RealClearWorld Week of January 19, 2026 Archives

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Monday, January 19
Can a U.S.-Greenland Partnership Work?
Mike Cherney Wall Street Journal
Trump's Puzzling Actions Over Greenland
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
The Fake Media Panic Over Greenland
Becket Adams The Hill
Trump and Greenland: Bullying Is Not Strength
The Guardian The Guardian
Why Trump Will Get Greenland
Wolfgang Munchau UnHerd
Why Global Alliances Are in Decline
Sergey E. Ivashchenko Geopolitical Monitor
Iran’s Strategy of Delay
Ahmed Charai The National Interest
The Silence of the Left on Iran
Gal Beckerman The Atlantic
U.S. Economic Warfare Has Strangled Iran and Venezuela
Ted Snider TAC
Breaking Beijing’s Hold on the Global Economy
Tobin and Goldman Foreign Affairs
At the WEF Woke Is Out, AI Is In
Kathryn Carlson Politico EU
Putting a Stake in Stakeholder Capitalism
Terrence Keeley RealClearWorld
Europe’s Tech Still Packs a Punch
Clara Riedenstein CEPA
Cuba’s Energy Crisis Will Worsen Without Venezuelan Oil
Felicity Bradstock Oil Price
The Canadian Choices America Is Watching Closely
Joe Varner NSJ


Tuesday, January 20
A Good Greenland Deal Will Fortify U.S. and Europe
Kaush Arha The National Interest
Towards a New Western Hemisphere
Gabriel Maurer RealClearWorld
What a Post-U.S. World Order Might Look Like
Zohaib Tariq Asia Times
This Trade War Would Be Unlike Any Other
Greg Ip Wall Street Journal
The Case for a U.S. – Canadian Union
Arthur Herman Civitas Institute
The Shadow War in Greenland Has Already Begun
Kenneth R. Rosen RealClearWorld
Japan’s Snap Elections: A Reckless Risk or Calculated Gamble?
Lim Hui Jie CNBC
Senior Hamas Officials Planning ‘Safe Exit’ From Gaza Strip
James Genn JPost
Europe Left on the Sidelines on Gaza
Michael Curzon The European Conservative
Macron Decoded: What He Said in Text to Trump
Clea Caulcutt Politico EU
The U.S. Must Save the UK’s Foreign Policy From Itself
Daniel Kochis TNI
China’s Debt Problem—And Our Own
Corbin K. Barthold Law & Liberty
Similarities Between 1930's Germany and the Islamic Republic
Fariba Parsa RCW
Why Britain’s Campuses Raise Red Flags Abroad
John Mac Ghlionn Courage.Media
Is This the End for Geert Wilders?
Ingrid De Groot Brussels Signal


Wednesday, January 21
Trump Will Now Test the Mettle of Davos Man
Conrad Black Brussels Signal
World Leaders in Davos Must Stand Up to Trump
Robert Reich The Guardian
America First Strategy Now Pulling Double Duty
Michael Goodwin New York Post
Putin’s Irrelevance at Davos Forum is Irreversible
Pavel K. Baev Eurasia Daily Monitor
Iran and the New Middle East
Robert D. Kaplan The National Interest
Trump Pushes Aides for ‘Decisive’ Military Option on Iran
Jerusalem Post
Why Doing Nothing on Iran Might Be Trump’s Hardest Choice
Bobby Ghosh Time
China Needs To Invest Bigger at Home
Yixiao Zhou Asia Times
No One Wants a War With China Over Taiwan
Michael D. Purzycki The Liberal Patriot
AI Wargame Points to Catastrophe for U.S. Against China
Virginia Allen TDS
South Korea Can Stand Up to China
Victor Cha Foreign Affairs
What Dependence on China Brings to UK
Jake Thrupp ASPI Strategist
Greenland Is Strategic. Annexation Is Not
Spenser A. Warren War on the Rocks
Denmark’s Greenland Illusion
Iben Thranholm Courage.Media
Spanish Railway Tragedy: Corruption and Incompetence
Itxu Díaz TEC


