RealClearWorld Week of February 16, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 16

The West vs the West at Munich

Bronwen Maddox Chatham House

Can the U.S. Repeat Its Venezuela Success in Iran?

Daniel McCarthy New York Post

Iran Launches Navy Drills To ‘Control’ Strait of Hormuz

Akhtar Makoii The Telegraph

Why Russia Can’t Win in the War in Ukraine

Reuben Johnson 19FortyFive

Carney Seeks an Anti-Trump Trade Alliance

Lanktree Zi-Ann Lum & Stone Politico EU

Is Canada Turning Into a Chinese Proxy?

John Loftus Daily Caller

Cuba’s Alliances Are Crumbling in Trump’s World

Macarena Vidal Liy El Pais

Tuesday, February 17

The Future of Transatlantic Relations

Michael Froman Council on Foreign Relations

Marco Rubio’s Munich Moment

Peter Doran The National Interest

The Multipolar Delusion

C. Raja Mohan Foreign Affairs

Beijing’s Pressure Only Strengthened Tokyo’s Resolve

Nathan Attrill ASPI Strategist

Tehran Is Offers Similar Deal While Ignoring Reality

Yonah Jeremy Bob JPost

Who’s Afraid of an Iranian Refugee Crisis?

Anik Joshi The American Conservative

Panama’s Hidden Chokepoint

Ron MacCammon War on the Rocks

Wednesday, February 18

A Proposal for a New European Order

Anton Friesen The American Conservative

The End of the U.S.-Led Order

Carol Schaeffer The Nation

How Trump Revived Gunboat Diplomacy

Memphis Barker The Telegraph

300-Day U.S. Navy Gamble

Isaac Seitz National Security Journal

Why a Strong Japan Is Key to Peace in East Asia

Matt Cookson The Daily Signal

U.S. Diplomatic Overload Is at Crisis Levels

Harlan Ullman The Hill

Intervention in Haiti Wouldn't Help the Nation

Leah Schroeder Responsible Statecraft

Thursday, February 19

U.S. Targets UK Government Ally Over Free Speech

Paul D. Thacker RCI

It's Not in U.S. Interest to Go Alone Against Iran

Sen. Mark Warner MS Now

Qatar Is Not Our Friend

Joel Kotkin Spiked

Energy Dominance With Chinese Characteristics

Carolyn Kissane Foreign Affairs

America’s Most Important Asian Ally Just Got Stronger

Brahma Chellaney The Hill

Beijing's Leninist-Nationalist

Samuel Gregg Law & Liberty

High Politics in NATO’s High North

Gonzalo Vázquez CEPA