Epstein Secrets

of President Bashar al-Assad. "We're living at a crossroad," the Iranian foreign minister said. But he rejected former American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's argument that Iran must become "a nation rather than a cause." He argued that, like America, Iran wanted to press both its values and its interests

accountable. I want to ask you about the turn in the road in modern history that you may be living through. One way that former Secretary of State Kissinger has described this is to say that for this "turn" to happen, Iran has to be "a nation and not a cause." It has to behave like a nation that has int

a transitional period after the revolution. Compare our situation to other countries in a similar situation — Libya, Syria, Yemen, Egypt and other Arab Spring countries. Tunisia is obviously faring much better. It is the last candle still shining in the Arab Spring despite all the winds that are blowing 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

es that neoconservatives were right all along Elliott Abrams EFTA00660812 January 23, 2012 -- There is a sour mood nowadays about the so-called Arab Spring. Armed gangs roam in Libya, Salafists win votes in Egypt, and minorities like the Egyptian Copts live in fear -- as does the Shiite majority in Bah

ne in emergency talks with his Soviet counterpart. The risk of war passed despite Beijing's provocative rhetoric, but Chinese bitterness did not—as Henry Kissinger would learn during his first meeting with Deng Xiaoping in 1974, when the topic of a U.S.-Soviet arms summit in Vladivostok prompted the future Chi

hetoric, but Chinese bitterness did not—as Henry Kissinger would learn during his first meeting with Deng X

py about the current state of affairs. U.S. credibility and its image in the Middle East have taken a real beating. And our policy on the so-called Arab Spring, or what's left of it, is pretty much at sea, largely because we can't shape the internal dynamics of these societies. Still, on many things that