Epstein Secrets

he Arab uprisings. He said in Tehran last week, "changes will be forthcoming and will engulf the whole world from Asia to Africa and from Europe to North America." But the Iranian diplomat's comments are a glimpse into a more measured strategic thinking — harder to dismiss as mere politicking. "If the regim

rivacy of their homes. In the public space, there was now the cult of the rulers, the unbounded power of Saddam Hussein and Muammar el-Qaddafi and Hafez al-Assad in Syria and Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia. The traditional restraints on power had been swept away, and no new social contract between ruler

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the new Syrian state held free and fair elections in 1947, 1949 and 1954 that all broke down according to tribal, regional and sectarian interests. Hafez finally ended the chaos by becoming the Leonid Brezhnev of the Arab world: He staved off the future by institutionalizing fear, even as he did noth

he Arab uprisings. He said in Tehran last week, "changes will be forthcoming and will engulf the whole world from Asia to Africa and from Europe to North America." But the Iranian diplomat's comments are a glimpse into a more measured strategic thinking — harder to dismiss as mere politicking. "If the regim

privacy of their homes. In the public space, there was now the cult of the rulers, the unbounded power of Saddam Hussein and Muammar el-Qaddafi and Hafez al-Assad in Syria and Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia. The traditional restraints on power had been swept away, and no new social contract between ruler