Some of those drawn into the holy war had been secular nationalists only a few years before. If one looks at the biographies of these people, remarkable continuities are revealed.

Each murder is one too many.

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

The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order.

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

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

Manhattan... capital of the 20th century, a city that has fascinated me for more than three decades.