RealClearWorld Week of August 18, 2025 Archives

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Monday, August 18
The Two Superpowers Are Back in Business
Ramachandra Byrappa TEC
Why Trump Gets It Right on Ukraine Peace
Anatol Lieven Responsible Statecraft
Will Europe Rise to Its Strategic Moment?
Frederick Kempe Atlantic Council
Putin, Trump, and the Elusive “Peace”
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness
No More Gifts to Vladimir Putin
The Guardian
EU's ‘Rule of Law’ in Poland Is Political
Anna Kubacka Brussels Signal
Romania Shows How State-Owned Companies Don’t Work
Connor Vasile RCW
Will America Abandon Israel?
Christopher Caldwell UnHerd
Ending the Muslim Brotherhood’s U.S. Experiment
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Courage.Media
China Looks to Energy To Anchor Gulf Ties
Jesse Marks ASPI Strategist
A Quiet Path to Peace in the South China Sea
Phar Kim Beng Asia Times
Has the Sun Finally Set on Françafrique?
Matthew Pheneger Geopolitical Monitor
Identity Crisis Grips France’s Far Right
Marion Solletty Politico EU
Trump’s AI Plan Is a Bulwark Against China
Sen. Cynthia Lummis Fox News
America's Bet on AI
John O. McGinnis Law & Liberty


Tuesday, August 19
Major Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting With Zelensky
Matthias Matthijs CFR
Security Guarantees: Key to a Ukraine Settlement?
Stephen Bryen Asia Times
The Transatlantic Alliance Holds
Jamie Dettmer Politico EU
Europe Isn’t Prepared for Peace
Wolfgang Munchau UnHerd
The Only Plausible Path to End the War in Ukraine
Thomas Wright The Atlantic
How the Ukraine War Could End
Robert Farley National Security Journal
Trump’s Tariffs Could Strengthen BRICS
Adam Gallagher RealClearWorld
The Weaponized World Economy
Henry Farrell & Abraham Newman Foreign Affairs
Turkey’s Long Game
Sumantra Maitra The American Conservative
Syria’s Success Is Possible But Is Threatened
Heather Nauert RealClearWorld
Is Egypt Truly a Friend of Israel?
David Ben-Basat Jerusalem Post
Can Milei-Style Shock Therapy Save the Tories?
Ted Newson CapX
Merz Is Why the AfD Is Winning
Sabine Beppler-Spahl Spiked
Haiti’s Crossroads: Security, Sovereignty, and Lessons
Austin Holmes RCW
U.S. Companies Rush Into Congo
Kristof Titeca Responsible Statecraft


Wednesday, August 20
Trump the Realist Can Save Ukraine
Andrew Day The American Conservative
Europe Has No Real Solutions on Security Guarantees
Chris Lunday et al. Politico EU
Trump’s Unique Talents Make Him a True Leader
Michael Goodwin New York Post
Trump Keeps Defending Russia
Tom Nichols The Atlantic
Europe's ‘Coalition of the Unwilling’
Anthony J. Constantini Brussels Signal
Trump’s Hidden Goal; Breaking the China-Russia Axis
Brahma Chellaney The Hill
Strategic Trade in U.S. Foreign Policy
Randall Fowler Providence
The Real China Model
Dan Wang and Arthur Kroeber Foreign Affairs
Like a Bridgewater Troubled Over China
Oren Cass Substack
Syria's IS Prison Camps Are a Powder Keg
Julie C. Hwang & Colin Clarke WOTR
Iran’s Taliban Tightrope
Giorgio Cafiero & Fatemeh Aman The National Interest
Trump Needs To Rebuild U.S.-India Relationship
Nikki Haley & Bill Drexel Newsweek
China-India Relations Thaw but No Major Reset Yet
Swaran Singh Asia Times
The U.S. Navy’s Shipbuilding Crisis Is Real
Andrew Latham National Security Journal
Rising ISIS Influence in Central Africa
Seth Frantzman Jerusalem Post


