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Yoram Reuben Hazony (born 1964) [1] is an Israeli-American philosopher, Bible scholar, and political theorist. He is president of the Herzl Institute [ 2 ] in Jerusalem and serves as the chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation . [ 3 ]
[1] [2] In particular, Hazony argues that nationalism uniquely provides "the collective right of a free people to rule themselves." [2] According to Hazony, national identity is based not on race or biological homogeneity, but on "bonds of mutual loyalty" to a shared culture and a shared history that bind diverse groups into a national unit. [3]
Hazony traces the history of what he calls ‘Anglo-American Conservatism’ from the jurisprudence of English judge John Fortescue to Richard Hooker, Edward Coke, John Selden, and Edmund Burke through to many of the leaders of the American Revolution, particularly George Washington, John Jay, Gouverneur Morris, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton.
There are three types of government systems in European politics: in a presidential system, the president is the head of state and the head of government; in a semi-presidential system, the president and the prime minister share a number of competences; finally, in a parliamentary republic, the president is a ceremonial figurehead who has few political competences.
The United Kingdom (along with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar) was a member state of the European Union (EU) and of its predecessor the European Communities (EC) – principally the European Economic Community (EEC) – from 1 January 1973 until 31 January 2020.
‘I’m betting that in 15 years the UK will come back’, Romano Prodi said
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed by the treaties to share their own sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government.
The body of a British-Israeli hostage is among six that have been recovered from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military has said.. In a statement the Israeli army said that its forces reclaimed the ...