Epstein Secrets

udi Arabia, and between the US and Russia, among others. Conflict and violent extremism has visited untold destruction upon Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen; and a diplomatic crisis has divided the Gulf. How will these rivalries evolve in the coming years, and what political manifestations will they tak

Africa's growing population and expanding urban economies change its global role? How has the conflict in Syria and Iraq upended the status quo of Sykes-Picot? And how can regional and multilateral institutions adapt to address the tensions that result from these developments? The 2017 IPI Salzburg Forum

upporting anti-Shi'a forces in Lebanon, supporting (it is said, and the Iranians presumably believe that the rumors are true) ISIS. They've got the Yemen war on one side, and they can't let Jordan fall. This is a heavy burden, even for them. Iran, say the hawks, can win a war of attrition with the H

ake is no less than the idea of the nation-state in the Arab world. It is no surprise that upon taking Mosul, ISIS wrote on its website, "Bye, Bye, Sykes-Picot." In other words, they are out to bring down not only the Syrian and Iraqi regimes but also the Arab system itself. President Bashar Al-Assad had s

the Ottoman collapse after World War I, European colonial powers assumed the role of regional administrator, and colluded to redraw boundaries (i.e. Sykes-Picot) in the Middle-East to create nation states that satisfied competing Western interests. Those newly-created nations, occupying territories defined by

the region, following clumsy attempts at nation building, has destabilized and discouraged its allies. Iran is supporting militias in Iraq, Syria and Yemen whose stated purpose is to eradicate Israel. That threat may create what has been a previously unthinkable alliance between our Gulf Cooperating Coun