Epstein Secrets

ther and son), and Libya's Muammar al-Qaddafi. America sought to check and constrain their power, even removing one through invasion. But at times, the United States found common ground with them too. (See: cooperation with Saddam against the Iranian mullahs, and dancing with Assad on the peace process.) As pure

TA00660287 From Washington's vantage point, the Arab world wasn't so much divided into countries as it was broken down into personalities. Each of Americas' authoritarians had a role to play and a dramatic persona to accompany it. There was the good King Hussein, the wily but indispensable Arafat, the

that might help relieve Gaza's isolation. "A lot of these groups are now having to do this difficult dance and straddle these two constituencies," Shadi Hamid, research director at the Brookings Doha Center, said of Hamas and other Islamist organizations in the region. "That leads to considerable policy i

s, the Obama administration remained unwilling to come to terms with new realities. In the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Obama said that the United States stood with the Tunisian people "earlier than just about any other country." This is not quite true: As late as January 12, two days before Tunisian

erg, probably choose the candidate they believe would be less likely to ignore or evade their plight. Anicic 3. Foreign Policy Middle East Lost Shadi Hamid EFTA00700262 November 5, 2012 -- One of the great mysteries of the past four years is how Barack Obama -- who rose to the presidency, in part, on

e possibility of regime change. EFTA_R1_00230066 EFTA01842761 What is the mood of the Iranian people? Are they worried about war with Israel or the United States? There has been a lot of talk about this, particularly in the United States and in Israel. It is very difficult not to worry, particularly because

ah II takes a risk in waiting. "If the Jordanian regime keeps dragging its feet on popular reforms, you will see more and more frustration," says Shadi Hamid of Brookings Doha Center in Qatar. "That's why it isn't as stable as you'd like to think." Article 3. Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia Is Arming the

ogram as part of any negotiation. That is a condition that Iranians have repeatedly rejected. So if that is part and parcel of domestic dynamics in the United States, then until the election passes, the possibility of any kind of negotiations should not be considered to be very high. What is the human rights sit

llah II takes a risk in waiting. "If the Jordanian regime keeps dragging its feet on popular reforms, you will see more and more frustration," says Shadi Hamid of Brookings Doha Center in Qatar. "That's why it isn't as stable as like to think." Artick 3. Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia Is Arming the Syrian

t in 2008—making that state the second-largest U.S. oil producer. With such changes happening so fast, it's timely to consider their implications. A United States hopelessly dependent on imported oil and natural gas is a thing of the past. Most energy experts now project that North America will have the capac

and they will now be beholden to him and owe their positions to his administration," Brookings Doha Center analyst EFTA_R1_00298529 EFTA01884048 Shadi Hamid told the Economist. "What we're going to see is a temporary accommodation in the short-term. But the institutional struggle between the military an