RealClearWorld Week of May 18, 2026 Archives

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Monday, May 18
After the U.S.-China Summit
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
China’s 125-Year Reversal
Y. Tony Yang Asia Times
Trump’s Accidental Triumph in Beijing
Robert Wright Nonzero Newsletter
China’s Economy Unexpectedly Weakens
Hannah Miao Wall Street Journal
Improving the U.S.-China Trade Relationship
Singham & Abbott RealClearWorld
Xi Just Threw Iran Under the Bus
Joseph Epstein Newsweek
A New Order for the Gulf
David B. Roberts Foreign Affairs
What Ceasefire in Lebanon?
Tuvia Book Times of Israel
Why Running Britain Is So Hard
Charlie Cooper Politico EU
Why Would Britain Want to Rejoin the Declining EU?
Gavin Mortimer Spectator World
Inside the Capture of the BBC
Rob Burley UnHerd
‘Small Successes’ in Engaging With North Korea
Moon Chung-in The National Interest
U.S. Should Back ROK-Europe Maritime Security Cooperation
Jihoon Yu RCW
Rearming Japan: Ambition, Constraints, and Limits
Tang Meng Kit Pacific Forum
Cuba Is out of Oil. Can the Regime Survive?
Jim Wyss Bloomberg


Tuesday, May 19
'The Thucydides Trap' Does Not Apply to China-U.S.
Victor Davis Hanson TDS
3 Things Russia Needs From China
Holly Ellyatt CNBC
Russia’s War Is Going Badly
Anastasiia Malenko & Marcus Walker Wall Street Journal
The War Against Iran Is the Right War at the Right Time
Hugh Hewitt Fox News
For Tehran, Survival Is Victory
James S. Robbins RealClearDefense
Saudi Arabia at Odds With Growing Israel-UAE Axis
Tom O'Connor Newsweek
Merz, 2021: Trump is an Undemocratic “Hate Preacher”
John Rosenthal Substack
Orban’s Fall and Europe’s Rise
Ivan Krastev Foreign Affairs
Cuba Appears to be at a Tipping Point
Chris Jensen Desert News
Venezuela’s Bewildering New Era
Tom Phillips & María de los Ángeles Graterol Guardian
Europe’s Order of the Golden Farce
Rafael Pinto Borges The European Conservative
Lebanon and Syria Reshape Ties
Justin Salhani Aljazeera
The Next War Will Be Won — or Lost — in Orbit
Graeme Ritchie Space News
Marco Rubio Wants to Send You Abroad
Hunter Ryerson Pirate Wires
A Genocidaire Has Escaped Justice
Alice Wairimu Nderitu The Free Press


Wednesday, May 20
Iran as Vietnam, Ukraine as Korea
Gideon Rose Foreign Affairs
The Old and New Myths Endangering Western Iran Policy
Ivan S. Sheehan RCW
Trump’s Diplomacy Has Stalled
Daniel R. DePetris The American Conservative
America: The Real Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
VDH American Greatness
Time To Put the ‘Pivot to Asia’ Behind
Andrew Michta RealClearDefense
How Trump Trampled on Modi’s Dream
Hans van Leeuwen The Telegraph
Speed Not Scale Will Decide the Next War
Gary Roughead RealClearWorld
All Non-Drone Militaries Are Obsolete
Noah Smith and Latent.Space Substack
Germany’s Centrists Are Driving the Rise of the AfD
Peter Franklin UnHerd
How Did Britain Become Ungovernable
Steve Hendrix Washington Post
Britain is Failing Due to Institutional Decay
Kevin Myers Brussels Signal
U.S. Deals Major Blow to Cuban Regime
Macarena Vidal Liy El Pais
Rubio Offers “New Relationship” to Cuban People
Marc Caputo Axios
In Canada: Your Anti-Racism Is Not Anti-Racist Enough
Rupa Subramanya TFP
After Artemis II, Now Comes the Hard Part
Mark R. Whittington The Hill


