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<title><![CDATA[Nile Gardiner - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15173.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Nile Gardiner]]></description><category domain="15173">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Enters 2026 as the Real Leader of Europe]]></title>
							<link>https://uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-enters-2026-real-143600692.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Forget Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, or Ursula von der Leyen. Donald Trump emerged in 2025 as the real leader of Europe, and 2026 is only likely to cement his position.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A 'No Deal' Brexit Is Best for Britain and the United States]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/a-no-deal-brexit-is-best-for-britain-and-the-united-states</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered a seismic defeat.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time to Admit Trump's Foreign Policy Has Been a Triumph]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalpost.com/opinion/nile-gardiner-trump-doesnt-look-so-isolationist-now-does-he-just-ask-americas-enemies</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president may lack the eloquence of JFK or the ideological drive of Reagan, but he ensures the U.S. continues to lead as the world's superpower]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump Passes First Test on World Stage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/26/opinions/trump-trip-a-success-gardiner-opinion/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nile Gardiner: Donald Trump's first overseas trip was a success -- he was able to move beyond the Obama administration's mistakes in both the Middle East and Europe.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the US Should Fear Scottish Independence]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100285670/the-united-states-should-be-nervous-about-the-scottish-independence-referendum/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Next week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s referendum on Scottish independence has largely flown under the radar screen here in the United States. The cable news networks have devoted little attention so far to the issue, as the Isil threat in the Middle East continues to dominate international coverage. There...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Empty Foreign Policy Vision Falls Flat]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/207520-obamas-empty-foreign-policy-vision-falls-flat-at-west-point</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was billed as President Obama's comeback speech on foreign policy, a response to mounting criticism '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' both foreign and domestic '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that his international leadership has been a failure. A "big picture" address, it would outline the president's foreign policy vision as it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Incoherent Mess of a Speech]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100235335/barack-obamas-syria-speech-was-an-incoherent-mess-he-is-outperforming-jimmy-carter-as-the-most-feeble-us-president-of-modern-times/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Billed as a game-changer on Syria, the President'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s White House address landed with a thud that could be heard as far away as Damascus. Barack Obama has a huge credibility problem on Syria and on foreign policy in general, and Tuesday night'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s speech will do nothing to help that. As...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama an Amateur on the World Stage]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100233454/barack-obama-is-proving-an-embarrassing-amateur-on-the-world-stage-compared-to-george-w-bush/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[George W. Bush was widely mocked by the Left during the Iraq War, with liberals jeering at the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'coalition of the willing,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' which included in its ranks some minnows such as Moldova and Kazkhstan. Michael Moore, in his rather silly documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, went to great...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Presidency Out of Touch With Reality]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100228402/barack-obamas-clueless-message-to-americas-middle-class-shows-a-presidency-out-of-touch-with-reality/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama has been rolling up his sleeves campaigning across the country delivering a surreal stump speech message supposedly aimed at the middle class: big government works, Obamacare is manna from heaven, the wave of recent scandals are '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'phony'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' figments of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama Bombs in Berlin]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100222637/barack-obama-bombs-in-berlin-a-weak-underwhelming-address-from-a-floundering-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When John F. Kennedy delivered his '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Ich Bin Ein Berliner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate on June 26, 1963, 450,000 people flocked to hear him. Fifty years later a far more subdued invitation-only crowd of 4,500 showed up to hear Barack Obama speak at the same location...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Storm Clouds Ahead for Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100219449/storm-clouds-ahead-for-barack-obama-less-than-half-of-americans-now-view-their-president-as-honest-and-trustworthy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest Quinnipiac University poll, published today, will send shivers through the White House, even though Washington is experiencing its first heat wave of the year. The Quinnipiac survey (hat tip: Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot) is the first major survey to show that the wave of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Becoming Europe: Can U.S. Avoid Ruin?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/22/book-review-becoming-europe/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' declared Margaret Thatcher in a television interview before she became Britain'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s prime minister. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'They always run out of others people'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s money. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s quite a characteristic of them.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[WH's Benghazi Bungling Is Proving a Disaster]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100191964/the-white-houses-benghazi-bungling-is-proving-a-disaster/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama hasn't even begun his second term yet, but his administration is already struggling with a huge credibility problem on the Benghazi front. Watch this video posted today at The Weekly Standard, which shows White House Press Secretary Jay Carney telling'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' National Journal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Faces Four More Years of Decline]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100188122/under-barack-obama-the-us-superpower-faces-four-more-years-of-decline/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The world needs powerful American leadership, the bedrock of which rest upon a sound economy, limited government and free enterprise, as well as a strong national defence. But it certainly won't be provided by Obama's imperial presidency. In his first term of office, an administration...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Has Another Carter Moment]]></title>
