Epstein Secrets

hree countries would also benefit citizens and Silicon Valley, which must play its role in resisting disinformation disseminated by Moscow, Beijing, Tehran or elsewhere." The Tribune concludes election interference "should be acknowledged for what it is — an attack on the DNA of our democratic way of l

ouse of Representatives meets in pro forma session. Chamber on recess from 31 Jul — 7 Sep Cabinet Officers: * Secretary of State Pompeo arrives in Czech Republic — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in the Czech Republic, with agenda for two-day trip including joining Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek in Pi

ient force (or will) to prevent conflict. Another failure is probably ahead with Iran, where six years of escalating U.N. sanctions have not curbed Tehran's nuclear program and unilateral military intervention is increasingly likely. I've long been a supporter of multilateral action through the United

citizens have more recent memories of dictatorship, hardship and war. While Poland is one of the union's most vigorous advocates, Hungary and the Czech Republic are now among its most skeptical and contentious members. Finally, the widespread assumption that "Europe" would mean a rising standard of living

hat would be a nice surprise, but we should not be placing large bets that this will actually happen. China, by the way, does not look very much like the Czech Republic. Revolution there is very unlikely to produce a US or European style democracy anytime soon. If realists ignore the inevitability of revolution, idea

was suppressed through barbaric violence but its example helped kindle the Arab Spring. As Hamid Dabashi of Columbia University wrote in July, 2009: "Tehran, I believe, is ground zero of a civil rights movement that will leave no Muslim or Arab country, or even Israel, untouched." He added, "The moving pi