RealClearWorld Week of February 23, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 23

Protesters Erupt Across Iran

Alex Croft The Independent

Merz Faces Restless CDU and Rising AfD

Zoltán Kottász The European Conservative

MAGA’s Approach to Europe Hasn’t Changed

Mark Leonard ECFR

As Iran Looms, Trump, Rubio Score Big Win in Caribbean

Steve Mollman Newsweek

China’s Consumption Problem

Erik Green & Olivia Parker IISS

Trump’s “Maritime Action Plan” Is Sound Policy

James Holmes The National Interest

After Leader's Death, What is the Future for His Cartel?

CBS News

Tuesday, February 24

Détente and Ideological Struggle

Gerhart Niemeyer Modern Age

Ukraine Has Become a “Steel Porcupine”

David Kirichenko The National Interest

Just Bombing Iran Is a Strategy That Will Fail

Michael Rubin 19FortyFive

China Building a Different AI Future Than the West

Jan Krikke Asia Times

Big Brother Is Here, and It’s China

Russ Walker and Shay Khatiri American Greatness

Ireland Abandons Roman Catholicism for Secularism

Kevin Myers Brussels Signal

Mexico Visitors Shaken Over Recent Violence

Stillman and Butler Bloomberg

Wednesday, February 25

All Eyes on Iran: How Far Is Trump Willing To Go?

Erfan Fard The Hill

Iran Isn’t Another Maduro Moment for Trump

Editors Newsweek

Four Years at War, Ukraine Is Exhausted, but Not Broken

The Guardian

Germany Inc. Reels From ‘China Shock’

James Angelos and Jordyn Dahl Politico EU

Israel’s ‘Super-Sparta’ Vision Finds a New Ally in India

Oshrit Birvadker JPost

Syria’s Alawites Test the New Order

Daniel Allott The American Conservative

The Scale of Cartel Power in Mexico

Rick De La Torre The Daily Mail

Thursday, February 26

Iranian Official: Deal if Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Issues Are Separated

Reuters

Does the U.S. Have Enough Aircraft Carriers?

Joshua Keating Vox

Paper Dragon

Henry Gao Tablet

Japan’s Takaichi Stands Up to China and Wins Big

Gordon G. Chang The Hill

El Mencho Falls, Sheinbaum Needs To Act

Steven Taff Washington Examiner

How to Save South Africa

Flip Buys The American Conservative

Africa at a Crossroads

Kurniawan Arif Maspul Geopolitical Monitor