RealClearWorld Week of January 26, 2026 Archives

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Monday, January 26
The World Economy Is Hooked on Government Debt
Tom Fairless Wall Street Journal
Trump’s Culture War on Europe Is Far From Over
Pawel Zerka ECFR
The Reality Is That Trump Won Davos
Niall Ferguson X
China’s Arctic Push
Miles Yu The Washington Times
Trump Sets His Sights on China in South America
John Sitilides The National Interest
China’s Xi Targets His Close Ally in Purge
Mei Mei Chu Slodkowski and Martina Reuters
China’s Military Purge Could Raise Threat for Taiwan
Eduardo Castillo Independent
Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000
Serjoie Saberi & Jamalpour Time
A Nightmare Scenario for Iran
Michael Doran Hudson Institute
Britain’s Atlantic Subordination
Aris Roussinos UnHerd
Labour’s Year-Long China Charm Offensive Revealed
Graham Lanktree Politico EU
Ireland at Rock Bottom
Roger Berkeley Law & Liberty
The Perils of Israel’s Courtship of Europe’s Far Right
Sharon Pardo Jerusalem Post
Israel’s Election May Come Soon
Eric R. Mandel The Hill
Syria’s Crisis: Islamic State Fighters Are Not the Only Concern
The Guardian


Tuesday, January 27
The Key Theme of Davos 2026? Ice
Matthew Kaminski CEPA
Canada Should Warm to Trump's Arctic Plans
Daniel McCarthy Chronicles
Why China Is Playing It Cool Amid Trump’s Chaos
Wenjing Wang Res. Statecraft
Late Stalinism in Beijing
Matthew Johnson China Brief
Europe Can Rearm Kyiv Without DC
Eric Ciaramella and Sophia Besch Foreign Affairs
Europe Is Not Re-Arming
Anthony J. Constantini Brussels Signal
Growing Levels of Dissent in Iranian Regime
Danielle Greyman-Kennard Jerusalem Post
Trump’s Iran Gamble Is Catching Up With Him
James Durso Oil Price
Murder on the High Seas
Marc Racicot & Greg Wilson RealClearWorld
Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Reflexive
Andrew Latham 19FortyFive
Inside Keir Starmer’s Massive China Reset
Dan Bloom Politico EU
Starmer vs X
Josh Ferme Courage.Media
The U.S. Needs to Rethink Its Hopes for Saudi Arabia
Lawrence Haas TNI
Over Half a Century of Waiting for the Fall of Castroism
Carla Gloria Colomé El Pais
Nigeria Needs More than Military Support
Liam Karr and Miles Charles RealClearWorld


Wednesday, January 28
NATO Must Evolve the Alliance With Dignity
Conrad Black Brussels Signal
Rutte Is on Collision Course With European Capitals
Victor Jack Politico EU
The Dubai Talks on the Ukraine War
George Friedman Geopolitical Monitor
The Arctic Frontier America Can’t Ignore
Rep. Warren Davidson American Conservative
A Better Greenland Deal
Sumantra Maitra and Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard Foreign Affairs
Reading the Tea Leaves on Xi’s Latest Military Purge
David Goodman Asia Times
China Is Stuck in a Deflationary Trap
Riley Callanan GZero Media
Americans Are Going to the Moon Soon—Before China
Gordon Chang Newsweek
With UAE Rivalry, the Saudis Pick the Wrong Side
Michael Rubin DC Examiner
Why Iranians Support Reza Pahlavi
Saeed Ghasseminejad and Mahdi Amiri TNI
The Islamic Republic’s Predatory Contract
Karim Sadjadpour The Atlantic
All Eyes Are on Trump’s Reaction to India-EU Trade Deal
Holly Ellyatt CNBC
Operation Sindoor’s Paradox: Restraint Without Resolution
Robert Farley 1945
Suella Braverman’s Defection Is the Most Important So Far
Peter Franklin UnHerd
Venezuelans Have Hope for the Economy, Less So for Democracy
Kejal Vyas WSJ


