RealClearWorld Week of April 6, 2026 Archives

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Monday, April 6
The Next Target for the U.S. and Israel Is Iran’s Economy
Dov Lieber WSJ
U.S., Iran Study Ceasefire Plan
Reuters
Fighting the Same War, Again and Again
Curtis C. Morgan Responsible Statecraft
Iran’s Flagrant Assault on the Rules of War
John Yoo Civitas Outlook
Inside the Daring Mission To Rescue a U.S. Airman
LaPorta and Jacobs CBS News
A New Regional Order for the Strait of Hormuz
Sina Emami Aljazeera
Iran Is Turning Into a Full Military Dictatorship
Akhtar Makoii The Telegraph
The 2027 ‘China Invades Taiwan’ Question Isn’t Settled
Reuben Johnson 19FortyFive
What Exactly Is the Purpose of NATO in the Year 2026?
Josh Hammer Newsweek
Europe Is Stuck With America
Jacob Kirkegaard Foreign Affairs
The ‘Post-Global’ NATO
Imran Khalid The Hill
Germany’s Center Left Is on the Brink of Oblivion
John Kampfner Politico EU
Japan’s Hidden Century: Cheap Money, Global Risk
The Guardian
The Limits of Trump’s Regime Capture Strategy
Charles Larratt-Smith WOTR
Delcy Rodríguez, Three Months as President
Florantonia Singer El Pais


Tuesday, April 7
Will President Trump Go Full Sherman in the War on Iran?
Hugh Hewitt Fox News
Trump’s Doomed Persian Adventure
Taki The American Conservative
Finding Victory in Iran and a Swift End to the War
Srdja Trifkovic Chronicles
Why Attack Iran? Why Now?
Martin Gurri New York Post
Tehran Does Not Need a Battlefield Victory to Win
Joe Buccino RealClearWorld
Iran Is Under Pressure, Change Will Come from Within
Sofey Saidi Geo.Monitor
China and the Iran Negotiations
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
The Ukraine and Iran Wars Became Intertwined
Seth Frantzman The National Interest
A Flawed Formula for Peace in Ukraine
Charap and Kavanagh Foreign Affairs
Why Ukraine Cannot Become Part of the EU
Gábor Szűcs The European Conservative
Iraq’s Emboldened Terror Groups
Bridget Toomey RealClearWorld
EU’s Foreign Policy Diplomacy Is in Shambles
Nicholas Vinocur Politico EU
Why JD Vance is Travelling to Budapest
Anthony J. Constantini Brussels Signal
China Dominates the World’s Critical Minerals Production
Kyle McCollum TDS
The Moral Thinness of Geopolitics
Daniel Pitt Law & Liberty


Wednesday, April 8
This Could be the Golden Age of the Middle East
President Donald Trump Truth Social
Trump’s Weakness on the Global Stage
Anthony L. Fisher MS Now
Trump Gambled on Iran and He Won
Jake Wallis Simons The Telegraph
‘New & Reasonable’ Iran Is Neither
David Horovitz Times of Israel
How This Ceasefire Deal Will Unfold
Aaron Maclean CBS News
Israeli Leaders Lash Out Over Ceasefire
Tobias Siegal Jerusalem Post
The Armenian Genocide’s Warning for a Post-War Iran
Stephan Pechdimaldji TNI
Pakistan Shouldn’t Put All of Its Guns in China’s Basket
Zafar and Ullah Asia Times
Ankara’s Growing Challenge to Western Interests
Ciddi & Ecanow Jerusalem Post
U.S. Can Break the International Borrow-and-Bailout Cycle
Brett D. Schaefer RCW
Cuba Could Be the Next Hong Kong
Conda & Horton Washington Examiner
Who’s the Most Special Envoy?
Matt McDonald Spectator
What Do Conservatives Mean by “Western Civilization”?
James Diddams Providence
‘Organic’ Protests That Come With Price Tags
Alex Tarascio The Daily Wire
Inside a Seized Scam Compound
Jonathan Head Lulu Luo & T. Doksone BBC News


