Epstein Secrets

. Unlike U.S. ties with Israel, the bond between the U.S. and Egypt rests less on shared values and more on shared interests. Under Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak, America cut a deal with each of these acquiescent authoritarians. We'll stay out of your internal affairs — essentially give you a pass on governan

security and peace. The election of an Egyptian president from the Muslim Brotherhood has called into question both the values and the interests. Mubarak's Egypt was hardly democratic and had an awful record on human rights. But Morsi is still tied to a party that's exclusionist, spews anti-Semitic,

is losing steam Dan Ephron Article 2. TIME How Many Civilians Would Be Killed in an Attack on Iran's Nuclear Sites? Azadeh Moaveni Article 3. New York Post Palestinian Spring? Amir Taheri Article 4. Los Angeles Times Snubbed by Obama? Aaron David Miller Article 5. Guardian Is Jordan heading for

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

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 is the biggest loser EFTA_R1_02211205 EFTA02724378 Amir Taheri Al Monitor The meanings of Egypt's referendum Au

between the U.S. and Egypt rests less on shared values and more on shared interests. Under Anwar Sadat and Hosni EFTA_R1_00482810 EFTA01990242 Mubarak, America cut a deal with each of these acquiescent authoritarians. We'll stay out of your internal affairs — essentially give you a pass on govern

s losing steam Dan Ephron Article 2. TIME How Many Civilians Would Be Killed in an Attack on Iran's Nuclear Sites? Azadeh Moaveni Article 3. New York Post Palestinian Spring? Amir Taheri Article 4_ Los Angeles Times Snubbed by Obama? Aaron David Miller Article 5. Guardian Is Jordan heading for

imon Post Presidential Press Bulletin 17 April, 2011 Article 1. | Wall Street Journal The New Cold War Bill Spindle and Margaret Coker Article 2. The New York Post The storm in Syria Amir Taheri Anicle 3! The American Interest Political Order in Egypt Francis Fukuyama Article 4. NYT The Budget Debate, Revea

nd YouTube videos from Tunisia, protests broke out across much of the rest of the Arab world. Within weeks, millions were on the streets in Egypt and Hosni Mubarak was gone, shown the door in part by his longtime backer, the U.S. government. The Obama administration was captivated by this spontaneous outbreak of

In Riyadh, Saudi officials watched with alarm. They became furious when the Obama administration betrayed, to Saudi thinking, a longtime ally in Mr. Mubarak and urged him to step down in the face of the street demonstrations. The Egyptian leader represented a key bulwark in what Riyadh perceives as a gre