Thursday, January 22
Andrew Jackson Comes to Davos
Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon
The World Is Hedging Its Bets
Hal Brands Bloomberg
Canada's Rush to Beijing Is a Strategic Miscalculation
Stephen Nagy RealClearWorld
Can Europe Stand Up to Trump
Ian Bremmer GZero Media
The Is No European 'National Interest'
Anthony J. Constantini Brussels Signal
Merz Warns of ‘Great Power Politics’ Era
Seb Starcevic Politico EU
Germany Builds the Modern Stasi
Thomas Kolbe The European Conservative
The New Trump Doctrine: Strategic Domination & Denial
Joanna Rozpedowski RS
How to Read Scrooge McDuck in the Age of Trump
Alfred McCoy TomDispatch
Make the Americas Great Again
Steve Cortes RealClearWorld
Board of Peace Signals New U.S. Approach to Diplomacy
Seth J. Frantzman JPost
How the Iranian Regime Breaks
Afshon Ostovar Foreign Affairs
Over the Barrel of a Gun: Syria’s Deal With the SDF
Ahmad Sharawi RealClearWorld
Why Greenland Suddenly Matters to the Rest of the World
Javier Villamor TEC
Low Fertility Rate is a Real Problem
Noah Smith Substack


Friday, January 23
Can European Leaders Accept This New Reality
Ralph Schoellhammer Brussels Signal
Trump May Move On From Greenland. Europe Won’t.
Fleck & Batchik Atlantic Council
The American Grizzly
Richard Jordan Law & Liberty
Why Trump’s Board of Peace Is Doomed To Fail
Barney Henderson Newsweek
Critics Keep Getting It Wrong on Trump’s Board of Peace
Jonathan Schanzer NYP
The EU’s New Power Couple: Merz and Meloni
James Angelos et al. Politico EU
Will Young Americans Ever Know the Real Europe?
Roger Simon Substack
Britain Has Forgotten How to Be Free
Leonora Barclay Persuasion
Israel Moved Its ‘Yellow Line’ Deeper Into Gaza
Dawoud Abu Alkas et al. Reuters
The Iran ‘Berlin Wall’ Moment Might Be Coming
Reuben Johnson 19FortyFive
India & Israel at the End of the Unipolar Order
Raphael Harkham RCW
China’s Military Is Seriously Rehearsing Around Taiwan
Nathan Attrill ASPI Strategist
A Perfect Storm for Taiwan in 2026?
Yun Sun Foreign Affairs
Trump’s Bet on Syria’s New Leader Faces Pivotal Point
Filip Timotija The Hill
Could Cuba Have a Bright Economic Future?
Pedro Rodriguez The Daily Signal
Saturday, January 24
Trump at Davos Marked Start of a New World Era
Robert Dover Asia Times
EU Thinks Its Unity Stopped Trump in His Tracks
Nicholas Vinocur Politico EU
Europeans Should've Listened to Trump
Byron York Washington Examiner
Trump Has Defused a Bomb of His Own Making
Mohamad Bazzi The Guardian
Denmark Doesn’t Deserve Greenland
Francesco Stipo The Federalist
The Big Winner: China
Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Hawaii Was the Greenland of the 19th Century
James Holmes The National Interest
Poland Prepares for Drone War With Russia
Michal Kranz CEPA
Pierre Poilievre Is a Cautionary Tale for Farage
Peter Franklin UnHerd
I Don’t Believe the Iranian Regime Will Fall
Anonymous The Guardian
This Time, We Are Witnessing a Revolution in Iran
Peñas & Navabi TEC
The U.S. Can Assist in Disarming Hezbollah
Austin Renforth & Sarah Havdala RCW
Why Is Saudi Arabia Abandoning Peace?
Hussain Abdul-Hussain The National Interest
The West Has Abandoned the Kurds
Matt Broomfield UnHerd
Oil, Not Cocaine, Is Venezuela’s Most Dangerous Drug
William S. Becker The Hill
The Future of the U.S. Navy
Eaglen Vela & Jensen Breaking Defense


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