Epstein Secrets

wants to prevent the United States from building missile defense while enhancing its sphere of influence in the former Soviet Union. Finally, the Kremlin wants stability at home, preventing the opposition from seriously challenging the current ruling elite's grip on power and maintaining the tremendo

ind of determination has yet to be mustered in response to Stalin's imitators in Belarus and Central Asia, not to mention his star pupil in his old Kremlin stomping grounds. Article 7. EFTA00700306 The National Interest Why Russia Roots for Obama Ariel Cohen November 5, 2012 -- As election eve in

for those Americans now looking for work. The Democratic Party just isn't what it used to be. Mr. Adelson is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. Anicic 3. The Wall Street Journal EFTA00700296 Israel Under Fire Editorial November 4, 2012 -- As the U.S. Presidential campaign races to the finish, t

he dropped the names of two Russian poets I had studied in college." Impressive. I have heard similar stories about Putin. George Smiley is in the Kremlin now. In 1943, the philosopher Sidney Hook published "The Hero in History." Hook was a former communist moving at warp speed toward what we now wou

las Saidel, JD, MA, is the Associate Director of the Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis & Response (ISTAR) at the University of Pennsylvania. Anicic 3. American Prospect Disrespecting Your Defender Gershom Gorenberg March 24, 2014 -- Moshe Ya'alon thinks that President Barack Obama is a wimp a

and, these countries depend on Russian pipelines for their national income. At stake here is not merely the liberation of a vast landmass from the Kremlin's yoke. The damage to Russian leverage would amount to a seismic shift in the global balance of power equal to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. Ru

y international inspectors. If Iraq taught us nothing else, it should have taught us this: Before you deploy the troops, deploy the fact-checkers. Anicic 3. The Wall Street Journal EFTA00660532 Russia's Stake in Syria and Iran Mclik Kavlan 18, 2012 -- Now that Vladimir Putin has allowed the Russian

in Ukraine used different, but no less ominous, historical analogies. Some compared the arrival of Russian troops in Simferopol to the way that the Kremlin, in 2008, took advantage of Georgia's reckless bid to retake South Ossetia and then muscled its tiny neighbor, eventually waging a war that ended w

rtently encourage them to be more provocative with Russia. Ms. Hill said the Russian leader might simply wait. "Time," she said, "is on his side." Anicic 3. The Washington Post EFTA00705923 Ukraine crisis tests Obama's foreign policy focus on diplomacy over military force Scott Wilson For much of

ffice trying to minimize the disruption Putin can cause, preserve whatever marginal cooperation can be saved and otherwise ignore the master of the Kremlin in favor of other foreign policy areas where progress remains possible. "That is the strategy we ought to be pursuing," said No H. Daalder, former

ng for the Muslim world even to achieve our unsatisfactory levels of responsible public policy could be a very protracted and frustrating process. Anicic 3. NYT America's Last Task in Kabul Vali R. Nasr April 18, 2014 -- Until now, fighting the Afghan war has been an American project, and Americans

e Irrational US-Iran-Israel Dynamic Rami G. Khouri Article 6. The Diplomat Is Africa the Next Asia? Richard Aidoo Article 7. The Moscow Times Kremlin Sees Obama as Weak EFTA00686705 I Vladimir Ryzhkov I Anicic I. NYT A Middle East Twofer Thomas L. Friedman April 3, 2012 -- There is so muc

ey are only now emerging, and so there's a great desire among them for acceptance and legitimacy as players on the international political scene." Anicic 3. The Christian Science Monitor Israel is not the Obama. Iran John Bolton April 3, 2012 -- The Obama administration appears to be conducting an o

banning Wahhabism in Dagestan, which, combined with aggressive law enforcement, greatly contributed to the growth of the militant underground. The Kremlin is clearly loth to see another Muslim-majority region descend into anarchic violence. On August 28th a suicide bomber in Dagestan killed a respecte

stitute. Lewis Libby is senior vice president of the Hudson Institute and guides the Institute's programs on national security and defense issues. Anicic 3. NYT To Calm Israel, U.S. Offers Ways to Restrain Iran David e. Sanger and Eric Schmitt EFTA00711933 September 2, 2012— With Israel openly d