Epstein Secrets

" so be it, particularly if leading from the front gets you Iraq and Afghanistan. America doesn't need prophets, ideologues, or geniuses to run its Middle East policy. Just give me a smart president, an empowered secretary of state, and a lot of folks to help them who know history, can find their way aroun

he western Pacific and push America's carrier groups beyond what it calls the "first island chain", sealing off the Yellow Sea, South China Sea and East China Sea inside an arc running from the Aleutians in the north to Borneo in the south. Were Taiwan to attempt formal secession from the mainland, China coul

o join him in order to prevent the "disastrous" consequences of continuing failure. Kerry's inaugural foreign trip as secretary of state will be to the Middle East, where he will lay the groundwork for a presidential visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan in mid-March. The administration is at pains to lowe

and reform that much more difficult. These internal dilemmas may help explain Beijing's assertive, nationalist actions over disputed islets in the East China Sea with Japan and the South China Sea with the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia. The maritime disputes may be a popular short-term distraction, but w

ilding at home". Meanwhile, the trauma of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has led to an understandable disinclination to put America's hand back into the Middle Eastern mangle. And there are also more positive reasons for America's neo-isolationism. The shale-gas revolution has raised the prospect of American "ener

o more satisfied. Japan thinks that the US was not firm enough in responding to China's declaration of an "air defence identification zone" in the East China Sea, while the Philippines feels it was left in the lurch when China established effective control of the disputed Scarborough shoal. EFTA_R1_02211215

100-minute-long televised speech to Congress that largely focused on domestic policy rather than foreign affairs. He made brief mentions of Ukraine, the Middle East, and national security, reiterating past positions and announcing a critical minerals deal with Ukraine and the detention of a terrorism suspect. Mu

d commercial interest for both the United States and Japan. Yet, Beijing's continued unlawful gray zone coercion across the South China Sea and the East China Sea threatens the stability of the world's most populous region. Join us for an online discussion on how the new administrations in Japan and the Unite