RealClearWorld Week of December 29, 2025 Archives

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Monday, December 29
The Strange Fear of Russia
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Takeaways From Trump-Zelensky Meeting
Max Rego and Tara Suter The Hill
The Ukraine War Will Decide Putin’s Fate
Andrew Latham 19FortyFive
Netanyahu Arrives in U.S. for Trump Summit
Amichai Stein Jerusalem Post
Who Won the War in Gaza?
Robert Satloff Times of Israel
Iran’s Water Crisis: A National Security Imperative
Scott Romaniuk et al. GeoMonitor
Obliterate Europe’s Managerial Plantation
John Waters & Ross Calvin RealClearWorld
Stopping Islamic Terrorists Marching Through Africa
Edmund Fitton-Brown NYP
The Top Geopolitical Stories of 2025
GZero Media
Elections Only Stand if Voters Make the “Right” Choice
Seth Hertlein Brussels Signal
The Bolsonaro Surname: An Advantage or Liability?
Naiara Galarraga Gortázar El Pais
Japan Reaching for a Bigger, Richer Stake in Central Asia
Scott Foster Asia Times
A Chinese Attack on Taiwan Would Be Japan’s Problem
Mandhana & Kiss WSJ
Brigitte Bardot & France’s Uneasy Liberation
Anne-Elisabeth Moutet UnHerd
The Winding Road to Prosperity
Asheesh Agarwal Law & Liberty


Tuesday, December 30
Trump Fills End of 2025 With Foreign Policy
Brett Samuels The Hill
Symbolism and Searching for Peace in Ukraine
Imran Khalid Newsweek
How Trump Can Push Europe to Secure Ukraine
Andrew Day American Conservative
As Russia’s War Grinds On, Its Society Is Fraying
Francesca Ebel Washington Post
To Save Gaza, Arab Nations Must Oust Hamas
New York Post
The Middle East Is on the Brink of a New Crisis
Alex Plitsas Atlantic Council
Grading Trump-Netanyahu Meeting
Yonah Jeremy Bob Jerusalem Post
Israel Mulls New Iran Strikes
Mohamed ELDoh Geopolitical Monitor
Venezuela’s Maduro Tries To Laugh off U.S. Campaign
Kejal Vyas Wall Street Journal
War in Venezuela: The Iraq War All Over Again?
Robert Kelly 19FortyFive
Will the BRICS ‘Unit’ Really Challenge the Dollar?
Chris Ogden Asia Times
China’s Military Is Staring Down the Barrel of Its Gun
Sean Durns DC Examiner
Europe’s 5 Stages of Grief
Ivo Daalder Politico EU
The Danish Immigration Lesson
Peter Van Buren The American Conservative
Why Did the United States Conduct Strikes in Nigeria?
Palmer and Oppel CSIS


Wednesday, December 31
Why Transatlantic Relations Broke Down
Nathan Pinkoski Compact
Europe Declares War on Free Speech in the U.S.
Jonathan Turley The Hill
A Middle Way for American Foreign Policy
Kupchan and Trubowitz Foreign Affairs
Why Getting to a Peace Deal in Ukraine Is So Hard
Reuben Johnson 19FortyFive
Europe Wants U.S. Protection. Israel Earns It
Jason D. Greenblatt Newsweek
Yemen Strike Shows Depth of Distrust Between Saudi Arabia and UAE
Reuters
Iran Protests Draw Swift Crackdown
CBS News
With Real Talks, Iran & U.S. Can Both Win
Abbas Araghchi The Guardian
We Should Help the People of Iran
Behnam Ben Taleblu New York Post
Trump’s Approach to the Western Hemisphere Comes at a Cost
The Guardian
Why a “Golden Fleet” Misses the Mark
John G. Ferrari American Enterprise Institute
It's Not About Battleships, It's Shipbuilding
James E. Fanell American Greatness
Japan Lost the Future in 2008, Not in 1990
Noah Smith Substack
India’s Approach to China
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury War on the Rocks
Finding Light in Sudan’s Dark Night
Don Cheadle and John Prendergast The Hill
America Needs Free Speech. RealClear Needs You.
David DesRosiers RCP


Friday, January 2
Restraint Successes and Failures in 2025
Eldar Mamedov Responsible Statecraft
Lessons From the Ukraine War
Alec Soltes Geopolitical Monitor
My Third Winter of War
Kateryna Kibarova Persuasion
Iran Protests Sparked by Failing Economy Turn Deadly
Yeganeh Torbati Wash.Post
Iran’s Fate Is in Trump’s Hands
David Patrikarakos UnHerd
Venezuelan Exiles Root for U.S. Military Action
Ryan Dubé Wall Street Journal
Congress, the President, and the Drug Boats
Jonathan H. Adler Civitas Institute
China is Building an Anti-India Arc
Maqbool Shah Asia Times
Beijing Is Facing a Population Bust
Ilan Berman Newsweek
The Sad State of Europe’s Economy
Sven R. Larson The European Conservative
The Year Ahead for Reform
Tom Jones The Critic
Trump Plants a Flag in Nigeria
Jonathan Sweet and Mark Toth The Hill
The Origin of Christmas Traditions
Josh Ferme Courage.Media
The Price of Westernization in Armenia
Matthew Dal Santo Compact
Norman Podhoretz: the Undeceived
James Piereson City Journal


Saturday, January 3
The USA Has Captured Venezuela's President Maduro
Donald Trump Truth Social
Maduro’s End Has Been a Long Time Coming
Samuel Ramani The Telegraph
China Is Turning the Indo-Pacific Into a Pressure Cooker
Joe Varner RealClearWorld
Break the Asian Machine Age
John Waters & Ross Calvin RealClearDefense
America’s Chip Export Controls Are Working
Noah Smith Substack
Iran’s Heroic Protesters Need To Hear That America Is on Their Side
NY Post
The Keffiyeh Crew’s Curious Silence on Iran
Brendan O'Neill Spectator
Iran's Protests are Evolving to Confront the Regime
Sofey Saidi RealClearWorld
The Ukraine Security Guarantee Dilemma
Igor Khrestin 19FortyFive
Analyzing Six Global Scenarios for 2026
Jamie Dettmer Politico EU
Merz Vindicates Trump’s Approach to Europe
James Diddams The National Interest
The Rise of Militant Centrism
Frank Furedi Compact
EU Online Regulation Is About Narrative Control
Rafael Pinto Borges Brussels Signal
Saudi Arabia and UAE Face Off in Yemen
Mostafa Salem CNN
How Central Asia Is “Containing” Afghanistan
Fatemeh Aman The National Interest


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