Epstein Secrets

t groups across =he Middle East. President Barack Obama's approach consisted of trusting unchecked CIA drone strikes and NSA eavesdropping to secure the United States. Republicans used the region's instability as a cudgel to beat the president with. Here are three of 2013's most troubling development= in the Middl

r the Arab awakening to hav= any future, the ideology that is most needed now is the one being promoted least: Pluralism. Until that changes, argues Marwan Muasher, in his extremely relevant new book — "T=e Second Arab Awakening and the Battle for Pluralism" — none of the Arab uprisings will succeed. <= class=

and Egypt? Alfred Stepan Article 3. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace A Decade of Struggling Reform Efforts in Jordan (Summary + Conclusion) Marwan Muasher Article 4. Foreign Policy Syria: Too Big to Fail? Aaron David Miller Article 5. The Daily Star Syria fortifies Obama in his indecision Michael Young

d like a giant game of whack-a-mole, with a new problem popping up daily, was inevitable. And so was the variety of U.S. responses. In Bahrain, where the United States had established the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, and in Yemen, where counterterrorism is king, interests trumped values. You didn't hea

neocons outside clamored for action. This group of realists includes the president, who knows his options on Syria aren't great. He's being told that American leverage isn't great and that if he calls for Assad's head and the Syrian despot survives, he'll have lost access to a key player in the region. And

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ization and compilation of the documents and the composition of the comments, throughout the book, as well as to the introduction. David Makovsky and Marwan Muasher deserve thanks for reviewing the book and for providing insightful comments. I would like also to thank my staff at the International Peace Institut