Heritage Foundation Leadership for America

PUBLICATIONS BY Robin Harris, D. Phil.

Commentary

• 2009

Research

• 2009
• 2006

2009 Commentary

June 09, 2009
Britain's Socialists Nothing to Admire
By Robin Harris
In response to Leftist criticism of her policies, Margaret Thatcher once tartly observed that, "what we need from these people is not advice, but an apology". Unfortunately, they still prefer advice; and back in July last year, Gordon Brown, Britain's unreconstructed socialist Prime Minister, was offering it again to US Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, when the latter visited London.

May 05, 2009
America, The World Is Watching
By Robin Harris
Speaking to the U.S. Congress in February, President Barack Obama proclaimed, "There is no force more powerful than the example of America." Had the statement been made by a different President, it would doubtless have been condemned by the media as hubris. But, strip aside the moralising, and it does contain this much truth. Other countries do closely watch what America does, because they admire America's success -- especially material success -- and they want to recreate it for themselves. But examples work both ways.

2009 Research

May 01, 2009
A Tribute to Margaret Thatcher--30 Years On
By Robin Harris, D.Phil.
(WebMemo #2419)
By the time Margaret Thatcher left office, Britain had changed profoundly and overwhelmingly. Just to list the achievements is, yet again, to feel astonished at them.

April 30, 2009
Securing the West: The U.S., the U.K., and Present Dangers
By Robin Harris
(Special Report #51)
Current policies of expansive government, centralized control, bailouts, rewarding failure, penalizing thrift, downgrading responsibility, passing the buck to regulators, and empowering international bureaucracies all threaten Anglo-American values. The most important contribution that America’s British friends (and Britain’s American friends) can now make to their alliance is therefore to ensure that the principles of Anglo-Saxon liberty are not permanently compromised by today’s resurgent collectivism.

2006 Research

May 24, 2006
Beyond Friendship - The Future of Anglo-American Relations
By Robin Harris
(WebMemo #1091)
Beyond Friendship - The Future of Anglo-American Relations