Nile Gardiner
Nile Gardiner
Nile Gardiner is a British conservative commentator, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, and a former aide to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He is also a commentator on U.S. and British television and a frequent contributor to the Fox News network, and the London Daily Telegraph. Gardiner is co-author with Stephen Thompson of the book, Margaret Thatcher on Leadership: Lessons for American Conservatives Today...
british brown economy gordon greatly lowering marshall performance plan position regard unusual
The lowering of expectations with regard to the performance of the British economy will greatly undercut Brown's Marshall plan for Africa. It's an unusual position for Gordon Brown to be in.
alleged america appears assault body criticize deprive dominated forum global groups human last meaning rights strong thoroughly
It now appears that the last thing many human rights groups really wanted was a thoroughly reformed human rights body at the U.N. - meaning an organization dominated by strong democracies. That would deprive them of an international forum in which to criticize America for its alleged global assault on human rights.
biggest facing iran test
Iran is the biggest test now facing the UN,
century far finding likely limited message monumental people role searching seen un week
The message of this week is one of monumental disappointment. We have seen the UN desperately searching for a role in the 21st century but not finding one. Ultimately, that role may far more limited than what people have been used to ... the UN is likely to become a bystander.
agreement bloodshed civil continue effort endless hammer process seeds sides sow
It's better to continue the negotiating process than sow the seeds for civil war, which is the alternative. Every effort must be made to hammer out an agreement by all sides because the alternative is bloodshed and endless violence.
apparatus council improvement lends likely veneer ways worse
The council is in some ways worse than what we had before, because it lends a veneer of improvement ... to an apparatus that is still likely to be co-opted by despots.