RealClearWorld Week of October 13, 2025 Archives

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Monday, October 13
IDF: All Living Hostages Safely Within Israel
Yonah Jeremy Bob & Amichai Stein JPost
Why Gradualism Can Help in Gaza
Amr Hamzawy Foreign Affairs
A Play Forced Hamas to Accept a Deal It Didn’t Want
Malsin & Said WSJ
Realism Returns to Statecraft
Kristen Ziccarelli and Joshua Treviño The Federalist
Cut NATO's Umbilical Cord
Francis P. Sempa RealClearWorld
Escalation Is Coming in the Ukraine War
Reuben Johnson National Security Journal
The Sudden Risk of a Broader South Asian War
Mazhar Siddique Khan Asia Times
China’s Rare-Earth Gambit Will Backfire
Miquel Vila UnHerd
The Domino Theory in Retrospect
Matt Cookson RealClearWorld
Against Global Britain
Patrick Porter The Critic
The Shake-Up at Al Jazeera: Motion or Real Movement?
Toby Dershowitz RCW
The Existential Heroism of the Israeli Hostages
Franklin Foer The Atlantic
You’re Not Free if the Government Holds the Leash
Jake Welch TEC
Venezuela Is Collapsing — And So Is Cuba
Daniel Allott The Hill
Columbus Day Celebrates Our Civilization
Daniel McCarthy Chronicles


Tuesday, October 14
Abraham Accords Helped Pave the Path Toward Peace
Yossi Shelley Semafor
Israel Must Not Turn Into Sparta
Sam Kahn Substack
Donald Trump, Man of Peace
Daniel McCarthy Compact
Hamas Is Not Done Fighting
Matthew Levitt Foreign Affairs
The Challenges Ahead for Trump’s Peace Plan
James Carafano New York Post
Russia Bleeds Troops for Limited Gains
Veronika Melkozerova Politico EU
How Nord Stream 2 Has Blown up Europe
Wolfgang Munchau UnHerd
Yes, Trump Can End the Russia–Ukraine War
Andrew Day The American Conservative
America Must Reject the Global Carbon Tax
Rep. Vern Buchanan & Daniel Blazer RCW
Can Merz Survive the (Latest) Coalition From Hell?
Karl Pfefferkorn Brussels Signal
250 Years On, the U.S. Navy Needs a “Great Relearning”
James Holmes TNI
America’s Superpower Is Trade
Gordon Chang Newsweek
Don’t Panic About Rare Earths
Tim Worstall The Critic
Mali in Crisis: When the Junta Has No One Left To Blame
Dan Ford Res. Statecraft
The Twilight of Socialism in Bolivia
Daniel Runde The National Interest


Wednesday, October 15
Trump Has Smashed the Gaza Consensus
Edward Luttwak UnHerd
Dragging the Middle East Towards Peace—Maybe
Dan Perry Newsweek
The Pieces of Trump’s Peace
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness
Life in Gaza May Go From Utter Hell To Mere Nightmare
Agha & Malley The Guardian
Now Comes the Hard Part in Gaza
Steven J. Frank Times of Israel
EU Urges G7 Response to China’s Rare-Earth Curbs
Gijs and Verhelst Politico EU
China Is Playing Hardball With Trump
Lingling Wei & Gavin Bade Wall Street Journal
Putin Is Not Winning
Andrew Ryvkin The Atlantic
How Macron Became the Anti-de Gaulle
Rafael Pinto Borges The European Conservative
UK's Reform Would Dominate if Election Was Held Today
Harriet Line Daily Mail
Spain’s Radically Different Approach To African Migration
Paul Melly BBC News
Trump’s High-Stakes Bet on Javier Milei
Emily Jashinsky UnHerd
Mearsheimer’s ‘Optimism’ and South Korea’s Dilemma
Hanjin Lew Asia Times
Ukraine’s Drone War Over the Black Sea Is Heating Up
David Kirichenko TNI
Drone Warfare Over Sudan: 'Siege from the Air'
Avery Warfield Geopolitical Monitor


