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		<lastmod>2012-09-18T09:00:06-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/18/anti-american-riots-spread-eastward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-18T09:00:25-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/18/riots-on-land-and-standoff-at-sea-update-on-japanchina-dispute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-18T14:30:20-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/18/moscow-hiding-massive-diamond-hoard/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-18T19:00:41-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/19/usaid-kicked-out-of-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-19T09:47:09-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/19/end-of-chicago-strike-boosts-obama/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-19T09:48:07-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/19/turkeys-fight-against-kurdish-militants-gets-bloody/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-19T14:30:21-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/19/falling-mortgages-undercut-fed-borrowing-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-19T17:00:27-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/19/chinas-xi-backs-closer-u-s-china-military-relations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-19T17:00:51-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/20/new-muhammad-cartoons-cause-france-to-close-embassies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-20T09:00:02-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/20/chicago-teacher-strike-ends-pension-crisis-begins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-20T12:00:50-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/20/coursera-winning-online-ed-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-20T17:00:25-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/20/blue-politics-rotting-the-big-apple/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-20T19:00:12-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/20/progressives-sour-on-chicago-teachers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-20T19:00:57-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/21/germanys-secret-plan-to-corner-the-chinese-car-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-21T12:30:29-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/21/meanwhile-in-japan-nationalism-on-the-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-21T14:30:30-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/21/wind-power-still-buffeted-by-free-market-forces/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-21T15:20:37-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/21/game-of-thrones-xi-tries-to-calm-southeastern-waters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-21T17:00:53-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/21/the-emerging-iranian-cyber-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-21T17:50:51-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/21/the-47-percent-solution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-21T15:07:31-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/22/another-spectacular-green-failure/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-22T10:10:32-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/22/electronic-medical-records-less-than-meets-the-eye/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-22T12:50:18-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/22/pension-meltdown-coming/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-22T15:00:52-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/23/why-do-australians-love-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-23T10:00:41-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/23/gulf-drilling-picking-up-after-bp-oil-spill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-23T10:00:47-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/23/on-the-road-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-23T12:00:07-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/23/message-from-boko-haram-we-are-still-here/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-23T15:00:37-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/24/obama-preparing-the-next-solyndra/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-24T12:00:40-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/24/pm-singhs-support-for-reform-splits-indias-government/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-24T12:24:46-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/24/does-the-president-matter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-24T15:00:29-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/24/tech-fixes-for-healthcare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-24T17:00:56-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/25/millenials-learning-to-save/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-25T14:30:20-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/25/who-are-the-syrian-rebels/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-25T14:30:23-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/26/322-turkish-officers-sentenced-to-prison-in-conspiracy-trial/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-26T12:28:19-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/26/wsj-auto-guru-endorses-self-driving-cars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-26T14:43:11-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/26/high-schools-joining-higher-ed-in-online-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-26T19:00:10-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/26/coming-crisis-to-make-japans-lost-decade-look-like-a-cake-walk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-26T19:15:44-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/27/chinese-communists-facing-workers-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-27T14:45:22-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/27/europes-pain-meds-wearing-off/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-27T15:00:37-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/27/greek-politicians-are-going-bankrupt-too/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-27T19:00:52-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/28/young-people-ditching-grad-school/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-28T12:00:03-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/28/bo-goes-down/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-28T12:00:34-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/28/syrian-rebels-renew-aleppo-assault-in-bid-to-break-stalemate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-28T17:00:02-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/28/wind-energy-set-for-95-percent-drop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-28T17:00:18-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/28/french-austerity-tax-more-spend-more/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-28T19:00:32-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/28/the-right-to-print-guns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-28T19:00:40-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/29/a-last-best-hope-for-venezuela/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-29T10:00:11-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/29/iran-govt-news-agency-publishes-onion-poll-as-fact/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-29T10:22:46-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/29/environmentalism-that-can-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-29T12:00:01-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/30/is-the-bloom-off-the-rose-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-30T10:00:12-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/30/wapo-attacks-benghazigate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-30T10:02:57-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/30/xis-from-the-countryside/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-09-30T12:10:18-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/surprise-greek-economy-shrinking-faster-than-expected/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-01T09:18:51-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/another-nail-in-legacy-media-coffin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-01T12:30:02-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/the-trade-engine-is-stalling/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-01T15:00:54-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/who-burned-aleppos-souk-doesnt-matter-its-destroyed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-01T15:03:32-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/blue-model-failing-in-china-too/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-01T17:17:54-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/iran-nearing-economic-collapse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-01T19:00:33-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/saakashvili-concedes-defeat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-02T09:05:02-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/militants-freed-in-arab-spring-spring-now-attacking-u-s/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-02T09:06:50-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/neo-nazis-become-greeces-default-police-force/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-02T14:45:30-