Islamic terrorists are new examples of an old problem with fascism.

I am 60, and I am as much an internationalist as when I was younger, when I was a Marxist-Leninist. Internationalism is one of the rare pieces of that heritage to which I remain loyal. That is Barack Obama's strength. A politician has finally understood that politics is not only about the closing of a mine in Ohio-it is also about the will to reach out, to embrace the world of today's young Americans. That way, young Americans may eventually reconcile with politics.

The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity.

Europe needs to develop a sense of collective history - we need to write books from a European perspective, to teach it in schools as well.

I reject the idea that there is some sort of existential "clash of civilizations." I am an interventionist, but not a militarist. War should always be a last resort.

I definitely don't agree with that sort of rhetoric from the United States - this idea that all the major conflicts of our age need to be solved militarily.

I don't really believe in dialogue; I am too Nietzschean for that. We need to have a warrior conception of philosophy.