Nile Gardiner

Nile Gardiner is a British and American 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).

Nile Gardiner
Gardiner in March 2011
Nationality	British , American
Alma mater	Yale University University of Oxford
Known for	Conservative commentator and director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation

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]