Based on a volume of Outre-Terre, the leading journal of geopolitics, this book is a collection of articles by top decision-makers and opinion-formers reflecting all points of view within Israel. It includes exclusive articles by Ariel Sharon and Shimon Peres; as well as an array of articles from all points of view within Israel. Many of the articles are illustrated with maps, as is essential for any journal of geopolitics, especially when dealing with such important territorial issues as in Israel.

This second book in the series Geopolitical Affairs concentrates on migration in the twenty-first century. Migration will be one of the biggest issues in world geopolitics in the years to come. Huge population flows are one of the key phenomena of the contemporary world. The book addresses the following questions: --- Kofi Annan's concept of the 'globalisation of the globe' and of his idea that nation-states have had their day: do the world's major institutions share this view? What is the view of the Holy See, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and non-governmental...

When Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, George Bush said he was a man he could trust. Since then, relations between Russia and the West have gone from bad to worse. The EU and Russia have been unable to agree on the terms of their partnership; NATO expansion continues apace, threatening to include countries like Ukraine and Georgia; the United Kingdom harbours, as political refugees, men who call for the violent overthrow of the Russian government; and the United States is determined to build an anti-missile shield which, Moscow fears, would render feasible a 'first strike' against Russia....