Epstein Secrets

e? Michael Wahid Hanna and Elijah Zarwan Article 4. Al-Ahram Weekly The gravest Arab challenge Galal Nassar Article 5. NYT The Talk of China Thomas L. Friedman Article 6. The Diplomat Is China's Global Times Misunderstood? Allen Carlson and Jason Oaks Arl:cic I. American Interest The Middle East Mess P

ly part of a local power struggle. Radical Salafists are in a power struggle with the Muslim Brotherhood; attacking the US embassy forces President Morsi (as the radical strategists presumably expected) to side with the US, however slowly or reluctantly. That's a win for the radicals, who want to tar

ing to plan — a big "if' in Egypt — Egyptians who believe in a democratic, civil state theoretically have the remainder of EFTA00657289 President Mohamed Morsi's term of office to get their collective act together. But practically speaking, the short-term political calendar will not allow them such a leng

iplomat Azerbaijan - Israel's Reluctant Friend Article 5. EFTA_R1_00296204 EFTA01882540 Kevjn Lim NYT This Column Is Not Sponsored by Anyone Thomas L. Friedman Ankle I. The Atlantic Race for Egypt: Inside the Three-Way Fight for the Presidency Thanassis Cambanis May 11 2012 -- CAIRO -- Egypt's first re

esman who can stand against what he portrays as a power-hungry Islamist tide, personified by the other two front-runners: the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi and the ex-Muslim Brother Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh. It is Aboul Fotouh who most worries Moussa's strategists: he is giving the former minister a

er in the audience named Yousef Eid Hamid, 38, said he was campaigning for Aboul Fotouh in defiance of his organization's strict orders to vote for Morsi. "We are not machines," he said. "You cannot love a candidate, and then just change." Backroom deals with the military will likely be decisive in

n Article 5. The National Interest Turkey: Return of the Generals Aliza Marcus, Halil Karaveli Article 6. NYT Go Ahead, Vladimir, Make My Day Thomas L. Friedman Article 7. Al Ahram The Brotherhood and terrorism Ammar Ali Hassan The New Yorker Where Is the Kerry Plan for Peace? Bernard Avishai April 11

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

2. World Politics Review Indecision on Egypt Leaves U.S. Interests at Risk Nikolas Gvosdev Article 3. NYT Foreign Policy by Whisper and Nudge Thomas L. Friedman Article 4. Los Angeles Times A report card for U.S. policy in the Mideast Aaron David Miller Amcle 5 NYT Pressure Rises on Hamas as Patrons' S

y takeover as a coup, security officials said. Police abuses and politicized prosecutions are hardly new in Egypt, and they did not stop under Mr. Morsi. But since the military takeover last month, some rights activists say, the authorities are acting with a sense of impunity exceeding even the per