Nile Gardiner
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Nile Gardiner | |
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 Gardiner in March 2011 | |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Yale University University of Oxford |
| Known for | Conservative commentator and director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation |
Nile Gardiner is a British conservative commentator. He is the director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, and was for a time an aide to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He is also a commentator on U.S. and British television; he is a frequent contributor to the Fox News network and to the London Daily Telegraph. Gardiner is co-author with Stephen Thompson of the book, Margaret Thatcher on Leadership: Lessons for American Conservatives Today (Regnery 2013).
Education
Gardiner holds a doctorate in History and two master's degrees from Yale University, as well as a bachelor's and master's degree in Modern History from Oxford University. He was awarded several scholarships at Yale, including the International Security Studies Smith Richardson Foundation Fellowship, and the David Gimbel Fellowship.[1]
Career
Following Yale, Gardiner served as a foreign policy researcher and aide to former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, assisting her as she wrote Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World.[citation needed]
In 2002, Gardiner became a fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., specialising in Anglo-American security policy. In 2006, he was appointed director of The Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom.[2]
In addition to transatlantic relations, Gardiner also has an interest in the United Nations. Having been a supporter of an investigation into the Oil for Food Program.[citation needed] he also advised the 2005 Gingrich-Mitchell Task Force on the United Nations.[citation needed]
Gardiner worked as a foreign policy adviser for Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign, specialising in Europe and transatlantic relations.[3]
References
- ^ "Dr. Nile Gardiner". The Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ McCaslin, John (25 September 2006). "Patron Maggie". The Washington Times. p. A06.
- ^ Kornreich, Lauren (19 September 2007). "Former Thatcher advisers support Giuliani". CNN. Retrieved 12 June 2011.