RealClearWorld Week of April 27, 2026 Archives

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Monday, April 27
Iran Has No Cards As Blockade Clock Ticks Down
Newsweek
The Iran War and How It Might End
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Iran Is Becoming Europe’s Political Nightmare
Vinocur and Smith-Meyer Politico EU
Reopening Hormuz Won’t Restore Normalcy
Cyril Widdershoven Oil Price
With the World Distracted, Hamas Is Rebuilding
New York Post
Iran Must Be Accountable for Its Proxies
Matt Cookson RealClearWorld
Path to Unseating Netanyahu Elusive As Ever
Ariela Karmel Times of Israel
Britain Has a Prime Minister Problem
Sam Leith Spectator
A More Important Fight Than Populism
Gabriel Elefteriu Brussels Signal
Orbán Lost. Congratulations, Everyone
Emzari Gelashvili RealClearWorld
Germany’s Military Expansion Won’t Convince Young People
Katja Hoyer UnHerd
Kim’s Dangerous Liaisons
Oriana Skylar Mastro Foreign Affairs
Russia and Ukraine Are Fighting a Proxy War
Dov Zakheim The Hill
Al-Qaeda-Linked Militants Launch Attacks Across Mali
Rachel Chason Wash. Post
The Cuba Play
Oscar Sumar Civitas Outlook


Tuesday, April 28
Will Iran War be Shorter and Better Than Iraq War?
Jim Antle American Conservative
Iranian Regime’s Escape Routes Are Closing Fast
Dubowitz & Maleki New York Post
What Trump Can Learn From Reagan’s Playbook
Nash Tokarev & Tokarev RCW
Xi’s Military Purges Cannot Produce the Force He Wants
Christopher Nye WOTR
Why NATO’s Weakest Link Is Spain
Ilan Berman Newsweek
The Disposable Oligarchs
Christopher Hartwell and Tricia D. Olsen Foreign Affairs
How the Ukraine War Could End in Revolt
Owen Matthews Spectator
Russia’s Economy Is on the Brink of Collapse
Alexander J. Motyl 19FortyFive
NATO Is Not Ready To Fight Russia
Victor Jack Politico EU
Putin’s Humiliation in Africa
Ben Farmer The Telegraph
Now What Moves the Stuff That Defends America?
Joe Buccino RealClearWorld
The IMF and World Bank Are Listening to America’s Advice
Brett Schaefer TNI
King: UK and U.S. Always Find Ways To Come Together
Jamie Grierson Guardian
The Horrible History of the Special Relationship
Mary Harrington UnHerd
Why ‘Made in Europe’ Needs an Africa Strategy
S. Logan & M. Procopio ECFR


Wednesday, April 29
Iran May Be Looking for Time, Not a Deal
Stav Levaton Times of Israel
How the War Saved the Iranian Regime
Danny Citrinowicz Foreign Affairs
Iran Has Become Incompatible With Gulf Security
Mohamed ELDoh Geo. Monitor
King Charles Is the Last Statesman of a Vanishing World
Niall Gooch UnHerd
Germany Slashes Welfare State for Rearmament
Antonio O'Mullony Brussels Signal
Battle of the Budget: EU Parliament vs. Germany
Sorgi and Griera Politico EU
The Limits of Javier Milei’s Libertarianism
Joseph Bouchard RealClearWorld
America’s War in the Americas
Joshua Treviño American Mind
Don’t Shut Off the Lights in Cuba
Michael Rubin Washington Examiner
UAE’s Shock OPEC Exit
Spencer Kimball & Pippa Stevens CNBC
The Iran War Is Starting to Expose Cracks in China’s Economy
Keith Bradsher NYT
Asia’s Oil Shock Nightmare Has Only Just Begun
William Pesek Asia Times
Does Trump Get Another Shot at North Korea?
Kenji Yoshida American Conservative
Reviving Civilization
Brian Pawlowski Law & Liberty
Forty Years Since Chornobyl Nuclear Disaster
Eurasia Daily Monitor


