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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - China is using fentanyl in a chemical war against America</image:title>
      <image:caption>Trump talks opioid and crisis in the White House, October 2017</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/10/26/trump-taps-jfk-files-to-distract-from-the-file-mueller-is-building</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Trump taps JFK files to distract from the file Mueller is building</image:title>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - The call Trump hasn’t made: A coherent Africa policy</image:title>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - North Korea, Diplomacy &amp; the Logic for Nukes</image:title>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Donald Trump is decimating America’s tourist economy</image:title>
      <image:caption>An area resident evacuates his Silverado Trail home as flames from a wildfire approach Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, in Napa, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli AP</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/10/5/nuke-deals-are-for-suckers</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Nuke deals are for suckers</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/9/28/trump-trash-talks-his-way-into-war</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Trump trash-talks his way into war</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/9/21/this-is-the-murderous-version-of-trumps-muslim-ban</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - This is the murderous version of Trump’s Muslim ban</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rohingya Muslims stretch out their arms to reach food being distributed near Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. With Rohingya refugees still flooding across the border from Myanmar, those packed into camps and makeshift settlements in Bangladesh are desperate for scant basic resources and fights erupt over food and water. Bernat Armangue AP</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/9/18/harvey-and-irma-were-hard-but-most-of-the-worlds-disasters-are-ignored</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Harvey and Irma were hard. But most of the world’s disasters are ignored</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/9/7/obamas-asia-pivot-is-in-full-disastrous-swing-under-trump</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Obama’s Asia Pivot is in full, disastrous swing under Trump</image:title>
      <image:caption>In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, a man watches a television screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea has announced a detailed plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to U.S. bombers. If carried out, it would be the North's most provocative missile launch to date. Ahn Young-joon AP</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/8/31/can-an-america-first-nation-get-the-worlds-help-after-harvey</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Can an America First nation get the world’s help after Harvey?</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/8/24/trump-preps-afghan-war-for-sale-to-india</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Trump preps Afghan war for sale to India</image:title>
      <image:caption>An Afghan National army soldier stands guard a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. On Monday, President Donald Trump delivered his first formal address to the nation since taking office as he revealed his strategy for the war in Afghanistan. Rahmat Gul AP</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/8/17/confederate-monuments-deserve-soviet-treatment</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Confederate monuments deserve Soviet treatment</image:title>
      <image:caption>The bronze statue of Lenin at Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary, a museum exhibiting dozens of Socialist-era statues and monuments removed from the streets of Budapest after the fall of the communist regime.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/8/10/trump-wont-blink-in-north-korea-standoff-but-china-might</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Trump won’t blink in North Korea standoff. But China might.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tens of thousands of North Koreans gathered for a rally at Kim Il Sung Square carrying placards and propaganda slogans as a show of support for their rejection of the United Nations' latest round of sanctions on Wednesday Aug. 9, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Jon Chol Jin AP</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/8/5/america-forgot-afghanistan-donald-trumps-chief-of-staff-has-not</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - America forgot Afghanistan. Donald Trump’s chief of staff has not.</image:title>
      <image:caption>John Kelly, then-Homeland Security secretary, talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Andrew Harnik AP</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/7/27/this-is-steve-bannons-nightmare</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - This is Steve Bannon’s nightmare</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/7/21/trumps-friend-putin-urges-americans-to-question-more-the-hypocrisy-is-rich</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Trump’s friend Putin urges Americans to question more. The hypocrisy is rich.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, speaks to the press at the presentation of Russia Today and Russia al-Yaum English and Arabic news channels, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 in New York. DIMA GAVRYSH AP</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/6/1/dont-cheer-chinas-climate-progress-until-its-for-real</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Don’t cheer China’s climate progress until it’s for real</image:title>