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/iranian-news-agency-onion-poll-fake-but-accurate/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-02T17:30:03-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/the-strange-absence-of-the-state-in-political-science/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-03T00:23:28-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/campaign-sounds-of-silence/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-02T20:00:00-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/is-chinas-real-estate-bubble-about-to-pop/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-03T09:15:49-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/hollande-facing-tax-protest-from-pigeons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-03T09:16:03-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/social-security-in-the-red-second-year-running/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-03T12:00:24-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/central-banks-run-printing-presses-inflation-rises/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-03T15:17:20-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/syria-war-coming-to-lebanon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-03T17:30:40-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/tear-gas-in-tehran-and-the-worlds-best-chance-for-peace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-03T19:22:57-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/04/turkish-government-seeks-parliamentary-approval-to-bomb-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-04T09:21:56-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/04/wrm-interviewed-by-tablet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-04T12:30:33-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/04/game-of-thrones-japan-charges-into-burma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-04T17:20:14-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/04/archbishop-tutu-please-apologize-to-the-jews/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-04T19:00:50-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/nyt-echoing-team-obama-complaints-about-romney-pivot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-05T09:24:12-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/unemployment-below-8-percent-but-no-election-game-changer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-05T09:41:02-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/money-trouble-in-tehran-but-will-it-change-the-mullahs-minds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-05T12:44:42-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/energy-revolution-score-another-one-for-brown-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-05T12:47:09-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/chinas-solar-woes-make-solyndra-look-like-small-potatoes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-05T15:17:16-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/bo-xilai-scandal-proves-rot-in-china-goes-to-the-top/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-05T17:00:32-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/another-california-city-set-to-go-belly-up/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-05T17:00:58-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/as-withdrawal-nears-washington-scales-back-afghanistan-goals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-05T19:01:28-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/06/merkel-to-visit-greece/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-06T09:26:52-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/06/china-hands-us-another-big-asia-win/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-06T09:27:13-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/06/electric-cars-hurt-environment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-06T11:30:49-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/06/reader-mailbag-irans-political-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-06T12:00:53-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/06/euro-budget-at-e1-trillion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-06T15:00:42-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/07/wall-street-occupies-itself/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-07T10:00:37-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/07/reader-mailbag-does-via-meadia-give-oil-companies-a-pass/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-07T12:00:16-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/08/as-libya-seethes-pols-squabble-over-loot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-08T12:00:35-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/goodbye-america/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-09T00:00:00-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/another-cost-of-the-recession-people-arent-having-kids/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-09T09:33:52-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/game-of-thrones-arms-race-in-southeast-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-09T12:00:53-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/protestants-no-longer-hold-majority-in-the-us/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-09T13:02:22-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/imf-lowers-hopes-for-global-turnaround/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-09T15:37:24-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/nigerian-police-kill-30-civilians-in-shooting-spree/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-09T15:41:52-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/nationalism-on-the-rise-in-japan-blame-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-09T17:07:11-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/10/as-the-world-burns-israel-holds-an-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-10T09:30:25-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/10/australia-us-canada-agree-huawei-is-a-security-threat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-10T12:00:53-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/10/latest-eu-failure-deficit-targets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-10T12:02:09-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/10/collapsed-defense-deal-highlights-uks-drift-away-from-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-10T14:34:03-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/10/what-to-make-of-romneys-post-debate-poll-boost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-10T15:14:09-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/10/just-about-everyone-in-pakistan-condemns-shooting-of-14-year-old-girl/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-10T17:00:45-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/10/spanish-banks-wipe-out-life-savings-for-thousands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-10T19:00:36-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/11/kansas-the-new-tea-party-laboratory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-11T12:37:35-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/11/tack-to-center-not-key-to-romneys-post-debate-surge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-11T14:39:28-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/11/will-the-benghazi-debacle-cost-obama-the-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-11T18:00:58-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/11/turkey-forces-syrian-airliner-to-land-accuses-moscow-of-arms-shipments/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-11T19:00:36-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/12/two-pitchers-full-of-warm-spit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-12T00:23:41-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/12/are-sanctions-working-irans-oil-output-and-sea-trade-plunge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-12T12:00:59-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/12/us-prepares-to-export-crude-oil/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-12T15:30:39-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/12/rahm-declares-war-on-pensions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-12T17:00:44-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/12/germanys-renewable-energy-unicorn-hunt-stumbles-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-12T19:00:37-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/13/tunisian-tipping-point/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-13T10:54:52-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/13/reader-mailbag-whats-the-matter-with-kansas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-13T11:55:07-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/13/excellent-news-smithers-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-13T13:48:15-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/14/do-the-next-two-debates-really-matter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-14T15:00:43-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/15/new-yorks-blue-suicide/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-15T09:00:23-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/15/how-to-pay-off-those-student-loans-brown-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-15T12:41:35-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/15/harvard-is-now-online/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-15T15:00:59-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