Epstein Secrets

ew at the foreign ministry here Sunday. He said that his country would continue the talks, despite what he called the "extremely counterproductive" U.S. Treasury Department announcement last week of new steps to enforce existing sanctions. Iranian concern was eased, Zarif said, after his contacts last week with Secre

yptian president Mohamed Morsi made mistakes: giving himself immunity from prosecution, refusing to compromise with secular groups. EFTA00706415 Morsi committed mistakes, but they don't justify a military coup. And whatever mistakes were committed do not justify Western countries staying silent ab

ccess of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model. Some argue that former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi made mistakes: giving himself immunity from prosecution, refusing to compromise with secular groups. EFTA00706415 Morsi committed mistakes, but

icy staffers. Plus, he's half of one of Washington's top power couples: His wife, Lael Brainard, is the undersecretary for international affairs at the Treasury Department. 23. Howard Berman The most influential House Democrat on foreign affairs, Howard Berman has carved out a perch for himself on the hawkish wing o

Arabia and Iran, and add a new player on the arena of the ongoing Cold War in the region between major regional and international actors. President Mohamed Morsi called — from the heart of the Iranian capital — for the departure of President Bashar al-Assad. In his speech before the non-alignment summit, he

ls, stressing that the Gulf security was linked to their country's security. And certainly, Riyadh was the first capital to be visited by President Morsi to corroborate his insistence on the historical relations between the two countries, knowing that Saudi Arabia had decided to help Cairo by providi

hat military force plays in American strategy, but that cannot happen without a dramatic strengthening of the non-military means of national power. The Treasury Department has succeeded brilliantly in the past 10 years at developing new tools that can target sanctions on individuals, track terrorist money flows, and i

the way it is being fed by various regional and international powers. I am not making this up. I ave actually heard people say that if we had left Morsi on his seat, swallowed our tongues and did not revolt against Brotherhood rule, we would have averted the evils of terrorism that have been inflict