The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.

The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the American media during the months after September 11...only betray the inability of the government to determine the magnitude of the danger.

The uncertainty of the danger belongs to the essence of terrorism.

I take as my fundamental starting point the fundamental distinction between work and interaction

Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style

What was new was the symbolic force of the targets struck. The attackers did not just physically cause the highest buildings in Manhattan to collapse; they also destroyed an icon in the household imagery of the American nation.

The state is in danger of falling into disrepute due to the evidence of its inadequate resources.