RealClearWorld Week of August 4, 2025 Archives

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Monday, August 4
After Xi
Tyler Jost and Daniel C. Mattingly Foreign Affairs
China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals
Jon Emont et al. Wall Street Journal
Why Geography Still Constrains China at Sea
Sahil Yar Muhammad Geo. Monitor
India Surpasses China in Production of iPhones
Matt Cookson RealClearWorld
Turkey’s Time to Rise
George Friedman and Kamran Bokhari Geopolitical Futures
Fragile Ceasefire Begins to Break Down in Syria
Jotam Confino The Telegraph
How Israel Is Missing the Chance To Defeat Hamas
Amos Yadlin Jerusalem Post
The Hilarious Breakdown of the Islamo-Left Alliance
Rakib Ehsan Spiked
Europe’s Future Depends on Confrontation
Kasparov & Landsbergis Politico
Will the Tories Go Extinct?
Richard Vinen UnHerd
The International Witch Hunt for Populists
William Barclay RealClearWorld
Don’t Resort to Censorship to Fight Populism
Jacob Mchangama Substack
Trump Is Right About Brazil
Felipe Jafet The Hill
The West Has Rewarded Hamas for Torture
Brendan O'Neill Spectator World
China Can’t Buy Its Way to a Baby Boom
Ming Gao Asia Times


Tuesday, August 5
Netanyahu Said Set To Order Full Takeover of Gaza
Levaton & Fabian Times of Israel
Israel Is at a Strategic Dead End
Shai Feldman The National Interest
Saudi Arabia Is Making a Power Play Against Hamas
Tom O'Connor Newsweek
Israel’s Plan To Occupy Gaza Is a Last Resort
Jonathan Sacerdoti Spectator World
Trump Can Forge a New Middle East
Arta Moeini UnHerd
Building a Just and Lasting Peace In Ukraine
Todd Glasser RealClearWorld
Conflicts, Russian Aggression and EU Enlargement
Kelmendi & Kapanadze ECFR
A Tariff Waiting Game
Phillip W. Magness Law & Liberty
The Pentagon’s New Isolationism
Nancy A. Youssef The Atlantic
China Fears a Backdoor in Nvidia Chips
Jeff Pao Asia Times
Loosen China’s Chokehold on Battery Supply Chains
Dezenski & Birenbaum The Hill
The Vibe Shift That Could Save the Tories
James Cowling CapX
Europe Is Being Gaslit About Freedom of Speech
Lauren Smith European Conservative
Bolivia: Centrist's Foreign Policy Is the Radical Choice
Joseph Bouchard RCW
Ethiopia’s Tigray Temptation
Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe and Alex de Waal Foreign Affairs


Wednesday, August 6
The Dam Is Breaking on Britain’s Illegal Immigration Crisis
Glenn H. Reynolds NYP
A Welcome U-Turn in Ukraine
Michael McFaul Substack
India, the U.S. and the Quad: Managing Tensions
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan ASPI
Canada at a Strategic Crossroads
Andrew Latham RealClearDefense
Israel Is Fighting a War It Cannot Win
Ami Ayalon Foreign Affairs
Recognizing Palestine Won’t Help Gaza
Lawrence J. Haas The National Interest
Strikes on Iran Force Tashkent To Bet on Afghan Corridor
James Durso Oil Price
Iran’s Dangerous Desperation
Suzanne Maloney Foreign Affairs
Trump’s Tariff Paradox Is Making China Great Again
Y. Tony Yang Asia Times
Tariffs Aren’t Tantrums—They’re Strategy
Steve Cortes American Greatness
China’s Growing Economic Grip on Serbia
Eanna Mackey CEPA
China Has an Arctic Strategy. America Needs One, Too
Ilan Berman Newsweek
80 Years Ago, the A-Bomb Saved Countless Lives
Rich Lowry New York Post
Is It Possible To “Win” a Nuclear War?
Joshua Keating Vox
Sudan Civil War Takes Dark Turn
Dan Ford Responsible Statecraft


