RealClearWorld Week of February 9, 2026 Archives

RealClearWorld PM Update

Monday, February 9

Takaichi Needs More Than Her Winning Personality

Gearoid Reidy Bloomberg

China’s Belt and Road Meets Its Security Test in Pakistan

Saima Afzal Asia Times

Iran Caught off Guard and off Balance

Micah Halpern Jerusalem Post

Canada Doesn't Need to Win

David Hebert Civitas Outlook

A Global Attack on U.S. Tech Over Free Speech

Scott Greer American Conservative

Poland Is Reshaping NATO’s Eastern Flank

Darius von Guttner ASPI Strategist

Armenia as a Bridge, Not a Battleground

Artin DerSimonian Newsweek

Tuesday, February 10

Japan’s New Supermajority Mandate To Defend Taiwan

Ted Galen Carpenter NSJ

As U.S. Chokes Oil Supplies, Can Cuba’s Regime Survive?

Jim Wyss Bloomberg

The EU’s Secret Weapon To Shut Out Chinese Companies

Gregorio Sorgi Politico EU

Starmer’s Countdown Begins

Tom Harwood The Critic

Pakistan’s Place in China’s Eurasia Strategy

Aparna Pande & Vinay Kaura TNI

After Panama Defeat, China Eyes More Ports

Micah McCartney Newsweek

The Trump Route and Transactional Diplomacy

Farid Guliyev Geopolitical Monitor

Wednesday, February 11

In the Next Pacific War, America Will Be Imperial Japan

James Holmes TNI

Sec. Noem Defies Calls to Resign, Touts Border Victory

Preston Mizell Fox News

France’s 2027 Election Race Is Already in Full Swing

Clea Caulcutt Politico EU

Plans for a Post-Orban Hungary

Zsuzsanna Végh European Council on Foreign Relations

The Welfare State Germany Can’t Pay For

Sven R. Larson The European Conservative

Venezuela’s Window Is Open – but Only a Little

Tony Frangie Mawad GZero Media

How the War in Sudan Could End

Volker Perthes Foreign Affairs

Thursday, February 12

Trump Insists on Going ‘Jaw-to-Jaw’ With Iran

Lazar Berman Times of Israel

Iran’s Water Crisis: A National Security Imperative

Scott Romaniuk et al. Geo. Monitor

NATO Deploys to Greenland To Keep Trump Onside

Victor Jack Politico EU

Can Rubio Con Trump Into Cuban Regime Change?

Nathan Thompson TAP

The Left’s Long Game in Latin America

Benjamin Braddock American Mind

Foreign Influence in American Nonprofits

Scott Walter Capital Research Center

The Promise and Perils of Korean Reunification

Doug Bandow American Conservative