Thursday, May 21
The Shifting Alliances in the Middle East During War
Herb Keinon Jerusalem Post
The Iran War Is Exposing BRICS’s Fault Lines
Raghu Gururaj Geopolitical Monitor
Trump Conflicted and Iran Emboldened
David Horovitz Times of Israel
Doomer Media’s Iran Spin Is Blatantly Wrong
Sweet and Toth New York Post
Iran’s Real Strait of Hormuz Playbook
Andrew Latham National Security Journal
Iran Cannot Be Allowed To Get a Nuclear Weapon
To Put It Bluntly
The Tide Is Turning in Russia-Ukraine War
Ian Bremmer GZero Media
Ukraine’s Demographic Crisis Should Concern Washington
Igor Bondar Newsweek
Qatari Officials and Journalists Bash Trump
MEMRI
The U.S.-Israel Aid Era Is Ending. Drift Is the Greatest Risk.
Gregg Roman RCW
Castro Indictment Corners Castroism
Carla Gloria Colomé El País
Turkey Braces for Rivalry With Israel
Ellen Francis & Burhan Tuksekkas Washington Post
Europe’s Dangerous Hunger Games for U.S. Troops
Vytautas Leškevičius WOTR
Russia's Dependence on Beijing Increases
Owen Matthews Spectator
The End of Japanese Pacifism
Christopher Harding UnHerd


Friday, May 22
China and Russia: The Uneasy Couple
Francesco Sisci Asia Times
Rutte’s Plan to Keep Trump in NATO: Buy American
Jack and Barigazzi Politico EU
Germany is Out of Options
Anthony J. Constantini Common Place
Dependence and Autonomy in U.S. Alliances
Alice Johnson Geopolitical Monitor
U.S. Bears Brunt of Israel’s Missile Defense
John Hudson Washington Post
A New Order for the Gulf States
Eric Alter The National Interest
Looming Israeli Election May Spell the End for Netanyahu
David Swift UnHerd
The India-Middle East-Europe Corridor Needs a Redesign
Bianco & Varvelli ECFR
Muslim Nations Persecute Christians, Fund Mosques in the West
Uzay Bulut TEC
The Coming Contest for Asia’s Waterways
Lynn Kuok Foreign Affairs
The Dilemmas Over Cuba’s Future
David Marcial Pérez El Pais
Could Trump Be About To Attack Cuba?
Daniel DePetris The Telegraph
Milei, a Merger, and U.S. Media Propaganda
Steve Cortes RealClearWorld
No More Games: Canada Must Come to the Table
Rep. Claudia Tenney The Hill
Is the Petrodollar a War Casualty?
Michael Corbin Responsible Statecraft
Greenland Now: U.S. Control or Not?
Andrew Spannaus Brussels Signal
Why the Pentagon Has Nigeria in Its Sights
Geoff Hill Spectator
Saturday, May 23
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: U.S. Strategy
Michael Froman CFR
Iran’s Terror Campaign Makes Regime Change Imperative
Yossi Mansharof JPost
Why Trump Can Work With Iran’s Peace Proposal
Scarlett Kennedy RealClearWorld
For Communist Cuba, the Clock Is Ticking
Mike Watson Washington Free Beacon
Trump Met Top Advisers on Iran As He Weighs Return to War
Barak Ravid Axios
Why Constitutional Monarchy Is Gaining Support in Iran
Fariba Parsa RCW
‘Strategic Stability’ Requires Chinese Accountability
Max Meizlish The Hill
China’s Quiet Summit Victory
Christopher Nye The National Interest
Xi Jinping’s Praise of ‘MAGA’ a Major Signal
Lanxin Xiang Asia Times
Xi Sets the Terms for Everyone Now
Hal Brands Bloomberg
Trump Snubs Xi With Direct Talk With Taiwan Leader
Emily Hallas DC Examiner
Trump and the Delusion at the Heart of the EU
Christopher Caldwell Spectator
The Great British Blame Off
Benjamin Morse Tablet
Why Did Police Handcuff Henry Nowak?
Andrew Tettenborn Spectator
Ivanka Trump Targeted for Assassination by IRGC Terrorist
Vincent and Tillett NYP
South Asia’s Disposable Christians
Konstantinos Bogdanos Brussels Signal
Arlington National Cemetery Prepares for Memorial Day
Mike Snider USA Today



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