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who felt bypassed by globalization. Similarly, the elitist secular parties that had ruled Turkey for most of the 20th century were swept aside by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, which appealed to a rising Islamist middle class. And in Venezuela, it took only a few years in power for Hugo Chav
sident Trump's national security adviser, did lucra- tive consulting work for a firm with ties to the government of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan before and immediately after the 2016 election. Among other things, Flynn wrote an op-ed that urged the American government to expel Fethullah Gal
t Union's conduct during World War II, the 1917 Russian Revolution, and the Soviet Union's suppression of uprisings in Hungary Czechoslovakia, and East Germany during the Cold War.3° In each case, the most serious and respected historical accounts have been written by foreign scholars, due largely to the
as buddies with the Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan, and is a good friend of the former Italian lead
s not at all about Putin and only indirectly about Russia. "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1945-56" focuses on Poland, Hungary and East Germany. It details the Soviet recipe used to stifle three wildly unalike countries. The book is richly human, sometimes funny, often heartbreaking and re
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officially portrayed as a strong if mildly flawed leader rather than as the man responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people. In Turkey, Erdogan has decreed that high school students should study the de- funct Ottoman language, challenging a nearly century-old reform linked to Mustafa Kemal At
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019242 →iet Union's conduct during World War Il, the 1917 Russian Revolution, and the Soviet Union's suppression of uprisings in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany during the Cold War.” In each case, the most serious and respected historical accounts have been written by foreign scholars, due largely to the pre
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019266 →ose who felt bypassed by globalization. Similarly, the elitist secular parties that had ruled Turkey for most of the 20th century were swept aside by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, which appealed to a rising Islamist middle class. And in Venezuela, it took only a few years in power for Hugo Chavez
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Barack Obama
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Jeffrey Epstein
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United States
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George W. Bush
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Bill Clinton
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Donald Trump
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Tehran
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Bashar al-Assad
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Department of Justice
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Hillary Clinton
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Vladimir Putin
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Joe Biden
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Prince Andrew
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Lebanon
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Middle East
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Bloomberg L.P.
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Samantha Power
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Marc Rich
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