Epstein Secrets

deepening abyss that is today's Egypt. Those in the Obama administration and Congress who favor continued U.S. military aid to the dictatorship in Cairo insist that although such aid may run counter to American ideals, it does serve American interests. I would argue the contrary, that American inter

houldn't support Egypt's ruling generals Robert Kagan Article 7. NYT Why Economics Failed Paul Krug

hat is after all the Bush/neocon/democracy activist line. Take U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's 2005 speech at the American University in Cairo or Bush's second inaugural address -- both reviled by "realists." It would be nice if some of the critics now admitted that such speeches were prop

nt's performance so far January 23, 2012 Robert Kagan: On the accomplishment side of the ledger, credi

could have been avoided had the Bush administration, in honoring its "Freedom Doctrine," engineered Mubarak's smooth departure several years before Cairo exploded. Obama inherited a dysfunctional relationship with Egypt from his predecessor. This is not to excuse the administration's faltering and so

and dysfunctional region, and I agree with Robert Kagan, who argues that superpowers don't have the luxu

nsensus is always dangerous, and it is worth looking more closely at what it is based on. Mr Ahmadinejad is the first Iranian leader to set foot in Cairo since the deposed Shah of Iran was given refuge in Cairo, where he died and received a state funeral. The two countries have not had diplomatic re

ington Post Iraq's return to bloodshed Kimberly Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan Article 8. The American

accompli nuclear weapon. As for the Sunni-Shiite arms race, the critical reaction to an international agreement would be not in Washington but in Cairo, Ankara and Riyadh. Even if the Western powers express confidence in Iran's commitment and pledge a vigorous economic and military response to any

e R. Politico The Ambivalent Superpower Robert Kagan Anecle I. NYT What Is Russia's Aim in Ukraine?

irst sounded innocuous. One day in June 2018, his mother, who lives in Egypt, called him with what she thought was good news. The Saudi Embassy in Cairo had contacted her, she said, and had a proposal: The kingdom wanted to mend relations with the prince and was willing to offer him $5.5 million as

impeachment." • Foreign affairs columnist Robert Kagan: "Republicans are pushing the U.S. to accept qui

West as an enemy of the Arab people. In North Africa, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed that while protesters flooded the streets of Tunis and Cairo, it had been fighting in the mountains against the same enemies. Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni-American cleric affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Pe

rgued by military analysts Frederick and Kimberly Kagan, would seem to be the minimum necessary to ensure

onsensus is always dangerous, and it is worth looking more closely at what it is based on. Mr Ahmadinejad is the first Iranian leader to set foot in Cairo since the deposed Shah of Iran was given refuge in Cairo, where he died and received a state funeral. The two countries have not had diplomatic relat

ington Post Iraq’s return to bloodshed Kimberly Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan February 8, 2013 -- Eight

consensus is always dangerous, and it is worth looking more closely at what it is based on. Mr Ahmadinejad is the first Iranian leader to set foot in Cairo since the deposed Shah of Iran was given refuge in Cairo, where he died and received a state funeral. The two countries have not had diplomatic relat

shington Post Iraq's return to bloodshed Kimberly Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan February 8, 2013 - Eightee