RealClearWorld Week of April 7, 2025 Archives

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Monday, April 7

Trade Will Move on Without the United States

Michael Schuman The Atlantic

We Didn’t Start the Trade War

Charlton Allen American Thinker

China and Russia Will Not Be Split

Michael McFaul and Evan S. Medeiros Foreign Affairs

An America First Approach to Syria

Jacob Olidort The National Interest

Why Is Erdogan Downplaying Israel Tensions With?

Seth Frantzman Jerusalem Post

In Trade, Nothing Can Replace the U.S. Consumer

David Uren ASPI Strategist

Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum Plays the Long Game

Jesus Mesa Newsweek

Tuesday, April 8

How Trump Could Dethrone the Dollar

Edward Fishman et al. Foreign Affairs

Trump’s Multipronged Tariff Strategy

Richard Porter RealClearPolitics

Russia and China’s Military Production Surge

Mackenzie Eaglen 19FortyFive

Beijing Wasn’t Prepared for Tariffs on This Scale

Ian Williams The Spectator World

Germany’s Merz Is Already in Political Trouble

James Angelos Politico EU

The Golden Road Trump Should Take

Carlos Roa The American Conservative

A Trump-Congo Minerals Deal May Not Be Worth the Risk

Liam Karr The Hill

Wednesday, April 9

Trump Announces Pause in Tariffs; Markets Jump

Alex Gangitano The Hill

Trump’s Tariffs Are All About China

Park MacDougald Tablet

Can China or the U.S. Endure Greater Trade War Pain?

Francesco Sisci Asia Times

Hamas and IDF Prepare for Battle in Gaza

Emanuel Fabian Times of Israel

The CDU is Already in Crisis

Sabine Beppler-Spahl The European Conservative

Hegseth Making a Play for Panama Partnership

Dave Patterson Liberty Nation

Venezuela Sanctions: A Failure on All Fronts

Leon Hadar The National Interest

Thursday, April 10

A Thoughtful Case for Tariffs

Matthew Blakey RealClearMarkets

The EU Thinks It Can Rob America Blind

Robert C. O'Brien The National Interest

Would Trump Defend Taiwan?

Gabriel Elefteriu Brussels Signal

Russia’s Increasingly Bellicose Elite

Kseniya Kirillova CEPA

The Middle East Has Balanced Itself

Andrew Latham The Hill

Why Are Israelis So Happy?

Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy Tablet

AfD Surge Leaves Friedrich Merz Cornered

Katja Hoyer UnHerd