Epstein Secrets

about the role of the Israeli lobby in counteracting the influence of the Armenian lobby in Azerbaijan's favor. This paid dividends when President George W Bush eventually waived Section 907 of the 1992 Freedom Support Act, which stipulated assistance to the 15 former Soviet republics barring Azerbaijan (be

avor. This paid dividends when President George W Bush eventually waived Section 907 of the 1992 Freedo

0309 Azerbaijan invite retaliation on its energy sector. Moscow, the region's preeminent power, continues to view the Caspian basin and the south Caucasus as part of its Soviet-era sphere of influence and is therefore wary of any development that might further diminish its toehold. A direct Israel- Ira

n serve as instruments of peace. REFERENCES I. W. Morris, Ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of

isphere in 1991. Eradication is close in China. In an unprecedented display of international cooperation, 18 contiguous nations of the Middle East, Caucasus, and the Central Asian Republics, including current and former combatants, united in 1995 to conduct Operation MECACAR, immunizing 56 million child

ion, Turkey was dominated by generals and played almost no role in the world. Now it is a vibrant democracy and a major force in the Middle East, the Caucasus, North Africa, the Balkans, and beyond. The election was a triumph for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has presided over his country's remar

is befuddled and bemused. None of the experts look particularly smart at the moment. The realists' who counseled President Obama to forget George W. Bush's support of Middle Eastern democracy and cultivate our relations with regional despots like Hosni Mubarak, the Iranian mullahs and the younger Assad