RealClearWorld Week of August 11, 2025 Archives

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Monday, August 11

Why Ukraine Couldn't Hold Gains in Kursk

Siobhán O'Grady et al. Washington Post

China and Russia Can Disrupt Trump’s Dealmaking

Harlan Ullman The Hill

Hamas Is Winning the Culture War

Liel Leibovitz Tablet

Palestinians Don’t Need a State. We Need Justice

Ahmed Moor The Guardian

Iran Has a Nuclear Weapons Problem It Never Saw Coming

Reuben Johnson NSJ

The Next Chapter of Chinese Investments in Central Asia

Bruce Pannier FPRI

How the U.S. and Colombia Can Tackle Crime

Kneip and Ramsey Atlantic Council

Tuesday, August 12

Trump-Putin Summit: This Isn’t How Wars Are Ended

Donald Heflin Asia Times

Trump Has the Cards as Putin’s Russia Is Falling Apart

Alexander Motyl The Hill

Putin’s Summer Offensive Is Gaining Momentum

Svitlana Morenets Spectator World

The AP's Upside-Down World

Pamela Paresky Substack

U.S. Working on Israel-Syria Deal for Humanitarian Corridor

Barak Ravid Axios

Yes, ISIS Is Still a Problem

Ava Grainger-Williams The National Interest

Far-Right AfD Takes Lead in Germany

Ferdinand Knapp Politico EU

Wednesday, August 13

The Trump-Putin Ukraine Summit Is Doomed To Fail

Robert Kelly NSJ

Trump Warns Putin Ahead of Alaska Summit

Eli Stokols and Megan Messerly Politico

Israel’s Military Chief Under Fire From Netanyahu

Anat Peled Wall Street Journal

Israel’s Emerging Occupation Consensus

Dahlia Scheindlin Foreign Affairs

Trump Is Losing His Foolish Trade War

Steven Greenhouse The Guardian

China’s Property Woes Worsen

William Pesek Asia Times

UK Shows How Not To Do Online Age Verification

James Czerniawski Newsweek

Thursday, August 14

Europe Lurches Between Hope and Fear

Jamie Dettmer Politico EU

A Second Munich in Alaska?

Joe Varner RealClearWorld

Turkey Fills the Void

Sinan Ciddi National Security Journal

What Recognizing a Palestinian State Actually Achieves

Abdallah Fayyad Vox

The ‘Empathy’ Lie and the Erasure of the Hostages

Seth Mandel Commentary

Thailand’s Frantic Effort To Close Tariff Loopholes

Rebecca Tan et al. Wash.Post

Monday, August 18

Trump Tells Zelensky U.S. Would Help With Ukraine’s Security

Reuters

Trump, Putin and European Lessons

Kirill Shamiev European Council on Foreign Relations

Why Xi Still Doesn’t Have the Military He Wants

Czin & Culver Foreign Affairs

Admiral Tirpitz’ Lesson for China

James Holmes The National Interest

Lebanon’s Inner Turmoil Over Push To Disarm Hezbollah

Yan & Chaayto Telegraph

The Sound and Fury of Israel’s Protests

Robbie Michaelson Times of Israel

Mexico Can’t Handle the Cartels

Nicholas Creel Newsweek