RealClearWorld Week of August 18, 2025 Archives

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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

Tuesday, August 19

A Show of Western Unity

Charles Lipson Spectator World

The Ukraine Summit Was a Humiliation for Europe

Tim Black Spiked

There Is No ‘Trump Doctrine.' Just Chaos

Sidney Blumenthal The Guardian

A Roadmap for U.S. Foreign Policy

Riley Moore The National Interest

The Donbas Is a Poisoned Chalice

Alexander Motyl The Hill

Americans Should Not Tolerate an Unruly Military Elite

Will Thibeau American Mind

Is Mass Student Immigration the Solution – Or the Problem?

David L. Thomas MDL

Wednesday, August 20

Diplomacy Hits Limits of U.S. Grand Strategy

Leon Hadar Asia Times

Resilient Russian Economy Faces Bleak Future

Sven Larson European Conservative

Only Trump, Not the EU, Can Hurt Russia’s Oil Industry

Ralph Schoellhammer UnHerd

The Wise Choice on Gaza

David Horovitz Times of Israel

China’s Growing Aggression

Ray Powell ASPI Strategist

U.S. Diplomacy Is Being Dismantled Before Our Eyes

John Dinkelman Newsweek

At 90, Ron Paul’s More Right Than Ever

Daniel McCarthy The National Interest

Thursday, August 21

Zelensky’s Impossible Choice

Mary Dejevsky Spiked

Russians Are Laughing at the Peace Talks

Ian Garner UnHerd

The IDF’s Plans To Invade Gaza City

Yonah Jeremy Bob Jerusalem Post

The Left’s October 7 Revisionism

Gadi Taub Tablet

The West Takes a Key Step Toward a Two-State Solution

Hussein Ibish The Atlantic

Will Hezbollah Disarm?

Alexander Langlois The National Interest

China’s Xi Reminds Tibet That Beijing Is in Charge

Chun Han Wong WS Journal