      <image:caption>California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks to journalists on board a high speed rail leaving from the Beijing South train station during his last trip to China in 2013. Ng Han Guan ASSOCIATED PRESS</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/4/13/a-solution-to-eliminate-chemical-weapons</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - A solution to eliminate chemical weapons</image:title>
      <image:caption>Inert 105 mm shells are ready to enter an explosive destruction system used for chemical munitions inside the Pueblo Chemical Depot in southern Colorado. President Donald Trump should build a coalition of military powers to accelerate the destruction of chemical weapons in the U.S. arsenal and around the world. Brennan Linsley Associated Press file</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/3/30/making-russia-turkey-and-china-great-again</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Making Russia, Turkey and China great again</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/3/18/when-hollywood-endings-turn-deadly</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - When Hollywood endings turn deadly</image:title>
      <image:caption>In this images made from video released by KRT on March 7, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, reacts during the launch of four missiles in an undisclosed location North Korea. Kim Jong-un has likely taken the storyline of a movie about him and twisted it to kill his half brother.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/3/4/cubas-impact-on-america</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Cuba’s impact on America</image:title>
      <image:caption>Internationally known Cuban artist Damian Aquiles and his American wife, Pamela Ruiz, stand in front of his “Walking Men” work, which was also commissioned by the Council on Foreign Relations office in Washington, D.C. Evolving political change in Cuba is giving artists and budding entrepreneurs a glimpse at new opportunities. - Markos Kounalakis</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2017/1/6/the-trump-world-order</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - The Trump World Order</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/12/10/where-will-trump-venture-for-his-first-state-visit</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Where will Trump venture for his first state visit?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto and presidential candidate Donald Trump met in Mexico City in August in a surprise visit. There are any number of early Trump supporters in other countries who could be rewarded and elevated by a presidential visit. Dario Lopez-Mills The Associated Press</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/11/27/instead-of-global-news-we-have-national-cacophony</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Instead of global news we have national cacophony</image:title>
      <image:caption>Walter Cronkite was once considered America’s “most trusted” person as he summarized the day’s most important events on the CBS Evening News.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/11/11/kounalakisgmailcom</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - #NeverComcast #NeverDirectTV</image:title>
      <image:caption>Commentator Sean Hannity did more than talk politics on Fox News; he also touted Donald Trump in a campaign video. Carolyn Kaster The Associated Press</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/10/29/putins-powerful-playbook-hack-steal-disrupt-mislead-confuse</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Putin’s powerful playbook: Hack, steal, disrupt, mislead, confuse</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/10/14/ethiopias-promise-potential-at-a-crossroads</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Ethiopia’s promise, potential at a crossroads</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sharon Gray, 30, a UC Davis postdoctoral researcher, was killed in Ethiopia while riding in a vehicle that was stoned by protesters in the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Gray, who worked in the university’s plant biology department, was in the East African nation to attend a meeting related to her research.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/9/9/managing-nuclear-proliferation-from-kidnapping-and-murder-to-diplomacy-and-political-will</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Managing nuclear proliferation – from kidnapping and murder to diplomacy and political will</image:title>
      <image:caption>In this 2010 photo, Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist greets his son Amir Hossein as he arrives at the airport in Tehran, after returning from the United States. Amiri, who was caught up in a real-life U.S. spy mystery and later returned to his homeland, was executed under mysterious circumstances. Amiri was hanged recently. Vahid Salemi Associated Press file.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/7/15/books-and-ideas-can-be-the-ultimate-threat</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Books and ideas can be the ultimate threat</image:title>
      <image:caption>Freed bookseller Lam Wing-kee speaks to pro-democracy protesters in front of his book store in Hong Kong on June 18. He says he spent months in detention by mainland Chinese authorities for books critical of China’s Communist leadership. Kin Cheung The Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/7/1/turn-european-youth-unemployment-into-nato-deployment</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Turn European youth unemployment into NATO deployment</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/6/5/in-foreign-affairs-obama-clears-the-decks-sets-the-stage-for-next-president</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - In foreign affairs, Obama clears the decks, sets the stage for next president</image:title>