							<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/25/obama-has-another-jimmy-carter-moment-at-the-u-n/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/25/obama-has-another-jimmy-carter-moment-at-the-u-n/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe Runs Out of Other People's Money]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100156410/francois-hollandes-election-victory-is-a-symbol-of-the-eus-decline/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100156410/francois-hollandes-election-victory-is-a-symbol-of-the-eus-decline/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s defeat at the hands of French Socialist leader Francois Hollande has sent shock waves throughout Europe, and will significantly challenge the fragile austerity consensus across the EU. Jean-Marc Ayrault, the likely next prime minister of France, puts it in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politicizing bin Laden's Death Looks Desperate]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100154209/barack-obamas-politicisation-of-the-bin-laden-raid-looks-desperate/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100154209/barack-obamas-politicisation-of-the-bin-laden-raid-looks-desperate/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The magnificent operation by US Navy Seals to terminate Osama bin Laden in Pakistan a year ago this week united a divided nation, and brought with it a sense of closure for millions of Americans nearly a decade on from the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, DC. Thousands gathered...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Disturbing Missile Defense Comments]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100146369/barack-obamas-grovelling-before-the-russians-is-an-embarrassment/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan, together with Margaret Thatcher, stood up to Moscow, and brought the Soviet Empire to its knees. In contrast, Barack Obama has gone on his knees to grovel before the Russians. The exchange between President Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Seoul was a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Still Driving America Towards Decline]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100131525/barack-obama-is-still-driving-america-towards-decline/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100131525/barack-obama-is-still-driving-america-towards-decline/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two words hardly mentioned in Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 65-minute State of the Union address to Congress: freedom and liberty. President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s fourth and possibly last State of the Union speech was long on big government proposals, but short on the principles that have made America the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Are Obama's Critics So Smart?]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100130000/why-are-barack-obama%e2%80%99s-critics-so-smart/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Prominent Obama-backer Andrew Sullivan has a rather pompous piece in this week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s edition of Newsweek, which the magazine has subtly headlined on its cover page: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Why are Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s critics so dumb?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' You can read the whole article here at The Daily Beast, but his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Continuing Strength of Conservatism in US]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100129378/ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-conservative-revolution-marches-on-in-america/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100129378/ronald-reagan%E2%80%99s-conservative-revolution-marches-on-in-america/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Twenty-three years'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on from the end of the greatest US presidency of the 20th century, the conservative revolution led by Ronald Reagan continues. America may be led by the most Left-wing American president of the modern era, but the nation remains at its core a deeply conservative...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[More Spending: Obama Stuck in Time Warp]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100121576/paul-krugman%E2%80%99s-big-government-prescription-for-europe-proves-that-us-liberals-are-stuck-in-a-time-warp/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100121576/paul-krugman%E2%80%99s-big-government-prescription-for-europe-proves-that-us-liberals-are-stuck-in-a-time-warp/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All over Europe governments have begun to implement austerity measures in an effort to rein in spending and reduce crippling budget deficits. It is hard to find a major European leader these days still advocating the kind of large-scale stimulus spending championed by the Obama...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Krugman Rewrites History as EU Collapses]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100117124/paul-krugman-is-rewriting-history-now-that-the-eurozone-beloved-by-us-liberals-is-going-down-in-flames/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100117124/paul-krugman-is-rewriting-history-now-that-the-eurozone-beloved-by-us-liberals-is-going-down-in-flames/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is right about one thing, when he says: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'now, with Italy falling off a cliff, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hard to see how the euro can survive at all'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'.But the rest of his analysis of the crisis in Europe, as well as the causes, is in the realm of pure...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Rising Anger Towards Federal Government]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100116105/barack-obama-is-facing-an-anti-big-government-revolution/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100116105/barack-obama-is-facing-an-anti-big-government-revolution/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three major polls this week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' will give a jittery'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' White House cause for concern. The first, from ABC News/Washington Post shows a significant rise in public anger towards the federal government. The second, from The Wall Street Journal/ NBC, shows overwhelming disillusionment with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[EU's Inevitable Implosion]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/inevitable_implosion_cs0Iw8uM43YHI5k3KGAIaN</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2002, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher warned that building a European Union superstate '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'will seem in future years to be perhaps the greatest folly of the modern era.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Less than a decade later, she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s being proved right, as the EU faces the biggest crisis...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Big Spending Road to Decline &amp; Despair]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100113190/why-barack-obama-is-the-decline-and-despair-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, The Hill newspaper published a poll that is dispiriting to anyone concerned about the future of America as the world's leading power. It was one of the most damning yet, illustrating just how far most Americans believe their country has fallen in recent years. According to The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Obama May Be Headed for a Big Defeat]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100107980/us-elections-2012-why-barack-obama-appears-to-be-heading-for-a-heavy-defeat/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week Gallup released a series of surveys that underscored the scale of the challenge faced by Barack Obama as he seeks re-election in November 2012, including a poll showing a rejection of his big-government agenda. As I noted in an earlier piece, Obama could well end up becoming...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Spectacularly Out of Touch President]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100107291/why-barack-obama-could-be-america%E2%80%99s-last-big-government-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week Gallup is unveiling a series of in-depth analyses of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Americans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' views on the role and performance of government'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' based on its annual Governance Survey. The first overview, released on Monday, is a real-eye opener. According to Gallup, Americans are expressing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The President Continues to Melt Down]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100099871/the-stunning-decline-of-barack-obama-2011-edition-10-key-reasons-why-the-obama-presidency-continues-to-meltdown/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In August last year I published a list of ten key reasons why the Obama presidency was in serious decline. This is a sequel to that post, which was one of the most read pieces on The Telegraph website in 2010. Twelve months on, the outlook continues to look exceedingly bleak for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Big Government Disaster]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100099762/america%E2%80%99s-debt-downgrade-is-a-damning-indictment-of-president-obama%E2%80%99s-big-government-disaster/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nile Gardiner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The decision by credit agency Standard and Poor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s to downgrade America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s AAA credit rating for the first time in 70 years is a massive blow to the credibility of the Obama administration, and a damning indictment of its handling of the economy. No doubt the White House will...]]></description>
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