Epstein Secrets

rje Rod-Larsen ‹ > Subject: March 14 update Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:22:47 +0000 14 March, 2014 Article 1. The Washington Post Why (this time) Obama must lead Fareed Zakaria Article 2. The Washington Post In Syria, rebel with a cause David Ignatius Article 3. The Washington Post Israel get

Obama for a year of moderate settlement construction Elliott Abrams and Uri Sadot March 14 -- Last week's meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama must have been tense. Two days before the meeting, the president publicly accused Israel of more "aggressive settlement construction ... than we've

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Union as well. In a rare break with Russia on the U.N. Security Council, China refused to condone Russia's moves in Crimea. Moscow's annexation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Georgia was recognized by Nicaragm, Venezuela and two island nations in the South Pacific. That might be as many as will re

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more damage to the Iranian nuclear program — if President Obama were to decide on a full-scale retaliation. EFT

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s resurgent. Moscow got its lease on military facilities in Armenia extended to 2044, and its lease in the breakaway formerly Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by 49 years. Russia's $22 million-a-year lease on the Gabala radar station in Azerbaijan that can track Iranian missiles runs out

t of departure, the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, which also marked the European Union's greatest setback. He cited U.S. president Barack Obama and vari- ous unnamed sources on the West's weakness, including an internationally recognized analyst" who wrote that liberal values today "embody

greatest setback. He cited U.S. president Barack Obama and vari- ous unnamed sources on the West's weakn

nion's greatest setback. He cited U.S. president Barack Obama and vari- ous unnamed sources on the West's

Strategies, and Methods of Modern Authoritarians 7. Military invasions: Russian forces poured into Georgia through its two breakaway territories, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, during a brief con- flict in 2008. In 2014, Russian troops occupied Crimea, oversaw a stage-managed referendum on annexation the

i Article 4. The National (UAE) Saudi Arabia's military exercise was a goodbye wave to America Faisal Al Yafai Article 5. The Washington Post Obama tends to create his own foreign policy headaches David Ignatius Article 6. The National Interest Could the Ukraine Crisis Spark a World War? Gra

eded in freeing seven OSCE hostages last week as President Obama and Chancellor Merkel threatened further sanctio

mea. Some hard-headed realists have argued that even if Ukraine shrinks with the loss of several autonomous republics (as Georgia did in 2008 when Abkhazia and South Ossetia seceded), the impact on American interests would be limited. They also argue that since it is now clear that no one (other than R

warded message: From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen Date: March 4, 2014 at 11:21:53 A AST Subject: March 4 update 4 March, 2014 Article I. NYT As Obama and Netanyahu Meet, Ukraine Becomes a Focus of Conversation Mark Landler and Anne Barnard Article 2. The New Republic How Ukraine will Shape the

Mark Landler and Anne Barnard March 3, 2014 -- President Obama welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Is

e New Republic How Ukraine will Shape the Future of the Middle East Dennis Ross March 2, 2014 -- Vladimir Putin has done it again. Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, and now Crimea; wherever there are potentially ethnic Russian areas in former Soviet republics that are not prepared to toe the

It's Not So Simple Peter Baker March 1, 2014 -- President Obama has warned Russia that "there will be costs" for

oes to War David Remnick Article 2. NYT Making Russia Pay? It's Not So Simple Peter Baker Article 3. The Washington Post Ukraine crisis tests Obama's foreign policy focus on diplomacy over military force Scott Wilson Article 4. NYT From the Pyramid to the Square Thomas L. Friedman _ Articl

bid to retake South Ossetia and then muscled its tiny neighbor, eventually waging a war that ended with Russia taking control of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In a recent Letter from Sochi, I tried to describe Putin's motivations: his resentment of Western triumphalism and American power, after 1991; his

t of departure, the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, which also marked the European Union’s greatest setback. ¢ He cited U.S. president Barack Obama and vari- ous unnamed sources on the West's weakness, including an “internationally recognized analyst" who wrote that liberal values today “embody c

eatest setback. ¢ He cited U.S. president Barack Obama and vari- ous unnamed sources on the West's weakn

s, Strategies, and Methods of Modern Authoritarians 7. Military invasions: Russian forces poured into Georgia through its two breakaway territories, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, during a brief con- flict in 2008. In 2014, Russian troops occupied Crimea, oversaw a stage-managed referendum on annexation there