Reason of State : The True Story Behind Merkel's Promise to Israel

Israel's security is an element of Germany's "reason of state," Chancellor Angela Merkel famously stated. It is a formulation that has since been adopted by the country's leading politicians. But what does it mean? And where did it come from?

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