This month marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Germany and Israel.The bilateral relationship, born in the wake of the Nazis’ annihilation of European Jewry, has developed into a solid one.

Too frequently, leaders become hostages, rather than shapers, of their sociopolitical environment. Too seldom does the world see history-changing steps like Richard Nixon’s trip to China in 1972 or Egyptian president Anwar Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem in 1977. That is

In his famous “X” article, published in 1947, George F.

Nobody should be surprised that Scotland’s recent referendum on independence left the United Kingdom intact. In the past, regions or communities achieved statehood almost exclusively after a struggle against colonial subjection and oppression, galvanised by an appeal to a

The collapse of yet another attempt by the United States to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement should do more than provoke finger pointing.