Epstein Secrets

rab world was given up. The autocracies had survived the brief moment of American assertiveness. And soon, a new standard-bearer of American power, Barack Obama, came with a reassuring message: the United States was done with change; it would make its peace with the status quo, renewing its partnership wit

ut the greater Middle East would be left to its Furies. When a revolt erupted in Iran against the theocrats in the first summer of his presidency, Obama was caught flatfooted by the turmoil. Determined to conciliate the rulers, he could not find the language to speak to the rebels. Meanwhile, the Sy

he last State of the Union address, we applauded President Obama for challenging the Republicans' blame-governmen

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at not to do. The first approach proposes something known appealingly enough as “Smart Power.”5” The concept was summarized most sharply by President Obama in 2014, when he said American policy ought best be guided by this tight precept: “Don’t do stupid stuff.5@” And while it is hard to disagree with th

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er.”5” The concept was summarized most sharply by President Obama in 2014, when he said American policy ought best

ck, “Going the Distance: On and off the Road with Barack Obama”, The New Yorker, January 27, 2014 60 “Fre

mpletely ethereal techniques: Text messages, video postings, chat rooms. Similar movements appear around in the world. In Iran, in Italy, in Russia. “Occupy Wall Street”, blossoms in New York City, a protest against wealth inequality and finance. It becomes a self-franchising social movement, appearing in hundreds of

nt in influencing political outcomes. America's elections are a case in point. Mr. Cruz with his data savvy is merely following in the footsteps of Barack Obama, who won his first presidential term with the clever application of digital know-how. Campaigners are hoovering up more and more digital information

lled when their rallies were in opposition to the Obama Administration. And yes, this is the same anger

ta savvy is merely following in the footsteps of Barack Obama, who won his first presidential term with t

ksim Gezi Park, the Maidan protests in Ukraine and the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, all in 2013 or 2014. In America the main instances have been Occupy Wall Street in 2011 and more recently Black Lives Matter, a campaign drawing attention to violence against African-Americans. In Europe, Spain's Indignados, an

at two different worlds — and this applies to both parties. Consider the meeting that this paper reported on from last February between President Obama and the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in October. The president, understandably, asked Jobs why almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 mi

his paper reported on from last February between President Obama and the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in

them has seemed to grow back home — fueling discontent. The gloomy Davos sessions were a recognition that 2011 was the year of the protester — from Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party to the Arab Spring to riots in London and Greece. So how does it work, this cycle of simultaneous globalization and disconnect?