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							<title><![CDATA[Israel at the Precipice Once Again]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Helprin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Note: This essay will appear in the forthcoming Fall 2023 issue of the Claremont Review of Books.
As I write in late October and the first days of November, Israel is yet again in a war for survival, which should not be surprising given that the objective of its enemies is its...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Must Put Pressure on China, Rebuild U.S. Military]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Helprin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump can solve the North Korea crisis by pressuring China and rebuilding the U.S. military at last.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Defuse the North Korean Threat]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Helprin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[China's interests are aligned'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'for the moment'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'with those of the U.S., Japan and South Korea.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Taking Terrorism Seriously]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Helprin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the insurgency in Iraq, I was in my local old-guy barbershop when someone said, gravely, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We lost another boy in Iraq.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' But it didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t take long for the climbing fatality counts to go unremarked, as in all wars when death becomes familiar and people are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Mortal Threat From Iran]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Helprin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To assume that Iran will not close the Strait of Hormuz is to assume that primitive religious fanatics will perform cost-benefit analyses the way they are done at Wharton. They won't, especially if the oil that is their life's blood is threatened. If Iran does close the strait, we will...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Decline of U.S. Naval Power]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Helprin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, pirates attacked and executed four Americans in the Indian  Ocean. We and the Europeans have endured literally thousands of attacks  by the Somali pirates without taking the initiative against their  vulnerable boats and bases even once. Such paralysis is but a symptom of  a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama and the Politics of Concession]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bush Has Made Us Vulnerable]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Challenge From China]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Helprin</author>
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