Epstein Secrets

to the Palestinian Authority. Still, the administration has opted for what one Middle East diplomat called a "tactical withdrawal," leaving it to Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who is the special envoy to the Quartet, to try to close the gaps. While the United States does not want to be

alled a "tactical withdrawal," leaving it to Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who is the sp

erging as the key diplomatic actor. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, have crisscrossed the Continent in recent weeks, trying to woo leaders who are weighing whether to support a Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations in September. Nei

, mind you. I suspect it was partly to spite Tony Blair, partly to maximize the economic power he retain

rophiles in his own party to take Britain into the EMU. I don't think he did this out of high principle, mind you. I suspect it was partly to spite Tony Blair, partly to maximize the economic power he retained as chancellor of the EFTA_R1_02047560 EFTA02695883 3 Exchequer and partly to please his frie

ond as recently as 2003, when then-Prime Minister Tony Blair joined President George W. Bush in his Iraq adventure despite grave misgivings on the Continent. In Brussels, which has for decades been depicted in the British press as little more than a bureaucratic monster, London has mostly played but a

alled a "tactical withdrawal," leaving it to Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who is the sp

to the Palestinian Authority. Still, the administration has opted for what one Middle East diplomat called a "tactical withdrawal," leaving it to Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who is the special envoy to the Quartet, to try to close the gaps. While the United States does not want to be

erging as the key diplomatic actor. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, have crisscrossed the Continent in recent weeks, trying to woo leaders who are weighing whether to support a Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations in September. Nei

olf, McAdams), The Independent (09/09, Liddell), NBC News (09/08, Alsharif, Mullen), Newsweek (09/08, Sundel, Stanton, Lemon), New York Post (09/08, Blair, Nelson) (2), The New York Times (09/08, Medina, Fausset, Cochrane), Politico (09/08, Wendler), Reuters (09/08, Ax), Rolling Stone (09/08, Klee), Th

12:30 PM. Southeast Europe, where Russia and Communist China have long sought to strengthen their foothold and expand their malign influence on the Continent, is a test case for a Russia-free, resilient European energy future. The region is becoming the gateway for liquefied natural gas imports from the