Epstein Secrets

hed the conclusion that all other options have been exhausted, risks endangering this critically important US backing. In the aftermath of the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference and as foreign minister in Rabin's government, Peres was at the front line of Israel's efforts to ward off Egypt's efforts to pres

nch, in Stonewall, Texas, by government aircraft. It worked; Johnson, who was alienated from his party because of Vietnam, mostly kept quiet during Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign, against George McGovern. Ronald Reagan treated the recently disgraced Nixon with deference, which helped start Nixon's

U.S. who two decades ago trumpeted the end of history and the ascension of a global order built very much upon the Davos ethos. From the plazas of Madrid to the maidans of New Delhi, democratic governments now face the wrath of the disenchanted. Corruption scandals and feckless political leadership f

"realpolitik" is the path U.S. President Richard Nixon's administration took after the Greek military c

tary Fund deemed necessary, and got away with far fewer conditions than were imposed on neighboring Portugal when it sought a bailout. The mood in Madrid this weekend was one of relief, even confidence. But there are all kinds of hazards along the way, not least the impending Greek and French electio

might steal a glance at the Reagan playbook. Responding to Regan's confidential memo, Tom Korologos, an adviser to every Republican President from Nixon to George W. Bush, told the Reagan White House that the second term should be viewed from the standpoint of the President's intended legacy. "It s

ent, for instance, raised a ten-foot high, razor and camera topped fence around their Saharan footholds in 1998 - the enclosed land was controlled by Madrid, so it was technically “Europe,” which made an irresistible target for would- be migrants. The fence wasn’t enough to stop the flows. So they built a

oves?@5. But the game itself demanded a clear view of the board, of shared interest in the face of a changing world. On his very first day in office, Nixon compiled a list of his diplomatic aims: “Chinese Communists: Short range — no change. Long range - we do not want 800,000,000 living in angry isolati