A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then happen faster than you thought they could.

Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization.

The idea that we should be open to all ideas is very different from the supposition that all ideas are equally valid.

Global capital markets pose the same kinds of problems that jet planes do. They are faster, more comfortable, and they get you where you are going better. But the crashes are much more spectacular.

It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning on the day's events in Asian markets.

We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts with respect to common problems even as we support every nation's right to chart its own course.

It was wrong to allow Stalin to shape the European landscape of the 20th century. It would be even more wrong to let him shape the landscape of the 21st century