Real Clear World Saturday

The Bullies of Beijing - Minxin Pei, The Diplomat
Obama Walks Fine Line in Egypt - David Kirkpatrick, New York Times
A U.S. Global Exit Strategy - Kenneth Weisbrode, World Politics Review
Building a Conservative World Order - Adam Garfinkle, American Interest
U.S. Pushing Asia to War - Koohan Paik & Jerry Mander, The Nation
Real Story Behind the 9/11/12 Attacks - Thomas Joscelyn, Weekly Standard
Japan Loses Faith in Politics - Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News
Will the Bolivarian Revolution Outlive Chavez? - Charles Shapiro, LAT
South Korea's Forgotten War - Doyeun Kim, The Atlantic
Europe's Conservatives Heed U.S. Right - Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
Only Bad Habits Prevent Iran Nuke Deal - Richard Dalton, The World Today
Mexico Is Still Bleeding - Ted Galen Carpenter, The National Interest
Will China Be the Largest Economy in 2030? - Gordon Chang, WAJ
In Japan, Life Is Still Good - Ezra Vogel, Washington Post
Hagel Would Make the Neocons Squirm - Jacob Heilbrunn, Foreign Policy
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Editorials

Assad's Wobbly, Time to Push - Chicago Tribune
The Man Who Could Save Italy - The Economist
Syria's Displaced Millions Struggle for Survival - Gulf News
The Real James Bond Needs Policing - The Independent

Research & Analysis

The North Korean Wake Up Call - Foreign Policy Initiative
Egypt's Honeymoon Is Over - RAND Corporation
What's Wrong with Britain's Economy? - Peterson Institute
A Tale of Two Russias - Chatham House

Real Clear World Friday

Morning Update
Can the Muslim Brotherhood Be Trusted? - Steve Coll, New Yorker
Escaping from the North Korean Stalemate - Jay Lefkowitz, Commentary
West Must Stop Overreacting to North Korea - Simon Jenkins, Guardian
The French Death Rattle - Brigitte Granville, Project Syndicate
The Culture Wars Come to Great Britain - Fraser Nelson, Daily Telegraph
Assad's Chemical Card - Tony Badran, NOW Lebanon
Shredding the Soul of Egypt - Waleed Aly, Sydney Morning Herald
Putin's Petroleum Problem - Thane Gustafson, Foreign Affairs
Israel Is Winning in Europe - Arsen Ostrovsky, Ynet News
Why Germany Can't Shed Its Troubled Past - Dirk Kurbjuweit, Der Spiegel
Chuck Hagel's Ambiguous Stance on Iran - Max Fisher, Washington Post
Why Israel Backers Can't Stand Chuck Hagel - Eli Lake, The Daily Beast
How Gangsters Run Japanese Politics - Jake Adelstein, Foreign Policy
N. Ireland Pays Price for Stifling Moderates - Peter Geoghegan, Scotsman
As China Rises, So Do Australia's Anxieties - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg

Afternoon Update
Assad's Playbook Is Now Empty - Robin Wright, The Atlantic
Please, Don't Intervene in Syria - Christopher Preble, The New Republic
U.S. Tries to Keep Islamists Out in Syria - Paul Rogers, The Guardian
Obama's Unmitigated Syria Disaster - John Hannah, Foreign Policy
Russia's Syria Debacle - Simon Shuster, Time
Monti Could Throw Europe into Chaos - Y. Palaiologos, American Prospect
Tunisia a Better Model for Arab Spring - Alan Philps, The National
Chavez Gone, Who's Running Venezuela? - Sandra Hernandez, LA Times
Will China Finally Rethink North Korea? - Michael Mazza, CNN
The World Won't Wait for China to Change - Francesco Sisci, Asia Times

Real Clear World Thursday

Morning Update
The Third Great Economic Collapse - Michael Lind, The Spectator
Demographic Trends Will Shape the World - Joseph Chamie, Yale Global
Britain's Great Power Hangover - Gideon Rachman, The World Today
How Obama Got North Korea Wrong - Michael Mazza, The Diplomat
Asia Is Primed for War - Victor Cha, Foreign Policy
The Age of Islamic Dictators - Stefano Casertano, The European
Time for an Economic Blockade on Iran - Mark Wallace, RealClearWorld
Don't Bet on a Hard Landing for China - Clive Crook, Bloomberg
The Chinese Way of War - Brahma Chellaney, Hindustan Times
Israel's China Challenge - David Horovitz, Times of Israel
Western Guilt Fuels a Fresh Slaughter - Chris McGreal, The Guardian
Securing Asia's Troubled Waters - Kanwal Sibal, The Telegraph
Republicans Must Get Real on Foreign Policy - Daniel Larison, The Week
Democracy, Gangnam Style - Ethan Epstein, Weekly Standard
Britain's Cowardly Bond with Israel - Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph

Afternoon Update
How the GOP Lost National Security - Nikolas Gvosdev, National Interest
Should We Torture to Obtain Information? - David Ignatius, WaPo
Is Egypt Better as Dictatorship or Democracy? - Fouad Ajami, Tablet
Who Would Succeed Hugo Chavez? - Simeon Tegel, Global Post
Unrest Returns to Sri Lanka - Sudha Ramachandran, The Diplomat
West Must Avoid Japan's Lost Decade - Anthony Hilton, London E.S.
Italy's Dangerous Comedian-Turned-Politician - Gianni Riotta, FP
France's Socialist Government Denies Reality - Romain Leick, Spiegel
Vladimir Putin's Do-Nothing Speech - Vladimir Ryzhkov, Moscow Times
Will Putin's Paranoia Stunt Russian Science? - Simon Shuster, Time

Real Clear World Wednesday

Morning Update
Can God Save Egypt? - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
From One Egyptian Autocracy to Another - Michael Bell, Globe and Mail
Angela Merkel: Europe's Accountant - Hammerstein & Pfister, Der Spiegel
Is China's Navy Eyeing the Atlantic? - James Holmes, The Diplomat
Time to End the Cuban Embargo - Doug Bandow, The National Interest
Obama Alienates Both Sides in Syria - Aaron Zelin, Foreign Policy
France's Socialists More Bark than Bite - Chris Caldwell, Weekly Standard
Greece: The Austerity Laboratory - Daniel Trilling, New Statesman
Argentina's Debt Conundrum - Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Project Syndicate
Venezuela's Woes Will Outlive Chavez - Francisco Toro, The New Republic
United Ireland Is Now But a Fantasy - Ruth Dudley Edwards, Telegraph
Turkey Is No Model for Arab Spring - Soner Cagaptay, The Atlantic
Nexen Deal Proves Harper Is China's Plaything - Heather Mallick, The Star
Nexen Controversy Well-Played by Harper - Ian MacDonald, Ottawa Citizen
Why People Burn Themselves to Death - Kent Sepkowitz, Daily Beast

Afternoon Update
The Brotherhood Takes Charge - Gebauer, Steinvorth & Windfuhr, Spiegel
West Has Vital Interest in Egypt's Struggle - Liam Fox, The Spectator
U.S. Fondness for China Enables North Korea - Christian Whiton, Fox News
American Decline and the Liberal Order - Ali Wyne, The National Interest
Time to Reset the U.S.-Russia Reset - Graham & Trenin, New York Times
Syrian Opposition Still Beset with Challenges - Vivienne Walt, Time
The True Costs of America's Empire - David Vine, TomDispatch
Christians Victims of Arab Spring - Ghaffar Hussain, The Commentator
China Focus Misses Other Asia Hot Spots - Steven Metz, WP Review
The Roots of Global Anti-Americanism - Murtaza Hussain, Al Jazeera