Thursday, October 16
In the Blink of an Eye, Advantage Shifts to the United States
Toth & Sweet The Hill
‘Fortress America’ Is Getting Smaller and Smaller
Hal Brands Bloomberg
Trump Is Both a Peacemaker and a Hell Raiser
Gary Abernathy Substack
Hamas Reasserts Control on Streets of Gaza
Shih Flanzraich & Balousha Wash. Post
Will Israel Threats to Hamas Work?
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post
The 3 ‘Spoilers’ Who Could Kill the Gaza Peace Deal
Andrew Latham NSJ
Syria’s Ticking Time Bomb
Connor Echols Responsible Statecraft
Turning the Pressure Up On Putin
Stephen Bryen Asia Times
Ukraine Likes Its Latest Ally — Trump
Jamie Dettmer Politico EU
China and Iran After the 12-Day War
Thomas Gormley RealClearDefense
Trade Routes Rise, Security Risks Multiply in Central Asia
James Durso Oil Price
Trump Dreams of Bagram’s Geopolitical Reemergence
I. Gafarov et al. Geo. Mon.
Can Trump Help Milei Change Argentina’s Fortunes?
Brad W. Setser CFR
How the CCP Duped Britain
Elizabeth Lindley UnHerd
Could Kemi Badenoch Save the Conservatives?
Bruce Anderson CapX


Friday, October 17
A Grand Strategy of Reciprocity
Oren Cass Foreign Affairs
Nightmare for Putin and Xi
Charles Lipson The Telegraph
Could Only Trump Go to Gaza?
James Antle The American Conservative
Blame Game Erupts in Europe as Ukraine Strategy Falters
Eldar Mamedov RS
Russia’s War in Ukraine Is Starting To Show Cracks
Georgia Gilholy NSJ
U.S. Ties Peace to Investment and Partnerships
Iulia Lupse RealClearWorld
As France Burned, Macron Was Looking for His Legacy
Clea Caulcutt Politico EU
The Bitter Pill for Emmanuel Macron’s Survival
Harrison Stetler The Nation
Can a Former UK Prime Minister Manage Gaza?
Zac Weisz GZero Media
Why Syria’s Renewal Matters for America
Kelly T. Clements RealClearWorld
The U.S. Needs a New Iran Strategy
Sanam Vakil Chatham House
Why Pakistan and Afghanistan Turned on Each Other
Mohammed Ayoob TNI
Javier Milei Is No Libertarian
Yanis Varoufakis UnHerd
Nationalize the Defense Industry
Indigo Olivier Compact
The Welfare and Warfare State
Christopher Coyne Law & Liberty
Saturday, October 18
Trump Meeting Brings Good News for Zelensky
Nick Paton Walsh CNN
How Trump Can Pressure Russia to End the War in Ukraine
Andrew Peek RCW
Europe Cannot Deter Putin on Its Own
David J. Kramer Law & Liberty
The First 48 Hours of a War With China ‘Could Be Ugly’
Andrew Latham NSJ
Asia’s Trump Problem
Michael J. Green Foreign Affairs
How Trump Can Better Deal With New Delhi
Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon
A New Middle East With a Vision for a Future
Seth Frantzman Jerusalem Post
Iran's Bad Year
Dov Zakheim The Hill
Shocked Palestinians Return Home to Desolation
Tantesh and Borger The Guardian
China's Humiliation of the UK
Matthew Lynn The Telegraph
Why Can’t Birmingham Protect Jews?
Giles Fraser UnHerd
Why U.S. Strikes Against Drug Boats Matter
Geoffrey Corn War on the Rocks
Good on Trump for Targeting Venezuelan Drug Cartels
Jim Banks New York Post
U.S. Bailout Won’t Fix Argentina’s Economy
Mark Weisbrot Newsweek
The Pragmatism of Czechia’s ‘Hard Right’ Leader
Petr Drulák Compact
China's Role in Africa's Green Energy Future
Haley Zaremba Oil Price


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