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<title><![CDATA[Con Coughlin - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14972.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Con Coughlin]]></description><category domain="14972">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Iran on Its Knees, Can't Demand Anything From Trump]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No matter how hard the Iranians try to pretend they have the upper hand in negotiations to end hostilities with the US, the inescapable reality is that the ayatollahs desperately need to seal a deal '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Meddles With Trump's Mideast Legacy at His Peril]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is worth remembering that, when President Trump took office, the region was still reeling from the dire consequences of former US President Barack Obama's inept and naive handling of the region.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Peace in Our Time? Not With This Shoddy Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/11739683/Iran-nuclear-deal-Peace-in-our-time-Not-with-this-shoddy-agreement.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You only had to look at the beaming smiles on the faces of the Iranian negotiating team to see who had emerged as the undisputed winners of the drawn-out negotiations over Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nuclear programme.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Too Little, Too Late for Obama in Mideast]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9946426/If-its-peace-he-wants-President-Barack-Obama-is-far-too-late.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Barack Obama was under any illusions about the massive challenge he faces trying to re-engage in the Middle East, he had a rude awakening the moment he arrived in Israel on his first visit to the Jewish state as US president.As Mr Obama prepared to meet Israeli and Palestinian...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Egypt Turning Into the Next Iran?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/9711694/Egyptians-want-democracy-but-is-their-country-turning-into-Iran.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It all began with crowds of anti-government demonstrators occupying the main city square to demand the overthrow of the regime'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s long-serving dictator. For weeks the country was paralysed, as student groups intensified their campaign for democracy and the rule of law, and an end to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Egypt About to Become the New Iran?]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100191795/is-egypt-about-to-become-the-new-iran/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is not only the anti-government protesters in Egypt's Tahrir Square who should be concerned about President Mohammed Morsi's audacious power grab. Mr Morsi's claim at the weekend that "God's will and elections made me the captain of this ship" has echoes of Ayatollah Ruhollah...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did the White House Order a Libya Cover-Up?]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100183452/did-the-white-house-order-a-cover-up-over-the-murder-of-libyas-us-ambassador/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Immediately after the murder of Chris Stevens, America's Ambassador to Libya, I suggested that the assault on the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11 could have profound consequences for President Barack Obama, particulary if he failed to take appropriate action against the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Embrace of Arab Spring Turns Deadly]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9538493/The-Arab-Spring-turns-sour-for-America.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For anyone who still clings to a naive belief that recent dramatic changes to the political landscape of the Middle East have made the world a safer place, the murder of the US Ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks should act as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Wake-Up Call for Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100180611/murder-of-us-ambassador-is-a-wake-up-call-for-obama/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The murder of the US ambassador and three consulate staff in the Libyan city of Benghazi should act as an urgent wake-up call to President Barack Obama to address America's security concerns properly, rather than trying to avoid them all the time.Ever since Mr Obama entered the White...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Killing of al-Awlaki Major Blow to Al-Qaeda]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100108384/the-killing-of-anwar-al-awlaki-is-a-major-blow-for-al-qaeda/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another bombing raid, and another al-Qaeda terrorist mastermind bites the dust. The latest attack, which is said to have killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the Yemeni-born terrorist who masterminded the East Midlands Airport cargo bomb plot, means that 2011 is turning out to be an exceptional year...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Libya: A Campaign Built on Sand]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8629138/Libya-A-campaign-built-on-sand.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Four months ago, when David Cameron led the international call for military    intervention in Libya, the general assumption within government circles was    that Col Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan dictator, would realise the game was up    the moment Nato warplanes began bombing his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sinking Ever Deeper in the Libyan Mire]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/8519679/Britain-used-to-win-the-wars-it-fought-so-what-happened-in-Libya.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[As we sink ever deeper in the Libyan mire it is easy to forget that, not so    long ago, we enjoyed an enviable reputation for winning wars. Whenever the    British government took the painful decision to commit our Armed Forces to    action in a distant land, its priority was to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The NATO Coalition Is Failing in Libya]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/8451733/Forty-nations-made-a-pact-on-Libya-now-they-have-to-act-on-it.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At the last count, around 40 countries had committed themselves to support the    Nato mission to protect Libya'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s civilian population. But when it comes to    the altogether more challenging business of launching air strikes, only a    handful are prepared to allow their planes to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bahrain Rebellion Could Prove Calamitous]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/8389222/Why-the-Bahrain-rebellion-could-prove-calamitous-for-the-West.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The issue occupying diplomats at the UN yesterday was how best to respond to the Libyan crisis. But an even graver threat to our future prosperity and security is unfolding in the tiny Gulf state of Bahrain.At first glance, the decision by Bahrain's Sunni royal family to call in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama May Regret Abandoning Mubarak]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/8301996/Egypt-protests-Barack-Obama-may-rue-the-day-he-decided-to-abandon-Mubarak.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Political revolts have an uncanny knack of  catching even the best-prepared administrations off guard, as Barack  Obama is discovering in the wake of the sudden eruption of unrest in  Egypt.The US employs a small army of  officials and experts whose sole purpose is to predict and plan...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Playing Politics With Afghanistan]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Ever since the summer of 2006, when Nato troops  first deployed to Afghanistan in force, politicians on both sides of  the Atlantic have sought to persuade an increasingly sceptical public  that they were on the verge of the decisive breakthrough that will turn  the tide of the war. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Karzai is Making Unpleasant Friends]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/7546693/Hamid-Karzai-is-making-some-pretty-unpleasant-friends.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Con Coughlin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When you are fighting someone else's war, it is generally a good idea  to make sure they are on your side, even if they harbour doubts about  the wisdom of the strategy being pursued. During the Second World War,  General Charles de Gaulle had pronounced views about how his country ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Special Relationship Becoming One-Sided]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/7373408/Falkland-Islands-The-Special-Relationship-is-now-starting-to-seem-very-one-sided.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Mullahs Are Vulnerable]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Six months after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hotly disputed election victory, the Green protest movement led by Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated candidate for the presidency, shows no sign of abating. As a result, the Iranian regime finds itself once more resorting to the tactics of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Gives Britain the Cold Shoulder]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Britain is the only European country President Barack Obama can really count on to respond positively to his plea for NATO to provide extra forces for Afghanistan. So why is it, then, that the Obama administration can barely conceal its disdain for a nation that, by its deeds, time and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Deal Won't Stop Iran's Nukes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/6228607/Barack-Obamas-deal-wont-be-enough-to-stop-Iran-getting-the-atomic-bomb.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[With less than a week to go before Iran delivers its formal answer to the West's offer of a peace deal over its nuclear programme, it is tempting to think that the diplomatic net is finally closing on Tehran. That is certainly the impression given by the suggestion that Russian President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[West Cannot Allow Iran to Acquire Nukes]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Afghan 'Surge' Tests Obama's Military Muscle]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Must Beware Playing Politics w/Security]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Return to the Khyber Pass]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gaza Assault Offers Best Hope of Peace]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				'&#'.ord('|').';' 	Comment on this articleIt's brutal, there's no sign of it ending any time soon and scores of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mumbai Terrorists Sought To Undermine Indian State]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can This Group of Rivals Function as a Team?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Turn to the Old Guard]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin Wants a New Russian Empire]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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