Epstein Secrets

ountry for a quarter century. Urban/Sunni Syria never really took to the French. France was poor, and had been a protector of the Christians of the Levant. But for all its brevity, this French interlude helped shape post- independence Syria and indirectly gave rise to the rule of Hafez Assad. France re

to make the United States a more reliable player in Asia, despite its unconvincing protestations to the contrary. Robert Kagan is senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His new book, The World America Made, will be published next month. Anne-Marie Slaughter: Overall, Barack Obama has had a very good run on foreig

ieldy project. The true beneficiary of these uprisings in a historical and geographical sense is Turkey. Ottoman Turkey ruled North Africa and the Levant for hundreds of years in the modern era. While this EFTA_R1_02013864 EFTA02687047 4 rule was despotic, it was not so oppressive as to leave a la

it will take American leadership to reach the desired destination. Kenneth M. Pollack is the director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and the author of "A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East." EFTA_R1_02013870 EFTA02687053 I() Article 3. NY

Syria, believes that the Syrian recognition of the Palestinian state today means that the al- Assad regime may give up the idea of custody over the Levant, i.e. Lebanon and Palestine, especially as Damascus also previously prevented Lebanon from recognizing the Palestinian state. The Syrian recogniti

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

ties to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood to achieve political legitimacy. When unrest spread into Syria and began to threaten Iran's position in the Levant, Hamas made a strategic decision to move away from the Iran-Syria axis, now on the decline, and to latch itself onto the new apparent regional tren

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.

ieldy project. The true beneficiary of these uprisings in a historical and geographical sense is Turkey. Ottoman Turkey ruled North Africa and the Levant for hundreds of years in the modern era. While this EFTA00586527 4 rule was despotic, it was not so oppressive as to leave a lasting scar on tod

it will take American leadership to reach the desired destination. Kenneth M Pollack is the director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and the author of "A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East." EFTA00586533 10 NYT How the Arabs Turned Shame I

Syria, believes that the Syrian recognition of the Palestinian state today means that the al- Assad regime may give up the idea of custody over the Levant, i.e. Lebanon and Palestine, especially as Damascus also previously prevented Lebanon from recognizing the Palestinian state. The Syrian recogniti

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