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<title><![CDATA[Niall Ferguson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15477.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Niall Ferguson]]></description><category domain="15477">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[AI Is the Most Dangerous Arms Race in History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-ai-is-the-most-dangerous-arms-race-history?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The age of artificial intelligence requires the kind of strategic doctrine and arms control that stabilized the Cold War, writes Niall Ferguson. Right now, we have neither.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Stop Iran From Winning the War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thefp.com/p/how-to-stop-iran-from-winning-the-war?utm_source=RCP&amp;utm_campaign=paywallpass</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As talks between the U.S. and Iran begin this Saturday, the top priority is clear: The Strait of Hormuz must reopen, but not on Iran's terms, write Niall Ferguson, Richard Haass, and Philip Zelikow.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran 2026 Is Not Iraq 2003]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/02/28/niall_ferguson_iran_2026_is_not_iraq_2003_this_is_a_preemptive_act_to_stop_iran_acquiring_nuclear_weapons.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This regime has been waging war against Americans well since 1979, and after half a century of being one of the worst actors in the world, President Trump has called time on it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Remember: The Davos Consensus Is Always Wrong. Always]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/nfergus/status/2014992907934027946</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a rapidly forming narrative in the European and liberal media that the Europeans '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'won Davos'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';': primarily by getting Trump to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'de-escalate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' his demand that the United States acquire Greenland from Denmark.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Time Is Right for Ukraine To Negotiate]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/nfergus/status/1991658024906445117</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The best is the enemy of the good. Contrary to recent press speculation, the draft 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine is in fact a reasonable basis for negotiations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Transformational Results]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-the-disrupter-in-chief-479da627?st=1g6ztf</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-the-disrupter-in-chief-479da627?st=1g6ztf]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No president has ever delivered so much so quickly. But Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s biggest challenge lies ahead in Xi Jinping'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s China.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Without Books We Would Be Barbarians]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-without-books-we-will-be-barbarians</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is not the road to serfdom that awaits'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but the steep downward slope to the status of a peasant in ancient Egypt, writes Niall Ferguson.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[History and Anti-History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-history-and-anti-history</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Podcasts are not reviving history, as is often claimed these days. They are mostly drowning it in a tidal wave of blather, at best sloppy, at worst mendacious.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Freshman Class Needs To Read]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/mind-and-soul/what-the-freshman-class-needs-to-read/ar-AA1plVy3</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re in. You'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been admitted. And soon your parents will drop you off at your new university. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s thrilling. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s daunting. But what will you actually be studying in your freshman year?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are We the Soviets? Look Around You]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thefp.com/p/were-all-soviets-now</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A government with a permanent deficit and a bloated military. A bogus ideology pushed by elites. Poor health among ordinary people. Senescent leaders. Sound familiar?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kissinger and the True Meaning of Detente]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/kissinger-and-true-meaning-detente</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reinventing a Cold War strategy for the contest with China.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Treason of the Intellectuals]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-treason-intellectuals-third-reich</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has a naive belief in the power of higher education to instill morality has not studied the history of German universities in the Third Reich.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Henry Kissinger's Century]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/henry-kissingers-century-01a1a932?mod=opinion_lead_pos5</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/articles/henry-kissingers-century-01a1a932?mod=opinion_lead_pos5]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As national security adviser and secretary of state, he combined grand strategy with indefatigable 'shuttle diplomacy' and an ability to read his foreign counterparts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Only Foundational Reforms Can Save Universities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/only-foundational-reforms-can-stop-universities-playing-politics-opinion-1840740</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.newsweek.com/only-foundational-reforms-can-stop-universities-playing-politics-opinion-1840740]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For years we have marveled at the willingness of trustees, donors, and alumni to tolerate the politicization of American universities.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Still Leads the World, But Its Allies Are Uneasy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-06-18/us-can-t-depend-on-ukraine-coalition-to-stop-china-niall-ferguson?srnd=premium</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-06-18/us-can-t-depend-on-ukraine-coalition-to-stop-china-niall-ferguson?srnd=premium]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the global struggle between the Eurasian '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Heartland'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and the US-led "Rimland," there's trouble ahead.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Spite of Everything, Trump Can Still Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/trumps-second-act-he-can-still-win-in-spite-of-everything/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/trumps-second-act-he-can-still-win-in-spite-of-everything/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous line from the end of his unfinished novel The Last Tycoon: 'There are no second acts in American lives.' But Fitzgerald wasn't talking about second chances. He meant that, unlike in a traditional play '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' where Act I presents a problem, Act...