Epstein Secrets

r at least temper any clash of civilizations, then again this policy is producing the opposite result. And if one believes that just as the days of Hosni Mubarak's regime were numbered, and so the idea of a Mubarak 2.0 can never achieve stability in Egypt, no matter how ruthless its brand of authoritarianism,

nd if one believes that just as the days of Hosni Mubarak's regime were numbered, and so the idea of a Mub

irulently anti-American than the last. Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He writes a monthly foreign affairs column for The Post. NYT Why Economics Failed Paul Krugman May 1, 2014 -- On Wednesday, I wrapped up the class I've been teaching all semester: "The Great Recession:

n Egypt: They were the prime intellectual authors and organizers of the January 2011 demonstrations that brought down the military-backed regime of Hosni Mubarak. They are leftist, secular intellectuals who have devoted their adult lives to fighting for human rights as the West conceives of them: free speech

ance with such democratic dissidents. When I saw him last week, he was despairing about the disastrous results of Obama's decision to embrace first Mubarak, then Morsi and now Sissi. "Today in Egypt people believe that America is on the side of freedom even less than they did in the time of Mubarak," S

hange," Sharansky said. Instead, this U.S. president appears committed to repeating past mistakes. Jackson Diehl is deputy editorial page editor of The Post. Anicle 4. The National Interest Will America End Syria's Humanitarian Nightmare? Morton Abramowitz January 20, 2014 -- The United States and l

he big question is whether the inevitable change will come from inside or outside the current system. Putin could be another Gorbachev — or another Mubarak. Some people believe that he will slowly allow liberalization. But his conduct of the election campaign — founded on excluding opponents and bad- m

rce of the rising pressure on them. "Our society is completely different from what it was at the turn of the 20th century," Putin wrote in an op-ed The Post published last month. "People are becoming more affluent, educated and demanding. The results of our efforts are new demands on the government and