Two significant developments in the past several decades have been the collapse of communism as an ideology and the general acceptance, in rhetoric, if not practice, of liberal democracy.

I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.

Hispanics speak Spanish or Portuguese, which are languages we Americans are familiar with, so it doesn't seem to pose the same types of problems as Arabic-speaking Muslims do in Europe.

When you mention the word ideology, everyone has communism in the back of their minds, which was an entirely well formulated ideology and statement of belief. You read the Communist Manifesto and you know what the core of it is.

Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.

Quite obviously power will continue to play a central role in global politics as it always does. But usually there is something else.

In the coming decades, questions of identity, meaning cultural heritage, language, and religion will play a central role in politics.