RealClearWorld Week of July 21, 2025 Archives

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Monday, July 21
Political Polarization Is Killing Grand Strategy
Andrew Latham The National Interest
How Western Democracy Died
Thomas Fazi UnHerd
How Diplomacy Gets Done in Trump 2.0
Amy Mackinnon Politico
Trump, Tariffs, and European Inflation
Sven R. Larson The European Conservative
The One Theater Where Iran Is Seeing Success
Tom Sharpe The Telegraph
How Europe Can Help Nudge Gaza Toward Peace
Muhammad Shehada ECFR
End Palestinian Authority’s “Pay-To-Slay” Program
Pletka & Ailinger RealClearWorld
Is China Cooking the Books on Its Economy?
Ian Williams Spectator World
‘Japan First’ Electoral Tide Turns Against Ishiba, LDP
William Pesek Asia Times
How the BRICS Countries Destroyed Their Potential
Mani Basharzad CapX
OPEC Is Playing the Long Game
Irina Slav Oil Price
Mike Waltz Is Exactly What America Needs at the UN
Rep. Brian Mast Fox News
Trump Administration Weakens U.S. Diplomacy
Josh Blackman The Hill
The Real Meaning of the State Department RIF
Peter Van Buren TAC
Comity, Rivalry, and the Real Drivers of War
Eamonn Bellin Law & Liberty


Tuesday, July 22
Putin’s Dilemma
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Will Trump's Ukraine Shift Change the War?
Rajan Menon The Guardian
Europe’s Security Plans Must Extend Beyond its Backyard
Chels Michta CEPA
Israel's Self-Serving Effort To Break up Syria
Elfadil Ibrahim Responsible Statecraft
Israeli Actions in Sweida Are Both Moral and Strategic
Amos Yadlin Times of Israel
The Iranian People Remain Best Hope for Regime Change
Tom Ridge Newsweek
Japan’s Populist Pivot
Oliver Jia UnHerd
East Asia Minus U.S. Risks Disaster
Hanjin Lew Asia Times
Building Strength Through Shared Production
Phillips-Levine & Tenbusch WOTR
Maduro’s Human Rights Farce
Mackenzie France RealClearWorld
Tren de Aragua Should Be Called a Terrorist Organization
Alfredo Ferrero The Hill
Is Everyone Leaving the UK?
Sebastian Morello The European Conservative
Suella Braverman’s Plan for Quitting the ECHR
Andrew Tettenborn Spectator World
Has Migration Broken Schengen?
Michal Kranz UnHerd
How to Revitalize the Abraham Accords
Yoel Guzansky and Chuck Freilich TNI


Wednesday, July 23
Israel’s Gaza War Faces an Inflection Point
Seth J. Frantzman The National Interest
The Violent Gaza-ification of the West Bank
Nimrod Novik Time
How U.S. Forces Should Leave Europe
Christopher S. Chivvis Foreign Affairs
Trump Is Stringing Ukraine Along
Phillips Payson O'Brien The Atlantic
The West Won’t Survive Its Own Cowardice
Lauren Smith The European Conservative
Toward a National Restoration
Daniel J. Mahoney American Mind
Both Targets of Tariffs, EU and China Still Can’t Get Along
Simone McCarthy CNN
The Franco-German Engine Is Sputtering
Nette Nöstlinger and Giorgio Leali Politico EU
Marcos Leaves Empty-Handed After Trump Meeting
Jason Gutierrez Asia Times
Trump’s Dual Opportunity in Sudan
Liam Karr RealClearWorld
Britain Is Broke
Michael Simmons Spectator World
Russiagate Architects Silenced Doubts To Peddle False Claims
Aaron Maté RCI
Belarusian Prisoner Releases: The Dictator’s Gambit
Katia Glod CEPA
Iraq Emerges As Power Broker
Tanya Goudsouzian Newsweek
Why Turkey’s Kurds Are Tired of Fighting
Matt Broomfield UnHerd
Is Armenia-Azeri Peace Plan Yet Another Road to Nowhere?
Eldar Mamedov RS