      <image:caption>President Barack Obama hugs Shigeaki Mori, an atomic bomb survivor, during a ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, last month. Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, bringing global attention to survivors and to his unfulfilled vision of a world without nuclear weapons. (Carolyn Kaster - The Associated Press)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/5/21/june-1st-event-in-sacramento</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - June 1st Event in Sacramento</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/5/21/how-safe-are-we</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - How Safe Are We?</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/5/1/in-choosing-female-leaders-us-trails-many-nations</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - In choosing female leaders, U.S. trails many nations</image:title>
      <image:caption>Corazon Aquino served as president of the Philippines from 1986-1992. BULLIT MARQUEZ Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/4/17/impact-of-panama-papers-depends-on-type-of-government</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Impact of Panama Papers depends on type of government</image:title>
      <image:caption>Russian President Vladimir Putin argues the Panama Papers are a foreign conspiracy aimed at toppling him and weakening Russia. Mikhail Klimentyev The Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/3/19/cheating-for-gold-defies-purpose-spirit-of-olympics</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Cheating for gold defies purpose, spirit of Olympics</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brazil’s political leaders are caught up in a bribery and kickback scheme involving government construction contracts that include Olympic facilities in Rio de Janeiro. Leo Correa AP</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/3/6/silencing-the-cannon-a-social-media-phenom</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Silencing ‘The Cannon,’ a social media phenom</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/2/24/beyond-paris-questionable-efforts-to-combat-climate-change</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Beyond Paris, questionable efforts to combat climate change</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/2/6/world-is-dangerously-unprepared-for-the-next-epidemic</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - World is ‘dangerously unprepared’ for the next epidemic</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/1/24/chinese-year-of-living-dangerously</loc>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2016/1/9/playing-a-trump-card-in-global-politics</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Playing a Trump card in global politics</image:title>
      <image:caption>Britain is considering a Trump ban following a popular petition to the UK parliament.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/12/10/turkey-shoot-with-russia-damages-alliance-against-isis</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Turkey shoot with Russia damages alliance against ISIS</image:title>
      <image:caption>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan acted recklessly when his country shot down a Russian warplane, and the costs for his action get passed to others, says commentator Markos Kounalakis. Yasin Bulbul Presidential Press Service</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/12/8/tv-commentary-on-president-obamas-oval-office-speech</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/11/18/give-middle-east-refugees-a-fighting-chance</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Give Middle East refugees a fighting chance</image:title>
      <image:caption>A police officer organizes a throng queuing to get registered at a refugee center in the southern Serbian town of Presevo. Middle East refugees should be invited to join a new military force and given the training, resources and support needed to defeat Islamic State and liberate their homelands. Darko Vojinovic The Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/11/18/adding-to-americas-rogues-list-of-unsavory-but-friendly-leaders</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Adding to America’s rogues’ list of unsavory but friendly leaders</image:title>
      <image:caption>A supporter of the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, holds a portrait of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as people celebrate outside AKP headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 1, 2015. Turkey’s ruling party secured a stunning victory in last Sunday’s snap parliamentary election, sweeping back into single-party rule only five months after losing it. Emrah Gurel The Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/11/18/the-feminist-was-a-spook</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - The feminist was a spook</image:title>
      <image:caption>Often missed in her body of work is Gloria Steinem’s time as an agent with the CIA in the 1950s and ’60s. Seth Wenig The Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/10/4/un-underwater-gas-reserves-help-solve-cyprus-split</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - U.N., underwater gas reserves help solve Cyprus split</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cyprus was a united country until 1974 when it was invaded by Turkish forces. Since then, it has been a bifurcated state with a poor Turkish-Cypriot north and a surviving and relatively thriving Greek-Cypriot south.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/9/23/the-press-pressure-a-critical-discourse-analysis-of-the-promotion-of-responsibility-to-protect-or-sovereignty-narratives-in-the-on-going-syrian-crisis</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - The Press &amp; Pressure: A critical discourse analysis of the promotion of "Responsibility to Protect" or "Sovereignty" narratives in the on-going Syrian crisis</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/9/21/crying-lone-wolf-fires-used-in-warfare-and-terrorism</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Crying lone wolf? Fires used in warfare and terrorism</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Department of Homeland Security published an unclassified report titled “Terrorist Interest in Using Fire as a Weapon,” at about the same time as the mysterious Waldo Canyon fire, one of the most destructive fires in Colorado history.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/9/5/disrupting-islamic-state-saving-ancient-civilization-and-employing-virtual-reality</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Disrupting Islamic State, saving ancient civilization and employing virtual reality</image:title>
