Nile Gardiner is Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Before joining Heritage, Dr. Gardiner served as Foreign Policy Researcher and aide to Lady Thatcher in her private office in London, assisting her with her final book, Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World and advising her on a number of international issues. He has a broad range of international experience, and has lived in four continents: Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.

An American and British citizen, Dr. Gardiner is a prominent expert on the U.S./UK Special Relationship, American and British foreign policy and U.S. policy towards Europe. As a leading authority on transatlantic relations, Gardiner has advised the executive branch of the United States government on a range of key issues. He has testified several times before the United States Congress, and his policy papers and analysis are read widely on Capitol Hill, where he is regularly sought after for advice on major foreign policy and national security matters.

Nile Gardiner frequently briefs delegations of political leaders and journalists from the UK, Europe, and across the world, and has served as a foreign policy advisor to three U.S. presidential candidates. He received his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in History from Yale University, and B.A. and M.A. in Modern History from Oxford University.

Nile Gardiner has provided analysis of global events for a wide range of U.S. and international television networks including Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox Business Network, Newsmax, NewsNation, BBC, GB News and Sky News. He is a regular contributor to The London Telegraph and his writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Times of London, The London Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, USA Today, The New York Times Room for Debate, The Washington Times, National Review and The Boston Globe. He has been quoted in numerous other major publications, including The Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Politico and Le Figaro.

His media appearances include: “The Story w/ Martha MacCallum” (Fox News Channel), “Jesse Watters Primetime” (Fox News Channel), “America’s Newsroom” (Fox News Channel), “Sunday Morning Futures w/ Maria Bartiromo” (Fox News Channel), “Hannity” (Fox News Channel), “Ingraham Angle (Fox News Channel), “Fox and Friends” (Fox News Channel), “Faulkner Focus” (Fox News Channel), “America Reports” (Fox News Channel), “Good Morning America” (ABC), “NBC Nightly News” (NBC), “The Lead w/ Jake Tapper” (CNN), “Anderson Cooper 360” (CNN), “The Situation Room w/ Wolf Blitzer” (CNN), “Mornings w/ Maria” (Fox Business Network), “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” (Fox Business Network), “Varney & Co” (Fox Business Network), “Washington Journal” (C-SPAN), “Power Lunch” (CNBC), “Newsnight” (BBC), “Today” (BBC Radio 4), “Farage” (GB News), and “All Things Considered” (NPR).

Gardiner is the co-author of “Margaret Thatcher on Leadership: Lessons for American Conservatives Today,” published by Regnery in 2013.