/15/does-imran-khan-know-who-the-taliban-are/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-15T15:04:05-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/15/whats-wrong-and-how-to-fix-it-part-2-politicalinstitutional/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-15T16:29:19-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/16/the-eu-earns-its-prize/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-16T09:39:34-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/16/wrm-in-wsj-less-high-speed-rail-more-telecommuting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-16T11:58:59-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/16/chinas-high-speed-rail-boom-has-echoes-of-great-leap-forward/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-16T17:00:16-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/16/watch-wrm-on-the-pbs-news-hour-tonight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-16T17:20:34-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/17/the-electoral-college-how-both-sides-miss-the-point/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-16T20:00:00-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/17/after-the-elections-all-eyes-on-georgia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-16T20:00:00-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/17/change-coming-to-cuba-not-so-fast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-17T10:00:10-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/17/wrm-on-pbs-newshour/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-17T12:00:11-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/17/whos-in-charge-in-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-17T12:00:39-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/17/how-a-rape-on-okinawa-impacts-geopolitics-across-east-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-17T16:10:16-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/17/postal-service-hits-rock-bottom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-17T17:00:26-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/17/who-are-the-syrian-rebels-aleppo-edition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-17T17:30:02-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/17/armed-chinese-fisherman-in-south-korean-waters-dies-after-coast-guard-raid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-17T19:00:31-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/17/sanctions-harm-but-dont-halt-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-17T19:00:53-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/18/egypt-and-the-irresistible-rise-of-islam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-18T09:00:12-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/18/china-what-flows-in-must-flow-out/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-18T09:00:22-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/18/europe-steps-back-in-the-clown-car/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-18T14:35:08-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/18/nyt-gingerly-acknowledges-obamas-higher-ed-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-18T18:00:02-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/18/whom-do-you-call-when-you-need-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-18T18:00:10-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/19/another-european-green-fail-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-19T09:00:04-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/19/pakistans-supreme-court-tells-military-stay-out-of-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-19T09:21:09-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/19/minnesota-to-world-dont-teach-us-anything/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-19T12:12:15-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/19/closing-time/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-19T12:30:54-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/19/libyan-afterparty-getting-out-of-hand/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-19T14:30:40-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/19/syrian-war-spreading-to-lebanon-key-anti-assad-intelligence-officer-killed-in-bombing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-19T14:39:25-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/20/the-missed-opportunity-in-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-20T10:05:17-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/20/crying-in-argentina-over-seized-gunboat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-20T12:00:49-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/20/anti-semitism-watch-turkey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-20T12:10:53-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/20/pension-woes-could-lead-to-tax-spike/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-20T15:00:27-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/21/learning-from-david-cameron/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-21T10:00:24-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/22/wrm-in-uk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-22T04:28:29-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/22/slowdown-in-china-island-dispute-push-japan-toward-recession/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-22T12:30:31-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/22/pension-showdown-brewing-in-california/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-22T14:30:05-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/22/lawyers-get-kicked-back-to-coach/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-22T14:30:17-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/23/the-debate-from-overseas-badger-culls-and-talking-whales/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-23T08:07:30-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/23/et-tu-jimmy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-23T12:00:39-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/23/syrian-minorities-organizing-self-defense-groups/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-23T19:00:09-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/24/ft-preps-europe-obama-might-lose/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-24T09:00:51-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/24/higher-ed-costs-now-rising-faster-than-financial-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-24T12:00:33-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/24/the-obama-administration-plans-to-be-hunting-terrorists-for-decades/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-24T12:00:51-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/24/tenure-debate-spreads-to-methodist-church/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-24T17:20:37-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/24/german-economy-hits-a-rough-patch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-24T17:40:31-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/24/pakistans-sunni-radicals-targeting-shiites/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-24T19:00:13-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/25/what-if-nobody-wins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-24T20:00:00-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/25/russia-says-syrian-rebels-using-u-s-missiles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-25T12:00:27-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/25/assad-pauses-slaughter-for-eid-al-adha-truce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-25T19:00:28-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/26/shocking-news-from-greece/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-26T10:16:41-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/26/green-fail-on-the-campaign-trail/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-26T12:45:10-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/26/florida-tries-higher-ed-experiment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-26T15:26:11-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/27/south-africa-takes-stock-as-strikes-fade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-27T10:50:26-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/27/us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-is-irans-gain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-27T12:31:12-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/27/italy-sinks-further-into-chaos/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-27T14:30:23-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/28/the-ohio-dynamic-weak-candidates-strong-parties/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-28T09:00:09-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/28/the-benghazi-story-refuses-to-die-and-its-hurting-the-president/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-28T10:00:45-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/28/who-is-georgias-new-prime-minister-really/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-28T14:54:18-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/28/back-in-new-york/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-28T18:41:51-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/29/catalonia-threatens-to-secede-from-spain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-29T09:15:28-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/29/news-of-wens-wealth-spreads-through-china-weakens-party-authority/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