Epstein Secrets

r opposition groups as proxies of regional and Western states participating in the plot against Syria. In his view, anything decided as part of the Geneva process or his own coalition-building efforts would also need to be confirmed by a national referendum run by the regime. Overall, Assad's account

the continent new wars keep getting in the way. This week Europe decided to back France's intervention in the failed state known as EFTA00651264 the Central African Republic, but nobody expects the French-led fighting there or in al-Qaeda-plagued Mali to end soon. A bloody conflict in South Sudan is really just beginnin

y. It is time for the administration to breach its own walls of secrecy and fully and frankly brief congressmen and senators about what happened in Geneva. Going forward, the administration would be prudent to take into consideration congressional concerns as it plots its course of action. What's more

e came recently to Israel because of his hard line on negotiations with Syria and with Iran. And now she has sent troops to try to restore order in the Central African Republic. This is the same France which, ten years ago, was being pilloried by the United States Congress for its refusal to go along with U.S. intervention

opposition groups as proxies of regional and Western states participating in the plot against Syria. In his view, anything decided as part of the Geneva process or his own coalition- building efforts would also need to be confirmed by a national referendum run by the regime. Overall, Assad's account

ty. But across the continent new wars keep getting in the way. This week Europe decided to back France's intervention in the failed state known as the Central African Republic, but nobody expects the French-led fighting there or in al-Qaeda-plagued Mali to end soon. A bloody conflict in South Sudan is really just beginnin

yet only robust international engagement can offer any hope of winding it down. The easy answer to the question of whether Iran should attend the Geneva meetings is a straightforward and emphatic "yes", because Iran's assistance to the Syrian government headed by President Bashar al-Assad is crucial

is a "risk of letting major crises fester on their own". The truth of that proposition is currently on display from Syria to the Senkaku Islands to the Central African Republic. Who EFTA_R1_02211217 EFTA02724390 knows — it is a thought that might even disturb a few dinners at Davos. Gideon Rachman has been the Financia