Epstein Secrets

ations and terror networks mainly of a radical Islamist bent. It saw the revival of counterinsurgency doctrine, buried in the aftermath of defeat in Vietnam, and a reinterpretation of that disaster as well. Over the years, its chief characteristic became ever clearer: a EFTA00857249 "Groundhog Day" ki

and today's mercenary corporations have been calling for a lot of military marches piping in $138 billion in contracts for Iraq alone, according to the Financial Times. And if you think that the privatization of war must at least reduce government waste, think again: the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq an

rise could be slowed by two imponderables: one, the deep suspicion of its hyper-power among the littoral states of the South China Sea, especially Vietnam. Two, the unsolved dispute with Taiwan. While the present Kuomintang government in Taipei is friendlier to Beijing than previous regimes in Taiwan

monetary policies, deepening rather than alleviating the economic contraction we are witnessing. "Eurozone Deal Leaves Britain Isolated" trumpets the Financial Times, for many years an ardent proponent of monetary union. But if David Cameron can succeed in isolating Britain from the disaster that is unfolding on

exing its muscles, with increases in military spending and a harder-line in border disputes with a range of neighbors, including India, Japan, and Vietnam. As a result, the United States is seeking to make common cause with China's nervous neighbors -- bolstering alliances with its traditional Asian al

not do terribly well in the new era. A zero-sum world may summon up rather darker forces. Gideon Rachman is chief foreign-affairs commentator for the Financial Times and author of Zero-Sum Future: American Power in an Age of Anxiety, available in paperback on Feb. 4. Article 6 The Christian Science Monitor Can

and co- author of The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032185 --- PAGE BREAK --- 16 Article 5. The Financial Time Global oil supplies are healthier than they seem lan Bremmer June 24, 2011 -- Many of the world's oil consuming nations, led by the US, shocked oil m

autocrats who have overseen GDP growth rates of 10 percent annually over the past three decades? It is in places like China, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam where good dictators have produced economic miracles. These in turn have led to the creation of wide-ranging personal freedoms, even as these leaders