Real Clear World Friday

Denying the Islamic State What It Most Wants - Fareed Zakaria, WaPo
Washington Falls Short of Promises to Kiev - J. Rogin, Bloomberg View
Putin Shrugs at the Oligarchs' Discontent - P.R. Gregory, Forbes
A New Start for U.S. in Central America? - R. Evan Ellis, War on the Rocks
Unpacking Obama's New National Security Strategy - Julianne Smith, TNI
Why the U.S. Is Scared of Hobbyist Drones - Kevin Poulsen, Wired
The U.S. Has no Vital Interest in Ukraine - S. Kashmeri, Huffington Post
Ukraine is Fighting the War for Europe - J. Fischer & H. Enderlein, PS

RCW Morning Edition

Can U.S. and China Redefine Great Power Relations? - K. Rudd, HuffPo
Draghi Hands Off the Crisis - Kaj Leers, RealClearWorld
What Cuba Has Cost the World - Carlos Alberto Montaner, RealClearWorld
Obama: We Will Continue to Move Slow - Gopal Ratnam, Foreign Policy
The Danger if Jordan Destabilizes - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Europe's Moment of Truth Approaches - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Uruguay's Too-Good-To-Be-True President - Eve Fairbanks, New Republic
Putin Makes a Joke of History - Natalie Nougayrede, The Guardian
The Quiet War in Sinai - Ramzy Baroud, Asia Times
Did Saudi King Set the Stage for a Royal Row? - F.G. Gause, Foreign Affairs
Thai General Seeks Japan's Blessing - P. Chachavalpongpun, Japan Times
A Plane Crash Across the Strait - Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat
Obama Has no Red Lines on Iran - Abraham Ben-Zvi, Israel Hayom
Syria, the Ultimate Example of Realpolitik - Marc Pierini, EU Observer
Is the BBC's Tudor Tour de Force a Flop? - Michael Leapman, Telegraph
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Editorials

Jordan's Regrettable Response to ISIS - Irish Times
A Stronger Japan Should Stop Revisiting WWII - Bloomberg View
Don't Sell Out Ukraine - Kyiv Post
A Bold Beginning for Sri Lankan President - The National

Research & Analysis

Preserving Ukraine - Atlantic Council, Brookings, Chicago Council
A Pivotal Year for Malaysia - Center for American Progress
Venezuela Is Running Out of Time - Brookings Institution
The Evolution of Salafist-Jihadist Groups - RAND Corporation

Real Clear World Thursday

Morning Update
ISIS Just Overplayed Its Hand - Hassan Hassan, The National
The God of Thunder Returns to Iceland - Nina Strochlic, Daily Beast
Jordanians Are on the Warpath - Martin Chulov, The Guardian
Recession Curbs Russia's Propaganda Push - R. Orttung & E. Nelson, MT
Let's not Start a U.S.-Russia Proxy War - Michael Kofman, National Interest
Kofman writes in response to this report on arming Ukraine. 
Debating the Theology of Immolation - T McCoy & A Taylor, WaPo
London Dashes the Urbanist Train Fantasy - WR Mead, American Interest
China Has no Need to Confront the West - Wang Yawei, Asia Sentinel
The Future of Force - Joseph Nye, Project Syndicate
Indonesia's Great Hope, or More of the Same? - Economist
Squatters Save a Classic Roman Theater - Marcelle Padovani, L'Obs
Cameron Easily Outclasses Labour's Leaders - Lloyd Evans, The Spectator
A New Political World Emerges in Europe - Neal Lawson, New Statesman
Putting Greece in the Penalty Box - Dan Davies, Medium
Why Obama's Asia Pivot Is Failing - Harry Kazianis, China Policy Institute

Afternoon Update
The War in Ukraine Is Getting Worse - Dan Peleschuk, Global Post
Eurasia's Potemkin Democracies - Jos Boonstra, The Diplomat
Greece & The New European Order - Tom Gallagher, The Commentator
The Vanity of Appeasement - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
The Eternal Power of Vengeance - Mark Thompson, Time
Mixed Shiite Reactions to New Saudi King - Ali Mamouri, Al Monitor
German-Americans: The Silent Minority - The Economist
How Robert Mugabe Became a Meme - Adam Taylor, Washington Post

Real Clear World Wednesday

Morning Update
The Toxic Terror Brew: Land, Money and a Story - John McLaughlin, Ozy
Ghost Towns in Eastern Ukraine - Max Seddon, BuzzFeed
Guantanamo's Place in U.S. Caribbean Strategy - Sim Tack, Stratfor
An Embarrassment for Russian Intel - Samuel Bendett, RealClearWorld
Russia's Media-in-Exile Fight an Uphill Battle - Hannah Gais, FPBN
Italy' new anti-Corruption President - C. Gegout, The Conversation
Arming Ukraine Won't Help - Joshua Keating, Slate
The Disaster that Looms over the South China Sea - Sean Mirski, TNI
With ISIS Losing, Time for U.S. to Step up in Iraq - K. Pollack, NY Times
Harsh Realities for North Korean Diplomacy - Brian Benedictus, China PI
Scotland Didn't Kill the UK, but Cameron Might - Gordon Brown, Guardian
The World's Best International Relations Schools - D. Maliniak et al, FP
Gaza Has no Savior - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Why I'm Glad I Watched the ISIS Snuff Video - Piers Morgan, Daily Mail
Slain Prosecutor Had a Warrant for Argentine Pres - A. Chandler, Atlantic
Did Austerity Lead to a Suicide Spike in Greece? - Amar Toor, The Verge

