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

I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning.

Partisans fight on familiar territory with professed political objectives to conquer power. This is what distinguishes them from terrorists

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

After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests.

Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.