Epstein Secrets

e policital/policy/media hive mind is cautiously optimistic that the Eurozone may actually be starting to heal itself. (Note that UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who sharply criticized the euro rescue plans yesterday, is a spectacular exception.) Much credit is being given to Mario Monti, the unelected tech

heal itself. (Note that UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who sharply criticized the euro rescue plans ye

s not at all clear how they can achieve this. With so much goodwill towards Iran and immense financial benefits embedded in illegal activities, the Maliki government is unlikely to help. In the overall scheme of the west's standoff with Iran, this probably means that neither war nor sanctions can sto

l, valiantly upholding England's ancient liberties against German aggression. In fact, what happened in Europe this week was nothing so grandiose. David Cameron's refusal to back a Franco-German plan to revise the European Union treaty was the culmination of a consistent Conservative policy, dating back to Ma

been to resist any steps taken in the name of European integration that would in practice lead to Britain's becoming a member of a federal Europe. Cameron is not—despite the opprobrium that has been heaped on his head by everyone from the French President Nicolas Sarkozy to the shadow foreign secretar

Status of Forces agreement had to be approved by the Iraqi Parliament, according to American legal experts. And no Iraqi politician, certainly not Maliki, seemed willing to stake his political future on supporting legal immunity for American soldiers. Of course, even after a full withdrawal, the Unit

oosevelt. Thatcher famously did it to a "wobbly" George H.W. Bush. His son didn't need much encouragement from Tony Blair, but he got it. Is it now David Cameron's turn to goad Barack Obama onto the warpath? If so, Cameron may have an ally in Hillary Clinton. The day before our meeting, the two had been attend

ar presiding over the breakup of Britain? "I very much hope not," he says. "My mother's family were Llewellyns from Wales, my father's family were Camerons from Scotland, I've got a healthy dose of English blood [and] a little bit of Portuguese Jew" (his great- great-grandfather was the Jewish banker Em

mostly Sunni Muslim political coalition that is at odds with the Shiite prime minister, Nouri Maliki. Iran has sided with the Assad regime and the Maliki government, setting the stage for an Iran-Turkey influence contest, including the threat of proxy wars in the region. Turkey and Iran have a long

the Iranians view as meaningful and equivalent moves in exchange for Iranian concessions. Arms-control experts say that both British Prime Minister David Cameron and Catherine Ashton, head of foreign affairs for the European Union, favor offering Iran a reduction in sanctions; but there's a limit to what the

perts say that both British Prime Minister David Cameron and Catherine Ashton, head of foreign affairs fo

President Tariq al-Hashimi's security detail. Hashimi fled to Turkey and is unlikely to return soon to Iraq, where he was sentenced to death after Maliki demanded his trial in absentia for murder and financing terrorism. The threat to Issawi, a moderate technocrat from Anbar, galvanized Iraqi Sunnis

t the Iranians view as meaningful and equivalent moves in exchange for Iranian concessions. Arms-control experts say that both British Prime Minister David Cameron and Catherine Ashton, head of foreign affairs for the European Union, favor offering Iran a reduction in sanctions; but there's a limit to what they

xperts say that both British Prime Minister David Cameron and Catherine Ashton, head of foreign affairs for

ce President Tariq al-Hashimi’s security detail. Hashimi fled to Turkey and is unlikely to return soon to Iraq, where he was sentenced to death after Maliki demanded his trial in absentia for murder and financing terrorism. The threat to Issawi, a moderate technocrat from Anbar, galvanized Iraqi Sunnis,

Iranians view as meaningful and equivalent moves in exchange for Iranian concessions. Arms-control experts say that both British Prime Minister David Cameron and Catherine Ashton, head of foreign affairs for the European Union, favor offering Iran a reduction in sanctions; but there's a limit to what they

trol experts say that both British Prime Minister David Cameron and Catherine Ashton, head of foreign affairs for

ce President Tariq al-Hashimi's security detail. Hashimi fled to Turkey and is unlikely to return soon to Iraq, where he was sentenced to death after Maliki demanded his trial in absentia for murder and financing terrorism. The threat to Issawi, a moderate technocrat from Anbar, galvanized Iraqi Sunnis, w