Epstein Secrets

to wage Russian-style influence operations in the United States ahead of next year's election," and nations including China, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela have also demonstrated such capacities. The Wall Street Journal (7/25, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) says in an editorial that it

ait Of Hormuz. Reuters (7/25, Macaskill, Saul) reports that Britain has "started sending a warship to accompany all British- flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, a change in policy announced on Thursday after the government previously said it did not have resources to do so." Reuters points out that "tensio

ddition, Saudi Arabia "said it was restoring full diplomatic relations with Qatar, although it was not clear how soon the step would be followed by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, which had joined the kingdom in isolating the country over its regional policies." According to the AP, "The diplomatic breakth

administration takes office." Bloomberg (1/5, Motevalli, 3.57M) reports that South Korea "ordered its naval destroyer ROKS Choi Young to waters near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday." Treasury Sanctions Chinese Firm Tied Iran's Steel Industry. Reuters (1/5) reports that on Tuesday, the US "blacklisted a Chinese compa

India. Moreover, none of the current disputes between Iran and its neighbors (such as the one over ownership of some small islands also claimed by the United Arab Emirates) come close to possessing the nation-defining significance that the Kashmir conflict poses for both Pakistan and India. Nuclear weapons matter inso

en the European Union announced its own sanctions of the Iranian central bank in late January, Iran redoubled its threat to block shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz. Panetta called this another "red line" that would provoke a military response from the U.S. February brought more posturing from Iran, along with

s attempt to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia. He vetoed three different resolutions that would've stopped several arms sales benefiting Riyadh and the United Arab Emirates. From Karoun Demirjian and Colby Itkowitz: "The sales would replenish part of the Saudi arsenal that lawmakers say has been used against civilians

shows a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps moving around the British- EFTA00046477 flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which Iran seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. (Morteza Akhoondi/AP) THE NEW WORLD ORDER: -- The U.S. and Europe have sharply different plans for patrols in the Persian Gulf. Adam Ta