RealClearWorld Week of February 2, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 2

U.S., Canada and the Nature of Middle Powers

George Friedman Geopolitical Futures

Cracks Emerge in Iranian Regime

Akhtar Makoii The Telegraph

Peace Through Leverage in Gaza

Dennis Ross & David Makovsky Foreign Affairs

Korea Reunification Isn’t Coming

Andrew Latham 19FortyFive

The Politics of Population

Tasha Kheiriddin GZero Media

Can U.S. Reverse it's Shrinking Population?

Kevin Roberts The Daily Signal

The New Scramble for Africa

Bheki Mahlobo Joel Kotkin

Tuesday, February 3

U.S. Downs Iranian Drone Approaching Carrier

Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart Reuters

Trump’s Nuclear Brinkmanship Is Forcing Iran’s Hand

Barney Henderson Newsweek

How a U.S.–Iran Clash Could Spiral Out of Control

Sina Azodi The National Interest

A Ceasefire in Name Only

Mohammed R. Mhawish The Nation

More Links Zhang Youxia’s Purge to 2027 Preparations

K. Tristan Tang China Brief

Trump’s Dollar Downer Buoying Xi’s Global Yuan Ambitions

Nigel Green Asia Times

Why Dollar Dominance Is Likely to Continue

Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde AEI

Wednesday, February 4

U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Back On

Barak Ravid Axios

Iran’s Ex-Leaders, Hardliners Clash After Killings

Maziar Motamedi Aljazeera

What the U.S.-India Trade Deal Really Means

Saroj Kumar Rath Asia Times

China’s Worst Year in Latin America Is Just Getting Started

Arturo McFields The Hill

Can the Rights in France Unite?

Alexis Bétemps The American Conservative

Le Pen’s Fighting Spirit Fades

Victor Goury-Laffont Politico EU

Nuri al-Maliki Is the Last Thing Iraq Needs

Abdullah Hayek The National Interest

Thursday, February 5

America Is the Sole Superpower Again

Arthur Herman Fox News

Don’t Fear the End of ‘Pax Americana’

Peter Harris Asia Times

For Israel, It’s All About Iran’s Ballistic Missiles Now

Yonah Jeremy Bob JPost

The Limits of Russian Power

Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte Foreign Affairs

Areas for G7-G20 Collaboration

Agathe Demarais European Council on Foreign Relations

The Fall of Europe

Marc Weitzmann Tablet

Cuba Says It’s Ready to Talk, but Not About Regime Change

Golodryga & Rios CNN