      <image:caption>This photo released Tuesday on a social media site used by Islamic State militants, which has been verified and is consistent with other Associated Press reporting, shows smoke from the detonation of the 2,000-year-old temple in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra. Uncredited The Associated Press.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/8/22/hiding-from-chinese-agents</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Hiding from Chinese agents</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ling Wancheng, a wealthy and politically connected businessman who fled to the U.S., was living in this $2.5 million home in Loomis. China is demanding that the Obama administration return Ling, according to several American officials familiar with the case. Should he seek political asylum, he could become one of the most damaging defectors in the history of the People’s Republic of China. Max Whittaker The New York Times</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/8/2/tunnel-vision</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Tunnel Vision</image:title>
      <image:caption>Migrants outside the Eurotunnel area, in Calais, northern France, last week. More than 3,000 migrants have tried to storm the area surrounding the Eurotunnel in an attempt to enter Britain.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/7/11/greeces-economy-hangs-in-balance-after-greferendum</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Greece's Economy Hangs in Balance After 'Greferendum'</image:title>
      <image:caption>Greece needs up to 60 billion euros over the next three years to stabilize its finances, according to the International Monetary Fund. The analysis comes in advance of Sunday's referendum, when Greek citizens will vote on whether to accept the latest terms of the European Union's bailout. We'll get an update on the referendum and the threat the Greek debt crisis poses to the Eurozone and to the U.S. economy.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/7/11/greeces-high-stakes-gamble</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Greece’s high-stakes gamble</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pensioners wave ticket numbers as they try to get inside a National Bank of Greece branch in Athens last week. Elderly pensioners were stuck without monthly stipends as Greece deals with its financial crisis. | Simon Dawson Bloomberg News</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/7/4/filling-greeces-atms-with-promises</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Filling Greece’s ATMs with promises</image:title>
      <image:caption>Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called on Greek voters to reject foreign creditors’ demands for more economic austerity in return for rescue loans. | Thanassis Stavrakis The Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/6/30/an-unfamiliar-greece</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - An Unfamiliar Greece</image:title>
      <image:caption>Those urging a "no" vote in the upcoming euro referendum rally at Syntagma Square in Athens on Monday.  Petros Karadjias - Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/6/28/european-confederacy-slowly-dies</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - European confederacy slowly dies</image:title>
      <image:caption>A man works at the Parthenon on Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday. | Daniel Ochoa de Olza Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/6/7/the-perverse-act-of-recruiting-kids-for-war</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - The perverse act of recruiting kids for war</image:title>
      <image:caption>Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, an anti-Islamic State organization, distributed this photo a child wearing a hat with the Islamic State logo posing with a weapon in Raqqa, Syria. Across the vast region in Syria and Iraq that is part of the Islamic State group’s self-declared caliphate, children are being inculcated with the extremist group’s radical and violent interpretation of Shariah law. | Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/5/3/how-sex-could-save-japan</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - How sex could save Japan</image:title>
      <image:caption>President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk to the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday for a joint news conference. For the past decade, Japan has seen its population dropping steadily, and that’s a problem. | Andrew Harnik The Associated Press</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/4/19/fear-of-doctors-vaccines-in-california-and-around-the-world</loc>
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      <image:caption>Protesters against legislation requiring California schoolchildren to get vaccinated rally at the Capitol this month. Senate Bill 277, if approved, would require most California parents to vaccinate their children as a condition of enrolling them in private or public schools. Rich Pedroncelli The Associated Press</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/4/5/foreign-graduates-of-us-colleges-become-agents-of-change-abroad</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Foreign graduates of U.S. colleges become agents of change abroad</image:title>
      <image:caption>This round of nuclear talks with Iran was conducted in American English under the guidance of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, a Yale graduate, and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, second from left, who graduated from San Francisco State and the University of Denver. Jean-Christophe Bott Keystone</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/3/22/putin-lowers-nuclear-threshold</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Putin Lowers Nuclear Threshold</image:title>
