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<title><![CDATA[Alex Ward - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/35661.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Alex Ward]]></description><category domain="35661">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Inside Biden's 5-Day Scramble as Afghanistan Collapsed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/08/20/biden-afghanistan-kabul-chaos-taliban-evacuation-505600</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inside the Biden team's five-day scramble as Afghanistan collapsed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voting Rights Bill a Test for Biden's Global Democracy Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2021/6/21/22543506/hr1-for-the-people-senate-vote-biden-foreign-policy</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why HR 1, known as the For the People Act, is intricately linked with Biden's foreign policy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Big Bet on Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/bidens-big-putin-bet/ar-AAL7z2H</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If one phrase defines President Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s approach to negotiating, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'all politics is personal.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' When he uses that line, he aims to convey a rock-ribbed belief that finding what the other person can and can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t accept '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' be it a member of Congress from the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Progressive Foreign Policy Moment Has Arrived]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2021/5/26/22445895/israel-gaza-progressive-democrats-sanders-cortez</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Progressives believe they helped push for a quick ceasefire in Israel-Gaza. Will they do more?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Israel-Palestinian Conflict Is Exposing a Rift Among Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/22432247/israel-palestine-gaza-conflict-biden-democrats</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats have moved left on Israel. Biden hasn't.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Coronavirus Is Complicating Biden's Democracy Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2021/5/10/22427541/coronavirus-biden-democracy-summit</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's team is considering pushing the Summit for Democracy into next year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Wants to Prove Democracy Works--Before It's Too Late]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2021/4/28/22408735/joe-biden-congress-speech-democracy-autocracy</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden sees his presidency as proving democracy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' not authoritarianism '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' right for the world.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is Using His Economic Plan to Challenge China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/22350402/biden-infrastructure-plan-foreign-policy-china</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's domestic policy is also foreign policy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Won't Back Down Against China and Russia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/22277212/biden-xi-call-china-russia-putin-foreign-policy</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden held his first call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on February 10, and it was about as contentious as could be.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Wants America to Trust the Process Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/22272240/biden-trump-national-security-council-yemen-myanmar</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The biggest foreign policy difference between Biden and Trump: how they make policy decisions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Revenge of the Blob]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/22153765/joe-biden-foreign-policy-team-revenge-blob</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Presidents Obama and Trump kept the nation's foreign policy establishment at arm's length. President-elect Biden has warmly embraced it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pompeo Undermined U.S. Democracy in One Press Conference]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2020/11/10/21558957/mike-pompeo-2020-election-trump-administration</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'There will be a smooth transition'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to a second'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump administration,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Pompeo said.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Trump Second Term Would Be 'America First, on Steroids']]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2020/8/26/21368750/republican-convention-trump-foreign-policy-second-term</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Little could stop President Trump from remaking the world in his image.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden's Plan to Fix the World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2020/8/18/21334630/joe-biden-foreign-policy-explainer-dnc</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s looking at an across-the-board restoration project,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' said a former Obama administration official.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Growing Trump-Biden War Over China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2020/6/29/21303521/2020-election-trump-biden-china</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[China is poised to be the key foreign policy issue during the 2020 election, and the fight over which party '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and which candidate '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' can best handle the country is in full swing.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Sen. Murphy, a Rising Democratic Star, Would Run the World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2020/4/16/21127501/chris-murphy-foreign-policy-coronavirus-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Democrat wants to make you comfortable with globalism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[John Bolton Left Because Trump Wouldn't Let Him Start a War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/10/20859357/john-bolton-trump-war-north-korea-iran</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There was always going to be a conflict between Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'America First'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and Bolton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'America Everywhere.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's D-Day Speech Was Great. He Was Wrong Man to Give It.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2019/6/7/18656265/trump-d-day-france-normandy-world-war-2</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is a draft dodger. He criticizes European allies. And he picks political fights on hallowed ground.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Japan, Trump Breaks Cardinal Rule of Being President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2019/5/28/18642441/japan-trump-abe-biden-kim-missile</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He even had a Helsinki-like breakdown.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Has a Strong Foreign Policy Narrative for 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/world/2019/4/1/18285395/trump-2020-foreign-policy-democrats</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His foreign policy isn't perfect, but it's a good story.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Radical China Strategy Is Failing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/world/2018/9/18/17790600/us-china-trade-war-trump-tariffs-taiwan</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The administration diagnosed the right problem, but it came up with the wrong remedy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How We Went From 'Fire and Fury' to Talks in Under a Year]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2018/3/30/17176316/north-korea-south-trump-fire-fury-moon</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Donald Trumpsaid at the United Nations on September 19, 2017. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Rocket Man is on a suicide mission...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says New FBI Texts Are a 'Bombshell.' They're Not.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/2018/2/7/16986222/trump-fbi-nunes-texts-page-strzok#431</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The All-Star Legal Team Who May Take Down Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/15/15783384/trump-mueller-team-russia-investigation-dreeben-weissman-quarles-rhee-zebley</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Ward</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a spartan office at the Justice Department, a team of experienced prosecutors is conducting a rapidly expanding probe into the Trump campaign'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s possible ties to Russia '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and into whether President Donald Trump himself may be guilty of obstruction of justice. Led by special...]]></description>
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