Real Clear World Friday
Hitting China's Wall - Paul Krugman, New York TimesHow Much Slowdown Can Beijing Tolerate? - Minxin Pei, The Diplomat
U.S. Should Stay Far Away from Anti-American Egypt - Marc Lynch, FP
The New Muslim Generation - Clifford May, National Review
No Room for Dissent in Putin's Russia - Rachel Denber, Globe and Mail
Did Putin Miscalculate -- or Did His Critics? - Seth Mandel, Commentary
Abandoning Syria's Rebels - David Ignatius, Washington Post
Is Obama Really 'Abandoning' Syria's Rebels? - Daniel Larison, AmCon Mag
What's Behind Rebel-Qaeda Tensions in Syria? - Michael Weiss, NOW
Japan's Silver Democracy - Alexandra Harney, Foreign Affairs
Should Japan Give Kids the Right to Vote? - Yann Rousseau, Les Echos/WC
Al-Qaeda in Yemen: On the Ropes - Peter bergen & Jennifer Rowland, CNN
Is Syria Finished? - Dennis Ross, Washington Institute
Momentum Shifts in Syria, Bolstering Assad - Ben Hubbard, NY Times
Road to Damascus Runs Through Tehran - Amitai Etzioni, National Interest
Editorials
Britain and Europe: Brexit or Brinfluence? - The EconomistChina's Economy Depends on Its Politics - Bloomberg
Egypt Ignores Washington -- Again - Washington Post
Boris Johnson's Airport Schemes - Wall Street Journal
Research & Analysis
Algeria's Critical Juncture - Institute for Near East & Gulf Military AnalysisEverything You Need to Know About U.S. Aid to Egypt - ProPublica
Syria: Deterioration or Compromise? - Oxford Research Group
Philippines vs. China Moves to the UN - The Strategist
Real Clear World Thursday
Morning UpdateCan China Change Its Economic Course? - Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
Europe's Long History of Lecturing Israel - Haviv Rettig Gur, Times of Israel
EU Settlement Ban Like Cold Water on a Drunk - Rachel Shabi, Guardian
Nelson Mandela's Less Attractive Legacy - Eve Fairbanks, New Republic
Abe May Push Nationalism After Election - Foster & Yamaguchi, AP
Blame the U.S. for Mexico Obesity? - John Sutter, CNN
Time for New Iran Approach - Luers, Pickering & Walsh, NY Review of Books
The World's 10 Most Delayed Airports - RealClearWorld
The Price of a Trip to Cuba - Daniel Shoer Roth, Miami Herald
Unless You're British, Stop Talking About Royal Baby - Alex Massie, FP
On Being Black in China - Marketus Presswood, The Atlantic
Why Canadians Have No Time for Politics - Alex Himelfarb, Toronto Star
Afternoon Update
Why Has Crime Fallen Throughout the Rich World? - The Economist
Religious Sectarianism Rises Again - Scott Helfstein, The National Interest
Egyptian Media Turning Against Palestinians? - Asmaa al-Ghoul, Monitor
Beware of Hezbollah in New York - Matthew Levitt, New York Post
Iran Hopeful over President-Elect Rouhani - Ramin Mostaghim, LA Times
Don't Ignore Iran's Pivot to the North - Alexandros Petersen, Wash. Times
Netanyahu: 20 Years of 'Crying Wolf' on Iran - Gary Sick, CNN
Israeli 24-Hour News Channel Launches - Ruth Eglash, Washington Post
North Korea Is Quite Good at Gunrunning - Elias Groll, Foreign Policy
Elephant Tusks: The New Blood Diamonds? - Tristan McConnell, GP
Wolfgang Schauble's Fight to Save Europe - Michael Sauga, Der Spiegel
David Cameron Succeeds while Labour Babbles - Peter Oborne, Telegraph
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Real Clear World Wednesday
Morning UpdateThis Is Israel's Future - Yuval Diskin, Tablet Magazine
Egypt Needs U.S. More than Ever - Brent Scowcroft & Eric Melby, WaPo
Europe's Demographic Tipping Point - Aaron Renn, New Geography
Crushing the Brotherhood Won't End Well - Steven Cook, Foreign Policy
It's Odd Watching the French Be Nice - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Russia's Unwelcome Guest - Georgy Bovt, Moscow Times
How Jordan Embodies the Arab World's Woes - Rami Khouri, Daily Star
Obama's Foreign Policy: An Epic Fail - Paul Chapin, Ottawa Citizen
A Violent Turn Against Muslims in Britain - Assed Baig, Vice
America Joins the Jihad - Clare Lopez, Gatestone Institute
China's New (Old) Family Values - Jessica Levine, Tea Leaf Nation
Why Poland and Israel Are Feuding - The Economist
Why Latin America Is Less Free - Kurt Weyland, The Atlantic
Tibetans Losing Patience with Peaceful Protest - Kapil Komireddi, National
Africa's Rule By Coup - Joseph Hammond, The European
Afternoon Update
The Arabs Will Have Their Gettysburgs - Leon Hadar, National Interest
The Perils of Non-Intervention in Syria - Will Marshall, Global Public Sq.