      <image:caption>People leave after a rally marking the one-year anniversary of the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula, outside the Kremlin, with St. Basil Cathedral in the background, in Moscow on Wednesday. A new Russian state television documentary about the Crimean crisis features President Vladimir Putin raising the specter of using nuclear weapons to defend Russia’s interests, effectively daring the West to risk nuclear war by supporting or intervening in Ukraine. Denis Tyrin The Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/3/8/silencing-the-opposition</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Silencing the opposition</image:title>
      <image:caption>Flowers and a portrait with the word “Fight!” are displayed Thursday in Moscow at the site near the Kremlin where Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down Feb. 27.   Alexander Zemlianichenko The Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/2/22/pitching-american-primacy-for-2016</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Pitching American primacy for 2016</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/2/8/home-sweet-palace</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Home sweet palace</image:title>
      <image:caption>People walk in the grounds of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s countryside residence in Mezhyhirya, Kiev region, Ukraine, in 2014. Nothing in the political world says “kick me” more loudly than an elected official’s huge house. American presidential candidates would do well to heed any warnings that they live lives of excess as this country hurtles toward 2016. Efrem Lukatsky Associated Press file.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/1/29/what-does-greeces-new-left-wing-government-mean-for-europes-economy</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - What Does Greece's New Left-Wing Government Mean for Europe's Economy?</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/1/26/with-us-riding-high-bet-on-the-powerful-dollar</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - With U.S. riding high, bet on the powerful dollar</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2015/1/7/ideas-are-worth-defending-against-dictators-and-theocrats</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Ideas are worth defending against dictators and theocrats</image:title>
      <image:caption>  Candles are lit near a sign that read in French “I am Charlie” lights a candle during a demonstration in solidarity with those killed in an attack at the Paris offices of the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in the Kosovo capital Pristina on Wednesday. Visar Kryeziu Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/12/28/california-white-house-would-help-pacific-pivot</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - California ‘White House’ would help Pacific pivot</image:title>
      <image:caption>The U.S. should consider operating a western White House out of California on a regularly scheduled basis to signal a shift not only in strategic thinking, writes Markos Kounalakis. The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands has already functioned as the successful setting for the 2013 meetings between presidents Barack Obama and China’s Xi Jinping. A seasonally planned Sunnylands stay, combined with a clear “pivot” purpose, would make an even greater statement about America’s strategic outlook. Evan Vucci Associated Press file</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/12/7/caracas-and-cars-energy-democracy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Caracas and Cars - Energy &amp; Democracy</image:title>
      <image:caption>Members of a pro-government “colectivo,” or “collective,” march in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, this year. President Nicolas Maduro and his supporters say the escalating protests against his socialist government in the oil-rich but economically struggling country are part of an attempted coup. Rodrigo Abd Associated Press file</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/11/24/crisis-over-missing-students-signals-mexico-tipping-point</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Crisis over missing students signals Mexico tipping point</image:title>
      <image:caption>Demonstrators march last Sunday in Mexico City to protest the disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero. Marco Ugarte The Associated Press</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/11/5/get-ready-for-the-2016-election</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Get ready for the 2016 Election</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sen. Rand Paul, CAROLYN KASTER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/10/21/our-attention-strayed-from-missing-nigerian-girls-for-too-long</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Our attention strayed from missing Nigerian girls for too long</image:title>
      <image:caption>Singer Alicia Keys, second from right, joins “Bring Back Our Girls” protesters at the Nigerian consulate in New York on Tuesday, marking the six-month anniversary of the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants. Kathy Willens/ AP</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/10/13/us-takes-significant-steps-rid-world-of-land-mines</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - U.S. takes significant steps rid world of land mines</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/9/22/greece-is-a-good-insurance-policy-for-the-west</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Greece is a good insurance policy for the West</image:title>
      <image:caption>Greek Culture Ministry Archaeologists this month inspect a female figurine on a wall leading to the main room of an ancient tomb in Amphipolis, northern Greece.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/9/9/the-risky-business-of-a-foreign-correspondent</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - The risky business of a foreign correspondent</image:title>
