Epstein Secrets

White House that Egypt's military rulers didn't listen to repeated American pleas for reconciliation and compromise: How hard is it to believe that Middle Eastern potentates promised one thing to the U.S., and then did something else entirely? The generals in Cairo have made cold calculations. One of them i

by the British Society of Editors and the Foreign Press Association in the annual British Media Awards. &WA Global-Post Let us count all the ways the Middle East peace process has failed before James Miller and Gordon Earle August 15, 201 -- The re-invigorated peace negotiations between Israelis and Palesti

ugust, 2013 Article 1. The Economist The battle for Egypt Article 2. Foreign Policy Speak Softly and Carry No Stick - Obama Doctrine in Egypt James Traub Article 3 The Washington Post Obama's dangerous passivity on Egypt and Syria Jackson Diehl Article 4. The Financial Times Barack Obama decline

that Israel's intransigence on settlements, and the U.S. government's failure to do anything about it, was undermining U.S. influence elsewhere in the Middle East. But nothing really changes, and Netanyahu and his allies are well aware of this. In 2010, they humiliated Vice-President Joseph Biden by unveiling

as dead wrong. So, it turns out, was the Brotherhood itself. As Shadi Hamid writes in "Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East," the Islamist group had learned to thrive under decades of autocratic repression and was hopelessly unprepared to rule Egypt. But following the ov

ell Mead Article 6. NYT Egypt's Enduring Passion for Soccer Alaa Al Aswany _ Article 7. WSJ Book Review: 'Temptations of Power' by Shadi Hamid James Traub The New Yorker The United States and Israel: What Now for the "Honest Broker"? John Cassidy EFTA00684045 April 16, 2014 -- Was there ever a mo

nt Jimmy Carter and in every administration since (except George W. Bush's), Dennis Ross has played a bigger role in setting American policy toward the Middle East than perhaps any other official who didn't occupy the Oval Office. Most recently, Ross was special assistant to President Obama and the National Se

y spent some 70 hours on the chamber's floor. And, as "a kind of ex-officio member of Obama's national security team," in the words of FP columnist James Traub, Kerry has been an invaluable diplomatic tool for the administration, putting out fires in places like Afghanistan and Pakistan. The senator is now