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The Fruit of Revolution Nabil Fahmy January 24, 2012-- Little over a year ago, no political analyst I know would have argued that the leaders of Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Yemen would be deposed in the immediate future. This set of leaders, cumulatively, had been in office for more than 100 years. N
tine survive after the U.S. cash dries up? Jackie Spinner Articles. Washington Post Five myths about China's power Minxin Pei Article 7. TIME Davos: The 5 Things Everyone's Talking About Jim Frederick Article I. Wall Street Journal Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran Adam Entous and Julian
687128 Davos: The 5 Things Everyone's Talking About Jim Frederick January 27, 2012 -- The topics and tropes fall faster than snowflakes here in Davos, where several thousand of the world's leading business people, politicians and policy makers gather once a year for an annual think-fest. And with
owded together with one million Iraqi war refugees. The Assad regime failed to effectively help any of them, so when the Arab awakenings erupted in Tunisia and Egypt, Syrian democrats followed suit and quickly found many willing recruits from all those dislocated by the drought. But also consider this
night in a hodgepodge of hotels, it looked like Loki, the god of mischief, was running the show. For decades after the forum was founded in 1971, Davos often appeared a model of disorganization, a 30-ring-circus of panels and plenary sessions, even as the world, with or without its help, looked to
rk with each other and confer about how best to bring order and prosperity to humankind. From afar, the confab known as the World Economic Forum in Davos looked a little like Asgard, the mythical home of the Norse gods. Up close, slipping along the icy sidewalks with people partying all night in a h
alth and ease resentm=nts against the rich in the coastal cities. The people filling the power vac=um, as the corrupt local elites fall in Egypt and Tunisia, are the ones wh= would never have been invited to Davos before. They are from excluded organizations, such as the Muslim Brotherho=d. But their ve
ties. The people filling the power vac=um, as the corrupt local elites fall in Egypt and Tunisia, are the ones wh= would never have been invited to Davos before. They are from excluded organizations, such as the Muslim Brotherho=d. But their very separation from the global elite was one reason the ins
larger world. Even as the elites have become better connected, resentmen= toward them has seemed to grow back home — fueling discontent. The gloomy Davos sessions were a=recognition that 2011 was the year of the protester — from Occupy Wall S=reet and the Tea Party to the Arab Spring <http://www.washi
perpetuation of autocracy. Beholding Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, they would have been forgiven the conclusion that a similar fate awaited Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, and the large Egyptian state that had been the trendsetter in Arab political and cultural life. Yet beneath the surface stability, there wa
in global governance. This new, more troubled mood is reflected at this year's World Economic Forum. In the 20 years before the financial crisis, Davos was almost a festival of globalization -- as political leaders from all over the world bought into the same ideas about the mutual benefits of trade
ought into the same ideas about the mutual benefits of trade and investment and wooed the same investment bankers and multinational executives. At Davos, this year, the mood is more questioning -- with numerous sessions on rethinking capitalism and on the crisis in the eurozone. The European Union is
owded together with one million Iraqi war refugees. The Assad regime failed to effectively help any of them, so when the Arab awakenings erupted in Tunisia and Egypt, Syrian democrats followed suit and quickly found many willing recruits from all those dislocated by the drought. But also consider this
articipants, including more than 40 heads of state, the forum itself is better organized than ever—it's the rest of the world that's not. Nobody at Davos claims to be a master of the universe anymore. Hell, nobody would dare. There's a sudden shocked revelation on the mountaintop that from the cauld
k with each other and confer about how best to bring order and prosperity to humankind. From afar, the confab known as the World Economic Forum in Davos looked a little like Asgard, the mythical home of the Norse gods. Up close, slipping along the icy sidewalks with EFTA_R1_02206854 EFTA02722158
lth and ease resentments against the rich in the coastal cities. The people filling the power vacuum, as the corrupt local elites fall in Egypt and Tunisia, are the ones who would never have been invited to Davos before. They are from excluded organizations, such as the Muslim Brotherhood. But their ve
ies. The people filling the power vacuum, as the corrupt local elites fall in Egypt and Tunisia, are the ones who would never have been invited to Davos before. They are from excluded organizations, such as the Muslim Brotherhood. But their very separation from the global elite was one reason the in
larger world. Even as the elites have become better connected, resentment toward them has seemed to grow back home — fueling discontent. The gloomy Davos sessions were a recognition that 2011 was the year of the protester — from Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party to the Arab Spring to riots in Lond
l you be back in France next week? 02:24:33 pm Jagland Dear Jeff. Unfortunately I am not back next week. After Moscow I'm going to San Marino and Tunisia and marocco t 08:48:00 pm 2012/03/27 2012/04/28 Jagland I like San Marino 08:53:03 pm I hope to see you in may if not sooner 11:18:17am Will
m When can we do it again? 02:00:30 am • • • • EFTA01619074 2012/02/05 Jagland Hi jeff good question. I am going to Paris 7 mars. I was in Davos and I attended a Ukrainian lunch. Some from crimea. Unbelievable. Was thinking about you then looking forward to seeing you thorbjorn 10:11:12 pm
in Switzerland, Erdogan publicly berated Israeli Ppresident Shimon Peres, paradoxically one of Turkey’s greatest supporters. Received as a hero after Davos in Turkey, Erdogan dramatically increased the stridency of his rhetoric against Israel. The Turkish prime minister became the most popular leader in
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025003 →rogress under Turkish auspices fell apart, depriving Erdogan of what he thought was an important breakthrough. After the Gaza incident at the yearly Davos meetings in Switzerland, Erdogan publicly berated Israeli Ppresident Shimon Peres, paradoxically one of Turkey’s greatest supporters. Received as a h
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025003 →ated from Moammar Gadhafi's autocratic rule. Tensions in Syria, meanwhile, have already claimed more civilian lives than the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia combined, and yet the Arab League is holding back. Why are you going easy on the Syrian regime? Elaraby: Syria isn't Libya. Libya has always been la
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025011 →Entities connected to both Tunisia and Davos

Jeffrey Epstein
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Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
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United States
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Marc Rich
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Lesley Groff
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Bill Clinton
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Lebanon
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George W. Bush
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Hosni Mubarak
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Tehran
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Boris Nikolic
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Cairo
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Damascus
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Ehud Barak
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Yemen
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Middle East
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Donald Trump
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