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<title><![CDATA[David Andelman - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/26854.xml</link><description><![CDATA[David Andelman]]></description><category domain="26854">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Brace Yourself. Elections of 2024 Could Shock the World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/18/opinions/big-world-elections-2024-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voters have administered some profound shocks to the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s stability this past year '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but nothing like what we can expect in 2024.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Tanks Will Be Decisive in Next Battle for Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/opinions/tanks-germany-russia-ukraine-war-mud-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Going into the war in Ukraine a year ago, conventional wisdom suggested that tanks had seen the best of their days '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' outflanked and vulnerable to drones or fire-and-forget missiles.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Fist Bump Turned Slap in the Face]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/opinions/biden-mbs-oil-opec-fist-bump-andelman</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So much for cozying up to the Saudis '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' President Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s much-hyped fist bump with Mohammed bin Salman during a trip to the Middle East back in July has turned into something of a slap across the face from the crown prince.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin's Newest Instrument of War: Food]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-putin-new-weapon-food-rcna35629</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Russia is a cause of Africa'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s grain shortage, even though Putin portrays himself as a savior.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will the West Lose Its Appetite for a War With No End?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/opinions/ukraine-war-putin-eu-biden-cost-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA["A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking real money" is one of those phrases from the height of the Cold War in the 1960s that has become embedded in the American political vernacular.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Must Not Stop at Sanctions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/opinions/russian-sanctions-west-must-not-stop-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[David Andelman writes that as Russians wake up to the impact of sanctions, it seems as though Putin has no sense of an exit strategy. It is time for the West to force one upon him, tightening the screws on all Russian banks, airspace and the cushy foreign assets of its oligarchs]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Has Taken Its Eyes Off the Ball on Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/opinions/america-iran-russia-ukraine-nuclear-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All but lost in the noise of Russia's "drumbeat of war" on Ukraine is an even more pressing warning siren -- getting Iran back into the agreement that would keep it from building a nuclear weapon. And that is looking increasingly chancy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Stealth Bid to Corner the World's Ports]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/black-friday-shopping-amid-port-pileups-presents-opportunity-china-ncna1284713</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[China has accumulated an unprecedented stake in global shipping and commerce, and its power and profits present ominous possibilities for the future.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[George Shultz's Critical Lessons for Today's America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/george-shultzs-critical-lessons-for-todays-america-opinion/ar-BB1dtNcb</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[George Shultz was a diplomat's diplomat. But he was also'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' much more: an economist, global business executive, a man of vision who had a sense of the long game that is so sadly absent among too many of those who lately have been guiding America's fortunes in the world. Before taking over...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Whole World Is Watching Biden as He Takes Charge]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/18/opinions/world-watching-biden-rebuild-americas-image-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[David Andelman writes that from Day One, America's allies and adversaries will be watching President-elect Joe Biden as he rebuilds the shattered image of America that Donald Trump had cultivated from his first day, four long years ago.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Pentagon Takedown Makes the U.S. Vulnerable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/16/opinions/trump-pentagon-afghanistan-us-vulnerable-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While much of the world has been preoccupied with the President's refusal to acknowledge his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden, Donald Trump has been moving building blocks in a way that, if successful, could have a significant impact on America's security abroad and safety at home.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Risky Challenge to China in the South China Sea]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/opinions/trump-china-south-china-sea-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[David Andelman writes that the deployment of two US aircraft carrier strike groups into the South China sea for the largest military exercise in years just as China has been holding its own drills around the Paracel Islands threatens an accidental conflict that could quickly, even...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Biden Should Choose Whitmer, 'the Woman in Michigan']]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/opinions/vice-president-pick-biden-whitmer-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's only one winnable choice for Joe Biden's vice president pick: "The woman in Michigan," as our'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' incumbent President calls'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Gretchen Whitmer.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Richard Grenell Is a Disastrous DNI Choice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/opinions/richard-grenell-disastrous-dni-choice-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Please, Mr. President, re-think this one. Richard Grenell is a catastrophe-in-waiting who will be in a position he is totally unqualified to hold, one that is central to America's national security, writes David Andelman.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Biggest Global Threats Facing Trump in 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/opinions/donald-trump-biggest-global-threats-2020-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[David A. Andelman writes that President Donald Trump is arguably facing more sources of instability in the final year of his first presidential term than any of his predecessors going back at least 100 years -- and most of these crises are largely of his own making.