Thursday, April 30
Are We Heading Toward World War III?
Francis Sempa Modern Age
The Iran War Is Drawing Some Allies Closer to the U.S.
Hal Brands Bloomberg
The World Hedges Its Bets on America
Ian Bremmer GZero Media
Ignore the Trump-Haters, Iran Is Desperate
Conrad Black Brussels Signal
How Iran’s Regime Stays in Control
Ilan Berman The National Interest
China Is Threatening Europe’s Reindustrialization Drive
Miquel Vila UnHerd
China’s Language Law Only Reinforces Racism in China
Matt Cookson RCW
Starmer Is Defining the Battle for Scotland
James Heale Spectator
The New Face of the Far Right
Hélène de Lauzun The European Conservative
Will the War Bring Down Erdoğan?
Andrew Finkel UnHerd
Turkey Is Iran War’s Biggest Winner
Leon Hadar Asia Times
More Soldiers at Haiti Will Not Solve This Crisis
Dan M. Ford & Joseph Brennan RS
Have the Royals Got Their Mojo Back From US Visit?
Sean Coughlan BBC News
How Critical Minerals Will Scramble Geopolitics
Rabah Arezki et al. Foreign Affairs
The War the World Overlooked
Rachel Avraham Jerusalem Post


Friday, May 1
How the Strait of Hormuz Has Become a Weapon of War
Longley & Lee Bloomberg
The Global Balance of Power Is Shifting
Victor Davis Hanson The Daily Signal
One Big Reason Iran Thinks It Has the Advantage
Ted Snider American Conservative
A Walk Through the Dark Iranian Forest
J.T. Young Substack
Iran Is Grasping for a Solution to an American Blockade
Benoit Faucon WSJ
How To Stop Rising Jew Hate in Britain
Stephen Pollard Spectator
Germany’s Merz Loses Hard-Won Favor With Trump
James Angelos Politico EU
King Charles Has Saved the Special Relationship – for Now
Ted Widmer Guardian
The Strange Case of Lebanon’s 'Ceasefire'
Guy P. Nohra RealClearWorld
Will Bennett and Lapid’s Fourth Israeli Alliance Last?
Amotz Asa-El Jerusalem Post
Taiwan in the Crosshairs
Tasha Kheiriddin GZero Media
Asian Currencies Wilting in the Iran War’s Heat
William Pesek Asia Times
Dictators Target Nobel Laureates, Activists As Enemies
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca RCW
Iran’s Underground Church in Wartime
Jonathon Van Maren The European Conservative
Libya’s False Peace
Jalel Harchaoui and Frederic Wehrey Foreign Affairs
Saturday, May 2
The Year That Shook the Gulf
Dave Lawler Barak Ravid & Zachary Basu Axios
Trump Says He’s Not Satisfied With Iran’s Latest Proposal for Talks
Reuters
Here’s How To Crush Tehran in Three Moves
Richard Goldberg New York Post
Germany’s Defense Minister Plays Down U.S. Troop Cut
Lunday & O’Neill Politico EU
Germany’s Supply Lines Are Far From Ready for War
Laura Alviž Bloomberg
Trump Says Cuba Is “Next.” What Does That Mean?
Joshua Keating Vox
The Rise of the Islamo-Christian Right
Matthew Schmitz Washington Post
Seven Things To Look Out for As Britain Heads to the Polls
Tim Shipman Spectator
The King’s Visit and the Roots of American Order
Michael Lucchese The Daily Signal
Russia and Iran Build State-Controlled Internets
Stradner & McElrone RealClearWorld
China’s Unconventional War Against the U.S.
Helen Raleigh The Federalist
Safeguarding Access to Critical Minerals
Esther Bouquet RealClearWorld
‘Made in America’ Needs Global Partners
Gary Shapiro Newsweek
Art and War With a Master Storyteller
John Waters RealClearDefense
Mexico City Is Sinking So Quickly, It Can Be Seen From Space
Megan Janetsky AP



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