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							<title><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase Scored a Super League Own Goal]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The failed plan to reorganise Europe'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most popular sport spoke to the arrogance of anything-goes globalisation]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Needs an America-First Foreign Policy]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most important decisions will be about the domestic economy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Autocrats Are Lining Up for Donald Trump]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Russia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Vladimir Putin is backing Donald Trump. So too are a procession of autocrats and despots across the globe. The US president may have few friends among America's usual allies, but he sweeps the board in the contest with Democratic contender Joe Biden for the authoritarian...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Cold War Does Not Answer China's Challenge]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Guarding the west'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s interests and values should not mean an ideological confrontation with Beijing]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Xi, Putin Are the Big Losers From Covid-19]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The relationship of unequals has seen both Beijing and Moscow wrongfooted by the crisis]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trade Is Just an Opening Shot in U.S.-China Conflict]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The unnerving thing about America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s trade war against China is that it is just the start. Donald Trump is fixated on trade balances and tariffs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Angry Unilateralism Is a Cry of Pain]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s unipolar moment passed as quickly as it appeared at the end of the cold war]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Xi, and How to Play Poker With Pyongyang]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hard-Headed Deterrence Is the Antidote to Putin's Poison]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Now Merkel Steps Into Macron's Shadow]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop the World. Germany Is Stepping Off]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Beat Populism in Europe]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Miserable Times for Europe's Centre-Left]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The  European centre-left tipped up in Oslo the other day to chart the  future of progressive governance. The gathering was a well-attended  affair. These are politicians with time on their hands. Power in Europe  belongs to the centre-right.If there was a shard of light  penetrating the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Make a Successful Failure In Copenhagen]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Holbrooke and Mitchell Head to Work]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[COLUMNISTS Breadcrumb trail navigation:By Philip StephensPublished: January 29 2009 19:32 '&#'.ord('|').';' Last updated: January 29 2009 19:32'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the button below.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Obama Challenge: Is Europe Just a Spectator?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Among my European friends (and that includes the British), Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s task is simply stated. First, he should stop throwing America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s weight around; next he should deploy his country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s unmatched might to solve the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s myriad problems.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Peace Has Been Lost to Israel'&#'.ord('â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Military Victories]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[The State Back in the Driving Seat]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[World Confronts Choice Between Chaos and Order]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Middle East Options]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Change the World Should Believe In]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Crisis Marks New Geopolitical Order]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Financial Crisis Has Shaken Global Politics]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin Maps Boundaries of Greater Russia]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Weakness Behind Putin's Belligerence]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe Can't Wait to Greet Obama]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Saving the Planet is Difficult but Possible]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan Needs a Definition of Victory]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain's False View of Global Power]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pundits Ponder the 'New' World Order]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Philip Stephens</author>
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