Maybe some levelheaded and well-meaning observer needs to point out to the lunatic operatives of the Boko Haram terror machine, that a remarkable dosage of Western-type formal education would do the clinically confused leaders of […]

Bundespräsident Wulff hat am 10. Januar 2012 das Diplomatische Korps zum Neujahrsempfang in Schloss Bellevue empfangen. Dazu gehören die ausländischen Botschafterinnen und Botschafter sowie die Leiterinnen und Leiter der in Deutschland vertretenen internationalen Organisationen. Beim […]

Izz Tawil draws a black circle on the flip-chart in his office in Ramallah, capital of the West Bank in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). “The Palestinian economy is a closed cash-circle,” the general manager […]

Karen leaders are cautiously optimistic about the possibility of peace after more than 60 years of fighting Burmese security forces as they prepare for meetings with the government on 10 January. A Karen “peace committee” […]

The Republic of Seychelles has issued China with an open invitation to establish an anti-piracy base in the small island republic. If accepted, this invitation will have security and strategic consequences for the region. On […]

The US State Department wants to open channels to non-state actors, but its policy at the practical level is still muddled. Barrack Obama entered his term of the American presidency aiming to set a different […]

It will be the year when the rescue plan for the euro presented by Germany and France this month in Brussels either takes flight upon a new spirit of European unity or falls flat amid […]

Legalization may be one of the most profound changes occurring in international relations today. Yet, “the move to law”, as Goldstein, Kahler, Keohane and Slaughter call it, cannot be said to compromise state sovereignty Changing […]