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.

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. 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. 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. he also advised the 2005 Gingrich-Mitchell Task Force on the United Nations. Gardiner worked as a foreign policy adviser for Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign, specialising in Europe and transatlantic relations.