Epstein Secrets

d in the process frustrate Bandar's machinations). On Egypt, the State Department is sending a team soon to the Gulf to work with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on financial and political assistance to help Egypt's transition to civilian democracy. On Syria, the United States is beginning to explore the pos

hich the Communist Party would retain its political monopoly and its chokehold on the USSR's restive national republics. Until the end of his life, Sakharov himself struggled with Mr. Gorbachev over the preservation of the one- party Communist system. In his conversations with me, Sakharov stressed how

e zones in Syria and Iraq, and it has increasingly drawn on Afghan recruits in addition to Arabs. Iran's regional rivals, chiefly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have responded with more direct foreign interventions of their own, most notably in Yemen. The recent embrace of more overtly repressive policies

pers. In this view, the centuries may change and the Soviet empire may fade into history, but Russia's geopolitical predicament remains constant. Sakharov as nonperson Because Putin is intent on blaming the West for Rus- sia's problems, both past and present, he has worked to ensure that critical dome

dly organizations have generally been left alone. emorial, the human rights organization founded to carry forward the ideals associated with Andrey Sakharov, was one of the first groups to be unilaterally registered as a foreign agent by the Justice Ministry in 2014. In 2015, the ministry accused Memoria

ttle zones in Syria and Iraq, and it has increasingly drawn on Afghan recruits in addition to Arabs. lran’s regional rivals, chiefly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have responded with more direct foreign interventions of their own, most notably in Yemen. The recent embrace of more overtly repressive policies s