RealClearWorld Week of May 4, 2026 Archives

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Monday, May 4

U.S. and Iran Exchange Fire in Strait

Barak Ravid & Marc Caputo Axios

China Fights Back Against U.S. Pressure on Iran

Micah McCartney Newsweek

How To Escape Russia’s Army

Mansur Mirovalev Aljazeera

Negotiate or Fragment: Lebanon’s Survival

Avi Carmeli Jerusalem Post

British Jews Are Tired

Matt Marks Persuasion

Bookshelf: On War and Wheat

Saba Sinai ASPI Strategist

Lessons From Chernobyl, 40 Years Later

James Holmes The National Interest

Tuesday, May 5

Why a Ceasefire With Iran Solves Nothing Long Term

Andrew Latham 19FortyFive

Where Are Mark Carney’s Middle Powers?

Troy Stangarone The National Interest

OPEC Is Losing Its Grip on Global Oil

Ben Cahill Barrons

Friedrich Merz: Europe’s Wormtongue

Wolfgang Munchau UnHerd

Why Friedrich Merz Decided To Risk Donald Trump’s Wrath

Jorg Lau The Guardian

Collaboration Between Woke Leftists and Radical Islam

Alberto Fernandez Get Real

Trump Is Shaping the War in the Eastern Congo

Jacques Mukena & Kristof Titeca RS

Wednesday, May 6

U.S. Military Attacks Iran-Flagged Tanker

Filip Timotija The Hill

Syria’s Crackdown on Hezbollah

Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post

Farage Seeks Liftoff in Forgotten Britain

Alexander Smith NBC News

Eroding the Foundations of NATO Deterrence

Liana Fix Council on Foreign Relations

The NATO Secretary General is Failing NATO

Ted Snider The Realist Review

I’m Leaving China After 8 Years

Yoko Kubota Wall Street Journal

AI With Chinese Characteristics

Henry McCabe Geopolitical Monitor

Thursday, May 7

Lesson of Epic Fury: China and Europe Are Exposed

James Thorne RealClearPolitics

Ukraine Is the Big Winner of the Iran War

Con Coughlin The Telegraph

UK Elections 2026: How To Watch Like a Pro

Sam Francis Politico EU

Meloni Is Being Haunted by the Ghost of Berlusconi

Nicholas Farrell Spectator

Princelings of Persia

Peter Theroux Tablet

Why Japan and South Korea Won’t Go Nuclear

Victor Cha and Kristi Govella FA

China’s Digital Silk Road Tightens Grip on Africa

Alexis Akwagyiram Semafor