RealClearWorld Week of December 15, 2025 Archives

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Monday, December 15
The ‘Free World’ Is at Peak Disunity
Hal Brands Bloomberg
What the National Security Strategy Gets Right
Rebeccah Heinrichs Foreign Affairs
China’s Economy Is Deteriorating on Several Fronts
Hannah Miao Wall Street Journal
China’s Plan To Quarantine Taiwan While Avoiding War
Peter Olive Asia Times
The Bondi Beach Massacre
Claire Lehmann Substack
Australia’s Cowardly Appeasement
Miranda Devine New York Post
What Would Teddy Roosevelt Think of the “Trump Corollary”?
James Holmes TNI
Venezuela’s Crisis and the Future of the American Right
Claudia Nunes RCW
U.S. Pressure Won’t Spark a New Venezuelan Exodus
Dany Bahar The Hill
Zelensky’s NATO Concession Is an Admission of Reality
Bethany Elliott UnHerd
Despite Issues, Many Still Want to Join the EU
Ishaan Tharoor Washington Post
Europe’s War on Democracy
Lauren Smith The European Conservative
India Doubles Down on Moscow
Konstantinos Bogdanos Brussels Signal
What Europe Can Do Over China-Japan Escalation
Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp ECFR
The Diplomatic Battle to Win World War II
Joel Nelson Law & Liberty


Tuesday, December 16
The European Crisis: Origin and Future
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Europe Tells Its People To Prepare for War
Colchester & Benoit Wall Street Journal
U.S. Has Become an Ally Under Suspicion
Tasha Kheiriddin GZero Media
Europeans May Not Love Trump—but Many Agree With Him
Mick Hume TEC
A Shooting That Strikes at the Heart of Australia
TIME
Australia Should Look Back In Anger
Adrian Nguyen Courage.Media
The People of Forever Are Not Afraid
Liel Leibovitz Tablet
Lebanon–Iran Tensions Deepen
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post
What Is America Still Doing in Syria?
Andrew Latham National Security Journal
Nigeria’s Christians Endure Jihadi Violence
Beige Luciano-Adams The Epoch Times
The Charismatic Islamist Militiaman in Sudan
Andrew McGregor Jamestown
Jimmy Lai’s Family Looks to Trump, World Leaders
Susan Crabtree RealClearPolitics
The Battle Against Assisted Suicide in Britain Moves to the Lords
New York Sun
GDP is the Only Number That Really Matters
Brian-Albrecht Vox
The Weakness of the Strongmen
Stephen Kotkin Foreign Affairs


Wednesday, December 17
Trump Orders a Blockade of Sanctioned Oil Tankers From Venezuela
Truth Social
Trump ‘Armada’ Against Venezuela Carries Echoes of Iraq
Newsweek
National Security Strategy: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
John Yoo Civitas Institute
Europe Should Stop Fussing and Get in Step
Conrad Black Brussels Signal
Is the Ukraine War Nearly Over?
Georgia Gilholy National Security Journal
For Some, a Bad Deal With Russia Is Worse Than No Deal
Norman & Michaels WSJ
No Article 5-Like Security Guarantees for Ukraine
Stephen Bryen Asia Times
Why Ireland Is So Left-Wing
Keith Woods Chronicles
ROK–U.S. Shipbuilding Cooperation Matters for Maritime Power
Jihoon Yu RCW
The Tariff Vindication That Still Isn’t
David Hebert Law & Liberty
Trump’s Tariffs Are Putting America First
Sean Spicer The Hill
Our Terror Model Is Obsolete
Emma Schubart The Critic
Australia Is the Canary in the Coal Mine
Michael Rubin Washington Examiner
Five Lessons Learned Along the Way to 187 Million Meals
John Acree RCW
Jimmy Lai’s Courage
Shawn Fleetwood The Federalist


Thursday, December 18
Venezuela’s Military Preparedness
John Polga-Hecimovich War on the Rocks
Maduro’s Plot Against America Unraveled by Defectors
Mike Gonzalez TDS
Milei's Defense Policy: Pragmatism Over Ideology
Agustina Sosa RealClearWorld
France’s Budget D-Day Set for Friday
Giorgio Leali Politico EU
Why the U.S. is Tired of Europe
Henry Olsen Brussels Signal
Poland Is Becoming the Moral Center of the West
Matei Rosca The Critic
Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Is Ambition Without Strategy
Leon Hadar Asia Times
Washington Is Betting on Syria Again
Gafarov & Rozimurodov Geopolitical Monitor
Ankara’s Threats Herald a Northern Syria Operation
Amed Mardin Jerusalem Post
The Russia-North Korea Alliance Might Be Destined To Fade
Robert Kelly NSJ
Why Taiwan’s Status Can’t Stay “Undetermined”
Paul Heer The National Interest
Friends Are Stepping up for Taiwan
Thijs Stegeman ASPI Strategist
Christmas Markets Under Attack
Sabine Beppler-Spahl The European Conservative
The European Space Industry’s Big Merger
Mustafa Bilal Space News
Six Elections To Watch in 2026
Riley Callanan GZero Media


Friday, December 19
Europe, U.S., & China: Immigration as Statecraft
Andrew Latham NSJ
The End of Merz's West: 1945-2020s
Anthony J. Constantini Brussels Signal
Russia’s Potemkin Village Society
Ferrier and Mobbs The National Interest
Ukrainian Security Guarantees Are Dangerous
Josh Shifrinson American Conservative
Russia Is Spying on NATO
Adrian Blomfield The Telegraph
Latin America’s Revolution of the Right
Brian Winter Foreign Affairs
‘Donroe Doctrine’ Could Put U.S. Interests at Risk
Adam Ratzlaff Res. Statecraft
Putting U.S. Navy Where Its Mouth Is
New York Post
The Return of Gunboat Legality
Alessandro Bruno Geopolitical Monitor
The Ayatollahs’ Grip Is Weakening
Azriel Bermant ASPI Strategist
Centrists Should Unite Against Netanyahu
Yaakov Katz Jerusalem Post
Intervention Leads to Immigration
Mark Krikorian Compact
What Can Britannia Rule Anymore?
Harlan Ullman The Hill
The World Failed Holocaust Survivors at Bondi Beach
Jamie Geller Newsweek
The Depopulation Panic
Jennifer D. Sciubba Foreign Affairs
America Needs Free Speech. RealClear Needs You.
David DesRosiers RCP


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