by Dr Peter M. Wagner, Director/Head of Service, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI), European Commission, Brussels A sad reality Several people killed and injured by mines and explosives near their homes on a single day – this is the new sad reality in Ukraine. A reality, in which people, in fear of mines and…
by Gerhard Arnold, Theologian and Publisher, Middle East correspondent for this magazine, Würzburg Beer Sheva, Israel, 7 October 2023: Column of smoke from the impact of a Hamas rocket fired from the Gaza Strip The 15th of September 2020 could have been a milestone in Arab-Israeli relations. Through the mediation of US President Trump, Bahrain,…
by Professor Dr Thomas Jäger, Chair of International Relations and Foreign Policy, Universität zu Köln, Cologne The New York Times polls from early November 2023 showed a clear picture of the mood in the US. This may still change by November 2024, when the next US presidential election will take place, but it showed more…
The return of war to Europe and its periphery, with the horrendous descent into barbarity inherent in every armed conflict – illustrated by the Russian army’s atrocities in Ukraine, and, more recently, by the indiscriminate killing of civilians and hostage-taking by the Hamas terrorist organisation in Israel – has shocked European societies. We Europeans are…