-29T09:33:36-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/29/trying-to-start-religious-war-in-nigeria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-29T12:30:06-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/29/nanotubes-rescue-it-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-29T17:00:32-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/29/regulators-fight-cab-jobs-of-the-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-29T17:00:44-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/29/making-the-jobs-of-the-future-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-29T20:00:05-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/30/plus-ca-change-egyptian-style/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-29T20:00:00-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/30/international-jihadis-descend-on-mali/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-30T09:20:26-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/30/europe-needs-new-ideas-will-a-new-think-tank-provide-them/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-30T12:00:07-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/30/is-obamas-ship-sinking/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-30T12:00:49-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/30/a-comic-just-won-an-election-in-sicily/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-30T14:50:48-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/30/geithner-snub-highlights-g-20s-irrelevance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-30T14:52:50-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/30/rats-to-invade-nyc-streets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-30T17:00:46-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/30/iraqis-fighting-on-both-sides-of-syrian-civil-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-30T19:00:12-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/31/saudi-government-wants-to-ditch-domestic-sharia-for-private-london-court/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-31T09:22:28-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/31/china-raises-stakes-in-east-china-sea/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-31T15:30:51-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/31/hurricane-sandy-and-the-perils-of-nanny-state-governance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-31T15:34:51-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/31/stranded-by-sandy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-31T15:53:25-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/31/self-healing-concrete-and-other-21st-century-miracles/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-31T17:09:39-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/31/mbas-ditching-wall-street/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-10-31T17:24:42-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/01/jersey-takes-the-brunt-of-sandys-wrath/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-01T09:10:56-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/01/opium-production-and-heroin-use-explodes-in-asia-especially-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-01T15:07:50-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/01/will-obama-pull-out-a-november-surprise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-01T12:42:40-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/01/us-struggles-to-find-the-good-guys-in-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-01T19:10:19-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/02/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-01T20:00:00-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/02/the-jobs-report-and-conventional-wisdom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-02T08:34:46-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/02/new-yorks-incredible-shrinking-mayor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-02T09:30:08-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/02/nigerian-government-massacre-likely-to-energize-boko-haram/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-02T12:33:46-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/03/the-big-crunch-and-americas-hidden-opportunity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-03T10:06:56-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/03/european-crisis-five-more-years/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-03T15:53:10-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/04/does-xis-rise-mean-a-more-aggressive-china-not-necessarily/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-04T09:30:36-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/04/indias-congress-party-commits-to-reforms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-04T12:00:43-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/04/how-and-why-to-save-california/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-04T12:05:59-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/05/why-the-ambassador-died/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-05T08:59:51-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/05/al-qaeda-on-the-run-in-algeria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-05T12:00:37-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/05/uk-eu-drift-continues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-05T12:41:17-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/06/who-is-the-syrian-rebels-biggest-source-of-cash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-06T14:30:05-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/06/a-german-take-on-the-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-06T14:30:22-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/06/election-day-which-polls-to-believe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-06T17:00:40-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/06/must-read-on-the-end-of-newsweek/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-06T17:00:57-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/06/game-of-thrones-japan-and-india-bond-over-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-06T19:00:02-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/06/china-flirting-with-democracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-06T19:00:30-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/06/the-election-blog-begins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-06T20:03:06-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/07/why-china-is-anxious-about-obamas-win/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-07T09:00:29-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/07/creationism-on-capitol-hill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-07T11:07:24-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/07/michael-barone-wrong-but-still-smart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-07T13:20:06-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/07/mogadishu-on-the-mend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-07T13:34:13-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/07/europe-facing-its-own-fiscal-cliff-moment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-07T15:00:01-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/07/australia-pakistan-at-arms-over-sheep/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-07T17:38:56-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/07/merkel-christians-are-the-most-persecuted/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-07T19:00:29-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/08/game-of-thrones-australia-and-canada-boost-ties-to-india/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-08T09:08:05-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/08/californians-back-higher-taxes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-08T14:45:09-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/08/the-government-we-deserve/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-08T13:12:17-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/08/iran-taking-war-threats-seriously/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-08T19:00:15-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/08/u-s-chinese-leadership-change-a-study-in-contrasts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-08T19:00:54-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/09/how-will-russia-react-to-obama-round-two/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-08T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/09/puerto-rico-the-51st-state-whos-next/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-09T09:00:29-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/09/china-makes-it-official-game-of-thrones-is-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-09T12:12:50-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/09/tibetan-suicide-protests-on-the-rise/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-09T14:31:40-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/09/imf-has-no-taste-for-greek-eurofudge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-09T14:40:43-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/09/germany-gets-tough-with-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-09T17:16:51-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/09/blue-states-creamed-in-pensions-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-09T17:24:56-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/09/argentinians-cry-once-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