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A West Africa Pullback Would Give Terrorists Free Rein]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/25/opinions/trump-africom-troop-withdrawal-isis-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[David Andelman writes that consideration of a plan to withdraw troops from West Africa is shortsighted, given the rise of terrorism on the continent and the vacuum a US troop reduction would leave for China and Russia to fill.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Taking Us Back to Depression-Era Trade Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/30/perspectives/smoot-hawley-tariff-act-trump-trade/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This isn't the first time the United States has embraced protectionist trade practices, writes David A. Andelman, executive director of The RedLines Project. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act slapped tariffs on all countries exporting goods to the United States.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NATO Countries Must Stop China From Winning the 5G Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/perspectives/huawei-5g-nato/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Allowing Huawei to develop a global supplier monopoly with 5G technology could enable China to quickly leapfrog the West in developing next generation space-based 6G networks, writes David A. Andelman, executive director of The RedLines Project.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China a Much Bigger Threat to U.S. Than Russia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/russia-monopolizes-headlines-china-s-threat-u-s-goes-way-ncna966196</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whether the Trump White House will listen to the U.S. intelligence community's warnings remains unclear, however.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe's Worst Fears About Trump Are Being Realized]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/europe-listening-trump-s-america-first-rhetoric-learning-not-rely-ncna953016</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With each ill-conceived tweet and impulsive policy change, Trump manages to magnify the need for America's allies to band together without him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Trump Have the Guts to Leave Afghanistan?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/america-s-war-afghanistan-now-trump-s-increasingly-bloody-problem-ncna945401</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our 17 years of engagement is often compared to the nine years of full U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. But the Afghanistan quagmire is worse.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Trump Needs to Do at the G20]]></title>
							<link>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-andelman-g20-commentary/commentary-heres-what-trump-needs-to-do-at-the-g20-idUSKCN1NX276</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s G20 is remembered for the moment when Donald Trump flew off in a huff, leaving differences on issues like climate change unresolved. This year, few Western leaders are likely to have any grand illusions when they arrive in Buenos Aires for this weekend'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 2018 summit.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paris Gas Tax Protests Could Put Macron Future in Jeopardy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/25/opinions/paris-burning-macron-jeopardy-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From our apartment window across the Seine, we could see the smoke rising from the Champs-'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('‰').';'lys'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';'es, where flames of the burning barricades mingled with the fumes of the tear gas grenades.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is in a Global Hole, and He Can't Stop Digging]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-disastrous-french-trip-started-tweet-ended-more-mistrust-ncna935276</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why should we care? Trump may extoll the benefits of nationalism, but America desperately needs loyal, determined partners right now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China May Try to Wait It Out Rather Than Deal With Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/25/opinions/us-china-long-game-trade-war-opinion-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[China is digging in for the long haul. And President Donald Trump had better start thinking about an exit strategy from a trade war that is showing no signs of easing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[North Korea's Negotiator Is Not a Very Nice Man]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/30/opinions/pompeo-north-korean-counterpart-opinion-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is nothing in Kim Yong Chol's past to suggest he would be delighted by any long-term plan to defang his nation or especially its military.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Sticks Two Thumbs in China's Eye]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/22/opinions/trump-sticks-two-thumbs-in-chinas-eye-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN) Donald Trump is poised to stick a second thumb in the eye of China and its newly ordained President for life, Xi Jinping. On Thursday, it was'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' $50 billion worth of ill-advised tariffsagainst a country fully able to retaliate with a devastating tariff war of its own. Last week, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the U.S. Can Still Win in Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/opinions/afghanistan-trump-andelman-opinion/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The US will be doing just the right thing by staying in Afghanistan. We can't get out. Not now, maybe never. The only real question is how deep do we stay and for how long? That seems to be just what Sen. John McCain has been suggesting'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for some time -- adding troops for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After the G20, the U.S. May Become a Global Pariah]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/09/opinions/trump-g20-landmines-opinion-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump, back in Washington from the G20 summit and relaxing Sunday at his Virginia golf club, has managed to leave behind a succession of landmines likely to explode in the coming weeks and months. With each explosion, the United States is increasingly likely to find...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Won't Tear Up Iran Nuclear Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/03/opinions/trump-iran-deal-andelman/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Andelman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite his calls during the campaign to]]></description>
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