Thursday, July 24
A Russian Soldier’s View of the War
Matthew Luxmoore Wall Street Journal
Ukraine’s Insidious Enemy: Its Own Leadership
Jamie Dettmer Politico EU
Trump’s New Model To Support Ukraine Is a Win-Win
Maksym Skrypchenko The Hill
Macron-Merz Bromance Can’t Hide Tensions in Europe
Katja Hoyer UnHerd
Where Giorgia Meloni Is Leading Europe
Massimo Calabresi Time
U.S. Tries To Claw Back Influence in Middle East
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post
Is MAGA Bailing on Bibi?
Zac Weisz GZero Media
What Trump’s Japan Deal Means for the U.S. Economy
Desmond Lachman TNI
Trump Did Not Start the Global ‘Trade War'
Gordon G. Chang Newsweek
How 'Unverifiable' Report Became Russiagate Dynamite
Paul Sperry RCI
Gabbard’s Unprecedented Claim
Dan De Luce NBC News
Climate Change Cult Encounters Resistance
Gary Abernathy Empowering America
Hong Kong Has Become Just Another Chinese Captive
Doug Bandow TAC
The UK and India Sign Their Trade Deal – At Last
James Heale Spectator World
Thailand and Cambodia Edge Closer To War
Shawn W. Crispin Asia Times


Friday, July 25
Putin’s Middle East Failure
Michael McFaul and Abbas Milani Foreign Affairs
How Long Will Americans Tolerate Ukrainian Corruption?
Steve Cortes Newsweek
How To Negotiate With Moscow
Roman Bezsmertny Jamestown Foundation
China Is Increasingly Holding U.S. Citizens Hostage
Helen Raleigh The Federalist
Beijing Summit Reinforces the EU’s China Problem
Ralph Schoellhammer UnHerd
Syrian Sectarian Strife Jeopardizes Post-Assad Transition
Sam Dagher Bloomberg
Europe Faces a Defining Test in Iran
Sahil V. Shah and Nathalie Tocci Politico EU
Regime Change In Iran: A Treacherous Temptation
Josef Joffe Hoover Institution
Beware Iran’s New Ruling Elite
Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh Wall Street Journal
Israel’s Moral Dilemma
Ahmed Charai Jerusalem Post
Israel Is Breaking the Middle East
Thanassis Cambanis UnHerd
Erdogan and Shara’s “Sunnification” Project
Sinan Ciddi The National Interest
The Time to Quell Ursula’s Power Ambitions Is Now
Sven Larson TEC
U.S. is Unprepared To Repel Saturation Missile Attacks
Stephen Bryen Asia Times
Taiwan Attempts a Do-Over of Last Year’s Elections
Lizzy Yee GZero Media
Saturday, July 26
Is Civil War Coming to the West?
Ralph Schoellhammer Brussels Signal
Trump’s Ukraine Policy Deserves a Reassessment
Eliot Cohen The Atlantic
No NATO for Ukraine Is Key To Jumpstarting Stalled Talks
George Beebe RS
Putin Should Accept Trump’s Ceasefire Deal
Mark N. Katz The National Interest
What China Really Wants for Russia and Ukraine
Alexander Motyl The Hill
U.S. Struggles To Rein in an Emboldened Israel
Raice & Ward Wall Street Journal
Macron Is Playing With Fire by Recognizing Palestine
Brendan O'Neill Spiked
Has Israel Become a Pariah or Saved the World?
Gil Hoffman Jerusalem Post
Iran’s Drought Is Creating a Regime Crisis
Ali Hamedani UnHerd
Thai-Cambodian Fighting Extends Into Third Day
Naing and Pookasook Reuters
Trump Just Cracked Down on Cuba. Venezuela Must Be Next.
Kyle Moran RCW
Von der Leyen To Meet Trump on Sunday
Eliza Gkritsi Politico EU
Trump’s Tariff Plan Seems To Be Working
New York Post
Americans Are Paying for Tariffs
Georgina Boos Bloomberg
Sectarian Violence Turns Syrian City Into a Slaughterhouse
Nabih Bulos LAT
The Ethno-Religious Cleansing of the Druze in Syria
Nuri Kino Newsweek


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