RealClearWorld Week of August 14, 2023 Archives

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Monday, August 14
How Corruption Defeats Armies
Elaine Dezenski & Ted Shepherd 19FortyFive
Ground Softening for Big Russian Offensive
Stephen Bryen Asia Times
Putin’s Days Are Numbered as Russia’s ‘Crime Boss’
Alexander Motyl The Messenger
Stormtrooper Syndrome Has Seduced the West
John Michael Greer UnHerd
Biden’s Risky Persian Gulf Bet
Jonathan Guyer Vox
How the U.S. Hostage Swap Will Strengthen Iran
Elliot Nazar The Foreign Desk
Russia’s Foray Into West Africa
Dr. Mohamed ELDoh Geopolitical Monitor
The CCP Is Infiltrating China’s Private Sector
Jérôme Doyon Globely News
Israeli Politics Have Become Harder To Defend in U.S.
Paul Pillar National Interest
Israeli Settlements Are Not Illegal
Eugene Kontorovich Tablet
Populism Rules the Day in Argentina
Tasha Kheiriddin GZero Media
Can Argentina Dig Itself Out From Under?
Richard Sanders The National Interest
India Embraces America’s Vision for Outer Space
Alex Dubin The Hill


Tuesday, August 15
Return of the ‘Big State’ Will Be Short-Lived
Bill Emmott Asia Times
The Problem of Peace: Détente vs Appeasement
Gabriel Elefteriu Brussels Signal
Hard Georgian Lessons for Ending the War in Ukraine
Pavel Baev EDM
America’s Window of Opportunity in Asia
Yeo Solís & Foreman Foreign Affairs
Wagner and Iran Turn Belarus Into a New Front in Europe
Jay Solomon Semafor
Belarus Reaches Out to Poland and the EU
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Pakistan: The New Egypt on the Indus
Arif Rafiq Globely News
The Middle East Is Once Again West Asia
Chas Freeman Responsible Statecraft
Wagner’s Future Depends on Russia’s Africa Agenda
Elena Pokalova The Hill
China Courts Germany’s Far-Right Populist AFD
Matthias Von Hein Deutsche Welle
Banning the AFD Would Be a Brutal Assault on Democracy
Fraser Myers Spiked
The Rise of Pro-Western Disinformation
Matthew Petti UnHerd


Wednesday, August 16
Zelensky’s Offensive Call Threatens To Divide Leadership
David Brennan Newsweek
Ukraine’s Last-Gasp Offensive Has Failed
Daniel Davis 19FortyFive
Getting the Facts Right on Ukraine
Peter Rough & Wesley Clark Hudson Institute
Xi’s Mismanagement Fuels Scandals & Economic Woes
Willy Wo-Lap Lam ChinaBrief
AUKUS Under Hot Rising Fire in Australia
Matthew Sussex Asia Times
Afghanistan’s Next Gen. Must Rise Above the Taliban's 'Reality'
Nasir Andisha AC
The Brutal Folly of the War in Afghanistan
Tim Black Spiked
Lessons From Latin America’s Democratic Backslide
Joseph Humire The Hill
Niger Coup: Will the West Change Its Security Approach to the Sahel?
Al-Jazeera
What Now for Thai Democracy?
Joshua Kurlantzick Council on Foreign Relations
The AI Power Paradox
Ian Bremmer & Mustafa Suleyman Foreign Affairs
Do Oppenheimer’s Warnings About Nuclear Weapons Apply To AI?
Hal Brands AEI


Thursday, August 17
China’s Maritime Expansion: An Emerging Security Dilemma?
Geopolitical Monitor
The Promise of Camp David: A Watershed for Asian Security
Patrick Cronin TNI
Germany’s Capitulation to Russia Puts All of Europe at Risk
Stephen Blank The Hill
The Growing Sahel Crisis
Carl Bildt Project Syndicate
What Will Happen to U.S. Troops Stationed in Niger
Connor Echols RS
U.S. Officials Challenge Turkey’s Claim To Have Killed IS Leader
Al-Monitor
The Case Against an Israeli-Saudi Deal
Dalia Dassa Kaye Foreign Affairs
Israel’s Elites Revolt Against Democracy
Gadi Taub Tablet
Afghanistan Withdrawal: Experts Had an Alternative
Mark Green Wilson Center
The Middle East and Free Speech
Abdo Al Rayyis The International Correspondent
Italy's New Defense Policy Under Meloni
Leonardo Palma War on the Rocks
Spanish Leader Sánchez Wins Vital Lifeline
Aitor Hernandez-Morales Politico EU


Friday, August 18
Institutionalizing U.S.-Japan-South Korea Coordination
Scott Snyder CFR
Camp David Summit: A Trilateral March Toward Instability?
Park & Mochizuki RS
Ukraine War Giving China Pause on Taiwan
Peter Rutland Asia Times
The Hard Truth: Ukraine Has No Realistic Path to Victory
Daniel Davis 19FortyFive
Why Is China Not Rushing To Fix Its Economy?
Laurie Chen & Yew Lun Tian Reuters
The Global Right-Wing Counter-Revolution Rises
Allister Heath The Telegraph
U.S. and Iran Rely on Shadow Diplomacy
Courtney McBride Bloomberg
Iran’s Weapons Now Reach the Western Hemisphere
Joseph Humire Heritage
The Challenge to Democracy Across West Africa
Paul Melly Chatham House
French Mistakes Helped Create Africa’s Coup Belt
Folahanmi Aina Al-Jazeera
Ecuadorians Head to Polls Amid Spiraling Violence
GZero Media
Life Under the Taliban: A Tale of Two Eras
VOA News
Saturday, August 19
The Significance of the Camp David Summit
Ian Bremmer GZero Media
Smoke and Mirrors Middle East Diplomacy
Fred Fleitz American Greatness
How to Kill Chinese Dynamism
Yasheng Huang Project Syndicate
There’s No Financial Crisis in China, Just Politics
David Goldman Asia Times
China’s Floods and Party Priorities
Arran Hope China Brief
Ukraine’s Is Making Gains. Does It Matter in the Long Run?
Peter Weber The Week
U.S. Intelligence Says Ukraine’s Offensive a Failure
Stephen Bryen Asia Times
France, U.S. Relations Grow Tense Over Niger Coup
Toosi & Caulcutt Politico EU
ECOWAS Deserve Credit for Taking Lead Against Niger Coup
Washington Examiner
Is Biden’s Reset on Iran Paying Off?
Andrew Parasiliti Al-Monitor
Netanyahu Fails To Understand the Saudi, Islamic Mindset
Rafael Castro JPost
Ecuador Violence Fueled by Regional Drug Trade
Nicolas Forsans Globely News
The High Stakes of Guatemala’s Elections
Adriana Beltrán Responsible Statecraft
Argentina’s Rising Populist Rock Star
Daniel Roman AMAC
Is Britain Really as Poor as Mississippi?
John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times
Make Trade Free Again
Samuel Gregg Law & Liberty


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