Epstein Secrets

n between our troubles with Syria and Iran is pretty straightforward. The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is Iran's closest ally, and its link to the Arab Middle East. Syria has provided the land bridge for the transport of Iranian weapons and militants to Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Without Syria, Iran's pretens

kely see Israeli- Palestinian negotiations as a bottomless pit for diplomatic energy rather than as a priority. If Obama is reelected, he will have no Middle East hands to whom he can turn. Mideast advisor Dennis Ross has left; Jeffrey Feltman, assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs, departed for

ill in all likelihood leave when a new secretary of state is appointed or a few months later. In January 2009, Obama appointed Mitchell as special Middle East envoy on his second day in office. That kind of priority will not be assigned to the "peace process" in January 2013 -- no matter who wins. The ne

une, 2012 Article 1. The Washington Post Obama's Iran and Syria muddle Jackson Diehl The Daily Beast How Europe Could Cost Obama the Election Niall Ferguson Foreign Policy Processing Delay Elliott Abrams The New Yorker What would Obama do if reelected? Ryan Lizza Article 5. Ilhe New Republic E FT

ble for policy development and outreach in the areas of foreign and defense policy. Article 3 Trib Total Media The takeaway from the languishing Middle ast peace process EFTA00662861 John Bolton April 12, 2014 -- Barack Obama has announced a "pause" for a "reality check" in his Israeli-Palestinian d

of American pressure on Israel would produce such a state and peace would break out in the region. To the contrary, however, the gravest threat to Middle Eastern peace has long been Iran's nuclear-weapons program and its financial support for terrorism. Pursuing an ideological fixation with Palestinian state

ting in Lyria. It's a policy that Niall Ferguson calls "one of the great fiascos of post- World War Two American foreign policy". (Mental note: send Niall Ferguson a book about the Vietnam War.) The charge isn't just being hurled in Washington. According to John McCain: "I travel all around the world and I hea

mise to make their country more prosperous and stable. However, everything will depend on how prepared the free world is to help new democracies in the Middle East survive and prosper. Small Islamic groups, organized and armed with religious zeal, could hijack power from the moderates. This would lead to a dis

eace and order in Libya, Syria was very much like a domestic incident for Turkey. As part of its neo-Ottoman drive to enhance its influence in the Middle Eastern territory of the former Ottoman Empire the ruling Justice and development Party, or AKP, government of Turkey has long waived visa requirement in t

le 4. The Washington Post Amid the Arab Spring, a U.S.-Saudi split Nawaf Obaid Article 5. Article 6. Article 7. Newsweek Dr. K's Rx for China Niall Ferguson Hurriyet Daily News aria as Turkey's domestic issue Yusuf Kanli STRATFOR The Geopolitics of Israel: Biblical and Modern EFTA_R1_02029150 EFTA0

yahu said. "It's an Iranian- backed terror organization committed to Israel's destruction." On Sunday he told his cabinet that for Israel, living in the Middle East required self-sufficiency and toughness. "In such a region," he said, "the only thing that ensures our existence, security and prosperity is our st

ti- Semitism. It has also combined its continuing alliance with the West with a growing tone of independence, making the former more respectable in Middle Eastern eyes. This has made the AKP a "model," or at least a source of inspiration, for more progressive Arab Islamist parties that have emerged victoriou

Article 1. NYT Unity Deal Brings Risks for Abbas and Israel Ethan Bronner Article 2. The Daily Beast Israel and Iran on the Eve of Destruction Niall Ferguson Article 3. Wall Street Journal (How) Should Israel Bomb Iran? Bret Stephens Article 4. The Daily Beast Israel and Netanyahu, Pipe Down the Thr

aria (Islamic law) and too one-sided in favor of Israel. He's on record calling for "the permanent withdrawal of United States military forces from the Middle East and the Gulf." EFTA00712946 Feel better now? To its credit, the Times does not repeat the Journal's sleight of hand. Rather than being obscured,

xclusive and need not be in competition." Believing it was his role to repudiate neoconservatism, Obama completely missed the revolutionary wave of Middle Eastern democracy—precisely the wave the neocons had hoped to trigger with the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. When revolution broke out—first in Iran

rity will push the United States towards nuclear arms and cyber-warfare Jan Kallberg & Adam Lowther Article 6. The Daily Beast Obama's Gotta Go Niall Ferguson Article I. The Washington Post Egypt's new lea r m Dennis Ross pt reality August 20 -- A new reality and an alternative reality are shaping up

ns. EFTA00671815 First, advances in fracking technology and discoveries of bountiful natural gas reserves mean that North America's dependence on Middle Eastern oil will diminish rapidly in the next two decades. In 1990 North America accounted for 29 percent of global liquid fuel consumption (mostly oil). B

19 June, 2012 Article 1. NYT Egypt's Democracy Interrupted Editorial Article 2. The Daily Beast China Should Intervene in Syria, Not America Niall Ferguson Article 3. Usa Today Iranian nukes? No worries Kenneth Waltz Article 4. BBC Fears grow for fate of Syria's chemical weapons Jonathan Marcus

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ecutive Vice-President Nestle SA Switzerland David Johnson Executive Vice-President and Nalco Europe Netherlands President, Europe, Africa and Middle East Erica L. Johnson Chief Officer, Customer Network Eskom Holdings Limited South Africa Business H. Fisk Johnson Chairman of the Board and Chief

Fellman Editor-in-Chief Dagens Industri Sweden Feng Jun Chief Executive Officer Aigo Digital Technology Co. People's Republic of Ltd China Niall Ferguson Professor of History Harvard University USA Jose Antonio Fernandez Chairman and Chief Executive Officer FEMSA Mexico Carbajal Leonel Fernand

ecutive Vice-President Nestle SA Switzerland David Johnson Executive Vice-President and Nalco Europe Netherlands President, Europe, Africa and Middle East Erica L. Johnson Chief Officer, Customer Network Eskom Holdings Limited South Africa Business H. Fisk Johnson Chairman of the Board and Chief

Fellman Editor-in-Chief Dagens Industri Sweden Feng Jun Chief Executive Officer Aigo Digital Technology Co. People's Republic of Ltd China Niall Ferguson Professor of History Harvard University USA Jose Antonio Fernandez Chairman and Chief Executive Officer FEMSA Mexico Carbajal Leonel Fernand

history. The continued retreat of the United States from world affairs, its refusal to continue its role as the world's super power, especially in the Middle East, is having all sorts of side effects. The Russian invasion of Crimea is one of them, the Egyptian government's antagonism is another, and more are

an Outlook piece in the Washington Post, warns about the dangers of negotiating with bad guys. The other comes from ubiquitous Harvard know-it-all Niall Ferguson, who ponders Obama's failure to lead in the Wall Street Journal. Both men seize on Obama's inconsistency and inconstancy, implying— though neither