Epstein Secrets

ip of U.S. foreign policy the best, according to Zoellick's mentor, former Secretary of State James Baker. "I know where I am; I think I know where Henry Kissinger and George Shultz are. I think we were all pretty darn successful secretaries of state," Baker said in a long interview Thursday with The Cable. "

Baker pointed to a recent New York Times column by Tom Friedman arguing that the most successful American leaders on the Middle East process were Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, and himself. In any case, Baker said, Zoellick "wasn't involved extensively" in making policy toward Israel. "He was not the lead

g down problems that will only grow more complex and dangerous with time. There have been some admirable exceptions — Libya is certainly one — but Fouad Ajami of the Hoover Institution describes the sum as a "foreign policy of strategic abdication." Ideology is partly responsible. Mann's book describes a

from his minoritarian background. There was stealth and steel in him. Interlocutors were often left guessing as to his intentions and commitments. Henry Kissinger, who parried with (and studied) the most accomplished in statecraft, negotiated with Assad in the aftermath of the October War of 1973. He came bac

sing as to his intentions and commitments. Henry Kissinger, who parried with (and studied) the most accompl

d not robbed the Syrians of their humor. The Syrian germs require a new doctor, one banner proclaimed. Bashar had squandered his father's bequest. Fouad Ajami is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and co-chair of Hoovers Working Group on Islamism and the International Order

ught to be China's strategic role and responsibilities? Brzezinski: Zheng is refining his idea of "convergence of interests" in conversations with Henry Kissinger, myself, and others. It is a process. It is a sign that the Chinese are serious in seeking a role to play without hegemonic ambitions — at the mom

rgence of interests" in conversations with Henry Kissinger, myself, and others. It is a process. It is a si

erje Rod-Larsen Sent: Wed 1/25/2012 7:20:50 PM Subject: January 25 update 25 January, 2012 Foreign Affairs The Arab Spring at One Article 1. Fouad Ajami NYT The State of the Union in 2012 Article 2. Editorial Wall Street Journal The State of His Policies Article 3. Editorial Los Angeles Times