Authors: Barry H. Berke, Noah Bookbinder and Norman L. Eisen

• The UN Partition Resolution (General Assembly Resolution 181) proposed that Jerusalem be established as a corpus separatum under an international regime to be administered by the United Nations. Despite the outbreak of hostilities in 1948-49 the United Nations made several attempts to establish the international regime before giving up in 1951. But the proposal remains “on the table” in the sense that it remains one option in future negotiations on the status of the Jerusalem.

Author: Keith Olbermann

There are seven routes in front of Trump. Each, inevitably, ends in his impeachment or resignation.

1. Lobbyist-Client Relationships

a) In connection with lobbyists, client (s) should investigate and evaluate their ethical history in the practice of lobbying. A client should not knowingly contract with a lobbyist or firm they discover to have acted unethically, without first frankly discussing this history with the lobbyists and evaluating their response.

Collusion is not itself a crime. Many people hear “collusion” and think about something akin to the legal concept of “conspiracy,” which is when two or more people agree to commit an illegal act. But there can be collusion that doesn’t involve law-breaking.

The EU Public Affairs Awards are a joint venture between Government Knowledge, Public Relations Communications Association and Zetter’s Political Services. For the European Public Awards – or EuroPAwards – additional support is provided by the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO), The European Centre for Public Affairs (ECPA), Society of European Affairs Professionals (SEAP) and The European Public Affairs Consultancies’ Association (EPACA).

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Europe’s response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine has been to sanction and attempt to isolate Russia. This is clearly a wrong approach.

Four key issues stand out:

Views expressed by US Secretary of State Tillerson (28 November 2017)

The Oxford English Dictionary defines competence as "the ability to do something successfully or efficiently." In foreign policy, competence depends on a sufficient knowledge about the state of the world and the key forces that drive world politics so that one can make well-informed and intelligent policy choices. It also means having the organizational skills, discipline and judgment to pick the right subordinates and get them to combine the different elements of national power in pursuit of well-chosen goals.

Author: Arkady Moshes, Program Director of the EU Eastern Neighborhood and Russia Research Program at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.

What are the key developments in the EU-Russia relationship since the 2014 tipping point? What scenarios lie ahead for bilateral relations over the next three to five years? One may foresee three main possibilities: improvement, muddling through at the present level of conflict, or worsening of relations. The outlook is hazy and it is likely that none of the three options will materialize in full.