RealClearWorld Week of December 22, 2025 Archives

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Monday, December 22
The European Crisis: Origin and Future
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
The Illiberal International
Nic Cheeseman et al. Foreign Affairs
Rubio Crusades for Western Civilization
Timothy Nerozzi Washington Examiner
Financial Foundations Cannot Support Peace in Ukraine
Daniel Kochis RCW
Trump’s Venezuelan-Tanker Gamble
Vivian Salama The Atlantic
Building a Strong and Pro-America Venezuela
Birenbaum and Meizlish New York Post
Sharpening Policies to Deter China
Bishop Garrison RealClearDefense
The West Has Woken up to China Far Too Late
Andrew Orlowski The Telegraph
Europe Has Lost All Credibility in the Middle East
Nathalie Tocci The Guardian
Islamic State Is Back
Alex Alfirraz Scheers UnHerd
Middle East Christians Are Under Threat
Ahed Al Hendi RealClearPolitics
The Arab Spring 15 Years Later
Seth J. Frantzman The National Interest
Australia in a Disordered World
Mike Hughes ASPI Strategist
Australian Massacre Exposes Hollow Core of Anti-Zionism
Eric Spitz RCP
Norman Podhoretz and the Paleoconservatives
Daniel McCarthy Compact


Tuesday, December 23
Trump National Security Logic: Rare Earths and Fossil Fuels
James K. Galbraith RS
The Logic for Latin American Intervention
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
The U.S. Is Giving Its Enemies What They Want
Hal Brands Bloomberg
The West Doesn’t Understand Russia
Andrew A. Michta RealClearDefense
Why Ukraine Fears Peace Built on Partition
Darius von Guttner ASPI Strategist
The EU Could Be Gone in Four Years
Ralph Schoellhammer Brussels Signal
Europe Reels From Trump’s New World Order
Eli Stokols Politico EU
Ursula von der Leyen’s Sinking Ship
Rafael Pinto Borges The European Conservative
Russia’s War Economy; Not Collapsing, Nor Stable
Yerzhan Tokbolat Asia Times
China’s Hidden Weapon in the Trade War
Milton Ezrati The National Interest
2025 Was the Year Everything Changed for the U.S. and China
Joshua Keating Vox
Gaza’s New Normal
Daniel Byman Foreign Affairs
How To Stop Hamas From Derailing the Peace Deal
Michael Singh Providence
Syria’s Fragile Stability
Imran Khalid The Hill
Trump Unveils “Trump-Class” Battleships
Stephen Silver 19FortyFive


Wednesday, December 24
Why China Rejects Trump’s ‘G2’
Bryan Burack The Daily Signal
How Italy Reasserted Its Global Role
Valbona Zeneli The National Interest
Zelensky Proposes Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine
Anastasiia Malenko WSJ
Ukraine’s Best Hope May Lie Beyond the Frontlines
Dan Sabbagh The Guardian
German-Led Europe is Struggling
Carl Deconinck Brussels Signal
How the Far Right Stole Christmas
Hannah Roberts Politico EU
Lebanon’s Cautionary Tale for Europe
Uzay Bulut The European Conservative
Making Sense of Trump’s Venezuela Blockade
Matthew Reisener The National Interest
Pope Leo’s Crack Team of Diplomats Face War in Venezuela
Connor Echols RS
Top Risks of 2025, Reviewed
Willis Sparks GZero Media
Foreign Policy Winners and Losers of 2025
Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon
Gulf Turns to Israel for Security
Salem Alketbi Jerusalem Post
The Return of the Jewish Question
David Azerrad Compact
The Curious Liberalism of the ‘Axis of Evil’
Arta Moeini UnHerd
The Maccabees of Bondi Beach
Nicole Wizman Tablet
The Trump-Class Battleship Might Never Get Built
Reuben Johnson NSJ
The Good Book Is Great
J. Peder Zane RealClearPolitics


Friday, December 26
Military Mistakes Trump Could Make in 2026
Andrew Latham 19FortyFive
Europe Must Defend Europe
Jason D. Greenblatt Newsweek
Why Russians Haven’t Risen up To Stop the Ukraine War
Anna Matveeva RS
U.S. Would Regret a Europe With No EU
Dalibor Rohac Politico EU
China: An Ally Waiting for Russia’s Defeat?
Sergey E. Ivashchenko Geopolitical Monitor
Only Europe Can Save Ukraine but Will It?
Timothy Garton Ash ECFR
Israel Needs Reckoning and Renewal
Yaakov Katz Jerusalem Post
Israelis Divided Over How To Investigate Oct. 7
Anat Peled Wall Street Journal
Erdogan’s Imperial Delusions
Asli Aydintasbas Foreign Affairs
Panama Canal, a Frontline in the U.S.-China Trade War
Urban C. Lehner Asia Times
Germany at a Crossroads Over China
Pieter Cleppe The European Conservative
Will China Come to Venezuela’s Rescue?
Yang Xiaotong Aljazeera
The West Has Already Lost Southeast Asia
Michael Hollister Geopolitical Monitor
The Disappearing Middle Eastern Christians
Srdja Trifkovic Chronicles
Nigeria Sahared Intel To Support U.S. Strikes on ISIS
Wolf & Wehner Fox News
Lewis and Tolkien at War
Graham McAleer Law & Liberty
America Needs Free Speech. RealClear Needs You.
David DesRosiers RCP


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