Epstein Secrets

e report argued, that "undermines human development and is one of the most painful manifestations of lagging political development." U.S. President George W. Bush recognized this stark reality. "Are the peoples of the Middle East somehow beyond the reach of liberty? Are millions of men and women and children

ack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe -- because in the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty." Bush and the U.N. Development Program's analysis were right, and those who judged that the old regimes could survive forever were wrong. What has been c

ng political development." U.S. President George W. Bush recognized this stark reality. "Are the peop

h of liberty? Are millions of men and women and children condemned by history or culture to live in despotism?" he asked at the 20th anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy. "Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe -- because in the lo

burger were also in Beijing for talks with Chinese leaders and that the two had made an earlier secret trip in July, soon after the crackdown. As the Bush administration had publicly promised Congress that all such contacts would end, the staff delegates’ anger at and criticism of China’s repression was

s of Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew W. Mellon, and Henry Ford) began to endow private no

He also suggests that there is “de facto self-censorship” of entire areas of scholarship: human rights for one. Another analyst noted that outside of the National Endowment for Democracy, she does not see much foundation interest in normal discourse in this issue either. One scholar worried about growing Chinese control over all area

City police commissioner and associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani, recently submitting documents that deta

ce, and impunity that enabled Russia and its ally, Belarus, to launch their criminal war of aggression against Ukraine? Join the Carnegie Endowment, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureates for a conversation about human rights, historical memory, and accountability. The program will feature le