuz?
Charles Kennedy Oil Price
Can the U.S. Liberate Iraq From Iran?
James Durso RealClearWorld
UK's Grooming Gang Denial is Dead
Connor Tomlinson Courage Media
Deterrence in Europe and the Indo-Pacific
Luis Simon War on the Rocks
Why Putin Still Fights
Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs
Brussels’ Middle-East Riddle
Michael Curzon The European Conservative
EU’s Anti-China Turn Has Been Forced by Tariffs
Wolfgang Munchau UnHerd
Wilders’ Plan: Choose Him or Left-Tinged Chaos
Henry Olsen Brussels Signal
The Mark Carney Paradox
Neema Parvini Chronicles


Friday, June 20
Options for Targeting Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility
Heather Williams CSIS
Trump’s Two-Week Delay Will Unsettle Iran
Jonathan Sacerdoti Spectator World
Trump Makes the Right Choice for Now
Daniel R. DePetris The American Conservative
How the Israel-Iran Conflict Is Reshaping the Middle East
Burcu Ozcelik TNI
Israel Is Luring the U.S. Into a Trap
Paul Pillar Responsible Statecraft
Israel Is Striving To Be Left Alone
Seth Mandel Commentary
Countering China’s Economic Warfare
Anna Gustafson and Ellyn Chatham RCW
Japan Prepared for China's Mineral Squeeze
Sam Meredith & Dylan Butts CNBC
The West Is Actually Pretty Good at War, Worry About China
Noah Smith Substack
The Right Path to Regime Change in Iran
Eric Edelman et al. Foreign Affairs
Iran’s Rebels Have Lost Their Nerve
Christopher de Bellaigue UnHerd
Israelis Back Total Victory in Iran, With or Without U.S. Support
Andrew Tobin WFB
Europe Strains To Give Trump an Off-Ramp
Tim Ross et al. Politico EU
Why Is the EU So Scared of ‘Hate Speech’?
Lauren Smith The European Conservative
Syria’s Silence on the Israel-Iran War
Rizik Alabi Jerusalem Post
Saturday, June 21
Israel Sees No Instability, Cracks in Iranian Regime’s Control
Amichai Stein JPost
Only Democracy Can End Iran’s Nuclear Threat
Abbas Milani Project Syndicate
Does Israel Need to Strike Fordow?
Blaise Misztal and Jonathan Ruhe TNI
What Israel Needs and Trump Must Decide
Kurt Davis Jr. Asia Times
Trump’s Opponents Want to Humble the USA
Lee Smith Tablet
Iranians Put Faith in Diplomacy. Israel & Trump Ruined It
Alex Shams Newsweek
Netanyahu’s War Has No Visible Exit
The Guardian
Israel-Iran War Is a Double-Edged Sword for Putin’s Russia
John Hardie NSJ
Close NATO’s Door to Ukraine
Charles Kupchan Foreign Affairs
China’s Property Sector Has Been in an Extended Slump
Anniek Bao CNBC
Venezuela Is Open for Investment*
Gisela Salim-Peyer The Atlantic
Venezuela and “America First”
Mackenzie France The National Interest
Spain’s Pedro Sanchez Won’t Limp on for Long
Jim Lawley Spectator World
The Vatican Sees a New ‘Industrial Revolution’
Charles C. Camosy The Atlantic
6 Top Issues To Review in U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade
Duncan Wood The Hill
Sunday, June 22
How B-2 Stealth Bombers Hit Iran Hard
Jack Buckby National Security Journal
Trump Makes Good on Promise No Nukes for Iran
Philip Wegmann RealClearPolitics
What Comes After U.S. Strikes
Ilan Goldenberg Foreign Affairs
Gulf States Seeking Stability, Fear a Wider Conflict
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post
Trump’s Idea of Quick Victory Is Illusory
Adam Weinstein Responsible Statecraft
‘Everybody Knows Khamenei’s Days Are Numbered’
Arash Azizi The Atlantic
How the War Could Spin Out of Control
Ahmari Moeini and Caldwell UnHerd
Trump Admin Says Regime Change Is Not the Goal
Tyler Durden ZeroHedge
What Iran Will Do Now
John Jenkins Spectator World
Xi Jinping’s Iran Dilemma
Trevor Filseth The National Interest
Hezbollah Says It Won’t Join Fight After U.S. Attacks Iran
Tom O'Connor Newsweek
NATO’s Winners, Risers, & Laggards
McLeary Lunday and Webber Politico EU
Israel Acts, Europe Watches
Nicoletta Kouroushi The European Conservative


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