Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards. The fundamental problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilisation whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power.

In the coming decades, questions of identity, meaning cultural heritage, language, and religion will play a central role in politics.

In 1920, the West ruled huge amounts of the world.

Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.

I think we've seen at least the beginnings of rather significant social and economic change in the Muslim world, which I think will in due course lead to more political change.

As far as ideology or political beliefs are concerned, countries are very different.

Collective will supplants individual whim