Thursday, August 21
Bold Diplomacy, Humble Foreign Policy
W. James Antle III The American Conservative
The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast
Anatol Lieven The Nation
Trump’s Ukraine Endgame
Thomas Fazi UnHerd
Europe Needs To Keep up the Momentum
Fleck & Batchik Atlantic Council
As Israel Begins Offensive, It May Face a Manpower Problem
Tal Shalev et al. CNN
Save the West from Rewarding Hamas
Sandra Parker RealClearWorld
Israel Needs an Agenda for September’s Palestine Recognition
Jerusalem Post
China’s North Korea Problem
Shuxian Luo Foreign Affairs
Facing China on Two Fronts, the U.S. Needs Focus
Patrick Cronin ASPI Strategist
Partitioning Somalia Will Not Bring Peace
Dahir Hassan Abdi RealClearWorld
Africa is the Global Epicenter of the Islamic State
Daniel Basabe Geopolitical Monitor
Sino-Russian Relations in Central Asia
Natasha Kuhrt CEPA
Libya’s Partnership with the United States
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh RealClearWorld
Abundance For National Security
Michael D. Purzycki The Liberal Patriot
U.S. Takes a Stand for the Rights of Western Christians
Jonathon Van Maren TEC


Friday, August 22
Continental vs. Maritime Power in a New World Order
S.C.M. Paine Foreign Affairs
Russia’s Shadow Military Sustaining the War
Mariya Y. Omelicheva War on the Rocks
Russia–Ukraine: Peace Looks More Remote Than Ever
Nigel Gould-Davies IISS
The Challenges of a Ukrainian Peace
Jude Russo The American Conservative
Ukraine Isn't About NATO, It's About Democracy
Kenneth Roth The Guardian
NATO Meeting for Ukrainian Security Guarantees Backfires
Stephen Bryen AT
Trump Can Prevent a Genocide in Sudan
Liam Karr RealClearWorld
How Israel Can Correct Course
Jonathan Panikoff Atlantic Council
What U.S. Can Learn From the Hamas Propaganda War
Mike Watson WFB
Is a China Pivot Still Possible?
Ramon Marks The National Interest
South Korea President Aims To Avoid Further Clashes
James Park RS
Secret North Korea Missile Base
Bermudez Cha & Jun CSIS
Why Pivoting to China Is a Huge Mistake for Canada
Stephen Nagy NSJ
Latin America’s Gray-Zone Conflicts
Jeffery A. Tobin Geopolitical Monitor
Britain’s Flag Wars
Lauren Smith The European Conservative
Saturday, August 23
Europe’s Moment of Truth
Robert Ellis The National Interest
In the Short Term, There Will Be No Peace
Sumantra Maitra The American Conservative
Ukraine Will Not Be a Pawn
Dmytro Kuleba Foreign Affairs
Russia Needs ‘Security Guarantees’ Too
Nicolai Petro Responsible Statecraft
School Plants Seeds of a Hamas-Free Future
Nurit Yohanan Times of Israel
Tariffs Threaten to Undermine U.S.-Iraqi Relations
James Durso RealClearWorld
Reza Pahlavi Must Address His ‘White Russian’ Problem
Michael Rubin AEI
Taiwan’s Fight Against Beijing’s Silent Invasion
Eva Fu The Epoch Times
The ISIS Threat Is Returning to Europe
Kyle Orton UnHerd
How Will Canada Defend Itself?
Stephen Marche The Guardian
The Fall of the Non-American Anglosphere
Ronald Dodson American Mind
America Must Lift Britain’s Iron Curtain
Connor Tomlinson Courage.Media
Why Does a U.S. Senator Want To Recognize Somaliland?
Zac Weisz GZero Media
What To Expect From the U.S.-South Korea Summit
Jae H. Ku The National Interest
Europe’s Crusade Against Air Conditioning Is Insane
Noah Smith Substack


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