      <image:caption>Students and supporters hold a candlelight vigil Wednesday at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, to honor Steven Sotloff, the second American journalist to be beheaded by the Islamic State group in two weeks. Sotloff attended the University of Central Florida between 2002 and 2004.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/9/9/time-is-now-for-cooler-negotiations-between-obama-and-putin</loc>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/8/27/independence-movements-in-scotland-and-california-missing-the-point-of-strength-in-unity</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Independence movements in Scotland and California missing the point of strength in unity</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jill Lawless/ The Associated Press Cards hang in a shop in Edinburgh, Scotland, saying “No,” “Yes” and “Maybe” for the upcoming vote on Scotland’s independence from the United Kingdom. Scottish voters will decide whether their country should become independent, breaking up Great Britain as it has existed for 300 years.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/8/27/sanction-may-backfire-in-russian-rocket-sales-to-us-space-program</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Sanction may backfire in Russian rocket sales to U.S. space program</image:title>
      <image:caption>John Raoux/Associated Press file A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying an X-37B experimental robotic space plane, lifts off in December 2012. If the Russians make good on their threat to withhold the RD-180 engine used in the rockets, it could have up to a $5 billion impact on the U.S. space program.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/7/31/exporting-guns-and-gangs-to-central-america-and-importing-victims</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Exporting guns and gangs to Central America, and importing victims</image:title>
      <image:caption>People are rafted across the Suchiate River to the shore at Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, from Tecun Uman, Guatemala, earlier this month.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/7/31/russia-is-now-clearly-a-state-sponsor-of-terror</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Russia is now clearly a state sponsor of terror</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dmitry Lovetsky/ The Associated Press A pro-Russian fighter stands guard Friday at the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger jet near the village of Hrabove in eastern Ukraine.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/7/31/iraq-syria-need-national-saviors-more-than-us-intervention</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Iraq, Syria Need National Saviors More Than U.S. Intervention</image:title>
      <image:caption>World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg in an this undated file photo</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/7/31/monarchs-are-ananchronisms-but-also-have-their-places</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Monarchs are ananchronisms but also have their place</image:title>
      <image:caption>Andres Kudacki/The Associated Press King Juan Carlos salutes during a ceremony in Spain last week. His prestige stopped a military coup in the 1980s. Now he’s stepping down and Prince Felipe will assume the throne.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/7/31/the-end-of-americas-big-stick-policy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - The End of America’s ‘Big Stick’ Policy</image:title>
      <image:caption>President Barack Obama and Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., center, superintendent at the U.S. Military Academy, stand for the national anthem during last week’s graduation and commissioning ceremony in West Point, N.Y. Obama urged restraint before further military missions.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/9/23/north-korean-dreams-japanese-nightmares</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/9/23/popes-and-presidents-can-make-a-powerful-team</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Popes and presidents can make a powerful team</image:title>
      <image:caption>Domenico Stinellis/ The Associated Press Pope Francis is driven through a Vatican crowd Sunday after presiding over a ceremony canonizing two of his predecessors, John XXIII and John Paul II.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/9/23/warm-water-cold-reality-new-frontier-for-exploiting-resources</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Warm water, cold reality, new frontier for exploiting resources</image:title>
      <image:caption>The submarine USS New Mexico surfaces through the ice during a Navy exercise in the Arctic Ocean last month. Scientists predict that Arctic ice could melt enough to allow for commercial shipping year round. The U.S. is one of many countries with claims in the Arctic.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/9/23/a-question-of-turkey-and-nato</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/9/23/punish-putin-by-opening-door-to-russias-best-and-brightest</loc>
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      <image:title>MARKOS KOUNALAKIS - Punish Putin by opening door to Russia's best and brightest</image:title>
      <image:caption>Eric Risberg/The Associated Press Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who emigrated from Russia, gestures after riding in a driverless car with Gov. Jerry Brown, left, in September 2012 in Mountain View. One way to punish Russia is to attract more like Brin</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/9/23/putins-push-into-ukraine-could-be-his-tiananmen-square</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-27</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.markoskounalakis.com/blog/2014/9/23/open-cuba-close-guantanamo</loc>
