Epstein Secrets

ies, and sovereignty Orban said Hungary should adopt a new point 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 recognize

le. Another body of evidence can be found in Russia's record of involvement in the internal politics of a number of countries in Europe, including European Union (EU) member states. In fact, under Vladimir Putin, Russia has repeatedly interfered in the affairs of European states in ways that the Kremlin woul

es of authority. These calculations proved wildly misplaced. Opposi- tion parties swept to victory in country after coun- try—in Uruguay, Argentina, Nicaragua, South Korea, the Philippines, Poland. The word "stunning" made a frequent appearance in news accounts, as in the stunning rejection of the ruling

irst gripped Europe. 10 EFTA_R1_02132717 EFTA02712870 4) The rise of Federica Mogherini. In November, Mogherini will replace Catherine Ashton as the European Union's high representative for foreign affa=rs and security policy, the continent's top foreign-policy job. In that po=ition, the 41-year old Mogherini, w

ers have offered La=in American governments with awful human-rights records. Democracy may have a better chance in countries like Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, where for the past decade human rights, freedom of expression, and politica= liberties have been severely and systematically curtail

Obama is wary of making Ukraine a test of wills. He appears ready to endorse a Cold War- style "Finlandization" for Ukraine, in which membership of the European Union would be a distant prospect and NATO membership would be off the table. This in-between role for Ukraine would probably be fine with Europeans. Th

answered question of the upheaval once hopefully known as the Arab Spring. Mr. Hamid observes that while the illiberal democrats of, say, Uganda or Nicaragua are simply power-hungry, Islamists are illiberal by ideological design. Even the most moderate among them, Rachid Ghannouchi, the founder of Tunis

es of authority. These calculations proved wildly misplaced. Opposi- tion parties swept to victory in country after coun- try—in Uruguay, Argentina, Nicaragua, South Korea, the Philippines, Poland. The word “stunning” made a frequent appearance in news accounts, as in the stunning rejection of the ruling p

rties, and sovereignty, Orban said Hungary should adopt a new point 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 recogni