Epstein Secrets

erty. Saddam Hussein was flushed out of a spider hole, the Syrian brigades of terror and extortion were pushed out of Lebanon, and the despotism of Hosni Mubarak, long a pillar of Pax Americana, seemed to lose some of its mastery. But post-Saddam Iraq held out mixed messages: there was democracy, but also b

off as the quintessential land of political EFTA_R1_00234070 EFTA01845124 submission, Egypt has actually known ferocious rebellions. It had been Mubarak's good fortune that the land tolerated him for three decades. The designated successor to Anwar al-Sadat, Mubarak had been a cautious man, but his

Article 4 No joy in Egypt Daniel Williams Foreign Policy Article 5. EFTA_R1_00234066 EFTA01845120 Why China's rise really is bad for America Gideon Rachman Article 6. The Christian Science Monitor Can democracies thrive with financial §ystems that are out of control? An interview with Zbigniew Brzez

out of Stars and Stripes to trample, or were too concerned about the environment to burn Benjamin Netanyahu in effigy. It's that their targets were Hosni Mubarak, Zine el Abidine Ben-Ali, Moammar Gadhafi and the others— no stooges of Zionism they. In Benghazi, the slogan was: "America is our friend!" The men

Despots do, which is why they happily let the Palestinian sore fester for generations. Israel, which has reacted in utter confusion to the fall of Mubarak, might listen up as well. If democracies don't have to "busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels," as Shakespeare has it in Henry IV, then Israel's

ional Interest Palestinians Dupe West Benny Morris Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. The Financial Times Egypt's liberals are losing the battle Gideon Rachman Article 5. Project Syndicate Turkish Journalism Behind Bars Alison Bethel McKenzie and Steven M. Ellis Article 6. Hurriyet Daily News Why is the

or flow, would dissent be further tolerated or not on popular and official levels and would Egypt's security apparatuses decidedly return to their Hosni Mubarak-era ways? Would the upcoming electoral processes and political environment be substantially competitive, inclusive and representative? What will be the

, army chief Gen. Abdul-Fattah al-Sissi would become president with the traditional 90 percent vote claimed by dictators from Gamal Abdul-Nasser to Mubarak. Moussa, a former apparatchik of the Nasserist regime, is already peddling that scenario. "Gen. al-Sissi is the best man for Egypt right now," he

terest Obama's Foreign Policy to Nowhere James Jay Carafano Article 3. Financial Times Get ready, the indispensable Americans are pulling back Gideon Rachman Article 4, Bloomberg Israel-Turkey Pipeline Can Fix Eastern Mediterranean Matthew Bryza Article 5. New York Post Egypt's next battle: Freedom

an Nkosana D. Moyo Jonitha Gugu Msibi Razan Al Mubarak Riyad Abdulrahman Al Mubarak Fahad Al Mubarak

a John A. Quelch Richard Quest Ricardo Quijano Jimenez Alonso Quintana Moayyed Al Qurtas Rani Raad Thomas Rabe Tawfig bin Fawzan Al Rabiah Gideon Rachman Neel C. Raheja Jydci Raina Krishnan Rajagopalan Sir Michael Rake Subramanian Ramadorai Srikrishna Ramakarthikeyan Shanker Ramamurthy Kavi

ck Seale Article 2. Politico Obama failing as commander in chief Robert D. Blackwill Article 3. The Financial Times Libya, a last hurrah for the west Gideon Rachman Article 4. NYT President Obama on Libya Editorial Article 5. The Daily Star Egypt's new Constitution: an update Nathan Brown Article 6. NYT Arabs Wil

erious dent in further Turkish initiatives. Turkey's loss, however, may turn out to be Egypt's gain. Freed from the stagnant rule of former President Hosni Mubarak, Cairo is now expected to play a more active role in Arab affairs. Instead of continuing Mubarak's policy, conducted in complicity with Israel, of pu

eed from the stagnant rule of former President Hosni Mubarak, Cairo is now expected to play a more active role in Arab affairs. Instead of continuing Mubarak's policy, conducted in complicity with Israel, of punishing Gaza and isolating its Hamas government, Egypt is reported to be pushing for a reconcilia

ard Israel Richard Cohen Article 2. Boston Globe Turkey's new challenges Stephen Kinzer Article 3 The Financial Times Why Syria will get away with it Gideon Rachman Article 4. The American Interest The Conservative Revolutionary Walter Russell Mead Article 5 NYT Iran Without Nukes Roger Cohen Article 6 NATIONAL R

' who counseled President Obama to forget George W. Bush's support of Middle Eastern democracy and cultivate our relations with regional despots like Hosni Mubarak, the Iranian mullahs and the younger Assad have been sent back to the benches in disgrace. Their counsel is now seen as both morally dubious and prag

king less democratic by the day; it looks more and more as if the Army used public unrest to block the HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031886 --- PAGE BREAK --- 12 Mubarak family's attempt to turn Egypt into a family possession. The Army has ruled Egypt since the overthrow of King Farouk, playing liberals and religious