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<title><![CDATA[Trudy Rubin - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15255.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Trudy Rubin]]></description><category domain="15255">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Foreign Policy Legacy Goes Through Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/joe-biden-foreign-policy-legacy-victory-donald-trump-ukraine-putin-russia-20240922.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky this week, Biden should green-light use of U.S. missiles to hit Russian air bases.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Must Fully Commit to a Ukrainian Victory]]></title>
							<link>https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/may/31/us-must-fully-commit-to-a-ukrainian-victory/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Ukraine gears up for its long-awaited counteroffensive, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s possible to imagine what a victory might look like. That is, if the United States and Europe really seek a Ukrainian win.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Ukraine, a War Unlike Any Other]]></title>
							<link>https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/inq2/ukraine-russia-war-putin-weapons-citizens-20220914.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ukraine is fighting for democracy against a dangerous autocrat. Can we afford to let them lose?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump to Fellow Democracies at G-7: You're on Your Own]]></title>
							<link>http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/associated_press/business/trudy-rubin-trump-to-fellow-democracies-at-g--you/article_8220d61b-cd19-5e2f-9927-ccd82f77e197.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At last weekend's meeting of the G-7 group of industrialized nations in France, President Donald Trump performed like a bull who carries his own china shop with him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will We Ever Know What Trump Told Putin in Helsinki?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/will-we-ever-know-what-trump-told-putin-in-helsinki-20180725.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pompeo testified that U.S. policy hasn't changed on NATO, Ukraine, Syria, but Trump rides roughshod over policy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Gets His Summit With Putin. Watch Out!]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/putin-trump-summit-john-bolton-announced-analysis-20180627.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump will finally get his summit with Putin, but will he undercut NATO and thrill the Kremlin? That's what allies fear.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tillerson Is Toast. So Is U.S. Diplomacy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/tillerson-trump-moron-korea-iran-nuclear-mattis-20171006.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's humiliation of Secretary of State Tillerson reflects his disdain for diplomacy, which guarantees worse crises with North Korea and Iran.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Speech, Afghanistan Is Trump's War Now]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/afghanistan-trump-war-pakistan-taliban-mcmaster-troops-obama-20170822.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Squeezing Pakistan is the key to making Trump's new Afghanistan strategy work]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Muslim Speech Hollow at Its Core]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/-Trumps-Muslim-speech-hollow-at-core.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's get to the glaring hole at the core of the president's oration: the absence of any reference to the central Saudi role in the radicalizing of Islam.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Iraq, What Comes After ISIS Is Defeated?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20170310_Rubin__In_Iraq__what_comes_after_ISIS_is_defeated_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq - This most liberal of Iraqi cities, nestled in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan, is a perfect place from which to ponder the impact of the upcoming military defeat of ISIS.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On China, Tweeting Is Not Diplomacy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20161229_Worldview__Rubin__On_China__tweeing_is_not_diplomacy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG - Two things became clear on a nine-day trip to China, as I traveled from smoggy Beijing to glitzy Shanghai, from high-tech Shenzhen to reinvent-yourself Guangzhou in China's southern rust belt.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[World Struggling to Understand the New U.S.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20161218_Worldview__Struggling_to_understand_the_new_U_S_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI - China's financial capital is known for its glamorous riverfront. The neon-lit skyscrapers of the Pudong district are on one side and the beloved Bund, or embankment walkway, on the other, fronted by historic colonial-era bank buildings that now host high-end restaurants.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Edge About Trump's Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20161127_On_edge_about_Trump_s_foreign_policy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HALIFAX, Canada - The annual Halifax International Security Forum brings together senior Canadian, European, and U.S. military and civilian officials, and you can guess what was on everyone's mind this year:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Safety Rests With Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20160731_Worldview__America_s_safety_rests_with_Clinton.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that the presidential race is truly on, anyone who cares about America's foreign policy and national security has no option but to vote for Hillary Clinton.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Foreign Policy Under a President Hillary Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20160415_Worldview__Worldview__Foreign_policy_under_a_President_Hillary_Clinton.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How would President Hillary Clinton conduct foreign policy? After decades of public exposure, including four years as secretary of state, one would think the answer to that question would be obvious. But it isn't entirely clear.Perhaps that's because Sen. Bernie Sanders, whom she debated...