Thursday, August 7
A New World Order of Tariffs
Cliff Kupchan & Robert Kahn The National Interest
Trump Has Bent Reality to His Will for 200 Days
Daniel McCarthy Spectator World
How Trump Plans To Punish Putin Over Ukraine
Nik Popli Time
Xi Can’t Afford for Russia To Make Peace in Ukraine
Rebekah Koffler The Telegraph
Israel Must Now Decide to Win or Lose This War?
Jonathan Lipow Times of Israel
Can Lebanon Disarm Hezbollah?
Reuters
The Unparalleled Devastation of Gaza
Robert A. Pape Foreign Affairs
A Genocide Is Under Way — But It’s Not in Gaza
Niall Ferguson The Times
From the Arab Spring to the Winter of Authoritarianism
Sarah Neumann Geo.Monitor
‘Minilateralism’ Challenges the Old Multilateral System
Andrew Latham The Hill
Did the 12-Day War Forever Change Iran’s Khamenei?
Shirvin Zeinalzadeh Asia Times
Critical Mining Industry Finds Itself in a Deep Hole
James Varney RCI
The Problem of the State on the Right
Gabriel Elefteriu Brussels Signal
China’s Attempts To Sabotage America’s Panama Deal
Helen Raleigh The Federalist
Latin America’s Hidden Role in Shaping U.S. Foreign Policy
Lee Schlenker RS


Friday, August 8
What Can We Expect From a Trump-Putin Meeting?
Eldar Mamedov Res.Statecraft
Putin’s Strongman Myth Hides Great Strategic Weakness
The Guardian
Why Zelensky Should Fear His Own Former General
Ted Snider TAC
Israel’s Leaders Reach Critical Inflection Point
Herb Keinon Jerusalem Post
Can Israel Still Crush Hamas?
Jonathan Sacerdoti Spectator World
How Israel Ends the War Without Losing America
Eric Mandel The Hill
The West Should Stand With Israel
Mick Hume The European Conservative
This Isn’t How You Deal With Free Riders
Hal Brands Bloomberg
Not the Promised Realism With India
Sumantra Maitra The American Conservative
Before Gaza’s Woe, There Was Nagorno-Karabakh
Ishaan Tharoor Washington Post
A False Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace
Stephan Pechdimaldji The National Interest
Starmer’s Brexit Betrayal
Brian Monteith Spiked
The Origins of Brazil’s Judicial Tyranny
Bruna Frascolla Compact
How to Resist a Dictator
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Foreign Affairs
That Sinking Feeling for Myanmar’s Exiled Opposition
David Mathieson Asia Times
Saturday, August 9
The Importance of a Trump–Putin Summit
Caldwell & Kavanagh TAC
Ukraine’s Drone War Boosts Its Bargaining Power
Marcel Plichta Asia Times
U.S. & Russia Plan Truce to Cement Putin’s Gains
Donato Mancini et al. Bloomberg
Zelensky Rejects Formally Ceding Ukrainian Territory
Kullab & Morton AP News
Hamas’ Terror Has Expanded
J.T. Young RealClearWorld
Israel’s Destructive Act Must Be Stopped in Gaza
The Guardian
France Is No U.S. Partner in the Middle East
Berman & Skinner Washington Times
Witkoff Meets Qatari PM To Discuss Plan To End Gaza War
Barak Ravid Axios
On the Strategic Triangulation of Communist China
Thaddeus G. McCotter AG
Don’t Fear Russian & Chinese Influence in Afghanistan
Corbett & Goldstein RCW
Are We Beyond the Event Horizon of War in the Pacific?
Brent Sadler RCD
Iran’s Next Act?
Willis Sparks GZero Media
Iran Shouldn’t Count on China To Boost Its Air Force
Ahmad Hashemi The Hill
Europe’s Century of Humiliation
Yanis Varoufakis UnHerd
Why Are So Many Mexican Mayors Getting Murdered?
Oscar Lopez The Nation


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