Epstein Secrets

Institute for Justice analyst Nick Sibilla, in a blog on Forbes (3/30, 10.33M), writes that in a 5-3 decision, the US Supreme Court, in , Torres v. Madrid, may have indicated a "newfound - albeit cautious - willingness to let victims of police violence and government misconduct have their day in court

oup." The KNU, "which operates in the east along the border with Thailand, said it was bracing for a major government offensive. 'Now, thousands of Burma military ground troops are advancing into our territories from all fronts,' the group said in a statement." According to Reuters, the KNU "urged th

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

in East Asia. The opening of a new base in Australia is a powerful symbol of America's enduring strategic presence in the region. The opening with Burma obviously has both strategic motives and strategic implications. He also has a fairly good record in responding to the Arab Awakening. The Obama a

ks were the most successful, the 1981 assassination of Sadat by terrorists in response to peace made it clear that tensions remained unsolved. 4. Madrid (1991-93) Just after the conclusion of the Gulf War in 1991, the United States and the Soviet Union invited Jordan, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt

ation to choose words, and policies, according to their consequences, not according to some abstract moral scale. If praising dictators in Sudan or Burma, as the administration did at times, encouraged them to reconcile with their rivals, then they should be praised. Cutting ties to demonstrate the p

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

lled "pivot" toward the Pacific, where the U.S. has spent a great deal of diplomatic energy strengthening economic and military relationships with Burma, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, and other Southeast Asian nations in an effort to counterbalance China's rise. (In November, Obama also announ