Efraim Karsh is Professor and Head of Mediterranean Studies at King's College London, UK.

• Introduction: Toward Distant Frontiers: The Course of Israeli-Diplomacy Sasson Sofer Part 1: Israel and the Great Powers 1. David Ben-Gurion’s Zionist Foreign Policy, 1938-1948: The Democratic Factor Allon Gal 2. Influence and Arms: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and the Politics of Arms Sales to Israel, 1962-66 Abraham Ben-Zvi 3. Indirect Pressure: Moscow and the End of the British Mandate in Palestine Arich J. Kochavi 4. Blocking Peace: Britain and the Israeli-Jordanian Conflict 1949-51 Jonathan Sless 5. The Effects of Changes in the International Environment on the Future of the Middle East Benny Miller Part 2: Israel and the West 6. The PLO Factor in Euro-Israeli Relations, 1964-1992 Rory Miller 7. Some Trade Effects of the EMU Process on Israel Tal Sadeh 8. The Road to the Israeli-Spanish Rapprochement Jacob Abadi 9. The ‘Good-Natured Bastard’: Canada and the Middle East Refugee Question David H. Goldberg and Tilly R. Shames Part 3: Asian Relationships 10. The Republic of China and Israel, 1911-2003 Jonathan Goldstein 11. Israel-India Relations: Seeking Balance and Realism P.R. Kumaraswamy 12. Japan and Israel: An Evaluation of Relationship-Building in the Context of Japan’s Middle East Policy Raquel Shaoul Part 4: Israel and the Jewish World 13. Towards a Conceptual Framework of World Jewish Politics: State, Nation, and Diaspora in Jewish Foreign Policy Shmuel Sandler 14. Post-Zionism in the Oslo-Era and the Implications for the Diaspora Danny Ben-Moshe