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Aliens Have Landed, and We Created Them]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2023/04/09/515543/the-aliens-have-landed-and-we-created-them/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.bworldonline.com/opinion/2023/04/09/515543/the-aliens-have-landed-and-we-created-them/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[IT IS NOT every day that I read a prediction of doom as arresting as'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Eliezer Yudkowsky'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Time'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' magazine last week. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI, under anything remotely like the current circumstances,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he wrote, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'is that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Life's Certainties: Death, Taxes &amp; Bailouts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifes-certainties-death-taxes-and-bailouts-fed-fdic-silicon-valley-bank-insurance-btfp-run-ab46d1a8?mod=opinion_lead_pos5</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifes-certainties-death-taxes-and-bailouts-fed-fdic-silicon-valley-bank-insurance-btfp-run-ab46d1a8?mod=opinion_lead_pos5]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Fed stuck to its playbook with Silicon Valley Bank. That may guarantee the next crisis.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Net Beneficiary of the Ukraine War Is China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/02/10/niall_ferguson_the_net_beneficiary_of_the_ukraine_war_is_china.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On The Hoover Institution's 'Goodfellows' podcast, historian Niall Ferguson and other panelists discussed the continuing war in Ukraine and how it benefits China in the long run.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Search of Statesmen]]></title>
							<link>https://freebeacon.com/culture/in-search-of-statesmen/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://freebeacon.com/culture/in-search-of-statesmen/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Statesmen are not called upon only to settle easy questions," wrote Winston Churchill in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The Gathering Storm. "It is where the balance quivers, and the proportions are veiled in mist, that the opportunity for world-saving decisions presents itself."'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America, China, Russia, and the Avalanche of History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-05-20/niall-ferguson-america-china-russia-and-the-avalanche-of-history</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-05-20/niall-ferguson-america-china-russia-and-the-avalanche-of-history]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The world doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t move in cycles or with a grand design. Echoes of the 1970s remind us that one disaster often begets others.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China&rsquo;s &lsquo;Zero Covid&rsquo; Has Become Xi&rsquo;s Nemesis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-17/china-coronavirus-outbreak-xi-jinping-s-covid-zero-is-failing?srnd=opinion</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-17/china-coronavirus-outbreak-xi-jinping-s-covid-zero-is-failing?srnd=opinion]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Beijing oversold its surveillance-based system of disease control'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and underestimated the shape-shifting virus. The result is an economic mess'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' though probably not a political crisis.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Seven Worst-Case Scenarios From the War in Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-03/niall-ferguson-7-worst-case-scenarios-from-putin-s-ukraine-war</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-03/niall-ferguson-7-worst-case-scenarios-from-putin-s-ukraine-war]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most conflicts'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' end quickly, but this one looks increasingly like it won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t. The repercussions could range from global stagflation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to World War III.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Admin's Wishful Thinking Is a Colossal Mistake]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-22/niall-ferguson-putin-and-biden-misunderstand-history-in-ukraine-war</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-22/niall-ferguson-putin-and-biden-misunderstand-history-in-ukraine-war]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is making a colossal mistake in thinking he can bleed Russia dry, topple Putin and signal to China to keep its hands off Taiwan.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fates of Ukraine &amp; Putin Turn on 7 Forces of History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-09/niall-ferguson-ukraine-invasion-struggles-could-be-the-end-for-putin?srnd=opinion</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-09/niall-ferguson-ukraine-invasion-struggles-could-be-the-end-for-putin?srnd=opinion]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does Russia grind out victory? Can sanctions stop that? Might Putin go nuclear? Is China for war or peace? The past offers clues, but no certain answers.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Higher Ed Is Broken: I'm Helping to Start a New College]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/niall-ferguson-america-s-woke-universities-need-to-be-replaced</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/niall-ferguson-america-s-woke-universities-need-to-be-replaced]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America's Woke Colleges Can't Be Salvaged. We Need New Ones.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Evergrande's Fall Shows How Xi Has Created a Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-26/niall-ferguson-evergrande-is-a-victim-of-xi-jinping-s-china-crisis?srnd=opinion</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-26/niall-ferguson-evergrande-is-a-victim-of-xi-jinping-s-china-crisis?srnd=opinion]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The developer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s collapse isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t leading to global contagion, but China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s looming economic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' disaster might.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Paranoia the Key to Pandemic Preparedness?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-05-18/paranoia-key-pandemic-preparedness</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-05-18/paranoia-key-pandemic-preparedness]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The key lesson of 2020 is that it is better to be generally paranoid than to be bureaucratically prepared]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Next Global Disaster Is On Its Way. We Aren&rsquo;t Ready]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-09/niall-ferguson-the-next-global-disaster-is-already-on-its-way?srnd=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Covid-19 pandemic is not over, but it is already clear that Lord Rees, Britain'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s astronomer royal, has won his'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 2017 bet'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'bioterror or bioerror will lead to one million casualties in a single event within a six-month...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Too Late? Republicans Finally Realize Big Tech's Threat]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.us/topic/tech-supremacy-conceal-power-control-halt-delete/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Niall Ferguson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Before the election, most American conservatives were in favor of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' standing up to Big Tech '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but most were also'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' against changing the laws]]></description>
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