Epstein Secrets

r program is also highlighting increased Israeli and U.S. involvement in the Caucasus. Apart from everything else, this has to feed President-elect Vladimir Putin's paranoia about U.S. efforts to become an active player in what Russia considers its own backyard. But, of course, it's the Iranians who are the mo

g else, this has to feed President-elect Vladimir Putin's paranoia about U.S. efforts to become an activ

everything else, this has to feed President-elect Vladimir Putin's paranoia about U.S. efforts to become an

n support of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon gave him a EFTA00660563 rather autonomous image, whether or not it is accurate. As for Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, it is needless to say that his recent stances vis-à-vis the Syrian regime have gained him more credibility among the Syrian and Lebanese who are a

t wave of protests and uprisings against autocrats is seeing stuff you never imagined you'd see — like, in Moscow last week, when some opponents of Vladimir Putin's decision to become president again, for possibly 12 more years, hung a huge yellow banner on a rooftop facing the Kremlin with Putin's face covere

of Vladimir Putin's decision to become president again, for possibly 12 more years, hung a huge yellow banner on a rooftop facing the Kremlin with Putin's face covered by a big X, next to the words "Putin Go Away" in Russian. The sheer brazenness of such protests and the anger at Prime Minister Put

ike, in Moscow last week, when some opponents of Vladimir Putin's decision to become president again, for

ency against a Sunni-dominated regime. Sectarian strife in Syria would risk destabilizing both Iraq and Lebanon, which is why Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has been urging his fellow Lebanese politicians to work to "isolate Lebanon from the Syria problem." And the Hashemite monarchy in Jordan, already

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

nal for Lebanon is useful mainly as a political weapon inside Lebanon. That is why the March 14 coalition continues to swear by it, and perhaps why Walid Jumblatt, who denounced the tribunal as "politicized" in the days when he was cozying up to the Syrian regime, recently praised the American senator, John M