RealClearWorld Week of March 2, 2026 Archives

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Monday, March 2
How Trump Decided To Strike Iran
Peter Nicholas et al. NBC News
Shock and Awe, 2026 Iran Edition
Jack Buckby National Security Journal
Trump’s Way of War
Richard Fontaine Foreign Affairs
First Thoughts on the Attack on Iran
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Khamenei, Haman, and a Purim for the Ages
Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon
Killing Khamenei Was Easy — Toppling the Regime Is Not
Rishab Rathi Asia Times
The Iran Strike Is About Weakening China
Conn Carroll Washington Examiner
Taiwan’s Defense Budget Dilemma
Lyle Goldstein RealClearWorld
Economic Pressure Is Working Against Russia
Rachel Reeves Politico EU
How China’s Rare Earth Ban Backfired
Tom Kool Oil Price
A Proxy Without a Purpose: Hizballah
Faysal Itani and Dania F. Arayssi War on the Rocks
Restoration of State Authority in Northeastern Syria
Karakullukcu RealClearWorld
Pakistan Is Getting Its Comeuppance With the Taliban
David Blair The Telegraph
In UK, Cousin Marriages Are Driving Illegal ‘Family Voting’
G. Millard-Clothier DM
Defense of the West Should Put Freedom First
Peter Berkowitz RealClearPolitics


Tuesday, March 3
Iran, China, and Trump’s ‘Art of the Squeal’
Chuck de Caro The Blaze
All the Ways Trump’s War on Iran Is Disastrous
Bill Scher Washington Monthly
This Is How Iran Plans To Endure Trump’s War
Tom O'Connor Newsweek
Trump Hit Iran — With China in His Crosshairs
Steven W. Mosher New York Post
Trump Is Clearly in Over His Head On Iran
Zeeshan Aleem MS Now
Why You Can’t Negotiate With Iran
Victor Davis Hanson The Daily Signal
Chaos in Iran Is a Good Endgame for Netanyahu
Jamie Dettmer Politico EU
Trump Says He Will Not Ask Congress for War Power
Philip Wegmann RCP
The Great Game of Oil
Ralph Schoellhammer Brussels Signal
Turmoil in Iran Puts China’s Energy Security at Risk
Jeff Pao Asia Times
Diplomacy Alone Won’t End Russia’s War
Tennyson Dearing ASPI Strategist
Can MAGA ‘Conquer’ France?
Daniel Solomon The American Conservative
Gorton and Denton Has Changed Everything in UK
William Atkinson CapX
Morocco’s Free-Trade Zones: A Model for Africa
Pollard and Kleidon RealClearWorld
Cuba Faces ‘Zero Hour’
Laura Kelly The Hill


Wednesday, March 4
The War on Iran Was Never a Choice
Michael Goodwin New York Post
In Iran, Trump’s Luck Runs Out
Andrew Day The American Conservative
What Does Victory in Iran Look Like?
Tobias Ellwood The Telegraph
America and Israel: Divisive Politics, Decisive Defense
Noah Glyn RCDefense
Iran War Exposes Cracks Inside NATO
Javier Villamor The European Conservative
Europe’s Weakness on Iran & Gaza
Anatol Lieven Responsible Statecraft
What “Western Civilization” Really Means
Francis Fukuyama Substack
U.S. Respecting European Leaders in Danger
Conrad Black Brussels Signal
Putin’s Legacy: Nations of Widows and Orphans
Walter Clemens CEPA
Iran’s Favorite Proxy Is Not What It Once Was
Daniel Byman Foreign Affairs
Why Has Beijing Done Little About Venezuela and Iran?
Liu & McCarthy CNN
Asia’s Economies in Danger Over Middle East Conflict
Saima Afzal Asia Times
Oppressing Freedom, China Lauded for 'Being Green'
Gary Abernathy RCEnergy
Iran, Purim, and the Obligation to Act in Time
Eric Spitz RealClearPolitics
U.S. Turns Up Heat on Venezuela
Sarah Kinosian and Matt Spetalnick Reuters


Thursday, March 5
Trump’s Ultimate Target in This War Is China
Geoffrey Cain Spectator
How Iranian Missiles Brought Gulf States, Israel Together
Herb Keinon JPost
The Wages of Boomer Foreign Policy
Justin Logan The American Conservative
Trump and Netanyahu Have the Law on Their Side
Brian L. Cox RealClearWorld
Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Has Failed
Joshua Keating Vox
Iran Has a Strategy for Defeating the U.S.
Daniel DePetris The Telegraph
Iran’s Long-Prepared Resistance Activates
Sofey Saidi RealClearWorld
After Decapitation, What’s Next?
Ian Bremmer GZero Media
An Orderly Regime Transition in Iran
Jamsheed Choksy & Carol E.B. Choksy RCW
The Coming Showdown Over Cuba
Rut Diamint and Laura Tedesco Foreign Affairs
Donald Trump’s Latin America Strategy
Adam Ratzlaff The National Interest
Why Starmer Can Shrug Off Trump’s Insults Over Iran
Peter Walker The Guardian
China’s Multi-Faceted Influence Tactics in Europe
Audrye Wong AEI
What Eileen Gu Stole From America
Maxwell Meyer Pirate Wires
Demography Isn’t Destiny
Jeffery Degner & Julia R. Cartwright Law & Liberty


Friday, March 6
First Week of the Military Situation in Iran
Can Kasapoglu Hudson Institute
The Mirage of a New Middle East
Dalia Dassa Kaye Foreign Affairs
What It Means To Achieve Victory in Iran
Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon
A Weakened Iran but a Stronger IRGC
Andrew Latham 19FortyFive
Trump’s Iran War Strategy and Exit Plan? Win.
Gary Abernathy Substack
America’s Last War in the Middle East
Daniel McCarthy Spectator
In Defense of Israel’s Legitimacy
Pierre Manent & Daniel J. Mahoney Civitas Outlook
Russia Struggles to Find a Response to Attack on Iran
Pavel K. Baev EDM
Can Donald Trump Save Viktor Orbán?
Jamie Dettmer Politico EU
The EU Sees a World That Isn’t There
Karl Pfefferkorn Brussels Signal
Germany’s Southern Election Test
Richard J. Schenk The European Conservative
When Does China Stop Growing (Entirely)?
Derek Scissors American Enterprise Institute
Will China Overplay Its Hand?
Thomas J. Christensen Foreign Affairs
How Cuba Could Play Out Under Trump
Laura Kelly The Hill
America’s Next Women’s Rights Priority
Michele Hanash RealClearWorld


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