-09T19:00:07-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/10/putin-to-jews-russia-is-your-friend/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-10T10:07:49-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/10/laissez-les-bon-temps-rouler/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-10T10:22:52-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/10/oil-booms-trade-deficit-narrows/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-10T15:00:22-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/10/now-they-tell-us-costs-of-the-gm-bailout/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-10T15:19:43-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/11/obama-makes-history-in-burma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-11T10:00:51-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/11/eleventh-hour-eleventh-day-eleventh-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-11T15:00:55-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/12/radical-islam-on-the-rise-in-tunisia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T09:29:36-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/12/could-china-pull-japan-out-of-the-lost-decade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T12:59:03-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/12/palestinian-authority-vs-obama-at-un/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T13:00:08-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/12/from-heroes-to-gangsters-the-tale-of-lawyers-in-pakistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T17:39:26-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/12/kofi-annan-reports-african-democracy-a-sham/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T19:00:01-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/12/germany-turns-its-back-on-the-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T19:00:20-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/13/if-corporations-are-people-why-cant-they-pay-their-fair-share/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/13/the-corporate-income-tax-is-outdated/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/13/blame-politicians-not-corporations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/13/after-the-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/13/germany-and-russia-the-end-of-ostpolitik/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/13/a-corporate-monster-of-our-own-creation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-12T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/13/syria-gulf-arabs-back-new-opposition-as-bombs-land-in-turkey-and-israel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-13T09:56:22-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/13/argentine-sailors-draw-guns-over-ship-dispute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-13T12:36:47-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/13/are-british-boots-on-the-ground-in-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-13T19:00:14-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/14/we-need-a-balanced-approach-to-the-deficit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-13T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/14/are-presbyterians-anti-semitic/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-14T08:00:48-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/14/france-recognizes-syrian-opposition-rebels-get-heavy-weapons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-14T09:20:25-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/14/biographers-shouldnt-sleep-with-their-subjects-and-other-deep-moral-truths/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-14T09:25:31-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/14/shinzo-abe-pokes-the-dragon-in-the-eye/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-14T12:30:46-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/14/american-service-sector-now-outpacing-manufacturing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-14T12:36:48-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/14/drug-resistant-malaria-spreading-to-africa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-14T14:30:04-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/14/good-news-from-pakistan-for-a-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-14T14:30:20-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/14/online-ed-coming-to-a-college-near-you/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-14T17:38:49-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/15/illinois-pensions-beyond-repair/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-15T12:06:13-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/15/china-unveils-new-leadership-reformers-absent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-15T12:18:20-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/15/kansas-city-now-americas-internet-capital/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-15T14:30:41-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/15/rocking-out-in-the-china-seas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-15T17:00:11-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/15/manufacturing-fallacy-debunked/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-15T19:00:28-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/16/wrm-in-wsj-return-of-the-nuclear-nightmare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-16T09:00:30-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/16/now-that-the-election-is-over/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-16T15:21:59-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/16/egyptian-pm-visits-gaza-does-nothing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-16T19:00:30-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/17/epa-once-again-puts-green-lipstick-on-agriculture-pig/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-17T12:00:47-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/18/the-dawning-age-of-missile-defense/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-18T12:00:10-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/19/hard-questions-for-humanitarians/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-18T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/19/is-this-the-double-dip/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-19T09:10:13-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/19/asean-wants-direct-negotiations-with-china-setback-for-us/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-19T09:43:23-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/19/brazil-the-new-king-of-crops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-19T12:00:36-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/19/postal-service-runs-out-of-cash/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-19T14:49:49-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/19/bo-xilai-fallout-chinas-security-chief-post-downgraded/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-19T19:00:24-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/20/china-the-weak-and-the-restless/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-19T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/20/bond-aged-but-unyielding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-19T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/20/in-darkness-they-will-stab-you/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-20T09:06:18-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/20/irans-flawed-strategy-in-gaza/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-20T09:16:01-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/20/a-black-friday-for-wal-mart/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-20T12:00:25-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/20/an-inside-look-at-moocs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-20T15:09:47-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/21/hunting-unicorns-in-the-sahara/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-21T12:44:10-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/21/joe-nye-talks-china-syria-island-disputes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-21T14:30:50-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/21/chinese-leadership-takes-up-poli-sci/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-21T17:00:15-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/21/kill-the-iowa-straw-poll/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-21T19:00:08-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/22/prof-mead-wins-benjamin-franklin-award-for-public-service/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-22T08:58:43-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/22/no-thanksgiving-in-argentina-today/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-22T10:12:35-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/24/tear-gas-in-the-streets-of-bangkok/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-24T10:09:32-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/24/pakistan-suspends-mobile-network-to-stop-bombings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-24T12:05:13-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/24/morsis-unavoidable-purges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-24T12:10:53-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/24/the-e-mail-of-doom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-24T16:25:43-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/24/remembering-the-martyrs