Epstein Secrets

ially then-secretary of state James Baker, worked hard to negotiate a peaceful dissolution of the Soviet empire, and it found reluctant partners in Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. In the following decade, U.S. policy was less wise and balanced, and Russia also provided a less judicious counterpart. No doubt

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: September 5 update Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:07:13 +0000 5 September, 2013 Article 1. The Washington Post Syria nears a turning po

er and to the state." To appreciate the magnitude of what Putin is doing, it helps to recall a bit of history. In July 1989, the Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev, made a speech in Strasbourg that many took as an important step back from the Cold War. His theme was that Russia now regarded itself as sharing a

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Subject: December 16 update Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:54:22 +0000 16 December, 2013 Article 1. The Washington Post Iran committed to making a d

g which one decrepit leader succeeded another, from Leonid Brezhnev to Yuri Andropov to Konstantin Chernenko, before a younger and more open-minded Mikhail Gorbachev arrived too late to save a stagnant society and economy. As President Ronald Reagan famously said of those old Soviet leaders, and as the next U.S

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: September 16 udpate Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:25:51 +0000 16 September, 2012 Article 1. American Interest The Middle East Mess Par

ly ask: Has Asia=s Nelson Mandela finally met her President F.W. de Klerk? Or, if you prefer a European comparison, has Asia's Vaclav =avel met her Mikhail Gorbachev? Cue episode three in the world's prisoner-=o-president sagas? I do believe that day will come, but let us ha=e no illusions: There are still major

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2012 2:57 PM Subject: March 31 update 31 March, 2012 Article 1. TIME Mo=sad Cutting Back on Covert Operations Inside I