Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.

If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.

If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it's much harder to find them. So we need people on our side, and that leads us to be responsible leaders of the world, show some concern with the problems.

I call government that works the best for people open society, which is basically just another more general term for a democracy that is - you call it maybe a liberal democracy. It's not only majority rule but also respect for minorities and minority opinions and the rule of law. So it's really a sort of institutional democracy.

However, even a strong government can't perform miracles. It needs money from the taxpayers.

There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that. It's not specifically anti-Semitism, but it does manifest itself in anti-Semitism as well.

When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.