-of-vietnam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-24T18:10:15-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/25/another-kick-in-the-teeth-for-malthus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-25T10:00:55-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/25/wilsonianism-ascendant-at-foggy-bottom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-25T10:10:25-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/25/missile-defense-the-next-generation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-25T12:00:01-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/25/rust-belt-growing-in-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-25T12:00:03-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/25/death-by-euro-spain-faces-crisis-as-catalonia-turns-secessionist/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-25T16:29:15-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/26/the-end-of-the-franco-german-partnership/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-26T09:10:33-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/26/the-perverse-consequences-of-our-higher-ed-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-26T09:12:20-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/26/jobs-of-the-future-superstar-tutors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-26T12:00:40-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/27/chinese-diplomacy-making-japanese-rearmament-look-good/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-27T09:11:53-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/27/puerto-rico-greece-of-the-caribbean/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-27T10:41:34-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/27/obamacares-silver-lining-looking-rather-dubious/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-27T12:20:25-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/27/france-to-arcelormittal-take-your-jobs-and-leave/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-27T14:30:26-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/27/russia-and-arab-states-want-to-control-your-internet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-27T17:00:10-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/28/dialogues/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-28T08:00:12-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/28/north-korea-prepares-to-flip-the-bird-at-the-world-with-missile-launch/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-28T09:41:21-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/28/california-underperforms-new-york-times-spins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-28T09:56:26-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/28/south-china-sea-the-palestine-of-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-28T14:30:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/28/the-texas-education-miracle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-28T17:15:21-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/28/another-climate-convention-goes-down-in-flames/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-28T19:00:43-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/29/china-doubles-down-your-move-mr-president/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-29T09:30:02-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/29/e-visits-cut-down-on-doctors-workload/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-29T09:30:33-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/29/after-the-election-obamas-thinking-on-syria-evolves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-29T12:00:41-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/29/another-empty-victory-for-the-palestinian-cause/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-29T14:30:08-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/29/time-to-say-goodbye-george-and-ditch-the-dollar-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-29T17:05:45-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/29/treasury-department-still-wont-call-china-currency-manipulator/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-29T19:00:35-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/30/army-powers-enshrined-in-egypts-new-islamist-constitution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-30T09:10:33-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/30/u-s-winning-war-against-the-young-birth-rate-plunges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-30T09:15:18-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/30/as-fighting-rages-in-syria-us-prepares-to-recognize-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-30T12:05:22-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/30/gov-christie-appeals-to-feds-for-aid/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-30T12:22:10-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/30/china-sentences-dissidents-nephew-to-39-months-in-prison/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-30T14:30:51-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/30/small-business-owners-lose-confidence-after-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-30T17:00:54-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/30/brazils-economy-falling-like-a-bric/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-11-30T19:00:14-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/01/boko-haram-leader-urges-global-jihad/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-01T10:25:39-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/01/senate-approves-the-dods-unicorn-hunt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-01T12:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/01/opposition-has-tens-of-thousands-morsi-hundreds-of-thousands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-01T14:29:48-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/02/chinas-house-in-the-middle-of-the-street/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-02T10:15:01-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/02/morsi-calls-referendum-egypts-liberals-helplessly-protest/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-02T12:00:44-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/02/american-nuclear-thinking-needs-a-reboot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-02T15:00:45-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/02/the-coming/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-02T20:10:56-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/03/rethinking-poland-in-the-second-term/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-03T00:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/03/israels-controversial-settlements-make-a-difficult-peace-process-worse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-03T09:30:48-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/03/climate-scientists-the-treaty-fairy-cant-save-planet-earth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-03T12:21:06-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/03/is-france-trying-to-drive-the-uk-out-of-europe-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-03T13:00:13-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/03/give-us-60-billion-or-your-planet-is-toast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-03T15:30:48-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/03/america-leads-world-in-energy-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-03T15:32:50-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/03/brazil-borrows-from-american-drug-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-03T19:00:12-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/04/ultimate-confusion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-03T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/04/el-baradei-warns-egypt-on-the-brink-of-civil-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-04T09:11:44-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/04/the-courage-of-radical-thugs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-04T09:26:18-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/04/damascus-besieged-russia-rethinking-is-assad-done/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-04T12:00:10-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/04/is-college-worth-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-04T12:47:36-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/04/morsi-flees-palace-the-revolution-is-on/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-04T17:00:42-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/05/mexicos-new-president-plans-bold-reforms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-05T12:45:07-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/05/gop-not-dead-yet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-05T14:30:56-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/05/businesses-fleeing-greece/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-05T19:00:04-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/06/syrias-other-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-06T09:00:07-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/06/obamacare-jumps-the-shark-in-the-first-season/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-06T09:00:42-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/06/was-bradley-manning-tortured/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-06T15:29:21-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/06/your-cell-phone-could-save-someone-from-an-earthquake-one-day/