Epstein Secrets

le the others are rising in power resources. Russia today lacks diversified exports, faces severe demographic and health problems, and in President Dmitry Medvedev's own words, greatly needs "modernization." When one looks closely at the numbers, China's growing economy and vast resources are the heart of the

in Libya, the chance to play Middle East power broker is gratifying. But it comes with a risk, said Martin S. Indyk, director of foreign policy at the Brookings Institution and a former American ambassador to Israel. "The action in the United Nations is a bigger problem for them than for us," he said. "It has the poten

s the long-range threat by putting interceptors in Central Europe. But that's the issue that President Obama famously promised Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev that he'd have "more flexibility" on in a second term. Missile defense could also suffer from budget cuts. With missiles proliferating and the wor

ke him, and the Norwegians, feel better about the one he collected three years ago. EFTA_R1_00464374 EFTA01977758 Strobe Talbott is president of the Brookings Institution and chairman of the State Department's Foreign Affairs Policy Board. He was the first director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.

le the others are rising in power resources. Russia today lacks diversified exports, faces severe demographic and health problems, and in President Dmitry Medvedev's own words, greatly needs "modernization." When one looks closely at the numbers, China's growing economy and vast resources are the heart of the

in Libya, the chance to play Middle East power broker is gratifying. But it comes with a risk, said Martin S. Indyk, director of foreign policy at the Brookings Institution and a former American ambassador to Israel. "The action in the United Nations is a bigger problem for them than for us," he said. "It has the poten