RealClearWorld Week of March 9, 2026 Archives

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Monday, March 9
U.S. and Israel Tests Limits of Air Power
Gordon & Malsin Wall Street Journal
The Iran War Will Reshape the Middle East Economy
Gedaliah Afterman TNI
Israel Didn’t Drag the U.S. Into War With Iran
Mark Dubowitz New York Post
The Trump Doctrine Is a New Way for Military Power
Andrew Latham 19FortyFive
No, I Have Never Been an Isolationist
Paul Gottfried Chronicles
Europe’s Mixed Response Draws Trump’s Fury
Freddie Clayton NBC News
Russia’s Summer Campaign to Darken Ukraine’s Winter
Beznosiuk and Dixon CEPA
Five Reasons for Ukraine to Give Up Donbas
Ted Snider The American Conservative
The German Elite’s Anti-Americanism
Sabine Beppler-Spahl The European Conservative
Merz Goes Behind Trump’s Back To Mock Him
John Rosenthal Brussels Signal
The Man Who Wants To Fight Against Right-Wing Populism
Ali Walker Politico EU
UK: Flying a Union Jack Flag Is Branded a ‘Tool of Hate’
Robert Folker The Daily Mail
Free Trade Among Free Nations
Pierre Poilievre CapX
The Search for Syria’s Future
Julien Barnes-Dacey European Council on Foreign Relations
Cartels Fear U.S. Retaliation
Armando Regil Velasco Fox News


Tuesday, March 10
Regional Fallout and Iran’s Tactical Misstep
Neville Teller Jerusalem Post
What Is the Endgame in Iran?
Colin H. Kahl Foreign Affairs
Strategic Bombing Worked Only Once
Harlan Ullman The Hill
Israel Has Become America’s Not-So-Secret Weapon
Hal Brands Bloomberg
Will the War in Iran Really Weaken China?
Tom Switzer Spectator
Europe’s Old Order Living on Borrowed Time
Henry Olsen Brussels Signal
How Azerbaijan Views the Iran War
Natalie Arbatman The National Interest
Iran War Is Already Bolstering Russia in Ukraine
James Horncastle Asia Times
Why Iran’s Crisis Matters for Russia’s War in Ukraine
Alexander Clackson RCW
Fracking May Have Killed Khamenei
Quico Toro Persuasion
Mexico & U.S. Differ on Actions Against Cartels
Linthicum & McDonnell LAT
Canada’s Crises
Geoffrey Sigalet Civitas Outlook
Police Foreign Funding for U.S. Universities
Oxnevad & Kiss Minding the Campus
Iran’s Lionesses Stood Up to Tehran. The Free World Answered
Ed Tarnowski RCP
The Paradox of Great Power Diplomacy
Kevin J. McNamara Modern Age Journal


Wednesday, March 11
The Curse of Middle-Sized Wars
Robert D. Kaplan Foreign Affairs
How America Got Serious About Iran
James Carter And Jacob Choe The Daily Caller
The End of Iran’s Strategic Patience
Jonathan Whittall Aljazeera
Iranian Exile Factions Vie for U.S. Leaders’ Blessing
Roston and Brown The Guardian
The Not-So Reckless Attack on Iran
Richard Epstein Civitas Outlook
Strait of Hormuz Crisis
Alex Abraham Gulf News
Iran Just Tested NATO’s Perimeter
Joe Varner RealClearWorld
Russo-Chinese Allies Disappear
Conrad Black Brussels Signal
The Anti-American Axis Myth
Leon Hadar Asia Times
Europe’s Far Left Is Having Its Moment
Bertrand Benoit & Max Colchester WSJ
Britain’s Christian Political Arms Race
Connor Tomlinson The European Conservative
France's National Rally Looks to Win Big
Victor Goury-Laffont Politico EU
Don’t Declare ‘Mission Accomplished’ in Venezuela Yet
Joseph Addington TAC
Cuba Should Accept Trump's 'Friendly Takeover'
Daniel McCarthy Chronicles
Adam Smith's Moral Authority
Daniel Klein Law & Liberty


Thursday, March 12
Iran War Enters a New Phase
Ilan Berman The National Interest
The Dangers of a Weak Iran
Afshon Ostovar Foreign Affairs
Trump’s Choice: Go Big or Go Home
Gabriel Elefteriu Brussels Signal
Are We on the Precipice of World War III?
Dan Grazier Responsible Statecraft
Foreign Policy Returns to Hobbesian Reality
Srdja Trifkovic Chronicles
Oil, War, and Peace
Richard Epstein Civitas Outlook
A Message to the Iranian People
John Craig RealClearWorld
Iran’s Terror Proxies Emerge From the Shadows
Sharon Hudson-Dean CEPA
Cuba Is ‘Ready To Engage’ in Talks With U.S.
Ana Ceballos Los Angeles Times
Monroe Doctrine 2.0: U.S. Over China in Latin America
Steve Cortes RealClearWorld
Zelensky’s Patience Appears To Be Wearing Thin
Jamie Dettmer Politico EU
Russia's Mixed Response to the Conflict in Iran
Cody Persaud RealClearWorld
The West Needs To Confront Islamism
Brendan O'Neill Spiked
How Radical Leftism and Islamism Meet in Practice
Fariba Parsa RealClearWorld
Iran & Afghanistan Wars Threaten Central Asia’s Economies
James Durso Oil Price


Friday, March 13
The War Over Iran Is Really About China
Dinesh T. Chawla RealClearDefense
Trump Tells G7 Leaders: Iran Is About to Surrender
Barak Ravid Axios
The New Khamenei
Akbar Ganji Foreign Affairs
Iran’s Revolution Is Dead
Amotz Asa-El Jerusalem Post
The War on Iran Is Already Upending the Middle East
Nesrine Malik The Guardian
The World Doesn’t Have Enough Ammo for the Iran War
Joshua Keating Vox
Does Iran Still Have a War Strategy?
Virginia Allen The Daily Signal
Iranians Cannot ‘Take Over’ Their Government
H. Van Dijcke & C. Bennett RCW
Americans and Israelis See the Iran War Differently
Frida Ghitis Substack
Europe Can’t Treat Iran as Someone Else’s War
Martin & Koblentz-Stenzler Newsweek
China’s Support for Russia Requires a European Response
Evelyn Yeh ECFR
Can Europe’s Populists Govern?
Karl Mathiesen Politico EU
Europe’s ‘Democracy Shield’ Is a Threat to Free Speech
Paul McCarthy TDS
Resilience Is the New Measure of Power
James Carter And Jacob Choe RCW
Japan Can Be America’s Arsenal
Rie Yano Substack


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