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      <image:caption>Uncredited/ The Associated Press President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro in December during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela in Soweto, South Africa.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Francois Duhamel/ Philip Seymour Hoffman played a CIA agent in “Charlie Wilson’s War,” about covert operations in Afghanistan, where most of the world’s heroin is produced.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Here's the linked video of my conversation with Elaine Quijano at CBS News and on her broadcast, Red &amp; Blue. We discussed the historic meeting between the North and South Korean leaders, summit expectations, and nuclear deterrence. View Video</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Iran Documents Threaten JCPOA Deal Markos Kounalakis joined Elaine Quijano on “Red &amp; Blue” on CBS News to talk about the Iran deal. View Video</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Spin Wars &amp; Spy Games This eye-opening narrative transforms our understanding of why countries like Russia and China invest heavily in their news media, and how the Global News Network framework operates in conjunction with state strategy and diplomatic sensitivity. Profoundly meticulous and insightful, this seminal work on the current state of transnational journalism gives readers a first-hand look at how global media powers shape policy and morph the public's consumption of information. Purchase from Amazon here.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Books - Hope Is a Tattered Flag (Copy)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hope Is a Tattered Flag Kounalakis and Laufer, hosts of a nationally syndicated radio program and authors of a regular feature in Washington Monthly, present conversations with a diverse selection of leading policy and opinion leaders. These well-known personalities from across the ideological spectrum propose solutions to problems and conflicts vexing America as it heads into the 2008 election. purchase from amazon here</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Beyond Spin Discover a new, strategic brand of corporate communication that cuts through today's Dilbert-esque cynicism to engage workforces, manage constant change, and align organizations. In Beyond Spin, three experts detail the techniques of corporate journalism--an ingenious communications model that hinges on open, accurate, and strategically weighted reporting inside a corporation. With practical guidelines and real-world examples from S.G.I, Microsoft, J.P. Morgan, and other corporations, Beyond Spin helps you equip your company with this powerful new standard of communication--one that makes the most of every communications vehicle to keep your company aligned, nimble, innovative, and fiercely competitive. purchase from amazon here</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Defying Gravity: the Making of Newton A unique documentation of a real-life Silicon Valley suspense story--the creation of Newton, Apple's futuristic palmtop "personal digital assistant." As there are no business books on the market with this unique pairing of fine art-quality photography and novelistic prose, this book cuts across audience borders, attracting high-tech professionals, computer enthusiasts, and business people. purchase from amazon here</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Chinese Influence &amp; American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance Each section of this report offers its own recommendations for responding to China’s influence seeking activities in ways that will enhance the transparency of relationships, defend the integrity of American democratic institutions, and grant American individuals and institutions greater access in China that equates with the degree of access afforded Chinese counterparts in the United States.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Can Public Diplomacy Survive the Internet? Bots, Echo Chambers, and Disinformation ... Scientific progress continues to accelerate, and while we've witnessed a revolution in communication technologies in the past ten years, what proceeds in the next ten years may be far more transformative. It may also be extremely disruptive, challenging long held conventions behind public diplomacy (PD) programs and strategies. In order to think carefully about PD in this ever and rapidly changing communications space, the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) convened a group of private sector, government, and academic experts at Stanford University's Hoover Institution to discuss the latest trends in research on strategic communication in digital spaces. The results of that workshop, refined by a number of follow-on interviews and discussions, are included in this report.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Hard Truth About Soft Power Kounalakis and Simonyi outline the difficulty soft power has experienced in gaining an upper hand over the preference to use hard power. Soft power is a concept that has been in play for centuries but only recently has it been seen to carry enough gravity to be used in the form of effective public diplomacy campaigns. The authors also include a spectral framework for when soft power can be used and how soft power has played out in certain situations regarding foreign policy. A framework for soft power is seen as crucial to understanding when it can be used by governments for decision-making and policy analysis. In this piece, the authors attempt to explain these complexities and argue for a change in both perception and practice of the modern-day expression of soft power in unexpected and, at times, unorthodox ways.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Reflections 1980-82 - Markos Kounalakis In the 1980s, Markos Kounalakis studied photography in Sweden, New York and California, where he worked as a professional photographer. This publication is from a curated collection that was exhibited at the Ernst Galeria in Budapest, Hungary in 2012. The show’s curator was Ernst Wastl.</image:caption>
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