Epstein Secrets

staunch U.S. ally for decades. Russia is on the opposite side to Riyadh over the Syrian war and China's military clout remains modest compared with the United States'. Robert Jordan, U.S. ambassador to Riyadh from 2001-03, said there would be limits to any Saudi alliances with other powers. "There is no country

banon, Israel's ability to establish deterrence along the frontier—as it has done with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon— will also be limited. Michael Eisenstadt explores how, over the years, Israel and Syria have avoided a larger conflict through "rules of the road." But those rules have not worked as well

at only the United States could deliver the Israeli concessions that they required for a peace agreement. Yet since the end of the Cold War, some in the United States—and Israel—have preferred not to discuss the details of the security relationship, at least in public, because it was feared that it would disrupt U

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ven the historical record, risks bloody anarchy. And a transitional phase may require an implicit deal between the United States and Iran. Iran and the United States have a record of dealing with each other behind the scenes; the Bush administration and the ayatollahs did likewise in Iraq even as they fought eac

quire a profound shock of some sort, be it remarkably tough sanctions, more-complete political isolation, or military action." His WINEP colleague, Michael Eisenstadt, chimed in. "If nuclear diplomacy with Tehran is to succeed, Washington must be prepared for the kind of brinkmanship it has not engaged in since t