Epstein Secrets

doff between Moscow and the West was in the Middle East— specifically in Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad, with support from Russian President Vladimir Putin, is embroiled in a brutal four-year civil war. But while Washington's policymakers are focusing on Putin's actions in Eastern Europe, events in th

h support from Russian President Vladimir Putin, is embroiled in a brutal four-year civil war. But while Washington's policymakers are focusing on Putin's actions in Eastern Europe, events in the eastern Mediterranean continue to unfold with their own momentum—and it's highly unlikely that the Kreml

ar al-Assad, with support from Russian President Vladimir Putin, is embroiled in a brutal four-year civil

vil war on more than one occasion in the past year. In the absence of a functioning state, jihadist groups have made inroads. The broader Sahel and Maghreb regions, meanwhile, are becoming more and more fragile and southern Libya verges on becoming a safe haven for al Qaeda-linked groups recently chase

oast a combined GDP of $32 trillion, versus the SCO nations' combined $10 trillion. So why did Erdogan announce that he had told Russian President Vladimir Putin that if Turkey were allowed to join SCO "we will forget about the EU"? Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan dropped that bomb on Jan. 25. With Turk

urkish hopes for the EU membership diminishing, he declared the SCO to be a viable alternative to the European Union . "I said to Russian President Vladimir Putin,`You tease us, saying, `what [is Turkey] doing in the EU?' Now I tease you: Include us in the Shanghai Five and we will forget about the EU."'

unce that he had told Russian President Vladimir Putin that if Turkey were allowed to join SCO "we will

f the connection between Palestine and Peshawar. "So much of what we aspire to achieve and what we need to do globally — what we need to do in the Maghreb and South Asia, South Central Asia, throughout the Gulf— all of this is tied to what can or doesn't happen with respect to Israel-Palestine," Kerr

in the Russian Revolution (with the exception of Vladimir Lenin) were all in their thirties or younger. So

ruled out, the probability of a major war or a series of wars in the Greater Middle East, on a vast territory from the Indo-Pakistani border to the Maghreb, is visibly growing. Now it is beginning to seem inevitable due to the aforementioned and other macro prerequisites. But even regional prerequisite