<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> 
<rss version="2.0"> 
 <channel> 
<title><![CDATA[Ben Rhodes - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/27188.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ben Rhodes]]></description><category domain="27188">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why the Democratic Brand Remains Unpopular]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/opinion/democrats-midterms.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/opinion/democrats-midterms.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1932, amid a Depression worsened by tariffs, inequality and isolationism, Franklin Roosevelt accepted the Democratic presidential nomination with a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' cautionary note: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Those nominal Democrats who squint at the future with their faces turned toward the past and who feel no...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need Foreign Policy That Can Work--and Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/democrats-need-foreign-policy-can-work-and-win</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/democrats-need-foreign-policy-can-work-and-win]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How to harness populist energy and build a better international order.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[A Foreign Policy for the World as It Is]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/biden-foreign-policy-world-rhodes</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/biden-foreign-policy-world-rhodes]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden and the search for a new American strategy.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why No One Believes American Rhetoric About Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-no-one-believes-american-rhetoric-about-democracy/ar-AAZtWNn</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-no-one-believes-american-rhetoric-about-democracy/ar-AAZtWNn]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A presidential visit to Saudi Arabia feels sadly inevitable.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[We Have Reached a Hinge of History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/ben-rhodes-alexey-navalny-maria-stepanova/627049/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/ben-rhodes-alexey-navalny-maria-stepanova/627049/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Out of the righteous rage of this moment, perhaps a new world can be born.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[This Is No Time for Passive Patriotism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/this-is-no-time-for-passive-patriotism/ar-AATeyBV</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/this-is-no-time-for-passive-patriotism/ar-AATeyBV]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every nation is a story. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s almost never a simple one, and the story'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s meaning is usually contested. National identity itself depends upon how we tell the story'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'about our past, our present moment, and our future.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Renewal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-08-11/democratic-renewal</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-08-11/democratic-renewal]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What it will take for Joe Biden to fix U.S. foreign policy.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Path to Autocracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-path-to-autocracy/ar-BB15v28e</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-path-to-autocracy/ar-BB15v28e]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the past decade, Hungary'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Prime Minister Viktor Orb'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¡').';'n and his Fidesz Party have transformed a democracy into something close to an autocracy. Shortly after his first reelection in 2014, Orb'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¡').';'n gave a speech outlining his political project.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Designed His White House to Fail]]></title>
							<link>https://outline.com/F4KSYE</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://outline.com/F4KSYE]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every president chooses how to manage the flow of information. The consequences of Trump's decisions are now becoming apparent.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[An Extraordinarily Dangerous Moment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/trump-has-produced-extraordinarily-dangerous-moment/604456/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/trump-has-produced-extraordinarily-dangerous-moment/604456/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To keep his promise to kill an achievement of Obama's, Trump has been willing to break his promise to get us out of wars in the Middle East.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[A Chance to Repair America's Image Abroad]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/opinion/a-chance-to-repair-americas-image-abroad.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/opinion/a-chance-to-repair-americas-image-abroad.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats can use their new power in the House to check the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recklessness and advance their own foreign policies.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[A Fatal Abandonment of U.S. Leadership in Saudi Arabia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi-and-us-saudi-relationship/572905/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi-and-us-saudi-relationship/572905/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi drives home the consequences of the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s refusal to champion democratic values around the globe.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[We Are Not a 'Cabal,' Just Critics of Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/ben-rhodes-cabal-trump-nsc-memo.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/31/opinion/ben-rhodes-cabal-trump-nsc-memo.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Never before have a few guys with podcasts, academic postings and Twitter accounts constituted such a powerful evil empire.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Amidst Trump Admin's Cruelty, America's Story Must Win Out]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/5318236/americas-story-must-win-out/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://time.com/5318236/americas-story-must-win-out/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama used to tell me that the job of the President was to tell the best possible story about who we are as a country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'through our words and deeds. After the separation of children from families seeking to join the United States. was embraced as the official policy of our...]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Inside the White House During the Syrian 'Red Line' Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/inside-the-white-house-during-the-syrian-red-line-crisis/561887/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/inside-the-white-house-during-the-syrian-red-line-crisis/561887/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We in the Obama administration stepped up to the brink of military action against Assad. And then, suddenly, we stepped back.]]></description>
						</item><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Statement by Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes on Syrian Chemical Weapons Use]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/14/statement_by_deputy_national_security_advisor_for_strategic_communications_ben_rhodes_on_syrian_chemical_weapons_use__118822.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/14/statement_by_deputy_national_security_advisor_for_strategic_communications_ben_rhodes_on_syrian_chemical_weapons_use__118822.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Rhodes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At the President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s direction, the United States Government has been closely monitoring the potential use of chemical weapons within Syria. Following the assessment made by our intelligence community in April, the President directed the intelligence community to seek credible and...]]></description>
						</item></channel>
		</rss>