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<title><![CDATA[Zalmay Khalilzad - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14702.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Zalmay Khalilzad]]></description><category domain="14702">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Criticism Is Valid. NATO Needs a Reset]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/feature/strategic-reset-nato-25396</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump's criticism that the alliance isn't fit for form is valid. NATO needs an overhaul.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Iran Will Choose to Negotiate With Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/06/13/heres-what-trump-should-do-next-on-iran/?noredirect=on</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration&rsquo;s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and a subsequent speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have engendered a range of responses: Some welcomed the new hard line, but most expressed concern and criticism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Realist Strategy a Shift From Obama, Bush]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/feature/realist-national-security-strategy-24555</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The National Security Strategy is refreshingly blunt on some regional issues that have been soft-pedaled in the past.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time to End Pakistan's Double Game]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/feature/its-time-end-pakistans-double-game-23919</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since 9/11, Pakistan has provided just enough sporadic assistance to give an impression of helpfulness, while at the same time harboring, training, and assisting violent extremist groups.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Has Unveiled a Strong National Security Strategy]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/feature/trump-has-unveiled-strong-national-security-strategy-23807</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The National Security Strategy has several strengths and is clear-eyed about world politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and the United Nations: Reform or Die?]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/feature/trump-the-united-nations-reform-or-die-22349</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump will be hosting a meeting on Monday in New York on reforming the United Nations. With that, the president is taking on a very tough but very necessary task. The institution is in serious need of reform but achieving that will be very difficult. Yet, unless it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Path to U.S.-Russia Cooperation]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-path-us-russia-cooperation-21914</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite the array of twists and turns since the start of the Trump administration, there is a chance that U.S.-Russia relations could improve over time. My cautious optimism depends on three assumptions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Is Right to Get Tough With Pakistan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/opinion/trump-afghanistan-pakistan-strategy.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump deserves high marks for his new Afghanistan strategy. It is bold, reasoned and offers the prospect of success against the violent Islamist groups of the region. But it will also face opposition in the region. The president will have to show an unflagging commitment to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Emerging Trump Doctrine?]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-emerging-trump-doctrine-17176</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recent presidential campaigns have not focused on foreign policy. This year could be different. The volatility of the international system has increasingly become intertwined with the domestic issues that tend to dominate presidential elections.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Breaking the Pakistan-Taliban Alliance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&amp;ion=1&amp;espv=2&amp;ie=UTF-8#q=Breaking+the+Pakistani-Taliban+Alliance</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In foreign policy, there are key moments&mdash;&ldquo;golden hours&rdquo;&mdash;when events create a finite window in which to achieve important things. Sometimes they are obvious, like in the aftermath of a successful military operation. More often golden hours are fleeting and apparent...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[4 Fatal Flaws of the Iran Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-4-fatal-flaws-the-iran-deal-12551</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In our public-relations driven political culture, once the administration in power decides on a significant policy issue, it moves to oversell it at home and abroad, exaggerating the benefits and downplaying the problems. The just-announced Iran nuclear framework agreement is a clear...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Must Get Tough on Pakistan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/opinion/20khalilzad.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WHEN I visited Kabul a few weeks ago, President Hamid Karzai told me  that the United States has yet to offer a credible strategy for how to  resolve a critical issue: Pakistan&#194;&#146;s role in the war in Afghanistan.In the region and in the wider war against terrorism, Pakistan has long ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan's New Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/opinion/20khalilzad.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zalmay Khalilzad</author>
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