Epstein Secrets

d the Americans. This week, US Vice President Joe Biden is set to visit Beijing. This was initially intended to be a relaxed meeting with President Xi Jinping, whom Biden knows well. But instead Obama's deputy now has to consider some serious questions: Could the Far East actually stumble into a war? What

y intended to be a relaxed meeting with President Xi Jinping, whom Biden knows well. But instead Obam

initially intended to be a relaxed meeting with President Xi Jinping, whom Biden knows well. But instead Obam

-Monitor Allen mission key to Israeli-Palestinian security talks Geoffrey Aronson Article 5. Bloomberg Middle East Mess Isn't About Settlements Jeffrey Goldberg Article 6. NYT Gaza Need Not Be a Sewer Alon Tal and Yousef Abu-Mayla Article 7. Spiegel China Escalates Tensions with Neighbors Hans Hoyng,

ngli argues that a Romney victory would allow the consummate geopolitical Etch A Sketch moment: "If Romney wins in November, both he and presumably Xi Jinping will likely shake hands and forget what candidate Romney has said thus far, in much the same manner as both Beijing and Washington have moved beyo

f Romney wins in November, both he and presumably Xi Jinping will likely shake hands and forget what

d spoke about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Moreover, he understood the conflict's centrality in the broader Arab narrative. As he told the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg in 2008, "this constant wound...this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy." Even after becoming president, Obama would go out of hi

be made about another big and seemingly stable dictatorship: China. The well-orchestrated visit to the United States last month of ruler-in-waiting Xi Jinping was in keeping with the regime's plan for a smooth transition of power over the next year — and a decade- long reign of Xi. Yet even China's own go

ruler-in-waiting Xi Jinping was in keeping with the regime's plan for a smooth transition of power over the next year — and a decade- long reign of Xi. Yet even China's own government planners say that the political stasis this implies is unworkable. In a remarkable new report co-written with the

during an election season "there are comments made that certainly don't reflect our foreign policy." In an interview last week with the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, Mr. Obama dismissed domestic critics of his Israel policy as "a set of political actors who want to see if they can drive a wedge . . . between Ba