Thursday, April 9
The Fragile U.S.-Iran Ceasefire: Issues to Watch
Daniel Byman CSIS
Get Ready for Epic Fury Part II
Michael Evans Spectator
Did Israel Achieve a True Victory?
Jerusalem Post
A New Regional Power Block?
Natasha Lindstaedt Asia Times
China’s Retaliation Against Panama Backfires
Arturo McFields The Hill
The End of Schrödinger’s Ayatollah?
Michael Rubin American Enterprise Institute
Tehran Takes the Strait — and the Premium
Natalia Katona Oil Price
Trump "Clearly Disappointed" With Some European Allies
Mark Rutte CNN
Leaving NATO Would Be National Self-Sabotage
Sen. Tim Kaine Time
Qatar Is a Key U.S. Ally
Mike Flanagan RealClearWorld
‘Hungarian Election Remains a Tight Battle’
Henry Olsen Brussels Signal
The Logic of Pressing for Change in Cuba Now
Ryan C. Berg Civitas Outlook
Why Kanye West's UK Ban Should Concern Americans
Reem Ibrahim Reason
It Was Never About the Victims
Pamela Paresky Substack
The Long Shadow of ‘The Population Bomb’
Patrick T. Brown Common Place


Friday, April 10
The Iran War’s Real Lessons for China
Carter Malkasian Foreign Affairs
Military Lessons From the Iran War
Gabriel Elefteriu Brussels Signal
What a Negotiated Victory Over Iran Looks Like
Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon
Iran Ceasefire: Too Many Brokers, Too Little Leverage
Eric Alter Asia Times
Nixon’s ‘Madman’ Approach Is Dangerous, but It Works
Liz Peek The Hill
Nobody Won, Everyone Paid
Mahjoob Zweiri Aljazeera
The Multipolarity Trap
Park MacDougald Tablet
Fragility of the Rules-Based Order
Kurniawan Arif Maspul Geopolitical Monitor
Zelensky Ties Ukraine To Broader Effort Against Iran’s Axis
Ilan Berman Newsweek
India and the America First Arms Transfer Strategy
Kriti Upadhyaya RealClearWorld
Why Brussels Wants Orbán Gone
Zoltán Kottász The European Conservative
MAGA’s Mistake in Budapest
William Dixon and Maksym Beznosiuk The National Interest
Starmer’s Pathetic Leadership
Jake Wallis Simons The Telegraph
Cuba’s President Says He’s ‘Not Stepping Down’
Acevedo and Sesin NBC News
Iran’s Other Front: The War Over the Internet
Sara Bazoobandi War on the Rocks
Saturday, April 11
Here Begins the Great Game
James Thorne Wellington-Altus
The Era of Free Seas Is Unraveling
Hinshaw Parkinson & Michaels Wall Street Journal
What Can We Expect From the Iran Negotiations?
Jawad Iqbal Spectator
Iran’s Trump Card Is Better Than a Nuclear Weapon
Chris Truax The Hill
How Israel Reshaped Its War With Iran
Herb Keinon Jerusalem Post
Trump Ignored the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Ronald Tiersky RealClearWorld
Sources: Iran’s Supreme Leader Has Severe and Disfiguring Wounds
Reuters
NATO Blinked on Iran
Gordon Sondland Fox News
Canada Hit NATO’s Target — but Hold the Applause
Andrew Latham The Hill
The Case for Puerto Rican Statehood
Javier Ortiz RealClearWorld
The Experts Were Wrong. Argentina Is Booming
David Harsanyi Washington Examiner
Zelensky’s Drone Diplomacy
Volodymyr Dubovyk CEPA
Hungary’s Election: A Bellwether Contest for the Global Far Right
The Guardian
Is It Still Possible To Have a Fair Election in the EU?
Rodrigo Ballester Brussels Signal
A Papal Visit Rooted in Algeria’s Christian Past
Sabri Boukadoum RealClearWorld



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