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

e Rod-Larsen Sent Tue 6/12/2012 2:09:50 PM Subject: June 11 update 11 June, 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 w

s The Daily Beast, "because a bombing will help them put their internal problems aside." Martin, who spent most of his 25-year career at the CIA in the Middle East, argues that some clerics and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, confronted with a discontented and restless population, are looking for

war might break out—and that the hawks will get their way— has nonetheless become substantial. The U.S. has just withdrawn the last troops from one Middle Eastern country where it fought a highly costly war of choice with a rationale involving weapons of mass destruction. Now we find ourselves on the precipic

clear Iran Paul Pillar Article 6. The New Yorker Threatened David Remnick EFTA00630407 Anicic I. The Washington Post The glld . 1 1Sli Ill Jackson Diehl March 5 -- No one in Russia was in doubt about the outcome of Sunday's presidential election. Vladimir Putin's triumph was assumed. But there is f

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

ak 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 declines to correct his Egyptian mistake Ian Bremmer Article 5 NYT Egypt's Blood, America's Compl

ing them is wrong — and dangerous. If, as Mr. Obama said recently at the United Nations, he believes that it is in America's best interest "to see a Middle East and North Africa that is peaceful and prosperous," he needs to make sure the Arabs are part of, and don't lose from, any future bargain with Iran.

ubject: October 28 update Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:52:19 +0000 28 October, 2013 Article 1. The Washington Post Foreign policy based on fantasy Jackson Diehl Article 2. NYT Why Arabs Fear a U.S.-Iran Détente Marwan Bishara Article 3. Asharq Al-Awsat American and Iranian DNA Ataollah Mohajerani Art

o longer will a nation that rules over millions of Palestinian Arab, and denies the majority of them full political rights, be able to label itself the Middle East's only true democracy. Relations with the United States (particularly with the Obama Administration) will inevitably suffer. How much? No one can say

ardian There's reason for optimism on Arab-Israeli peace Michael Cohen Article 3. The Washington Post America chooses the wrong allies in Egypt Jackson Diehl Article 4. The National Interest Will America End Syria's Humanitarian Nightmare? Morton Abramowitz Article 5. The Daily Star Geneva should he