Epstein Secrets

ay not be especially reassuring. "The connections between the opposition and the Free Syrian Army are still tenuous, but they're getting better," a State Department official told McClatchy. "If we can get Assad and his cronies out, that will at least create an atmosphere to have a dialogue. That can't happen no

n Article 2. Stratfor Consequences of the Fall of Syrian Regime George Friedman Article 3. TIME Five Syria Nightmares Tony Karon Article 4. Agence Global The Destruction of Syria Patrick Seale Article 5. NYT The Candidates Talk Foreign Policy Editorial Article 6. The Atlantic Mitt Romney's Tri

ould be wise to nurture this rare bipartisan unity as much as the international coalition it has assembled against Iran. It was Condoleezza Rice's State Department, after all, that originated the notion of a two-track policy of steadily increasing economic pressure on Iran while seeking a diplomatic settlement

uld Be Drawn into the Syrian Conflict Patrick Clawson Article 6. The National Interest Gazprom Goes to the Middle East Allison Good Article 7. Agence Global France's Aggressive Foreign Policy Immanuel Wallerstein Anlcic I Politico How Obama Can Win Over Congress on the Iran Deal Ray Takeyh EFTA006

such treatment of a U.S. ambassador unthinkable. He specifically pointed out that "only in Russia" was such behavior possible. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department issued statements in defense of its ambassador. But all of this did not stop Obama from being kindly disposed toward President Dmitry Medvedev duri

r Israel is not the threat, Mr. Obama. Iran is. John Bolton Article 4. Stratfor Israel's New Strategic Environment George Friedman Article 5. Agence Global The Irrational US-Iran-Israel Dynamic Rami G. Khouri Article 6. The Diplomat Is Africa the Next Asia? Richard Aidoo Article 7. The Moscow Tim

red in US President Barack Obama recent speech at the State Department when he referred to the "promise of the future."

come of negotiations, rather than a precondition. State Department officials are skeptical, but they should test the

dicate The Middle East's Slow-Motion Revolution Prince El Hassan bin Talal Article 3. Stratfor Turkey's Inevitable Problems With Neighbors Article 4. Agence Global A Defiant Asad Sticks to His Guns Patrick Seale Article 5 Foreign Policy In Focus Egypt's Evolving Foreign Policy Richard Javad Heydarian Article 6.