Has Egypt's Experiment with Islamism Failed? - Dan Murphy, CSM
The Taliban's Pathetic Letter to Malala Yousafzai - Rob Crilly, Telegraph
Snowden's Sentence: Life in Putin's Police State - David Francis, Fisc. Times
Why Latin America Hearts Snowden - Peter Hakim, Reuters
Bargaining with Drone-Skeptical Pakistan - Daniel Markey, Foreign Affairs
EU Settlement Ban Hurts Kerry's Peace Push - Avi Issacharoff, TOI
British Health Care Stuck in 1940s Time Warp - Simon Jenkins, Guardian
U.S. Must Follow FDR's Lead on Asia - Michael Fullilove, The Australian
Don't Fear a Strong leader in Japan - David Pilling, Financial Times
Iran's Top General Offers Note of Sanity - Amir Taheri, New York Post
Real Clear World Tuesday
Morning UpdateThe Muslim Brotherhood Does Not Exist - Hussein Ibish, NOW Lebanon
Keeping the NSA in Perspective - George Friedman, Stratfor
Get Obama to Focus on Iran? Good Luck - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Obama's Latin American Blind Spot - David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
What if U.S. Remains the World's Superpower? - Jan Techau, Carnegie
2015 Is David Cameron's to Lose - Dan Hodges, Daily Telegraph
This Poll Is Very Bad News for Labour - Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
Kuwait's Hidden Hand in Syria - Daniel DePetris, The National Interest
U.S. Must Stay in Afghanistan - John Bolton, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
UK Should Rise Above Russian Money and Power - Gideon Rachman, FT
Muslim Brotherhood's Frightening Offshoot - Joe Braude, The Atlantic
Japan Prepares to Vote -- Not That You Could Tell - W. Pesek, Bloomberg
Tunisia's Dark Turn - Joshua Muravchik, Los Angeles Times
Europe's Secret NGO Wars - Gerald Steinberg, Jerusalem Post
Turkey: Lonely Man of the Middle East - Kadri Gursel, Al Monitor
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Afternoon Update
Obama's Authoritarians - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
The War on Terror Is America's Mania - Klaus Brinkbaumer, Der Spiegel
Bring Back Egypt's Elected Government - Jeffrey Sachs, Project Syndicate
It's Time to End the Alliance with South Korea - Doug Bandow, Cato
How Netanyahu's Iran Policy Ends Badly - Ali Gharib, The Daily Beast
Japan Heightening Its Defense Posture - Yuka Hayashi, Wall Street Journal
Why Chinese Obey - Chun Peng, The Diplomat
Cartel Boss Capture Unlikely to Fix Mexico - Weissenstein & Rodriguez, AP
How Bosnia Heals - Roger Cohen, New York Times
The Illusion of Cuban Reform - Jose Azel, World Affairs Journal
Why There Are Still Ignorant Racists in Italy - John Foot, Mail & Guardian
China's Quest for World Pork Domination - Ben Terris, National Journal