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							<title><![CDATA[Is Israel Actually More Isolated Than Ever?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/17/is_israel_actually_more_isolated_than_ever_154342.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Roger Zakheim</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Support for Israel around the world is declining,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' former Chicago mayor and potential Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel declared in Israel last week. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The only diplomatic achievement Israel has secured in the past three years is Somaliland.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Is that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump&rsquo;s Leverage in Beijing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/14/president_trumps_leverage_in_beijing_154120.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Roger Zakheim</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s trip to Beijing is the first state visit to China by the sitting president since November 2017 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' nearly a decade ago.
Since then, the U.S.-China relationship has changed dramatically. China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s military buildup has continued unabated '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' eroding the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Trump&rsquo;s Golden Defense Opportunity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/21/president_trumps_golden_defense_opportunity_153735.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Roger Zakheim</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lost in the news coming out of Greenland and Iran was President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s announcement earlier this month that his next defense budget request will total $1.5 trillion. If enacted, this would be the largest peacetime defense budget increase in history, surpassing even the budgets of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ukraine&rsquo;s Freedom Forge]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/12/ukraines_freedom_forge_150791.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Roger Zakheim</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the U.S. dithers on whether it will continue to arm Ukraine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s fight for freedom, Kyiv is not waiting for Washington to do what it must and restock its arsenal for democracy. President Zelensky is transforming Ukraine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bread basket economy into a denizen of drones and other...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Bolster U.S. Manufacturing, Empower the Private Sector]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/30/to_bolster_us_manufacturing_empower_the_private_sector_146808.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Roger Zakheim</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As supply chain woes continue to ravage the U.S. economy, policymakers in both parties are recognizing the dire consequences of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s dependence on foreign manufacturing. The implications extend beyond the economic sphere. The COVID-19 pandemic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' underscored manufacturing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Faith in U.S. Military Falls - Not Support for Strong Defense]]></title>
							<link>https://breakingdefense.com/2021/03/faith-in-the-military-is-falling-not-demand-for-strong-defense/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Roger Zakheim</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Reagan Institute'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s latest survey reveals confidence in the military has dropped seven percent a year for two years running. But dig deeper, and support for a strong defense remains.]]></description>
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