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-06T19:00:17-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/07/tafta-coming-soon-to-an-economy-near-you/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-07T09:00:50-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/07/empty-threats-on-syrian-chemical-weapons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-07T09:08:51-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/07/politicians-cant-be-trusted-with-pensions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-07T14:30:42-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/07/unions-lose-big-in-michigan-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-07T17:00:04-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/08/spain-reignites-catalan-secession-drive/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-08T15:00:01-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/08/west-point-cadet-quits-alleges-christian-taliban-on-campus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-08T15:00:22-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/09/climate-conference-ends-in-disgrace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-09T10:00:46-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/09/ft-columnist-advises-buy-america/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-09T12:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/09/morsi-backtracks-opposition-still-defiant/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-09T12:20:27-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/09/saudi-goes-solar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-09T15:00:43-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/10/games-of-thrones-stunner-philippines-backs-japanese-rearmament/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-10T09:25:11-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/10/nyc-housing-authority-misses-big-on-sandy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-10T13:15:47-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/10/national-standardized-test-coming-to-a-college-near-you/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-10T13:22:48-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/10/morsi-plays-the-military-card/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-10T17:00:09-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/10/a-choice-for-the-gop-taxes-or-entitlements/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-10T18:00:47-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/10/opera-scandal-erupts-in-italy-as-berlusconi-plots-comeback/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-10T19:00:47-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/10/a-preview-of-indias-next-president/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-10T19:00:59-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/11/state-owned-companies-are-losers-in-energy-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-11T09:00:26-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/11/american-intransigence-saves-the-internet-for-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-11T09:37:11-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/11/pentagon-report-afghan-taliban-remains-adaptive-and-determined/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-11T12:15:23-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/11/billions-in-foreign-aid-for-islamists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-11T13:10:28-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/11/californias-pampered-public-employees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-11T17:51:45-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/11/intelligence-report-challenges-declinist-consensus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-11T19:00:13-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/11/illegal-land-sales-dominate-indian-black-market/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-11T19:00:41-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/12/hermit-kingdom-launches-long-range-rocket/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-12T09:00:59-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/12/michigan-stuns-labor-as-blue-model-continues-to-unravel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-12T09:22:19-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/12/human-rights-abuser-to-lead-un-human-rights-council/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-12T13:47:12-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/12/europes-greens-embarrass-themselves-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-12T14:00:36-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/12/bad-boy-berlusconi-bashes-germany-in-bid-for-political-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-12T17:17:13-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/12/us-energy-boom-deals-blow-to-opec/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-12T19:00:00-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/13/obama-boehner-to-take-on-blue-model-funding-source/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-13T09:00:52-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/13/mexico-prepares-to-join-great-north-american-energy-boom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-13T09:04:24-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/13/more-california-chaos-psychiatrists-making-millions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-13T12:30:06-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/13/averting-the-teacher-pensions-crisis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-13T14:42:35-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/13/shockingly-few-pakistanis-political-elites-pay-taxes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-13T17:18:23-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/13/russia-reveals-its-weakness-in-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-13T19:00:45-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/14/europes-financial-phony-war-coming-to-an-end/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-14T09:00:40-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/14/liberal-educated-experts-run-american-colleges-into-the-ground/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-14T09:00:45-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/14/the-real-battle-for-egypt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-14T12:23:51-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/14/christie-struggling-to-stave-off-nj-pension-collapse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-14T17:00:46-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/14/arrogant-unilateralist-obama-defies-the-un/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-14T17:17:23-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/14/college-presidents-making-a-killing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-14T19:00:37-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/14/banks-flee-nyc/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-14T19:00:54-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/15/worlds-most-undiplomatic-diplomat-steps-aside/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-15T10:15:22-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/16/another-win-for-egypts-islamists/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-16T10:00:29-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/16/abe-ldp-take-japanese-elections/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-16T12:00:56-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/17/the-great-california-experiment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-17T12:00:06-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/17/berlusconi-finds-his-true-love/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-17T12:00:51-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/17/blue-model-death-throes-in-spain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-17T14:30:59-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/17/us-vs-canada-in-the-energy-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-17T19:00:30-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/18/detroit-political-machine-charged-with-stealing-from-widows-orphans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-18T09:20:59-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/18/tragedy-in-bangladesh-and-what-it-means-for-the-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-18T12:00:33-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/18/mexicos-new-president-takes-on-powerful-teacher-lobby/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-18T14:54:14-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/18/farming-the-sahara-and-the-end-of-malthusianism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-18T17:00:24-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/18/uk-punching-below-its-weight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-18T17:32:23-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/18/apocalypse-in-texas-students-forced-to-bear-mark-of-the-beast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-18T18:00:10-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/18/finally-some-good-news-from-south-africa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-18T19:00:07-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/19/do-gooders-ruining-lives-in-congo-with-the-best-of-intentions-of-course/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-19T12:46:47-