RealClearWorld Week of July 6, 2026 Archives

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Monday, July 6

Europe’s Moment of Strategic Responsibility

Andrew A. Michta RealClearDefense

When the Team Matters More Than the Strategy

Jacob Childress RealClearWorld

Zelensky Is in Denial About Ukraine’s War Hopes

Jennifer Kavanagh UnHerd

Iran's Defiance and New Regional Order

Samia Nakhoul Reuters

Gaza Still Faces Challenges With Hamas

Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post

Castro Heir Wants a Trump Deal

Romina Ruiz-Goiriena et al. USA Today

The Rubio Cable on Cuba

Peter Kornbluh The Nation

The World Cup Has Revived American Soft Power

Toby Young The Spectator

Tuesday, July 7

America Needs Another Look at ‘Competitive Strategies’

James Holmes TNI

Stop Mourning the Old NATO. Build the New One.

Galip Dalay Time

Poland's Role in NATO

Jakub Romaniuk Foreign Policy Research Institute

France’s Long Slide

Éric Zemmour American Mind

Iran Fears It's Losing Its Grip On Hormuz

Faucon & Kantchev Wall Street Journal

Iran’s Declaring ‘Victory’ in Utter Humiliation

Joseph Epstein Washington Examiner

China’s Salami-Slicing Taiwan

Jane Rickards ASPI Strategist

Wednesday, July 8

A New Iran Doctrine: Forget Containment, Remove the Cancer

Erfan Fard The Hill

Trump’s Iran Errors Are Catching Up With Him

Jake Wallis Simons The Telegraph

Nigel Farage Throws Down the Gauntlet

Peter McIlvenna The Daily Signal

Farage & Le Pen Attempt to Turn Scandal to Advantage

Ross & Solletty Politico EU

Russia’s Losing Hand in the South Caucasus

Fuad Shahbazov CEPA

American Islamist-Leftist Activists Visit Tehran

MEMRI

Can the Private Sector Save Vietnam?

Malesky and Zlomanova Foreign Affairs

Thursday, July 9

Europe’s China Policy Litmus Test

Lilla Nora Kiss Civitas Outlook

Can Ukraine Ever Win?

Thomas Fazi UnHerd

The War in Ukraine Is Already Over — and Putin Lost

James Jay Carafano 1945

Le Pen’s Strategy To Win French Presidency

Clea Caulcutt Politico EU

French Democracy Is Still in Peril

Jacob Reynolds Spiked

A New Era of Partnership With Iraq

James Durso The Hill

Syria Seeking Closer NATO Ties

Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post