RealClearWorld Week of July 6, 2026 Archives

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Monday, July 6
On July 4, Don’t Forget to Thank Europe
Coffey and Kochis The National Interest
Time To Take NATO Crisis by the Horns
Mark Episkopos Responsible Statecraft
NATO Can’t Survive Without Trust
Wolfgang Ischinger Foreign Affairs
Doling Out Tough Love to European Countries
Montgomery & Hardie New York Post
Turkey Sees Its Status in NATO Rise
Ellen Francis Washington Post
Turkey’s Neo-Ottoman Ambitions
Yisrael Medad Jerusalem Post
Europe’s Quest for Monetary Sovereignty
Nicoletta Kouroushi TEC
Ukraine Reaches for Putin’s ‘Crown Jewel’
Jennifer Mathers Asia Times
Is Ukraine Winning the War?
Aaron Maclean The Free Press
New Solomon Islands PM Breaks With China
Catherine Wilson Responsible Statecraft
Ezra Jin, Pastor Jailed by China, Is Free
Frannie Block The Free Press
The Strait of Malacca in the Spotlight
Philip J. Heijmans et al. Bloomberg
Trump’s Call Stirs Political Storm Around World Cup
Stephen Collinson CNN
How Britain Became Zombieland
Mary Harrington UnHerd
Europe Isn’t Cool
Washington Post


Tuesday, July 7
How Europe Can Get Putin’s Attention
Alexander Gabuev Foreign Affairs
Rutte to NATO: Admit It — Trump Was Right
Paul McLeary Politico EU
Turkey Wants To Be King of the Middle Corridor
Adam Dehsabzi Res. Statecraft
Russia Changes the Narrative in Ukraine
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Korea Could Prove the Decisive Theater
Andrew A. Michta 19FortyFive
Trump’s Iran Grudge Hangs Over NATO Summit
Barak Ravid & Marc Caputo Axios
Iran Is Making Putin’s Mistake
Steve Balestrieri National Security Journal
Trump Needs to Stay the Course on Iran Diplomacy
Will Walldorf RealClearWorld
Germany Is Quietly Falling Apart
Henry Donovan Spectator
It’s Judgment Day for Le Pen
Victor Goury-Laffont Politico EU
Meloni Out in the Cold
Konstantinos Bogdanos Brussels Signal
Meet Ulster’s Young Orangemen
Adam James Pollock UnHerd
Iran's Execution Machine is Running at Full Speed
Ali Safavi RealClearWorld
Too Ugly, Too Noisy, Too… American? France’s AC Debate
Camille Knight et al. CNN
Preserving America’s Principles in an Unprincipled World
Mike Watson WFB


Wednesday, July 8
Trump Says Iran Cease-Fire Is ‘Over’
Steven Nelson New York Post
Where is the Supreme Leader?
Joshua Keating Vox
Washington's Plan to Neutralize Iran’s Hormuz Leverage
Simon Watkins Oil Price
Turkey, NATO, and the New Middle East Balance
Mohammed Ayoob National Interest
Trump’s NATO-Bashing Casts Shadow Over U.S.
Ellen Francis Washington Post
The 'Ugly American' and the 'Ugly Ally'
Stephen Nagy RealClearWorld
Reassessing the U.S. Alliance System
Colin Dueck American Enterprise Institute
The Ukraine Lesson Taiwan Keeps Missing
Petraeus and Kaluderovic Foreign Affairs
Taiwan Can Be Defended But It Won't be Cheap
Andrew Latham 19FortyFive
An Invitation to Expo 2027 Belgrade
Danilo Jerenić RealClearWorld
America’s True NATO Allies Are on the Eastern Flank
Juliette Bretan Newsweek
How Murky Finances Are Haunting Reform UK’s Farage
Lucy White Bloomberg
Farage’s By-Election Gamble Will Deepen Divide on the Right
Peter Franklin UnHerd
After the Excommunication of SSPX
Thomas Colsy The European Conservative
Winning the AI Race
Colin Redemer Chronicles


