Sublime

The whole point of Abraham in Romans 4, as I have said before in relation to Galatians 3, is not that he is an "illustration" or an "example," as though the saving plan consisted of the simplistic narrative, "Humans sin; God rescues; all is well (and, by the way, God has done this here and there in the past as well)."

fragmentation of the social sense-making and collective action capacity

Many Israeli peace advocates are also willing to accept revisionist, and often false, historical accounts that produce a more “even-handed” narrative of the past, because they believe that such a narrative, as contrasted with the actual history, is more conducive to peace.

Comme les États-Unis, la Chine, l’Allemagne, le Japon et l’Iran, Israël paraît comprendre qu’au XXIe siècle la stratégie la plus payante est de rester neutre en laissant les autres combattre à sa place.

IN APRIL 1964, AMIT sent Rafi Eitan to Paris, which served as the European nerve center of Israeli intelligence, to run Junction’s operations on the Continent. Up to this point, all of Junction’s efforts to enlist one of the scientists had come to naught, mostly because of the rigid security precautions instituted by Vallentin. From day to day, he

The limited remit and strength of international governance create severe bounds on the ability to provide transnational public goods through voting and deliberation, but the almighty dollar (and yuan) is respected in most corners of the planet. Capital flows and the technology it is invested in shape lives around the world.