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bravery in Afghanistan Stirs Hope]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20160131_Worldview__Bravery_in_Afghanistan_fans_hopes.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite Taliban gains and ISIS's emergence in Afghanistan, one amazing Kabul school continues to teach 4,000 students (half girls) to think independently and to believe in tolerance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Doubts About Obama's ISIS Plan Spur Fear]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20160114_Worldview__Doubts_on_ISIS_plan_spur_fear.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here's the message President Obama was promoting on foreign policy in his last State of the Union speech Tuesday: "Don't worry, things are better than you think."The rhetoric about our enemies getting stronger and America weaker is "political hot air." The United States "is [still] the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Any Reason for Hope in Mideast in 2016?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20160103_Worldview__Is_there_any_reason_for_hope_from_the_Mideast_in_2016_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the grim foreign-policy news from the Mideast in 2015, can we hope for anything better in the new year?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Weak Leadership Boosts Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20151213_Worldview__Obama_s_weak_leadership_boosts_Trump.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One reason Donald Trump can profit from his rabid fearmongering is because there's no one out there to calm the nation down.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two Leaders, Worlds Apart]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20150927_Worldview__Two_leaders__worlds_apart.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are We Ready to Say No to the Iran Deal?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/be-ready-to-say-no-to-iran-deal/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The June 30 deadline is fast approaching for a final agreement to limit Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nuclear program, and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hard to see how the negotiators can meet it.That may not be a bad thing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cheney Up to His Old Tricks on Iraq]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20140629_Worldview__Cheney_is_up_to_his_old_tricks_again.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin Plays Long Game]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20140417_Worldview__Putin_plays_long_game.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite Russia's Crimean landgrab and its massing of troops on the Ukrainian border, Western leaders still refuse to recognize the mind-set of Vladimir Putin.U.S. officials still hope he will negotiate a "compromise" with the Kiev government rather than engineer the dismemberment of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton's Soft, Uncertain Legacy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20130203_Worldview__Hillary_Clinton_was_loyal_soldier_but_no_great_shakes_at_policy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Hillary Clinton took office, much of the world had been alienated from the United States by the policies of the Bush administration. Expectations were high that President Obama's team would change the tone, and Clinton delivered. She put a glamorous, smart, politically astute face...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Out of Touch About Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/150225975.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Economy Key to Egypt, Tunisia]]></title>
							<link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/17/2170819/economy-key-to-egypt-tunisia-in.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Few of the revolts shaking the Arab world look likely to produce  democratic governments in the near term. But even those states with the  best chance of improving politically are facing a daunting economic  challenge: Can new Arab democracies deliver the economic goods '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' in ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[WH Searches for Right Response to Uprising]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20110130_Worldview__U_S__needs_to_get_on_the_right_side_in_Egypt.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you want to understand the Egyptian uprising and how U.S. officials  should respond, let me take you back to the pro-democracy demonstrations  I witnessed in Cairo in 2005.Middle-class protesters went to the streets then, too, demanding free  elections. But the government of President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Russia's Twisted 'Rule of Law']]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20101230_Worldview__Russia_s_twisted__rule_of_law_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When  Dmitry Medvedev became president of Russia two years ago he pledged to  combat "legal nihilism," the disrespect for law that feeds corruption  and backwardness in his country.Any hope that Medvedev might behave differently from his mentor, and  Russia's real ruler - Prime Minister...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China Runs Big Risks Coddling N. Korea]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20101205_Worldview__China_runs_big_risks_coddling_N__Korea.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everyone says the key to controlling nuclear North Korea's bizarre behavior lies with China.Since the North Koreans shelled a South Korean island last month and  renewed fears of war on the Korean peninsula, all eyes have focused on  Beijing.China is the North's only ally and its main...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dubious Motives of Julian Assange]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20101202_Worldview__Disclosure_without_a_cause.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Trudy Rubin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All the hoopla about whether WikiLeaks has harmed U.S. foreign policy has missed the most stunning lesson of this drama.We now know that, in the age of the Internet, two obscure individuals  can upend U.S. diplomacy and command global headlines. A bored U.S. Army  private and an...]]></description>
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