Thursday, July 9
NATO Becomes the Trump-Erdogan Show
Beril Akman et al. Bloomberg
U.S. and Iran’s First-Step Deal Was Doomed To Fail
Tom O'Connor Newsweek
Time to Get Tough With Iran
Mark Dubowitz New York Post
The Fate of the Strait is Key to U.S.-Iran Conflict
Abdulla Banndar Al-Etaibi Aljazeera
The Road to Tehran’s Downfall Runs Through Beirut
Jonathan Lipow Times of Israel
The US-Israel Relationship: Today and the Road Ahead
Rahm Emmanuel Substack
India and Pakistan Need a New Strategic Dialogue
Saima Afzal RealClearWorld
India’s Indian Ocean Power Play
Sankalp Gurjar Geopolitical Monitor
Europe’s Fall to a Second-Class Continent
Victor Davis Hanson The Daily Signal
Europe’s Most Consequential Vote Since Brexit
Ian Bremmer GZero Media
Can Britain’s PM Escape the Net Zero Trap?
Diana Furchtgott-Roth Civitas Outlook
OPEC Isn’t Dead. It Just Lost Its Superpower
Tatiana Mitrova The National Interest
Maximum Pressure on Cuba Has Become Strategic Overkill
Brett Erickson The Hill
Trump Is Remaking Latin America
Brian Winter Foreign Affairs
Self-Flagellation Nation
Frank Filocomo RealClearBooks


Friday, July 10
A Way Out of the Iran Mess
Aaron Maclean The Free Press
Can War Beat Sanctions?
Anand Toprani and Sarah Paine The National Interest
Israel’s Plan for a New Iran War
Yossi Melman Spectator
Syria Deal Gives Trump Potential Route To Bypass Hormuz
Sophia Yan Telegraph
NATO Exposed the Real Source of Trump’s Power
Robert Reich The Guardian
Trump’s Ukraine Strategy at NATO Is ‘America First’
Paul McCarthy The Daily Signal
Delusional Leaders Are Dangerous Leaders
Ted Snider The American Conservative
Why Putin’s Nuclear Threats Aren’t Working Anymore
Joshua Keating Vox
Iran Is Losing Iraq
Kamaran Palani Foreign Affairs
Hizballah’s Risk Strategy
Grieco Saade and Slingbaum War on the Rocks
Work-Visa Fraud Costs America Big
New York Post
The Future of U.S. Influence in South America
Martinez-Fernandez & Burke RCW
Canada Returns to More Pragmatic Energy Policies.
Vijay Jayaraj AG
Castro Grandson Endorsed in U.S. Negotiations
Nick Penzenstadler USA Today
Is Lebanon Hurtling Towards a Libya-Style Civil War?
Ali Rizk Responsible Statecraft
Saturday, July 11
Trump’s Patience With the Iranian Regime Runs Out
Fred Fleitz American Greatness
The View From Tehran: Anger and Vengeance in the Air
Joseph Ataman et al. CNN
U.S. Gives Iran Saturday Deadline To Renounce Attacks
Barak Ravid Axios
Trump Lost His War With Iran
Nicholas Grossman MS Now
Trump’s Syrian Gamble
Henry Zavalick American Spectator
Russia’s War Against Its Own Future
Eric Rudenshiold The National Interest
Beijing's New Sea Patrol
Gordon Chang The Hill
U.S. Much Safer Than Many Peer Nations
John R. Lott Jr. RealClearInvestigations
Canada Edges Closer to Europe
Jordan King Newsweek
Merz Attempts To Stem the German Far Right’s Rise
James Angelos Politico EU
Europe’s Digital Border Checks Cause Big Delays
Stasiuk and Pronina Bloomberg
OPEC’s Grip Slips on Production and Prices
E.J. Antoni Townhall
Westminster Reels at Ann Widdecombe Murder Probe
Tim Shipman Spectator
Somali Pirates Are Back
Benoit Lefevre War on the Rocks
Navies Still Matter in the Age of Drones
Sean Andrews ASPI Strategist
The Lessons of Mali
Brendan Sanders The National Interest



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