Afternoon Update
Libya's Growing ISIS Threat - Josh Rogin, Bloomberg View
ISIS Moves into South Asia - Arif Rafiq, The Diplomat
New Saudi Leadership Acting Decisively - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Iran Wins By Waiting on Nukes - Seth Mandel, Commentary
Japan Hamstrung by History - Simon Partner, Globe and Mail
Inside the Fight for Ukraine's Donetsk Airport - Oliver Carroll, Newsweek
Putin's Grip Loosens as Russia Destabilizes - David Satter, WSJ
Facing up to Putin's Endgame - Leon Aron, CNN
France Against Itself - Charles C.W. Cooke, National Review
Argentine Jews Alarmed Over Prosecutor's Death - Guardian

Real Clear World Tuesday

Morning Update
Ukraine Brutality Is a Soviet Military Legacy - Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast
Greece Leads, Spain Follows, Europe Trembles - P. Smith, Fiscal Times
Escaping ISIS: Death or Prison - Lori Hinnant & Paul Schemm, AP
In Europe's Crisis, a Huge Opportunity for Tories - J. Forsyth, Spectator
Who Solzhenitsyn Really Was - Brian Anderson, New Criterion
Fry's anti-God Outburst: Illegal in 49 Countries - P Dhaliwal, Independent
Remember the Stakes in Israel-U.S. Relations - Nimrod Noy, Jerusalem Post
It's time to Compromise on Greece - Dirk Kurbjuweit, Spiegel
The Big Fuss Over Mugabe's AU Chairmanship - J. Schneider, Al Jazeera
China Unmoved by U.S.-India Courtship - Dingding Chen, The Diplomat
Explaining Erdogan's Pivot Away from West - Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor
Switzerland's Currency Battle Plan - M. Gilbert & J. Greiff, Bloomberg View
ISIS Is just a Death Cult with an Army - George Packer, New Yorker
Angela Merkel's Visit to Hungary - Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe
Sizing Up the World's Largest Cities - Wendell Cox, New Geography
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Afternoon Update
The Rape of Ukraine - Rich Lowry, New York Post
Arm Ukraine - Max Boot, Commentary
ISIS Grows as Fast as U.S. Wipes Them Out - Mak & Yousseff, Daily Beast
3 Messages of ISIS's New Rampage - Riyadh Mohammed, The Fiscal Times
Obama Does Have a Strategy - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Iran's Militias Are Taking Over Iraq's Army - Eli Lake, Bloomberg
It's Time to Walk Away from Iran Nuclear Talks - Tom Nichols, TNI
ISIS-Taliban Turf War in Afghanistan? - Ankit Panda, The Diplomat
What if the U.S. Hadn't Invaded Afghanistan? - Robert Grenier, Atlantic
Welcome to the Backlash Era, Europe - Philippe Legrain, Foreign Policy

Real Clear World Monday

Morning Update
Only Guns Can Stop Putin's Guns - Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian
The Guns of Ukraine Won't Be Silenced - Pyotr Romanov, Moscow Times
Iran's Powerful non-Nuclear "Bomb" - G. Nuseibeh & E. Epstein, J-Post
A Manual for Postmodern Autocrats - R. Kaplan & D. Rand, Bloomberg View
Democrats Rebel Against Obama's Foreign Policy - Jackson Diehl, WaPo
The World's Best Sports Fans Live in Dortmund - Matt Negrin, Narratively
Hope from Europe's Left Field - Bleri Lleshi, EU Observer
The U.S. Does not Need Iran as an Ally - Hussain Abdul-Hussain, NOW
A Magna Carta Reunion in British Library - BBC
Indy Catalonia Might Be Investment-Worthy - N. Ottens, Atlantic Sentinel
In Castro's Cuba, a Safe Haven for Jews - Emily Shire, Daily Beast
The Dangers of Asian Multipolarity - Julian Snelder, The Interpreter
A New Hinduism Emerges - Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The Diplomat
ISIS and the Taliban Team Up in Pakistan - Tom Hussain, The National

Afternoon Update
Europe's New Left-Wing Patriotism - Christopher Caldwell, Weekly Standard
Russia's Plan to Enhance Its Naval Capabilities - D. Gorenburg, WOTR
The Carbon Credit Thieves - Mckenzie Funk, Foreign Policy
The Canal Nicaragua Doesn't Need - Russell Sticklor, World Politics Review
Stop Grexit to Keep the EU Together - Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times
France's Glory Regained - James Poulos, National Review
Argentina's Kirchner too Often Plays Victim - Uta Thofern, Worldcrunch
Let Netanyahu Make His Wrongheaded Case - James Fallows, Atlantic

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