Thursday, January 29
Iran Is out of Good Options
Daniel DePetris Spectator
Saudi & Israeli Officials Visit D.C. Over Possible U.S. Strikes
Barak Ravid Axios
Iran’s Third Option: Organized Resistance
Sofey Saidi RealClearWorld
Russia’s Grinding War in Ukraine
Seth G. Jones and Riley McCabe CSIS
How Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Boxing in Putin
Simmons & Lebedeva NBC News
Where Does Europe Go From Here?
Mark Leonard European Council on Foreign Relations
Romania and the Crisis of Strategic Voice
Mădălin Sârbu The European Conservative
Four Scenarios for the Post-Rules World
Gabriel Elefteriu Brussels Signal
What To Know About China’s Military Purges
Ian Bremmer GZero Media
Elon’s Perfect Problem
Terrence R. Keeley RealClearPolitics
Jared Kushner’s Quiet Middle East Diplomacy
Ahmed Charai The National Interest
How to Break the Deadlock in Syria
Mohammed A. Salih Foreign Policy Research Institute
Political Realignment and the 2026 Japanese Election
Sheila A. Smith CFR
Trump May Push Iraq Back to Maliki
Tanya Goudsouzian & Ibrahim Al-Marashi Res. State.
Afghanistan and Pakistan Square Off
Michael Kugelman Foreign Affairs


Friday, January 30
Has Europe Broken the Trump Code?
Hal Brands Bloomberg
Brussels, Mercosur, and the Theatre of Control
Tobias Teuscher TEC
Russia: Six Lessons From Iran’s Uprising
Alexander Kolyandr CEPA
Why Iran’s Response to a US Attack Could Be Different
Amir Azimi BBC News
The Rightward Drift of Latin America
Matt Cookson RealClearWorld
Venezuela’s Zombie Transition Cannot Last
Paola Romero Law & Liberty
The Unsettling Implications of Xi’s Military Purge
Christopher Johnson Foreign Affairs
Why the U.S.’s “One China Policy” Is Fading Away
Paul Heer The National Interest
Xi’s Control of His Regime Is Looking Ever More Stalinist
Ying Yu Lin ASPI Strategist
Ankara’s Opportunistic ‘Hedging’ Strategy
Tim Chattell Chatham House
Is Saudi Arabia Drifting Away From the U.S.?
Ali Shihabi Newsweek
The Saudi-Emirati Divergence
H A Hellyer War on the Rocks
Pakistan’s Sharply Shrinking Economic Sovereignty
Vivek Y Kelkar Asia Times
Iraq Can't Shake off Iran’s Influence
Bridget Toomey The National Interest
Is Islamism Waning?
Mustafa Akyol Law & Liberty
Saturday, January 31
Trump’s Iran Dilemma: Strike, or Lose Face?
Arman Mahmoudian The National Interest
Regime change in Iran is in the U.S. interests.
Joe Zacks RealClearWorld
War on Iran Could Provoke a ‘Shiite Jihad’
Ali Rizk The American Conservative
Saudi Defense Minister: Not Bombing Would Embolden Iran
Ravid & Basu Axios
Saudis Won’t Assist the U.S. for an Attack on Iran
Pinedo & Heinrich Fox News
Growing Resistance in Chinese Military
Michael Zhuang The Epoch Times
U.S. Allies Play Risky Game With Tilt to China
Matthew Tostevin Newsweek
Why the EU-India Trade Deal Matters
Zac Weisz GZero Media
Guterres Warns of UN’s Imminent Financial Collapse
Reuters
Trump Administration Should Scrap It's New UN Deal
Schaefer and Pletka RCW
Middle Israel: Entering the Post-War Political Era
Amotz Asa-El Jerusalem Post
An Early Test of America’s Control Over Venezuela
Gisela Salim-Peyer The Atlantic
Germany Shows Why Wealth Taxes Are a Bad Idea
Michael Haiden RealClearWorld
If NATO Dies, Long Live NEATO
Nathan Decety CEPA
Why NATO Won’t Collapse
Ramon Marks The National Interest
Astronauts Are Going Back to the Moon
Jeffrey Kluger Time
Myanmar’s War Headed for a Tipping Point in 2026
Anthony Davis Asia Times


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