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/19/benghazi-report-blasts-state-but-what-about-obamas-misguided-libya-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-19T14:42:59-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/19/the-great-literary-killer-returns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-19T14:46:06-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/19/new-japanese-pm-talks-tough-to-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-19T17:05:36-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/19/high-school-now-with-more-college/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-19T17:25:54-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/20/unions-attack-young-in-illinois-pension-fight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-20T09:00:35-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/20/northeast-asia-under-new-management/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-20T09:11:13-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/20/poll-americans-want-syria-intervention-if-assad-uses-or-loses-chemical-weapons/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-20T12:32:58-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/20/sacre-bleu-the-collapse-of-french-pensions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-20T17:00:19-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/20/militant-thugs-attack-aid-workers-in-pakistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-20T19:00:45-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/21/the-war-on-the-young-meets-the-fiscal-cliff/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-21T09:10:22-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/21/why-mass-shootings-dont-lead-to-more-gun-control/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-21T16:00:50-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/21/were-chinas-censors-just-caught-napping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-21T19:00:15-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/21/via-meadias-holiday-schedule/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-21T22:24:31-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/23/french-socialists-win-war-on-christmas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-23T10:15:11-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/23/putin-whistles-in-the-dark-over-mother-russias-demography/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-23T10:20:46-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/23/us-energy-independence-doesnt-mean-disengaging-from-the-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-23T12:10:25-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/23/egypts-islamists-declare-constitution-victory/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-23T15:15:24-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/24/india-spends-billions-on-russian-weaponry-why-thats-a-good-thing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-24T09:15:58-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/24/gop-senator-arrested-on-dui-charges/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-24T12:00:51-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/24/the-medieval-meets-the-modern-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-24T15:00:56-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/25/the-rise-of-asia-u-k-style-education/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-25T10:13:29-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/25/the-triumph-of-power-politics/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-25T11:02:43-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/25/taliban-pretend-to-bend-on-rights-us-still-stuck/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-25T14:45:50-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/26/the-end-of-the-lavish-chinese-banquet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-26T10:00:53-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/26/asteroid-miners-wanted-inquire-within/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-26T12:00:12-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/26/we-still-need-a-comprehensive-libya-policy-review/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-26T14:00:04-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/26/cold-weather-across-europe-asia-kills-hundreds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-26T15:02:37-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/26/blue-california-takes-a-flyer-on-green-legislation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-26T17:00:17-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/26/ted-kennedy-jr-abdicates-the-throne/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-26T19:40:57-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/27/hurricane-sandy-enemy-of-fordism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-27T10:10:51-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/27/shinzo-abes-rendezvous-with-destiny/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-27T12:15:36-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/27/is-this-the-son-of-stuxnet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-27T12:35:24-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/27/dems-torn-between-greens-and-browns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-27T14:45:38-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/28/medical-records-vulnerable-to-hackers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-28T09:00:29-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/28/teenagers-flee-the-bursting-higher-education-bubble-for-brown-jobs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-28T14:01:10-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/28/bright-will-shine-great-britains-rays/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-28T17:02:28-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/29/silicon-valley-ditches-green-energy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-29T10:00:18-05:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/29/chinas-pivot-exploring-the-arab-world-for-new-business/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-29T12:01:37-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/29/us-canada-and-oz-prepare-for-the-asian-gas-wars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-29T15:15:41-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/29/the-bison-return-to-germany/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-29T15:29:07-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/30/theres-a-new-bhutto-in-town/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-30T13:42:14-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/31/new-years-eve-a-short-guide-to-what-youre-celebrating/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-31T09:45:45-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/31/philly-plans-to-close-one-in-six-public-schools/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-31T12:00:12-05:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/31/the-battle-for-al-azhar-the-institution-at-the-heart-of-moderate-islam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-31T14:30:18-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/31/brics-face-sobering-reassessment-as-growth-evaporates/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-31T17:01:07-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/31/this-is-what-a-real-fiscal-cliff-looks-like/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-31T17:01:16-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/12/31/new-year-resolution-go-on-a-safari/</loc>
		<lastmod>2012-12-31T20:13:42-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/01/this-looks-like-a-loophole/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-01T10:38:39-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/01/higher-ed-bubble-wapo-gets-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-01T12:20:29-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/01/the-egyptian-pound-enters-vicious-cycle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-01T12:53:35-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/01/is-the-egyptian-jon-stewart-whistling-in-the-dark/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-01T14:18:14-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/01/al-qaidas-new-country/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-01T14:30:06-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/01/democracy-at-work-in-israel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-01T14:39:49-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/01/happy-new-year/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-01T16:20:40-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/01/a-well-earned-rave/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-01T21:55:41-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/02/erdogan-talking-turkey-with-kurdish-leader/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-02T09:00:54-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/02/illinois-governor-throws-down-gauntlet-in-pension-fight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-02T16:09:32-05:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/02/salafism-pulls-arab-spring-off-course/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-01-02T16:43:05-05:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-04T19:00:40-05:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-02-05T17:50:17-05:00</lastmod>
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