ABSTRACT
Let us start with some illustrative examples. First, the words
of a German diplomat, Richard von Kuhlmann, that "geo-
graphical position and historical development are so largely
determining factors of foreign policy that, regardless of the
kaleidoscopic change of contemporary events, and no matter
what form of government has been instituted or what political
party may be in power, the foreign policy of a country has a
natural tendency to return again and again to the same general
and fundamental alignment" (3 , our italics).
