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<title><![CDATA[Thomas P.M. Barnett - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17549.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Thomas P.M. Barnett]]></description><category domain="17549">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The U.S. Cornered Itself on North Korea]]></title>
							<link>http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/06/how-america-painted-itself-into-a-corner-on-north-korean-succession/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas P.M. Barnett</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Great Washington Post piece on China&rsquo;s intense desire for stability on Korean peninsula, thus the clear backing of the &ldquo;Great Successor&rdquo; Kim Jong Eun. Wrap-up paragraph says it all:The notion of a democratized Korean Peninsula with U.S. troops positioned directly along...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Obama Save the Global Economy?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.esquire.com/the-side/war-room/g20-summit-092409</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas P.M. Barnett</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Given all the buildup heading into this week's nonstop summitry on climate change, peace in the Middle East, and the global economy, it's kind of depressing that all three efforts yielded a lot of bold but unenforceable pledges and not much else. (I'm still not buying President Obama's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Just How Bad Could the Swine Flu Get?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.esquire.com/the-side/war-room/swine-flu-death-090309</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas P.M. Barnett</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The more and more I  talk to people around Washington these days &#194;&#151; fellow security guys, policy consultants, health-care experts, parents &#194;&#151; the more I realize that the next wave of the H1N1 virus ("swine flu," if you must) is going to be a bigger deal than even the mask-wearing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Afghan Election May Not Matter]]></title>
							<link>http://www.esquire.com/the-side/war-room/afghanistan-election-results-082009</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas P.M. Barnett</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Al-Qaeda is Losing the War on Terror]]></title>
							<link>http://www.esquire.com/print-this/al-qaeda-video-analysis-080609</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas P.M. Barnett</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the latest video surfaced from Osama bin Laden's longtime deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, featuring his usual sermon on the state of the radical Islamic struggle against the United States. The gist: Al Qaeda is winning hands-down, natch. Trouble is, it's not.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Iran Won't Stop Loving the Bomb]]></title>
							<link>http://www.esquire.com/the-side/richardson-report/iran-elections-042109</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Thomas P.M. Barnett</author>
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